106th United States Congress

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106th United States Congress
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→ 107th
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United States Capitol (2000)

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 106th 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 maintained a Republican majority.

Major events[]

  • January 7, 1999 - February 12, 1999: Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton
  • March 24, 1999 - June 10, 1999: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
  • March 29, 1999: Dow Jones Industrial Average ended above 10,000 for the first time.
  • April 20, 1999: Columbine High School massacre
  • April 3, 2000: United States v. Microsoft: Federal court held Microsoft liable for anti-trust violations
  • November 7, 2000: Presidential election, Senate election, House election
  • November 7, 2000 – December 13, 2000: Presidential election, Florida recount, and Bush v. Gore litigation

Major legislation[]

Treaties considered[]

  • October 13, 1999: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Rejected[1]

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
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 45 55 100 0
Begin 45 55 100 0
October 24, 1999[a] 54 99 1
November 2, 1999[a] 55 100 0
July 18, 2000[b] 54 99 1
July 25, 2000[b] 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
Democratic Independent Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 206 1 228 435 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 2 221 435 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 2 221 434 1

Leadership[]

Senate[]

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

Majority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: Trent Lott
  • Majority Whip: Don Nickles
  • Republican Conference Chairman: Connie Mack III
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Paul Coverdell
  • Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Mitch McConnell
  • Policy Committee Chairman: Larry Craig

Minority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Tom Daschle
  • Minority Whip: Harry Reid
  • Policy Committee Chairman: Byron Dorgan
  • Democratic Conference Secretary: Barbara Mikulski
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Robert Torricelli
  • Chief Deputy Whip: John Breaux

House of Representatives[]

Speaker of the House
Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert (R)
  • Speaker: Dennis Hastert (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: Dick Armey
  • Majority Whip: Tom DeLay
  • Chief Deputy Whip: Roy Blunt
  • Republican Conference Chairman: J. C. Watts
  • Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Tillie Fowler
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Deborah Pryce
  • Policy Committee Chairman: Christopher Cox
  • Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Tom Davis
  • House Rules Committee Chairman: David Dreier

Minority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Dick Gephardt
  • Minority Whip: David Bonior
  • Chief Deputy Minority Whips: Chet Edwards, John Lewis, Ed Pastor & Maxine Waters
  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: Martin Frost
  • Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman: Bob Menendez
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick J. Kennedy

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 3 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[]

Senate[]

State
(class)
Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[c]
Rhode Island
(1)
John Chafee (R) Died October 24, 1999 Lincoln Chafee (R)
(Appointed, later elected to finish term)
November 2, 1999
Georgia
(3)
Paul Coverdell (R) Died July 18, 2000 Zell Miller (D)
(Appointed)
July 24, 2000

House of Representatives[]

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[c]
Georgia 6th Vacant Newt Gingrich (R) resigned January 3, 1999.
Successor elected February 23, 1999.
Johnny Isakson (R) February 23, 1999
Louisiana 1st Bob Livingston (R) Resigned March 1, 1999.
Successor elected May 29, 1999.
David Vitter (R) May 29, 1999
California 42nd George Brown Jr. (D) Died July 15, 1999.
Successor elected November 16, 1999.
Joe Baca (D) November 16, 1999
New York 1st Michael Forbes (R) Changed political affiliation July 17, 1999. Michael Forbes (D) July 17, 1999
Virginia 5th Virgil Goode (D) Changed party affiliation January 27, 2000. Virgil Goode (I) January 27, 2000
California 31st Matthew G. Martínez (D) Changed party affiliation July 27, 2000. Matthew G. Martínez (R) July 27, 2000
Virginia 1st Herbert H. Bateman (R) Died September 11, 2000. Seat vacant until next Congress
Minnesota 4th Bruce Vento (D) Died October 10, 2000.
California 32nd Julian Dixon (D) Died December 8, 2000.

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[]

  • Aging (Special) (Chair: Chuck Grassley)
  • Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Richard Lugar)
    • Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization (Chair: Larry Craig)
    • Marketing Inspection and Product Promotion (Chair: Paul Coverdell)
    • Production and Price Competitiveness (Chair: Pat Roberts)
    • Research, Nutrition and General Legislation (Chair: Peter Fitzgerald)
  • Appropriations (Chair: Ted Stevens)
    • Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Thad Cochran)
    • Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Judd Gregg)
    • Defense (Chair: Ted Stevens)
    • District of Columbia (Chair: Kay Bailey Hutchison)
    • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Pete Domenici)
    • Foreign Operations (Chair: Mitch McConnell)
    • (Chair: Slade Gorton)
    • (Chair: Arlen Specter)
    • Legislative Branch (Chair: Robert F. Bennett)
    • (Chair: Conrad Burns)
    • (Chair: Richard Shelby)
    • (Chair: Ben Nighthorse Campbell)
    • (Chair: Kit Bond)
  • Armed Services (Chair: John Warner)
  • Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Phil Gramm)
    • Economic Policy (Chair: Connie Mack)
    • Financial Institutions (Chair: Robert F. Bennett, Vice Chair: Chuck Hagel)
    • (Chair: Wayne Allard, Vice Chair: Rick Santorum)
    • (Chair: Mike Enzi, Vice Chair: Mike Crapo)
    • (Chair: Rod Grams, Vice Chair: Jim Bunning)
  • Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici)
  • Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: John McCain)
    • (Chair: Slade Gorton)
    • (Chair: Conrad Burns)
    • (Chair: John Ashcroft)
    • (Chair: Spencer Abraham)
    • (Chair: Olympia Snowe)
    • (Chair: Bill Frist)
  • Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Frank Murkowski)
    • (Chair: Don Nickles, Vice Chair: Pete Domenici)
    • (Chair: Larry Craig, Vice Chair: Conrad Burns)
    • (Chair: Craig L. Thomas, Vice Chair: Ben Nighthorse Campbell)
    • Water and Power (Chair: Gordon H. Smith, Vice Chair: Slade Gorton)
  • Environment and Public Works (Chair: Bob Smith)
    • (Chair: Jim Inhofe)
    • (Chair: Mike Crapo)
    • (Chair: Bob Smith)
    • (Chair: George Voinovich)
  • Ethics (Select) (Chair: Pat Roberts)
  • Finance (Chair: William V. Roth Jr.)
  • Foreign Relations (Chair: Jesse Helms)
    • African Affairs (Chair: Bill Frist)
    • East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Craig L. Thomas)
    • European Affairs (Chair: Gordon H. Smith)
    • (Chair: Chuck Hagel)
    • (Chair: Rod Grams)
    • (Chair: Sam Brownback)
    • (Chair: Paul Coverdell)
  • Governmental Affairs (Chair: Fred Thompson)
    • (Chair: Thad Cochran)
    • (Chair: George Voinovich)
    • (Chair: Susan Collins)
  • Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Ben Nighthorse Campbell)
  • Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Richard Shelby)
  • Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Chair: Jim Jeffords)
    • (Chair: Judd Gregg)
    • (Chair: Bill Frist)
    • (Chair: Mike DeWine)
    • (Chair: Mike Enzi)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Orrin Hatch)
    • Administrative Oversight and the Courts (Chair: Chuck Grassley)
    • (Chair: Mike DeWine)
    • (Chair: John Ashcroft)
    • (Chair: Strom Thurmond)
    • (Chair: Spencer Abraham)
    • (Chair: Jon Kyl)
    • (Chair: Jeff Sessions)
  • Rules and Administration (Chair: Mitch McConnell)
  • Small Business (Chair: Kit Bond)
  • Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Arlen Specter)

House of Representatives[]

  • Agriculture (Chair: Larry Combest, Vice Chair: Bill Barrett)
    • Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Bob Goodlatte, Vice Chair: Thomas W. Ewing)
    • (Chair: Bill Barrett, Vice Chair: John A. Boehner)
    • Livestock and Horticulture (Chair: Richard Pombo, Vice Chair: John A. Boehner)
    • (Chair: Thomas W. Ewing, Vice Chair: Bill Barrett)
  • Appropriations (Chair: Bill Young)
    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies (Chair: Joe Skeen)
    • (Chair: Hal Rogers)
    • Defense (Chair: Jerry Lewis)
    • (Chair: Ernest J. Istook)
    • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Ron Packard)
    • Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (Chair: Sonny Callahan)
    • (Chair: Ralph Regula)
    • (Chair: John Edward Porter)
    • (Chair: Charles H. Taylor)
    • (Chair: David L. Hobson)
    • (Chair: Frank Wolf)
    • (Chair: Jim Kolbe)
    • (Chair: James T. Walsh)
  • Armed Services (Chair: Floyd Spence, Vice Chair: Bob Stump)
    • (Chair: Joel Hefley)
    • Military Personnel (Chair: Steve Buyer)
    • (Chair: Duncan L. Hunter)
    • (Chair: Herbert Bateman, Vice Chair: Walter B. Jones, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Curt Weldon)
    • (Chair: John M. McHugh, Vice Chair: Bob Riley)
    • (Chair: Herbert Bateman)
  • Banking and Financial Services (Chair: Jim Leach, Vice Chair: Steven T. Kuykendall)
    • (Chair: Richard Baker, Vice Chair: Frank D. Lucas)
    • (Chair: Spencer Bachus, Vice Chair: Ron Paul)
    • (Chair: Marge Roukema, Vice Chair: Bill McCollum)
    • (Chair: Peter T. King, Vice Chair: Steven C. LaTourette)
    • (Chair: Rick Lazio, Vice Chair: Robert W. Ney)
  • Budget (Chair: John Kasich)
  • Commerce (Chair: Thomas J. Bliley Jr., Vice Chair: Paul E. Gillmor)
    • (Chair: Joe Barton, Vice Chair: Cliff Stearns)
    • (Chair: Mike Oxley, Vice Chair: Billy Tauzin)
    • (Chair: Michael Bilirakis, Vice Chair: Tom Coburn)
    • (Chair: Fred Upton, Vice Chair: Richard Burr)
    • (Chair: Billy Tauzin, Vice Chair: Mike Oxley)
  • Education and the Workforce (Chair: William F. Goodling, Vice Chair: William F. Goodling)
    • Employer-Employee Relations (Chair: John A. Boehner, Vice Chair: Ernie Fletcher)
    • Workforce Protections (Chair: Cass Ballenger, Vice Chair: Bill Barrett)
    • (Chair: Peter Hoekstra. Vice Chair: Charles W. Norwood, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Buck McKeon, Vice Chair: Lindsey O. Graham)
    • (Chair: Michael Castle, Vice Chair: Bob Schaffer)
  • Government Reform (Chair: Dan Burton, Vice Chair: Steve LaTourette)
    • (Chair: Dan Miller, Vice Chair: John T. Doolittle)
    • (Chair: Joe Scarborough, Vice Chair: Asa Hutchinson)
    • (Chair: John Mica, Vice Chair: Bob Barr)
    • (Chair: Richard Baker, Vice Chair: Connie Morella)
    • (Chair: Stephen Horn, Vice Chair: Judy Biggert)
    • (Chair: David M. McIntosh, Vice Chair: Paul Ryan)
    • (Chair: Christopher Shays, Vice Chair: Mark E. Souder)
    • (Chair: John M. McHugh, Vice Chair: Mark Souder)
  • House Administration (Chair: Bill Thomas)
  • International Relations (Chair: Benjamin A. Gilman)
    • (Chair: Edward Royce)
    • Asia and the Pacific (Chair: Doug Bereuter)
    • (Chair: Chris Smith)
    • (Chair: Elton Gallegly)
    • (Chair: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Henry J. Hyde)
    • Commercial and Administrative Law (Chair: George Gekas)
    • The Constitution (Chair: Charles T. Canady)
    • (Chair: Howard Coble)
    • (Chair: Bill McCollum)
    • (Chair: Lamar Smith)
  • Resources (Chair: Don Young)
    • (Chair: Barbara Cubin)
    • (Chair: Jim Saxton)
    • (Chair: James V. Hansen)
    • (Chair: Helen Chenoweth)
    • (Chair: John T. Doolittle)
  • Rules (Chair: David Dreier, Vice Chair: Porter Goss)
    • (Chair: Porter Goss, Vice Chair: Deborah Pryce)
    • (Chair: John Linder, Vice Chair: Lincoln Diaz-Balart)
  • Science (Chair: Jim Sensenbrenner, Vice Chair: Vern Ehlers)
    • (Chair: Nick Smith, Vice Chair: Judy Biggert)
    • (Chair: Ken Calvert, Vice Chair: Gary G. Miller)
    • Space and Aeronautics (Chair: Dana Rohrabacher, Vice Chair: Dave Weldon)
    • Technology (Chair: Constance Morella, Vice Chair: Gil Gutknecht)
  • Small Business (Chair: Jim Talent)
    • (Chair: Joseph R. Pitts, Vice Chair: Jim DeMint)
    • (Chair: Roscoe G. Bartlett, Vice Chair: Mary Bono)
    • (Chair: Sue Kelly, Vice Chair: John Thune)
    • (Chair: Donald A. Manzullo, Vice Chair: Steve Chabot)
    • (Chair: Frank LoBiondo, Vice Chair: Rick Hill)
  • Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Lamar S. Smith)
  • Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: Bud Shuster, Vice Chair: Tom Petri)
    • (Chair: John J. Duncan, Jr., Vice Chair: John E. Sweeney)
    • (Chair: Wayne T. Gilchrest, Vice Chair: Frank A. LoBiondo)
    • (Chair: Bob Franks, Vice Chair: John Cooksey)
    • (Chair: Tom Petri, Vice Chair: Bob Franks)
    • (Chair: Tillie K. Fowler, Vice Chair: Lee Terry)
    • (Chair: Sherwood L. Boehlert, Vice Chair: Don Sherwood)
  • Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Bob Stump, Vice Chair: Chris Smith)
  • Ways and Means (Chair: William Reynolds Archer Jr.)
    • Health (Chair: Bill Thomas)
    • Human Resources (Chair: Nancy Johnson)
    • Oversight (Chair: Amo Houghton)
    • Social Security (Chair: E. Clay Shaw)
    • Trade (Chair: Phil Crane)
  • Whole

Joint committees[]

  • Economic (Chair: Sen. Connie Mack III, Vice Chair: Rep. Jim Saxton)
  • Taxation (Chair: Rep. Bill Archer, Vice Chair: Sen. William V. Roth)
  • The Library (Chair: Sen. Ted Stevens, Vice Chair: Rep. Bill Thomas)
  • Printing (Chair: Bill Thomas, Vice Chair: Rep. Mitch McConnell)

Caucuses[]

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

  • Architect of the Capitol: Alan M. Hantman
  • Attending Physician of the United States Congress: John F. Eisold
  • Comptroller General of the United States: David M. Walker
  • Director of the Congressional Budget Office: June E. O'Neill, until January 29, 1999
    • James Blum, January 29, 1999 - February 3, 1999
    • Dan Crippen, from February 3, 1999
  • Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington
  • Public Printer of the United States:

Senate[]

House of Representatives[]

  • Chaplain: (Lutheran), until March 23, 2000
    • Daniel P. Coughlin (Roman Catholic), from March 23, 2000
  • Chief Administrative Officer:
  • Clerk: Jeff Trandahl
  • Reading Clerks:
    • Mary Kevin Niland (D)
    • (until 1999) along with Paul Hays (R)
  • : then
  • Parliamentarian: Charles W. Johnson
  • Sergeant at Arms: Wilson Livingood

See also[]

  • 1998 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
    • 1998 United States Senate elections
    • 1998 United States House of Representatives elections
  • 2000 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
    • 2000 United States presidential election
    • 2000 United States Senate elections
    • 2000 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Jump up to: a b In Georgia, Paul Coverdell (R) died July 18, 2000 and Zell Miller (D) was appointed July 25, to continue the term.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References[]

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