Sponsored by later-President Joe Biden, this measure primarily sought to provide state funding for more police officers and prisons in an effort to curb violent crime.
Under the direction of President John Adams, the Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798, which made it a criminal offence to publish statements critical of the federal government. The first individual to be tried under the law was Rep. Matthew Lyon, who unsurprisingly had voted against its passage. Lyon was re-elected from jail.
See who represents the city of Seattle in the House and Senate.
Kevin McCarty of California is elected Speaker of the House on January 7, 2023, four days and 15 ballots the election of the speaker began at the start of the 118th Congress.
After a nomination process that culminated in a public FBI investigation, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed largely along party lines 50-48.
