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Key Votes: Re-admitting the Southern States to Congress

Although President Johnson had earlier admitted the former Confederate States of America, Congress refused to seat their congressional delegations until passing HR1058 along party lines.

In the News: Rep. Greene removed from House committees

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 that former President Barack Obama personally ordered a street gang to murder DNC staffer Seth Rich.

Robert Smalls

Robert Smalls, born enslaved in South Carolina, stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union troops. After the Civil War, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina legislature and later to the U.S. Congress where he served 5 terms during and after Reconstruction.

Joseph Rainey

Joseph Rainey (R-SC), born into slavery, was the first African-American elected to the House of Representatives.

Key Votes: Robert Bork, Rejected

President Reagan's nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Robert Bork, found his nomination defeated in the Senate. His name subsequently became a verb, meaning 'to attack or defeat a nominee unfairly through an organized campaign of harsh public criticism or vilification'.

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