The legislature and Courts are not part of the government. The government consists of those those functions, that we have decided in the United States, that are under the authority of the Executive. Our "head of government" and "head of state" are unified in the President of the United States. Note that the Executive does not have legislative or judicial power. Our Founders, in their wisdom, took those powers away from government.
The Senate exists, or at least used to, to act as the voice of the several states in our federal union. It was decided that each state regardless of population would be treated equally and each would have two senators. The House of Representatives, in which all spending bills must originate, is designed to the be the voice of the People. The Court is designed to counter balance the states and people, and the government. A senator is not in the government, he is the voice of his state. A representative is not in the government, he is the voice of his district. The Senate and the House control legislation.
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