Explore the votes of Hattie Wyatt Caraway, the first woman elected to the Senate
Visualize the 117th Senate and its members, and compare it with past congresses
Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
In 1999, Congress repealed the 65 year old Glass-Steagall provisions, which required banks to separate investments and deposits.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.
