Map, visualize, and explore the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in October 2001
In 1866, the House voted 105-20 to try former Confederate President Jefferson Davis for treason -- the trial ultimately never occurred.
Learn the story of a place through the people that represented it through history
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
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.
