Map, visualize, and explore the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in October 2001
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.
As Joe Biden is inaugurated as America's 46th President, browse his votes as a U.S. Senator
In 1965, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which eliminated restrictions racial, ethnic, and national origin restrictions on immigration and established priority immigration procedures for family reunification.
Explore the votes of Hattie Wyatt Caraway, the first woman elected to the Senate