<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> www.ncga.state.nc.us/senate/Senate.html </Td> </Tr> <P> The North Carolina Senate is the upper house of the bicameral North Carolina General Assembly . It has 50 members . </P> <P> The Senate's prerogatives and powers are similar to those of the other house, the House of Representatives . Its members do, however, represent districts that are larger than those of their colleagues in the House . The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, but the Lt. Governor has very limited powers and only votes to break a tie . Before the office of Lt. Governor was created in 1868, the Senate was presided over by a "Speaker ." After the 1988 election of James Carson Gardner, the first Republican Lt. Governor since Reconstruction, Democrats in control of the Senate shifted most of the power held by the Lt. Governor to the senator who is elected President Pro Tempore (or Pro-Tem). The President Pro Tempore appoints members to standing committees of the Senate, and holds great sway over bills . </P>

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