In 1949, U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey called for the abolition of the filibuster in order to advance civil rights bills; as Senate Majority Whip, he advanced civil rights bills; as a Senator in 1975, he voted to lower the threshold to break a filibuster from 67 votes to 60.
Due to the supposed nuclear program of the Iranian military all but 11 members of the House voted to increase economic sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation.
The U.S. Senate Confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court
With increased Anti-Asian sentiment after the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, a majority of Representatives voted to condemn all of its forms.
The Gold Standard Act of 1900 ended the decades-running debate over bimetalism and restored the U.S. to 'gold standard' currency -- the system lasted until 1971
