Articles tagged as Congress | Smithsonian Magazine

A madman, a conspiracy and a lot of angry politicians

March 14, 2017

The U.S. Congress is wiping away rules and regulations finalized in the last months of the Obama administration through a little-used 1996 law

February 10, 2017

Amid today’s dissent over proper Senate behavior, take a look back at when an assault in the Senate divided the nation

February 10, 2017

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress decided that there needed to be severe limits on who was coming into the country

February 6, 2017

The new legislation includes grants to help diagnose and treat this prevalent issue

December 13, 2016

HEAR Act removes legal loopholes that prevented victims of Nazi art plunder to restore what’s rightfully theirs

December 12, 2016

“Good trouble” led to real consequences for the civil rights agitator

December 1, 2016

Will the American Museum of Women’s History ever become reality?

November 18, 2016

Congress just passed a bill requiring GMO labeling, but it’s not as straightforward as you might think

July 15, 2016

There’s more to the House floor than meets the eye

June 23, 2016

Lincoln was a congress member at the time but not the only one charging too much for travel

March 17, 2015

This year, a record number of women are serving in Congress; Hattie Wyatt Caraway was the first ever in the Senate

January 12, 2015

Fifty years later, a dive into what it took to make the historic legislation law

June 30, 2014

32,500 acres of lakeshore along Lake Michigan have been designated as wilderness by Congress

March 7, 2014