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Rep Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA) gained notoriety for smoking a vape pen during a congressional hearing on regulating tobacco. He was subsequently convicted of campaign finance violations and resigned, before receiving a presidential pardon from President Trump
In 1997, the Senate voted 95-0 to restrict entry of the U.S. into future international climate treaties, ending hopes for legally binding emissions targets for the U.S.
Explore the votes of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African-American man elected to the Senate
Before he was elected President, Barack Obama served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois.