Explore the votes of America's longest-serving Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, who presided over key civil rights votes
The House of Representatives voted 421-1 to authorize the use of military force against the perpetrators of the September 11th attacks
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The Senate voted to acquit former President Trump of charges of inciting the January 6th attack on congress. Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed that Trump was legally culpable for a "disgraceful dereliction of duty", he concluded that the Senate is unable to convict former officials. The Senate had previously held it has the power to do so.
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.
