Parliamentary Debate on Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment: The Words of Brazilian Women Senators by Antonio Teixeira de Barros, Myriam Violeta Cavalhero

“…Methodology: Elements of discourse analysis were applied to investigate the main question: How did the debate develop among women senators, considering the ideological spectrum of the party and their position on the impediment (favorable or contrary)? …”
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Congressional symmetry: years remaining mirror years served in the U.S. House and Senate by James R. Carey, Brinsley Eriksen, Arni S. R. Srinivasa Rao

“…We conceived their fixed numbers (e.g., 100 Senators; 435 Representatives) as stationary populations, and their years served and years remaining as the equivalent of life lived and life remaining. …”
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Congressbr: An R Package for Analyzing Data from Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate by Robert Myles McDonnell, Guilherme Jardim Duarte, Danilo Freire

“…We outline the main features of the package and demonstrate its use with practical examples.   …”
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Eleições para o senado no Paraná: período 1994-2014 by Omar Neto Fernandes Barros, André Nagy

“…Based on cartographic evidence, the work has as objective the analysis of elections results to Senate in the state of Parana 1994 - 2014, to understand the production of spaces by political elections and to propose predictions for 2018. …”
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Maine’s Congressional Delegation Reflections on Our Shared Ocean by Susan M. Collins, Angus King, Chellie Pingree, Jared Golden

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Phylogeography of Lanius senator in its breeding range: conflicts between alpha taxonomy, subspecies distribution and genetics by M. Nasuelli, L. Ilahiane, G. Boano, M. Cucco, A. Galimberti, M. Pavia, E. Pioltelli, A. Shafaeipour, G. Voelker, I. Pellegrino

“…We did not find clear phylogenetic structure in nuclear Ornithine Decarboxylase (ODC) and Myoglobin intron 2 (MYO), but all the four mtDNA loci (i.e., ND2, COI, cytb and CR) highlighted two main haplogroups: one including both the nominate subspecies L. s. senator and L. s. badius and a second one consisting of L. s. niloticus (the easternmost part of its range). …”
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Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus (PIR² F 373): l’aspirazione imperiale di un senatore “degno” by Elena Gritti

“…Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus, senator and father-in-law of Emperor Pertinax (January-March 193), after Pertinax’s killing, he plotted to become himself worthy of the highest dignity. …”
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THE REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT BETWEEN OPPORTUNITY AND NECESSITY. REFLECTIONS ON THE CCR DECISION NO. 17 OF JANUARY 26,... by Gheorghe STAN, Cristina TITIRIȘCĂ

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The main lobbying development trends in the United States of America by Anastasiia Trofymenko, Dmytro Lubinets

“…The authors specify the main trends in the establishment and functioning of lobbying in the United States of America through studying the requirements of legislation in this field, imposed both on lobbyists and officials, considering ethical norms that lobbyists should be guided by in their work, subject-object determination of American lobbyism, and prevailing forms thereof in the state. …”
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«Pastoral works» in the memories of A.F. Koni: problems of freedom of conscience in the Russian Empire on the eve of the First russian revolution by D. V. Rybin

“…During the preparation of the work, mainly narrative material was used the memoirs of the Chief Prosecutor of the Senate. …”
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Correspondence of Anatoly Fedorovich Koni with liberal lawyers as a source on the political sentiments of legalists in 1860–1910 by D. V. Rybin

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The Congress of Confederate States of America: features of organization and work by S. Chechelev

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Garrison Artillery in Northwest Russia in the 1710s: Management Features by Nikolay R. Slavnitskiy

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THE GENERAL REVIEW" OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 1721-1723: THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE RESULTS by A. V. Zakharov

“…The «General Review», as Peter I called it, was entrusted to the Senate, which operated alternately in the two capitals. …”
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NOBLES AND LANDOWNERS OF THE AZOV PROVINCE UNDER PETER I: ON THE ISSUE OF SOCIAL IDENTITY ACCORDING TO MASS SOURCES OF 1710-1723 by A. V. Zakharov, D. A. Lyapin

“…In the conclusion of the article, the main parameters of the social identification of the "nobility" are highlighted.…”
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“Cameralism” or “patrimonialism”: at the origins of Peter the Great’s reformation of higher management in Russia by N. A. Omelchenko

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Análise do debate sobre alimentos transgênicos no Congresso Nacional / Analysis of dabate on GM food in Brazil Nacional Congress by Maria Clara Coelho Camara, Maria Cristina Rodrigues Guilam, Rubens Onofre Nodari

“…. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This study aimed to analyze the debate over genetically modifi ed foods in Senate and House of Representatives. Therefore, as an object of study, we used the speeches of Senators and Representatives from January 2003 to December 2008, available on the websites of the Senate and House of Representatives. …”
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Comparison of the Influence of the Chinese Lobby and the Israeli Lobby in the United States by D. B. Grafov

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La participación de los senadores de origen africano en los sacerdocios públicos de Roma by Isabel Salcedo de Prado

“…</p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The analysis of the cursus honorum of a senator reveals his level of promotion amidst the political elite of the Empire. …”
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Senatorial Estates in Imperial Asia Minor – State of the Question, Methodological Issues and Perspectives on Future Research by Andreas Klingenberg

“…The wealth and possessions of Roman senators in the imperial period consisted predominantly in land property, as emphasized by Pliny the Younger (epist. 3,19,8). …”
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