The Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment 91-9, but an insufficient number of state legislatures subsequently ratified it.
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After almost a decade of ignoring or stigmatizing the victims of HIV/AIDS, Congress agrees to pass the Ryan White CARE Act, which funds the life-saving drug AZT for low-income or uninsured patients. Four senators including Sen. Jesse Helms vote against the act.
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
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.