Visualize the 118th Senate and its members, and compare it with past congresses
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
Under the direction of President John Adams, the Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798, which made it a criminal offence to publish statements critical of the federal government. The first individual to be tried under the law was Rep. Matthew Lyon, who unsurprisingly had voted against its passage. Lyon was re-elected from jail.
Four Republicans broke with their party's leader after he advised four Democratic Congresswomen to 'go back to their countries.'
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
