As Joe Biden is inaugurated as America's 46th President, browse his votes as a U.S. Senator
Learn the story of a place through the people that represented it through history
Joseph Rainey (R-SC), born into slavery, was the first African-American elected to the House of Representatives.
On December 19th, 1998, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 611, referred President Bill Clinton to the Senate for impeachment prosecution on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice
In 1999, Congress repealed the 65 year old Glass-Steagall provisions, which required banks to separate investments and deposits. Critics allege this led to risky investment practices, and subsequently the 2008 financial crisis.