Powers of the Senate

• The Senate confirms appointments of some Cabinet members, and Supreme Court appointments. A majority vote is needed to confirm an appointment
• Trump's administration faced challenging appointment battles:

  Betsy DeVos for education secretary

  Supreme Court nomination process for Brett Kavanaugh
• Only the Senate can try to impeach a holder of public office. A two-thirds majority is required for a guilty verdict, which results in the immediate removal from office
• Only the Senate can ratify treaties with a two-thirds majority
• The Senate can nominate a Vice President in case of an electoral college deadlock
• Bill Clinton and Andrew Jackson were both impeacahed bu the House but later aquitted by the Senate
• Nixon would have been impeached had he not resigned first