104th United States Congress

	104th United States Congress
	; United States Capitol (2002)
	Duration: January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
President of the Senate:	Al Gore
President pro tempore:	Strom Thurmond
Speaker of the House:	Newt Gingrich
Members:	100 Senators; 435 Representatives; 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican Party
House Majority:	Republican Party
Sessions
	1st: January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1996; 2nd: January 3, 1996 – October 4, 1996
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The One Hundred Fourth 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, 1995 to January 3, 1997, during the third and fourth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census. Both chambers had Republican majorities for the first time since the 1950's. Major events included passage of elements of the Contract with America and a budget impasse between Congress and the Clinton Administration that resulted in the Federal government shutdown of 1995.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Party summary
- 3.1 Senate
- 3.2 House of Representatives
4 Officers
- 4.1 Senate
  - 4.1.1 Majority
  - 4.1.2 Minority
- 4.2 House of Representatives
  - 4.2.1 Majority
  - 4.2.2 Minority
5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Employees
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 See also
- 7.1 Elections
- 7.2 Party changes
  - 7.2.1 Senate
8 External links

[edit] Major events

January 3, 1995: Republicans gained control of both houses for the first time since the 1950s.
January 31, 1995: President Clinton invoked emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.
May 23, 1995: Oklahoma City bombing
August 30, 1995: NATO begins Operation Deliberate Force against Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
November 14 – November 19, 1995: U.S. government shutdown
December 16, 1995 – January 6, 1996: U.S. government shutdown
November 5, 1996: Re-election of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore; Democrats gained 8 seats in House; Republicans gained 2 seats in Senate.

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

1995 November 28 — National Highway Designation Act, Pub.L. 104-59, 109 Stat. 568
1995 December 19 — Lobbying Disclosure Act, Pub.L. 104-65, 109 Stat. 691, 2 U.S.C. ch.26
1995 December 22 — Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Pub.L. 104-67, 109 Stat. 737
1996 February 8 — Telecommunications Act of 1996 (including the Communications Decency Act), Pub.L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. § 609
1996 March 12 — Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton Act), Pub.L. 104-114, 110 Stat. 785, 22 U.S.C. § 6021–6091
1996 April 9 — Line Item Veto Act, Pub.L. 104-130, 110 Stat. 1200
1996 April 24 — Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, Pub.L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214
1996 July 30 — Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2, Pub.L. 104-168, 110 Stat. 1452
1996 August 3 — National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act, Pub.L. 104-169, 110 Stat. 1482
1996 August 3 — Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-170, 110 Stat. 1489, 7 U.S.C. § 136
1996 August 20 — Small Business Job Protection Act, Pub.L. 104-188, 110 Stat. 1755
1996 August 21 — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Pub.L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936
1996 August 22 — Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (Welfare Reform Act), Pub.L. 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105
1996 September 21 — Defense of Marriage Act, Pub.L. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419
1996 September 30 — Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, Pub.L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3001

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

End of the previous Congress	44	56	100	0

Begin	53	47	100	0
March 3, 1995	54	46	100	0
October 1, 1995	53	46	99	1
February 6, 1996	53	47	100	0
Final voting share	53.0%	47.0%

Beginning of the next Congress	55	45	100	0

[edit] House of Representatives

	Republican	Democratic	Independent		Vacant
Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

End of the previous Congress	176	258	1	435	0

Begin	230	204	1	435	0
April 1995	231	203		435	0
October 1, 1995		202		434	1
December 15, 1995		203		435	0
February 15, 1996		202		434	1
April 16, 1996		203		435	0
Final voting share	53.1%	46.7%	0.2%
Non-voting members	1	4	0	5	0

Beginning of the next Congress	228	206	1	435	0

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

Office		Officer	Party	State
	President of the Senate	Al Gore	Democratic	Tennessee

[edit] Majority

	Officer	Party	State	Notes
President pro tempore	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina
Majority Leader	Bob Dole		Kansas	Resigned June 11, 1996
Majority Leader	Trent Lott		Mississippi	June 12, 1996–end
Majority Whip	Trent Lott		Mississippi	Until June 11, 1996
Majority Whip	Don Nickles		Oklahoma	June 12, 1996–end

[edit] Minority

Office		Officer	Party	State	Notes
	Minority Leader	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota
	Minority Whip	Wendell Ford	Democratic	Kentucky

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Majority

	Officer	Party	State
Speaker	Newt Gingrich	Republican	Georgia
Majority Leader	Dick Armey		Texas
Majority Whip	Tom DeLay		Texas

[edit] Minority

Office		Officer	Party	State
	Minority Leader	Dick Gephardt	Democratic	Missouri
	Minority Whip	David Bonior	Democratic	Michigan

Senators' party membership by state.

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senator		Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office
	Howell Heflin	Democratic	Alabama	Tuscumbia	2	1979
	Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	3	1987
	Ted Stevens	Republican	Alaska	Girdwood	2	1969
	Frank Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	Fairbanks	3	1981
	John McCain	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	3	1987
	Jon Kyl	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	1	1995
	Dale Bumpers	Democratic	Arkansas	Charleston	3	1975
	David Pryor	Democratic	Arkansas	Little Rock	2	1979
	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	California	San Francisco	1	1992
	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	California	Greenbrae	3	1993
	Hank Brown	Republican	Colorado	Greeley	2	1991
	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Republican	Colorado	Ignacio	3	1993
	Christopher Dodd	Democratic	Connecticut	East Haddam	3	1981
	Joseph Lieberman	Democratic	Connecticut	New Haven	1	1989
	William Roth	Republican	Delaware	Wilmington	1	1971
	Joe Biden	Democratic	Delaware	Wilmington	2	1973
	Bob Graham	Democratic	Florida	Miami Lakes	3	1987
	Connie Mack	Republican	Florida	Cape Coral	1	1989
	Sam Nunn	Democratic	Georgia	Perry	2	1972
	Paul Coverdell	Republican	Georgia	Atlanta	3	1993
	Daniel Inouye	Democratic	Hawaii	Honolulu	3	1963
	Daniel Akaka	Democratic	Hawaii	Honolulu	1	1991
	Larry Craig	Republican	Idaho	Payette	2	1991
	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	Idaho	Boise	3	1993
	Paul Simon	Democratic	Illinois	Makanda	2	1985
	Carol Moseley-Braun	Democratic	Illinois	Chicago	3	1993
	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	Indianapolis	1	1977
	Dan Coats	Republican	Indiana	Fort Wayne	3	1989
	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	New Hartford	3	1981
	Tom Harkin	Democratic	Iowa	Cumming	2	1985
	Bob Dole	Republican	Kansas	Russell	3	1969 (resigned June 11, 1996)
	Sheila Frahm	Republican		Colby		appointed June 11, 1996; defeated in election and replaced November 6, 1996
	Sam Brownback	Republican		Topeka		from November 6, 1996
	Nancy Kassebaum	Republican		Wichita	2	1978
	Wendell Hampton Ford	Democratic	Kentucky	Owensboro	3	1974
	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	Louisville	2	1985
	Bennett Johnston, Jr.	Democratic	Louisiana	Shreveport	2	1973
	John Breaux	Democratic	Louisiana	Crowley	3	1987
	William Cohen	Republican	Maine	Bangor	2	1979
	Olympia Snowe	Republican	Maine	Auburn	1	1995
	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	Maryland	Baltimore	1	1977
	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	Maryland	Baltimore	3	1987
	Edward Kennedy	Democratic	Massachusetts	Hyannis Port	1	1962
	John Kerry	Democratic	Massachusetts	Boston	2	1985
	Carl Levin	Democratic	Michigan	Detroit	2	1979
	Spencer Abraham	Republican	Michigan	Auburn Hills	1	1995
	Paul Wellstone	Democratic	Minnesota	Northfield	2	1991
	Rod Grams	Republican	Minnesota	Ramsey	1	1995
	Thad Cochran	Republican	Mississippi	Jackson	2	1979
	Trent Lott	Republican	Mississippi	Pascagoula	1	1989
	Kit Bond	Republican	Missouri	Mexico	3	1987
	John Ashcroft	Republican	Missouri	Ballwin	1	1995
	Max Baucus	Democratic	Montana	Missoula	2	1979
	Conrad Burns	Republican	Montana	Billings	1	1989
	Jim Exon	Democratic	Nebraska	Lincoln	2	1979
	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	Nebraska	Omaha	1	1989
	Harry Reid	Democratic	Nevada	Searchlight	3	1987
	Richard Bryan	Democratic	Nevada	Las Vegas	1	1989
	Bob Smith	Republican	New Hampshire	Tuftonboro	2	1990
	Judd Gregg	Republican	New Hampshire	Greenfield	3	1993
	Bill Bradley	Democratic	New Jersey	Montclair	2	1979
	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	New Jersey	Cliffside Park	1	1982
	Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	Albuquerque	2	1973
	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	New Mexico	Santa Fe	1	1983
	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Democratic	New York	Oneonta	1	1977
	Al D'Amato	Republican	New York	Island Park	3	1981
	Jesse Helms	Republican	North Carolina	Raleigh	2	1973
	Lauch Faircloth	Republican	North Carolina	Clinton	3	1993
	Kent Conrad	Democratic	North Dakota	Bismarck	1	1987
	Byron Dorgan	Democratic	North Dakota	Bismarck	3	1993
	John Glenn	Democratic	Ohio	Columbus	3	1974
	Mike DeWine	Republican	Ohio	Yellowsprings	1	1995
	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	Ponca City	3	1981
	James Inhofe	Republican	Oklahoma	Tulsa	2	1995
	Mark Hatfield	Republican	Oregon	Salem	2	1967
	Bob Packwood	Republican		Portland	3	1969 (resigned October 5, 1995)
	Ron Wyden	Democratic		Portland	3	from February 6, 1996
	Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3	1981
	Rick Santorum	Republican	Pennsylvania	Mount Lebanon	1	1995
	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	Rhode Island	Newport	2	1961
	John Chafee	Republican	Rhode Island	Warwick	1	1977
	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina	Aiken	2	1954
	Ernest Hollings	Democratic	South Carolina	Charleston	3	1966
	Larry Pressler	Republican	South Dakota	Humboldt	2	1979
	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota	Aberdeen	3	1987
	Fred Thompson	Republican	Tennessee	Nashville	2	1994
	Bill Frist	Republican	Tennessee	Nashville	1	1995
	Phil Gramm	Republican	Texas	College Station	2	1985
	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Texas	Dallas	1	1993
	Orrin Hatch	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	1	1977
	Robert Bennett	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	3	1993
	Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Vermont	Burlington	3	1975
	James Jeffords	Republican	Vermont	Shrewsbury	1	1989
	John Warner	Republican	Virginia	Alexandria	2	1979
	Chuck Robb	Democratic	Virginia	McLean	1	1989
	Slade Gorton	Republican	Washington	Seattle	1	1989 (previously served 1981-1987)
	Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington	Seattle	3	1993
	Robert Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	Sophia	1	1959
	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	West Virginia	Charleston	2	1985
	Herbert Kohl	Democratic	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1	1989
	Russ Feingold	Democratic	Wisconsin	Middleton	3	1993
	Alan K. Simpson	Republican	Wyoming	Cody	2	1979
	Craig Thomas	Republican	Wyoming	Casper	1	1995
Senator		Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office

Section contents: 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

[edit] House of Representatives

Percent of members of the House of Representatives from each party by state.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are denoted "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts are preceded by their district numbers.