Visualize the first time in history a cabinet nominee's confirmation ended in a tie.
Use the 'tabular view' to quickly check NOMINATE scores
As Joe Biden is inaugurated as America's 46th President, browse his votes as a U.S. Senator
Sen. Rand Paul's motion to hold that the Senate cannot try an impeached official who is no longer in office was defeated 55-45. Most legal scholars agree such a trial is permissible.
In 1949, U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey called for the abolition of the filibuster in order to advance civil rights bills; as Senate Majority Whip, he advanced civil rights bills; as a Senator in 1975, he voted to lower the threshold to break a filibuster from 67 votes to 60.
