Rhode Island Senate

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The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of Rhode Island. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of whom is elected to a two-year term. Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the normal four-year term as in the majority of states. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Rhode Island Senate meet at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence.

The Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, commissions, boards, or justices to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Make-up of the Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic	33
	Republican	5
Total		38
Majority		28

Leadership positions

• Joseph A. Montalbano (D)- President of the Senate
• John C. Revens, Jr. (D) - President Pro Tempore
• M. Teresa Paiva-Weed (D) - Senate Majority Leader
• Dennis L. Algiere (R) - Senate Minority Leader
• Dominick J. Ruggerio (D) - Majority Whip
• Kevin A. Breene (R) - Minority Whip
• John F. McBurney III (D) - Senate Dean

Committee leadership

• Stephen D. Alves (D) - Committee on Finance
• vacant - Committee on Labor
• Daniel P. Connors (D) - Committee on Rules
• Maryellen Goodwin (D) - Committee on Constitutional & Regulatory Issues
• Daniel J. Issa (D) - Committee on Education
• J. Michael Lenihan (D) - Committee on Government Oversight
• Michael J. McCaffrey (D) - Committee on the Judiciary
• Rhoda E. Perry (D) - Committee on Health & Human Services
• V. Susan Sosnowski (D) - Committee on the Environment & Agriculture
• John J. Tassoni, Jr. (D) - Committee on Housing & Municipal Government
• William A. Walaska (D) - Committee on Corporations

Other senators

• David E. Bates (R)
• Leo R. Blais (R)
• Frank A. Ciccone III (D)
• Marc A. Cote (D)
• Daniel DaPonte (D)
• James E. Doyle II (D)
• Walter S. Felag, Jr. (D)
• Paul W. Fogarty (D)
• Hanna M. Gallo (D)
• June N. Gibbs (R)
• Paul V. Jabour (D)
• Beatrice A. Lanzi (D)
• Charles J. Levesque (D)
• Christopher B. Maselli (D)
• John F. McBurney III (D)
• Harold M. Metts (D)
• Joshua Miller (D)
• Paul E. Moura (D)
• Roger Picard (D)
• Juan M. Pichardo (D)
• Leonidas P. Raptakis (D)
• James C. Sheehan (D)

External links

• Rhode Island Senate official government website
• Map of Rhode Island Senate Districts
• State Senate of Rhode Island.

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