104th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 104th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 1995 to 1997, notable for Republican control of both chambers under Speaker Newt Gingrich and the push for the "Contract with America."

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Label Occurrences
104th United States Congress canonical 25
104th Congress, 2nd Session 1
Republican-controlled 104th United States Congress 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
adjournedOn 1997-01-03 ⓘ
chamberControl (House) Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
chamberControl (Senate) Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
chamberCount 2 ⓘ
compositionCharacterizedAs divided government at federal level ⓘ
controlledBy Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
convenedOn 1995-01-03 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1997-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1995-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy 105th United States Congress ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseMajorityLeader Richard Armey ⓘ
surface form: Dick Armey
houseMajorityWhip Tom DeLay ⓘ
houseMinorityLeader Richard Gephardt ⓘ
surface form: Dick Gephardt
implementedAgenda Contract with America ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermOf United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
metIn United States Capitol ⓘ
notableFor Contract with America ⓘ
Republican Revolution ⓘ
numberOfSenators 100 ⓘ
numberOfVotingRepresentatives 435 ⓘ
ordinalNumber 104 ⓘ
precededBy 103rd United States Congress ⓘ
presidentOfTheSenate Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore
presidentOfTheSenateParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
presidentPartyDuringTerm Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate Strom Thurmond ⓘ
presidentProTemporeParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
secondSessionStart 1996-01-03 ⓘ
senateMajorityLeader Bob Dole ⓘ
Trent Lott ⓘ
senateMajorityWhip Don Nickles ⓘ
Trent Lott ⓘ
senateMinorityLeader Tom Daschle ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ
surface form: Newt Gingrich
speakerParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
startDate 1995-01-03 ⓘ
timePeriod 1990s ⓘ
typeOfLegislature full-time legislature ⓘ
underPresident Bill Clinton ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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103rd United States Congress → followedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 → introducedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republican-controlled 104th United States Congress
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 → legislativeSession → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
PRWORA → congressNumber → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 → congressNumber → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 → enactedIn → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives → officeAbolishedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
1994 United States House of Representatives elections → legislatureTerm → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
1996 United States House of Representatives elections → previousCongress → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 104-191 → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Ron Dellums → parliamentaryTerm → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 104-193 → congressNumber → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Clinger–Cohen Act of 1996 → congressNumber → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Telecommunications Act of 1996 → legislativeSession → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 104-106 → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
105th United States Congress → precededBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 104-208 → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 104-208 → congressSession → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: 104th Congress, 2nd Session
IIRIRA → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 → congressNumber → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
ICCTA → legislativeSession → 104th United States Congress ⓘ
Presidio Trust Act → enactedBy → 104th United States Congress ⓘ