Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) became the first openly LGBT senator in 2012.
The Senate voted to acquit former President Trump of charges of inciting the January 6th attack on congress. Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed that Trump was legally culpable for a "disgraceful dereliction of duty", he concluded that the Senate is unable to convict former officials. The Senate had previously held it has the power to do so.
The Senate narrowly votes to approve the Federal Air Highway Act, which funded construction of the Interstate system, linking America by car.
In 1999, Congress repealed the 65 year old Glass-Steagall provisions, which required banks to separate investments and deposits. Critics allege this led to risky investment practices, and subsequently the 2008 financial crisis.
