The Senate cloture rule requires 60 members to end debate on most topics and move to a vote (USA: Brookings 2021)

Unterrichtsanregungen und Texte zur Problematisierung der Funktionsweise des US-Senats (USA: Teachable Moment 2010-20)

Tom Richey explains the powers of the distinctive characteristics of the two houses of the United States Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives (7 minutes / USA 2020).

The filibuster is a powerful legislative device in the United States Senate, but reconciliation provides a process to prevent the use of the filibuster and thereby allow the passage of a bill with simple majority support in the Senate (2021).

Official website: The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper house. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States (2014-21).

C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) überträgt Hearings und Debatten im House of Representatives und im Senate (USA 2010-20). 

Hold a mock session of the Roman Senate to debate issues of women's rights (Lyn Reese: Women in World History 1996-2017)

This infographic from the webcomic Randall Munroe, elucidates the history of the Senate and the House of Representatives from the nation's founding through the year 2012 (USA 2015-18).

This webinar draws from the collection of Clifford K. Berryman cartoons from the U.S. Senate Collection (US National Archives 2018).

In this learning activity students test their knowledge of the roles and differences between the two Houses of Congress - the Senate and the House of Representatives (USA: Wisc-Online 2018).