| Article I Section 3 |
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| The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each |
| State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator |
| shall have one Vote. |
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| Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first |
| Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The |
| Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration |
| of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, |
| and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third |
| may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or |
| otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive |
| thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the |
| Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. |
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| No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty |
| Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, |
| when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. |
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| The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but |
| shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. |
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| The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro |
| tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the |
| Office of President of the United States. |
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| The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting |
| for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of |
| the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person |
| shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members |
| present. |
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| Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal |
| from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, |
| Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall |
| nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and |
| Punishment, according to Law. |
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