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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...