Due to the supposed nuclear program of the Iranian military all but 11 members of the House voted to increase economic sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation.
After being exposed for lying about various subjects, George Santos was put up to a vote for punishment by the chamber.
As the most recent admission into the union, see how the Senate created the 50th state.
President Reagan's nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Robert Bork, found his nomination defeated in the Senate. His name subsequently became a verb, meaning 'to attack or defeat a nominee unfairly through an organized campaign of harsh public criticism or vilification'.
In 1836, Roger B. Taney, the infamous author of the Dred Scott case, was confirmed by the Senate as Chief Justice.
