Congress routinely passes resolutions naming Post Office Buildings after prominent Americans, including Rachel Carson, Alan Shepard, and Frank Sinatra
The Senate's attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act narrowly failed due to a surprise defection by Sen. John McCain
Robert Smalls, born enslaved in South Carolina, stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union troops. After the Civil War, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina legislature and later to the U.S. Congress where he served 5 terms during and after Reconstruction.
The Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment 91-9, but an insufficient number of state legislatures subsequently ratified it.
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
