Rep Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA) gained notoriety for smoking a vape pen during a congressional hearing on regulating tobacco. He was subsequently convicted of campaign finance violations and resigned, before receiving a presidential pardon from President Trump
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
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Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
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