U.S. Texas Senator, Democrat
A United States Senator serves a six-year term and is one of two members representing Texas in the U.S. Senate. With the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate makes laws, raises revenues, appropriates federal funds and manages the federal debt. The Senate also regulates commerce among states and with other nations, declares war, and maintains and regulates the military, establishes the federal court system and defines federal crimes, and directs the census every ten years. The Senate possesses exclusive powers to advise and consent on presidential nominations to executive and judicial offices, to ratify U.S. treaties, and to try impeachments. United States Senators receive a current annual salary of $174,000.
