Second Galactic Senate

"Answer: There are a lot of politicians on Coruscant, master. I could spend decades slaughtering them and still not make a dent."

The Second Galactic Senate, also known as Congress (collectively with the Galactic House of Representatives) or simply the Senate, was the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Galactic Union, and together with the Galactic House of Representatives comprised the Galactic Union Congress. and was located on Coruscant. It had the power to consent to treaties, confirm appointments of the Supreme Chancellor's cabinet, federal judges, other federal executives, military officers, ambassadors, as well as trying federal officers that had been impeached. It is housed in the.

The Senate was led by a Viceroy, elected by a vote of the Senate from amongst its delegates. He had little real authority over the Senate other than prerogative to call for a special session and could be removed by a vote of no confidence; basically the same role that the Supreme Chancellor of the Old Republic once had.

Behind the scenes
Like the rest of the Galactic Union's government, it is heavily based on the government of the United States; more specifically, the Senate of the United States, though it does have some things in common with the Old Republic's Senate.