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106th United States Congress
| 106th United States Congress | |
 United States Capitol (2002) |
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| Session: | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
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| President of the Senate: | Al Gore |
| President pro tempore of the Senate: | Strom Thurmond |
| Speaker of the House: | Newt Gingrich |
| Members: | 435 Representatives 100 Senators 5 Territorial Representatives |
| House Majority: | Republican |
| Senate Majority: | Republican |
The One Hundred Sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised 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 the second administration of U.S. President
William J. (Bill) Clinton.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
Dates of sessions
January 3 1999 – January 3 2001
- First session: January 6 1999 – November 22 1999
- Second session: January 24 2000 – December 15 2000
Previous congress: 105th Congress
Next congress: 107th Congress
Major events
- January 7, 1999 — February 121999: Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton
- March 29,1999 — Dow Jones Industrial Average ended above 10,000 for the first time.
- April 20, 1999 — Columbine High School massacre
- October 13, 1999 — Senate rejected Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- December 31, 1999: Y2K bug
- April 3, 2000 — United States v. Microsoft: Federal court held Microsoft liable for anti-trust violations
- November–December 2000: Election of George W. Bush
Major Legislation
- May 21, 1999 — Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Kosovo operations), Pub.L. 106-31, 113 Stat. 57
- November 12, 1999 — Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act, Pub.L. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338
- November 29, 1999 — American Inventors Protection Act (including Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act), Pub.L. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1536,
- May 18, 2000 — African Growth and Opportunity Act, Pub.L. 106-200, 114 Stat. 251
- June 30, 2000 — Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Pub.L. 106-229, 114 Stat. 464
- September 22, 2000 — Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Pub.L. 106-274, 114 Stat. 803,
- October 30, 2000 — Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Pub.L. 106-390, 114 Stat. 1552
- October 30, 2000 — Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Pub.L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763A, (as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001)
Party summary
Senate
| Affiliation | January 31999 to October 241999 |
October 251999 to November 11999 |
November 21999 to July 182000 |
July 192000 to July 242000 |
July 252000 to January 32001 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 55 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 54 | |
| Democratic | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | |
| Vacant | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Total | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | |
| Note | John Chafee (R) died | Lincoln Chafee (R) was appointed to replace John Chafee | Paul Coverdell (R) died | Zell Miller (D) was appointed to replace Coverdell | ||
House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Members | Voting share |
Delegates and Resident Commissioner |
Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 223 | 51.3% | 1 | ||
| Democratic | 211 | 48.6% | 4 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 0.2% | - | Caucuses with the Democrats | |
| Vacant | 0 | 0.0% | - | ||
| Total | 435 | 5 | |||
Officers
Senate
| Office | Senator / Vice-President | Party | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Senate | Al Gore | Democratic | Tennessee | |
| President pro tempore | Strom Thurmond | Republican | South Carolina | |
| Majority Leader | Trent Lott | Republican | Mississippi | |
| Minority Leader | Tom Daschle | Democratic | South Dakota | |
| Majority Whip | Don Nickles | Republican | Oklahoma | |
| Minority Whip | Harry Reid | Democratic | Nevada | |
House of Representatives
| Office | Representative | Party | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker of the House | Dennis Hastert | Republican | Illinois | |
| Majority Leader | Dick Armey | Republican | Texas | |
| Minority Leader | Dick Gephardt | Democratic | Missouri | |
| Majority Whip | Tom DeLay | Republican | Texas | |
| Minority Whip | David Bonior | Democratic | Michigan | |
Members
Senate
- See also: Category: United States Senators
- See also: Category: United States Congressional Delegations by state
House of Representatives
| 80.1-100% Republican | 80.1-100% Democratic |
| 60.1-80% Republican | 60.1-80% Democratic |
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
| 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
American Samoa — District of Columbia — Guam — Puerto Rico — Virgin Islands |
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
- See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
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