100th Congress (1987 - 1989)
House of Representatives
House Majority: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 258 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. James Wright (D-TX)
Senate
Senate Majority: Democrat
Senate Majority Seats: 55 out of 100
Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Executive
President: Ronald Reagan (R-CA)
Vice President: George H.W. Bush (R-TX)
Member Spotlight
Featured: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was a long-serving and influential senator known for his tenacity, humor, and advocacy for Alaska. Serving from 1968 to 2009, Stevens played a central role in securing federal funding for infrastructure, energy development, and natural resource projects in his home state. Indicative of his frank and colorful personality, he once remarked, “God forbid that anyone will ever tell me that the city of Washington is my home; it is not. I detest it. I really do. I cannot think of another place to have a nation’s capital in the world that is a worse place to live. The air compared to my state is abominable. We shorten our life spans by coming to this town.” Stevens’ career combined fierce advocacy for Alaska with a reputation for candidness that made him a memorable figure in the Senate.
Enactments
- Water Quality Act of 1987
- Surface Transportation Act of 1987
- Grove City Act of 1987
- Farm Disaster Assistance
- New GI Bill Continuation Act
- Fiscal 1987 Supplemental Appropriations
- Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
- Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987
- Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act
- First Continuing Appropriation Act FY 1988
- Second Continuing Appropriation Act FY 1988
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
- Independent-Counsel Law
- Third Continuing Appropriation Act FY 1988
- Fourth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 1988
- Continuing Appropriations Act of 1988
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
- Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987
- The Housing and Community Development Act of 1987
- Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
- Contra Aid Passage
- Emergency Veteran's Home Loan Supplemental Appropriation
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988
- Administration of Justice Improvement Act of 1988
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
- Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1989
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
- Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act
- Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1988
- Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989
- Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988
- Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
- Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
- Japanese-American Reparations Act of 1988
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1989
- Department of Interior and Related Appropriations Act, 1989
- Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1989
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1988
- National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989
- Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989
- Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989
- Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989
- District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1989
- Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989
- Family Support Act of 1988
- Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
- Department of Veterans Affairs Act
- Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988
- Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
- Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988
- Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988
- Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988
- Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988
- Veterans' Judicial Review Act
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
- Intermediate-Range Missiles Treaty
- Fiscal 1988 Budget Resolution
- Fiscal 1989 Budget Resolution/Adoption
- Senatorial Election Campaign Act of 1987
- Minimum Wage Restoration Act of 1988
- Intelligence Oversight/Passage
- Death Penalty for Drug-Related Killings
- War Powers Compliance Act