105th United States Congress

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 105th 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, 1997, to January 3, 1999, during the fifth and sixth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census.

This is the most recent Congress with a Republican senator from New York, Al D'Amato, who lost re-election in 1998, and a Democratic senator from Kentucky, Wendell Ford, who retired at the end of the Congress.

Both chambers retained a Republican majority. President Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives of the 105th Congress. Template:TOC limit

Major eventsEdit

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Tickets dated January 14 and 15, 1999, for President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial

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Opponents of Clinton's impeachment demonstrating outside the Capitol in December 1998

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January 20, 1997: President Bill Clinton began his second term
May 18, 1998: United States v. Microsoft decision
August 7, 1998: 1998 United States embassy bombings
October 8, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton: House opened an impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton after Clinton denied that he engaged in a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones.
December 15, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton: House Judiciary Committee approved all four articles of impeachment against Clinton.
December 19, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton: House impeached President Clinton.

Major legislationEdit

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June 18, 1997: Volunteer Protection Act of 1997
August 5, 1997: Balanced Budget Act of 1997
August 5, 1997: Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
November 19, 1997; The Adoption and Safe Families Act
November 21, 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997
December 16, 1997: No Electronic Theft (NET) Act of 1997
June 9, 1998: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
June 23, 1998: Agricultural Research, Extension, and Educational Reform Act of 1998
July 22, 1998: Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 ("Taxpayer Bill of Rights III")
August 7, 1998: Credit Union Membership Access Act
August 7, 1998: Workforce Investment Act of 1998
August 13, 1998: Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998
October 21, 1998: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
October 27, 1998: International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
October 27, 1998: Copyright Term Extension Act ("Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act")
October 28, 1998: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (including WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act and Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act)
October 31, 1998: Iraq Liberation Act
November 3, 1998: Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998

Major resolutionsEdit

July 1997: Byrd–Hagel Resolution Template:USBill (Senate)
December 19, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton, Template:USBill

Party summaryEdit

SenateEdit

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Party standings in the 105th Congress Template:Legend Template:Legend

There was no change in the parties during this Congress.

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
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	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous Congress	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 53	47	100	0

105th Congress	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 55	45	100	0
Final voting share	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 55%	45%

Beginning of the next Congress	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 55	45	100	0

House of RepresentativesEdit

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|
	Republican	Democratic	Independent		Vacant
End of previous Congress	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 234	198	1	433	2

Begin (January 3, 1997)	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 226	207	2	435	0
January 8, 1997<ref name="Emerson" group="note">Rep. Bill Emerson (R-Template:Ushr) died during previous Congress. Jo Ann Emerson (R) was later elected to the seat as an Independent and switched to Republican.</ref>	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican \| 227	207	1	435	0
January 30, 1997	206	434		1
February 13, 1997	205	433		2
April 12, 1997	206	434		1
May 20, 1997		Template:Party shading/Republican \| 228		435	0
August 2, 1997		rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican \| 227		434	1
October 28, 1997	205	433		2
November 5, 1997	205	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican \| 228		434	1
November 11, 1997	204	433		2
November 17, 1997	203	432		3
January 5, 1998	203	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican \| 227		431	4
February 5, 1998	204	432		3
February 6, 1998	203	431		4
March 17, 1998	204	432		3
March 25, 1998	204	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 226		431	4
April 21, 1998	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican \| 227	205		433	2
May 21, 1998	206	434		1
June 25, 1998	206	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 228		435	0
Final voting share	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 52.4%	47.4%	0.2%
Non-voting members	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 1	4	0	5	0

Beginning of the next Congress	Template:Party shading/Republican \| 223	211	1	435	0

LeadershipEdit

SenateEdit

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

Majority (Republican) leadershipEdit

Minority (Democratic) leadershipEdit

CaucusesEdit

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MembersEdit

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SenateEdit

In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1998; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 2000; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 2002.

House seats by party holding plurality in state
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Striped: 50–50 split
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105th United States Congress

Major eventsEdit

Major legislationEdit

Major resolutionsEdit

Party summaryEdit

SenateEdit

House of RepresentativesEdit

LeadershipEdit

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Majority (Republican) leadershipEdit

Minority (Democratic) leadershipEdit

House of RepresentativesEdit

Majority (Republican) leadershipEdit

Minority (Democratic) leadershipEdit

CaucusesEdit

MembersEdit

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Non-voting delegationsEdit

Changes in membershipEdit

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CommitteesEdit

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Joint committeesEdit

EmployeesEdit

Legislative branch agency directorsEdit

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See alsoEdit

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