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 | | The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator," and their counterpart as the "junior senator"; this convention, however, does not have any special significance. |
 | | Committees may be established on an ´´ad hoc´´ basis for specific purposes; for instance, the Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee created to investigate the Watergate scandal. |
 | | United States´´, although the Senate´s advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials, it is not necessary for their removal. |
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