How many members are there in the US upper house, the Senate?
Senate of Colombia for an infraction deserving of other penalties. If the charge refers to common crimes, the Senate confines itself to declaring if there are grounds for further measures; in the affirmative, the accused is placed at the disposition of the Supreme Court. Colombian parliamentary election, 2018 Colombian parliamentary election, 2014 Senate of Colombia The Senate of the Republic of Colombia () is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the House of Representatives. The Senate has 108 members elected for concurrent (non-rotating) four-year terms. According to the Colombian Constitution, 100 senators ("senadores") are elected from
Upper house similar way, the Council of the European Union is composed of national ministers. Many upper houses are not directly elected but appointed: either by the head of government or in some other way. This is usually intended to produce a house of experts or otherwise distinguished citizens, who would not necessarily be returned in an election. For example, members of the Senate of Canada are appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister. In the past, some upper houses had seats that were hereditary, such as in the British House of Lords until 1999 and in