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101st United States Congress

The 101st 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, 1989, to January 3, 1991, during the final weeks of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the first two years of George H. W. Bush's presidency.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1980 United States census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.

Major events

Major legislation

Enacted

Vetoed

Treaties ratified

Party summary

Senate

Party standings in the Senate
  55 Democratic Senators
  45 Republican Senators

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
Senate President pro Tempore

Democratic majority

Republican minority

House of Representatives

House Speaker

Democratic majority

Republican minority

Caucuses

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1990; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1992; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1994.

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. 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.

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. ^ U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush's term as President of the Senate ended at noon on January 20, 1989, when Dan Quayle's term began.
  2. ^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References

  1. ^ "Wyoming's Election For U.S. House Seat Goes to Republican". The New York Times. April 26, 1989. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "First Cuban-American Elected to Congress". The New York Times. August 29, 1989. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Suro, Roberto (September 14, 1989). "Jim Wright As Speaker For Texans". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Texas State Senator Elected to Congress To Fill Leland Seat". The New York Times. December 9, 1989. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Democrat Wins a House Seat in Mississippi". October 17, 1989. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.

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