The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
After emotional and excoriating testimony from comedian Jon Stewart, congress re-authorizes the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Reps. Paul Gosar, Jody Hice, and Thomas Massie are among 12 who vote against the bill.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was removed from House committee appointments via a mostly party-line vote after media coverage of statements she made over the last few years, including instances where she falsely claimed the September 11th attacks, Christchurch Mosque Shootings, murder of Heather Heyer, and school shootings across America were all fake.
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson