Explore the vote records of the 54 men and women who have served as Speaker of the House
In 1971, Congress and President Nixon declared a national 'war on cancer', which established funding for 15 new cancer research centers.
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.
'Lend-Lease' saw the United States send military hardware, oil, and food to foreign allies during World War 2
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
