106th United States Congress

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106th United States Congress
105th ←
→ 107th
United States Capitol
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentAl Gore (D)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerDennis Hastert (R)
Sessions
1st: January 6, 1999 – November 22, 1999
2nd: January 24, 2000 – December 15, 2000

The One Hundred Sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1999, to January 3, 2001, during the last two years of Bill Clinton's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1999 in the United States, 2000 in the United States, and 2001 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901-2001
See also: List of Acts of the 106th United States Congress

Treaties considered

Party summary

Senate

Party standings on the opening day of the 106th Congress

Membership changed with two deaths.

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Republican Democratic Vacant
End of previous Congress 55 45 100 0
Begin 55 45 100 0
October 24, 1999 John Chaffee Died 54 99 1
November 2, 1999 55 100 0
July 18, 2000 Paul Coverdell Died 54 99 1
July 25, 2000 46 100 0
Final voting share 54% 46%
Beginning of the next Congress 50 50 100 0

House of Representatives

There were two resignations and three deaths.

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Republican Democratic Independent Vacant
End of previous Congress 227 207 1 435 0
Begin 223 211 1 435 0
March 2, 1999 222 434 1
June 7, 1999 223 435 0
July 16, 1999 210 434 1
July 17, 1999 222 211 434 1
November 17, 1999 212 435 0
January 27, 2000 223 211 2 435 0
July 27, 2000 210 435 0
September 11, 2000 209 434 1
October 10, 2000 208 434 2
December 8, 2000 222 433 3
End 433 3
Final voting share 51.2% 48.5% 0.3%
Beginning of the next Congress 221 211 2 435 0

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Political affiliations of senators by state: red indicates two Republicans; blue two Democrats; purple one of each
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Senate

House of Representatives

Alabama — Alaska — Arizona — Arkansas — California — Colorado — Connecticut — Delaware — Florida — Georgia — Hawaii — Idaho — Illinois — Indiana — Iowa — Kansas — Kentucky — Louisiana — Maine — Maryland — Massachusetts — Michigan — Minnesota — Mississippi — Missouri — Montana — Nebraska — Nevada — New Hampshire — New Jersey — New Mexico — New York — North Carolina — North Dakota — Ohio — Oklahoma — Oregon — Pennsylvania — Rhode Island — South Carolina — South Dakota — Tennessee — Texas — Utah — Vermont — Virginia — Washington — West Virginia — Wisconsin — Wyoming — Non-voting members

Changes in membership

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

Senate

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | Rhode Island
(1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John Chafee (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 24, 1999 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Lincoln Chafee (R)
(Appointed, later elected to finish term) | November 2, 1999 |- | Georgia
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Paul Coverdell (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 18, 2000 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Zell Miller (D)
(Appointed) | July 24, 2000 |}

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Georgia 6th | style="background:#FFFFFF" | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Newt Gingrich (R) resigned on January 3, 1999. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Johnny Isakson (R) | February 23, 1999 |- | Louisiana 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Bob Livingston (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 1, 1999 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | David Vitter (R) | May 29, 1999 |- | California 42nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | George Brown, Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 15, 1999 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joe Baca (D) | November 16, 1999 |- | New York 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Michael Forbes (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed political affiliation | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Michael Forbes (D) | July 17, 1999 |- | Virginia 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Virgil Goode (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed political affiliation | style="background-color:#DCDCDC" | Virgil Goode (I) | January 27, 2000 |- | California 31st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Matthew G. Martínez (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed political affiliation | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Matthew G. Martínez (R) | July 27, 2000 |- | Virginia 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Herbert Bateman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 11, 2000 | colspan=3 | Seat vacant until next Congress |- | Minnesota 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bruce Vento (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 10, 2000 | colspan=3 | Seat vacant until next Congress |- | California 32nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Julian C. Dixon (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 8, 2000 | colspan=3 | Seat vacant until next Congress |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

External links and references

  1. ^ Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, via THOMAS
  • Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  • History, Art and Archives from the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Statistics & Lists from the U.S. Senate
  • Legislative information from THOMAS at the Library of Congress
  • House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 106th Congress (PDF).
  • Senate Session Calendar for the 106th Congress (PDF).
  • Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 106th Congress.
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress
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