Us Congress

Events (171)

• July 9, 1868: Fourteenth Amendment Grants Citizenship Rights to All Americans 1868-07-09
• February 26, 1869: Fifteenth Amendment Gives Minority Males the Right to Vote 1869-02-26
• June 4, 1919: Nineteenth Amendment Grants Women Right to Vote 1919-06-04
• June 2, 1924: Federal Law Grants Native Americans Citizenship, Voting Rights 1924-06-02
• May 25-July 22, 1932: Federal Home Loan Bank Act Creates S&L System to Lower the Cost of Home Ownership 1932-07-22
• December 17, 1943: Congress Repeals Chinese Exclusion Act, Paves Way for Chinese to Become Citizens 1943-12-17
• August 29, 1957: Congress Passes Civil Rights Act 1957-08-29
• May 6, 1960: Civil Rights Legislation Advances Voting Rights of Minorities 1960-05-06
• March 29, 1961: 23rd Amendment Gives District of Columbia Citizens Right to Vote in Presidential Elections 1961-03-29
• August 6, 1964: US Senate Holds Hearings into Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964-08-06
• August 7, 1964: US Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964-08-07
• August 7, 1974: GOP Lawmakers Tell Nixon Impeachment is Almost Certain 1974-08-07
• September 10, 1974: Senate Opposes More Pardons; House Demands Information on Nixon Pardon 1974-09-10
• March 6, 1975: State Department Tells Congress Diego Garcia Has ‘No Local Population Whatsoever’ 1975-03-06
• June 5, 1975: US Military Tells Congress Diego Garcia Base Should Be Upgraded 1975-06-05
• July 28, 1975: US Congress Approves Ugrade of Diego Garcia Base 1975-07-28
• November 4, 1975: Congressional Subcommittee Examines Resettlement of Chagossians 1975-11-04
• November 20, 1975: Congress Finds at Least Eight CIA Plots to Assassinate Castro 1975-11-20
• March 22, 1982: US Congressional Report Notes Cuba’s Successes in Education and Health Care 1982-03-22
• October 1, 1984-October 13, 1993: US Allows Firms to Sell Chemical, Biological Agents to Iraq 1984-10-01
• October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras 1984-10-10
• June 6, 1985: Congress Gives Contras $38 Million in Non-Military Aid 1985-06-06
• November 13, 1986: Reagan Denies Iran Arms Deals in Address to Nation 1986-11-13
• June 29, 1989: Voting Rights Act Reauthorized until 2014 1989-06-29
• February 8, 1990: General Schwarzkopf Warns Congress on the Importance of Middle East Oil 1990-02-08
• October 10, 1990: False Allegation of Iraqi Depredations against Kuwaiti Children Inflames Public Opinion 1990-10-10
• November 29, 1990: Congress Passes Bill to Provide Federal Funds for Coastal Wetlands Restoration Projects 1990-11-29
• May 11, 1992: Bush Vetoes Campaign Finance Reform Legislation that Would Provide for Public Funding of Congressional Campaigns 1992-05-11
• November 17, 1993: North American Free Trade Agreement Passes in US House of Representatives 1993-11-17
• September 13, 1994: Congress Passes ‘Omnibus Crime Bill,’ Outlaws 19 Assault Weapons 1994-09-13
• April 25, 1996: New Anti-terrorism Law Passed 1996-04-25
• July 17, 1996-September 1996: TWA Flight 800 Crashes; Counterterrorism Funding Boosted in Response 1996-07-17
• February 12, 1998: Unocal VP Advocates Afghan Pipeline Before Congress 1998-02-12
• May 29, 1998: PNAC Calls on Republican Congressional Leaders to Assert US Interests in Persian Gulf 1998-05-29
• June 9, 1998: US Congress Kills Chemical Weapons Convention 1998-06-09
• June 24, 1999: CIA Director Gives Congress Secret Warning Bin Laden Planning Attacks in US 1999-06-24
• November 5, 1999: Congress Passes Landmark Bill Repealing the Glass-Steagall Act; Dissenting Lawmakers Voice Warnings over Easing of Bank Rules 1999-11-05
• February 2, 2000: CIA Director Tells Public that Bin Laden Is Planning ‘Further Blows Against America’ 2000-02-02
• July 26, 2000: FBI Official Tells Congress the Threat of Terrorism in the US Is Low 2000-07-26
• January 11, 2001: National Security Committee Warns of ‘Space Pearl Harbor’ 2001-01-11
• January 31, 2001: Bipartisan Commission Issues Final Report on Terrorism, but Conclusions Are Ignored 2001-01-31
• February 7, 2001: CIA Director Tenet Publicly Warns Congress that Bin Laden’s Network Is ‘Most Immediate and Serious Threat’ to US Interests 2001-02-07
• February 7, 2001: DIA Director Predicts Major Terrorist Attack on US Interests in Next Two Years 2001-02-07
• April 1, 2001-September 10, 2001: Nearly Half of FAA’s Daily Intelligence Summaries Mention Bin Laden or Al-Qaeda; No Action is Taken 2001-04-01
• July 3, 2001: Rare Discussion Takes Place Between National Security Advisers on Terrorism 2001-07-03
• July 26, 2001: EPA Considering Elimination of New Source Review 2001-07-26
• July 27, 2001: Pentagon Explains Importance of ‘Network Centric Warfare’ to Congress 2001-07-27
• September 10, 2001: Report Warns that Al-Qaeda Intends to Carry Out an Attack in the US 2001-09-10
• Just Before September 11, 2001: CIA, FBI Lack Counterterrorism Resources, and Focus 2001-09-11
• (2:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: All-Republican US Shadow Government is Formed 2001-09-11