Sen. Rand Paul's motion to hold that the Senate cannot try an impeached official who is no longer in office was defeated 55-45. Most legal scholars agree such a trial is permissible.
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
Visualize the 117th House and its members, and compare it with past congresses
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
The Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment 91-9, but an insufficient number of state legislatures subsequently ratified it.
