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Possible infobox size change

The infobox of the US congress seems unusually wide. This size is not consistent with the infobox sizes of other government bodies on Wikipedia which are at 250px wide, this also includes other US government bodies such as state legislatures.

This is because under "Senate political groups", one of the parties is "Independent (caucusing with Democrats)". Because the text takes so much space, it widens the infobox. I tried putting a "break" command in the middle but some people mentioned it may look strange on some screen resolutions

I suggest we remove the nowrap command from the text so that the infobox is more consistent with that of others.

--Benedikt Aron (talk) 01:15, 12 November 2015 (CET)

Unfounded assertion of control

The Senate was effectively controlled by a half dozen men.

I don't see any foundation or source for this claim (made at the end of section 2.2, "1830s–1900s: partisan era"). This is my first time properly contributing to Wikipedia, and I don't know whether to remove it myself, ask for opinions, find a source, leave it alone, etc. Any advice?

Tiin57 (talk) 19:08, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Article fails to answer basic question

I've read the whole article and I still don't know the relationship between the House of Representatives and the Senate, why both are needed and what their distinct roles are. It's all rather confusing. The whole article would benefit from improved structure that covers the basics before delving into detail like committees - and I can't even tell whether representatives and/or senators sit on committees.