Jump to content

106th United States Congress

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rodw (talk | contribs) at 21:24, 6 October 2018 (Disambiguating links to William Jenkins (link changed to Bill Jenkins (politician)) using DisamAssist.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 45 55 100 0
Begin 45 55 100 0
October 24, 1999[note 1] 54 99 1
November 2, 1999[note 1] 55 100 0
July 18, 2000[note 2] 54 99 1
July 25, 2000[note 2] 46 100 0
Final voting share 46% 54%
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:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Democratic Independent Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 207 1 227 435 0
Begin 211 1 223 435 0
March 2, 1999 222 434 1
June 7, 1999 223 435 0
July 16, 1999 210 434 1
July 17, 1999 211 222 434 1
November 17, 1999 212 435 0
January 27, 2000 211 2 223 435 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 48.5% 0.3% 51.2%
Beginning of the next Congress 211 2 221 435 0

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
Al Gore
Al Gore (D)
Senate President pro Tempore
Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Caucuses

Members

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 2000; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 2002; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 2004.

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="color:black;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="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George Brown, Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 15, 1999 | style="color:black;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="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Michael Forbes (D) | July 17, 1999 |- | Virginia 5th | style="color:black;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="color:black;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="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bruce Vento (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 10, 2000 | colspan=3 | Seat vacant until next Congress |- | California 32nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Julian C. Dixon (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 8, 2000 | colspan=3 | Seat vacant until next Congress |}

Committees

, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint appointments

Employees and legislative agency directors

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b In Rhode Island, John Chafee (R) died October 24, 1999 and his son, Lincoln Chafee (R), was appointed November 2, 1999 to finish the term.
  2. ^ a b In Georgia, Paul Coverdell (D) died July 18, 2000 and Zell Miller (D) was appointed July 25, to continue the term.

References

  1. ^ Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, via THOMAS
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=106th_United_States_Congress&oldid=862814547"