Proposed by Sen. Dole of Kansas, this resolution would have limited U.S. bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
In 1836, Roger B. Taney, the infamous author of the Dred Scott case, was confirmed by the Senate as Chief Justice.
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The Senate's attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act narrowly failed due to a surprise defection by Sen. John McCain
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting by protecting voting rights. It banned poll taxes and literacy tests and required states with historians of Jim Crow discrimination to seek advance clearance before changing and requiring states with histories of Jim Crow discrimination to obtain advance clearance to change laws governing voting.
