As Joe Biden is inaugurated as America's 46th President, browse his votes as a U.S. Senator
In 1999, Congress repealed the 65 year old Glass-Steagall provisions, which required banks to separate investments and deposits.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.
Although President Johnson had earlier admitted the former Confederate States of America, Congress refused to seat their congressional delegations until passing HR1058 along party lines.
Due to suspicions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. voted to invade the Middle Eastern nation in 2002.
Kevin McCarty of California is elected Speaker of the House on January 7, 2023, four days and 15 ballots the election of the speaker began at the start of the 118th Congress.
