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, D.C., 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 1990 United States census. Both chambers maintained a Republican majority.
106th United States Congress | |
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105th ← → 107th | |
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |
Members | 100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Republican |
Senate President | Al Gore (D) |
House majority | Republican |
House Speaker | Dennis Hastert (R) |
Sessions | |
1st: January 6, 1999 – November 22, 1999 2nd: January 24, 2000 – December 15, 2000 |
This is the most recent Congress with Republican senators from the states of Delaware (William Roth), Michigan (Spencer Abraham) and Washington (Slade Gorton), all of whom lost re-election in 2000.
Membership changed with two deaths.
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||
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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 |
There were two resignations and three deaths.
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | |||
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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 |
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.
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 |
State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[c] |
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Rhode Island (1) |
John Chafee (R) | Died October 24, 1999. Successor appointed on November 2, 1999, and later elected for a full six-year term. |
Lincoln Chafee (R) | November 2, 1999 |
Georgia (3) |
Paul Coverdell (R) | Died July 18, 2000. Successor appointed on July 24, 2000, and later elected to finish the term ending January 3, 2005. |
Zell Miller (D) | July 24, 2000 |
District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[c] |
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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. |
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.
In October 2000, the United States Congress passed a Sense of Congress resolution that McVay's record should reflect that "he is exonerated for the loss of the USS Indianapolis." President Clinton also signed the resolution. which rightented the miscarriage of justice on Charles B. McVay III for the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 30 July 1945 by Japanese submarine I-58 (1943)