The House of Representatives authorized use of military force against Iraq in response to the invasion of Kuwait and United National Security Council Resolution 678
After emotional and excoriating testimony from comedian Jon Stewart, congress re-authorizes the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Reps. Paul Gosar, Jody Hice, and Thomas Massie are among 12 who vote against the bill.
Crossing both party lines and ideological boundaries, this highly controversial resolution ended in a tie in the Senate.
In 2019, the House Democratic caucus as well as some Republican members expressed opposition to President Trump's ban of transgender people in the armed forces.
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
