The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting by protecting voting rights. It banned poll taxes and literacy tests and required states with historians of Jim Crow discrimination to seek advance clearance before changing and requiring states with histories of Jim Crow discrimination to obtain advance clearance to change laws governing voting.
Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
Visualize the 117th Senate and its members, and compare it with past congresses
In America's first use of the Presidential veto, George Washington vetoed legislation affixing the size of the House of Representatives at 120 members.
Explore current and historical political parties, map party control, and learn about polarization.
