Look at the Congressional career of former Black Panther Party member Bobby Rush.
Pete Hegseth was confirmed as Secretary of Defense on January 24, 2025, on a 50-50 tie with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote — the first such tie-break for a cabinet confirmation since Betsy DeVos in 2017.
Mike Johnson was re-elected Speaker on January 3, 2025, by a narrow 218-215 margin, kicking off the 119th Congress with Republicans holding the slimmest of majorities.
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Under the direction of President John Adams, the Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798, which made it a criminal offence to publish statements critical of the federal government. The first individual to be tried under the law was Rep. Matthew Lyon, who unsurprisingly had voted against its passage. Lyon was re-elected from jail.
