Passed in 1862, this bill would encourage Westward Expansion by providing settlers with land to farm.
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
On March 7th, 1975, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate voted to amend Rule XXII (which governs the end of debate, and thus filibustering) to lower the threshold for cloture from 67 to 60 votes.
Among the first political parties to exist in the nation, prominent members of the Federalist Party included John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
This controversial procedure was banned by the Federal Government in 2003.
