106th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 106th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 1999 to 2001 during the later years of President Bill Clinton’s administration, enacting laws and overseeing national policy through the Senate and House of Representatives.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
classification	106th Congress of the United States →
concurrentResolution	Y2K preparedness measures →
consideredIssue	impeachment of Bill Clinton →
convenedBy	United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
duringPresidencyOf	Bill Clinton →
endTime	2001-01-03 →
followedBy	107th United States Congress →
hasHouseMajorityWhip	Tom DeLay →
hasHouseMinorityLeader	Richard Gephardt →
hasHouseMinorityWhip	David Bonior →
hasJurisdictionOver	United States federal law →
hasSenateMajorityLeader	Trent Lott →
hasSenateMajorityWhip	Don Nickles →
hasSenateMinorityLeader	Tom Daschle →
hasSenateMinorityWhip	Harry Reid →
hasSpeakerOfTheHouse	Dennis Hastert →
legislativeBranchOf	United States federal government →
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
legislativePeriod	late 20th century → turn of the 21st century →
legislativeSessionNumber	106 →
legislativeTermOf	United States federal government →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
meetsUnderConstitutionalArticle	Article I of the United States Constitution →
metIn	United States Capitol →
numberOfSenators	100 →
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	435 →
oversawImpeachmentTrialOutcomeOf	Bill Clinton →
oversawIssue	Medicare and Social Security reform discussions → federal budget surplus debates → technology and internet regulation →
oversawNationalPolicyArea	domestic policy → economic policy → foreign policy →
partyControlHouse	Republican Party →
partyControlSenate	Republican Party →
passedLegislationOn	budget and appropriations → defense authorization → education policy → financial services modernization → health care programs →
precededBy	105th United States Congress →
startTime	1999-01-03 →
usedLanguage	English →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 → Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 → Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 → Public Law 106-274 →	enactedBy
106th United States Congress ("106th Congress of the United States") →	classification
107th United States Congress →	followed
Dennis Hastert ("106th United States Congress (as Speaker)") →	partOf
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn