There are roughly 1,200 positions in the federal government that require Senate confirmation, including the senior officials who make up the president's Cabinet. The first Cabinet official was ...

Made up of 100 senators, two elected from each state to a six year term. The vice president of the United States serves as the president of the Senate. Facebook page Twitter page.

A senator must be at least 30, a U.S. citizen for at least nine years, and live in the state they represent. There are 100 U.S. senators, two from each state.

Going from chief executive to one of 100 in the Senate has been a struggle for some ex-governors who made the leap. Would Gov. Brian Kemp want to do i ...

The outcome is a setback as Senate Republicans hoped to launch votes on the package by the end of the week, to meet President Trump’s Fourth of July deadline.