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Ben Franklin's World is a production of the Omohandro Institute and is sponsored by

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Hello and welcome to episode 338 of Ben Franklin's World.

The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of

our early American past have shaped the present-day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Covard.

On September 17, 1787, 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention sign the

United States Constitution and submit it to the States for ratification.

This is why on each September 17, we think about the Constitution.

Now in our commemoration of the Constitution, we'll spend both of our September

episodes exploring different aspects of the Constitution by investigating parts of the

government it created and the context in which it was written.

In this episode, we're going to take a deep dive into Article 1 of the Constitution.

That's the article that establishes the legislative branch of the United States government.

Specifically, we're going to join three historians from the Senate Historical Office to

investigate the creation and formation of the United States Senate.

Now during our investigation of the U.S. Senate, Senate historians reveal the structure

of the legislative branch created by the United States Constitution as established in Article

1 of the Constitution.

Details about the early U.S. Senate, including its powers, organization, and process for

doing business.

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