106th Congress (1999 - 2001)

House of Representatives

House Majority: Republican

House Majority Seats: 226 out of 435

House Speaker: Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)

Senate

Senate Majority: Republican

Senate Majority Seats: 55 out of 100

Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)

Executive

President: William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton (D-AR)

Vice President: Al Gore (D-TN)

Member Spotlight

Featured: Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL), the Speaker of the House, was a prominent congressional leader known for his quiet, behind-the-scenes style. Born in 1942, he represented Illinois in the House from 1987 to 2007 and rose to the speakership in 1999, serving until 2007. Hastert focused on party discipline, legislative organization, and advancing the Republican agenda during a period of divided government. His tenure was marked by a pragmatic approach to leadership and an emphasis on efficiency and procedural control in managing the House’s legislative business.

Enactments

• Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999
• 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act
• Y2K Act
• National Missile Defense Act of 1999
• Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2000
• Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000
• Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000
• Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000
• First Continuing Appropriation Act, FY 2000
• National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
• Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
• Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
• Second Continuing Appropriation Act, FY 2000
• Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
• Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000
• Third Continuing Appropriation Act, FY 2000
• Fourth Continuing Appropriation Act, FY 2000
• Fifth Continuing Appropriation Act, FY 2000
• Financial Services Act of 1999
• Sixth Continuing Appropriation Act, FY 2000
• Seventh Continuing Appropriation Act, FY 2000
• Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000
• Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
• Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
• Trade and Development Act of 2000
• Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
• Tax-Exempt Political Disclosure Act
• Military Construction Appropriations Act FY 2001
• Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001
• Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
• First Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000
• Second Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• United States-China Relations Act of 2000
• Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
• Third Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Kids 2000 Act
• Fourth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
• Fifth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Sixth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
• Seventh Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
• Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
• Eighth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Ninth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
• Tenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Eleventh Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Twelfth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Thirteenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Fourteenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Sixteenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001
• Fifteenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001
• Seventeenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Eighteenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Nineteenth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
• Twentieth Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Final Continuing Appropriation Act FY 2001
• Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
• Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001
• Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000
• Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999
• Steel Import Quotas
• Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999
• Pain Relief Promotion Act of 2000
• Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999
• Financial Freedom Act of 1999
• Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000
• Patients' Bill of Rights Plus Act
• Medicare Rx 2000 Act
• Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2000
• Debt Relief Lock-box Reconciliation Act for Fiscal Year 2001
• Fiscal 2000 Budget Resolution
• Fiscal 2001 Budget Resolution
• Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2000
• Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000
• Military Operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Acts