101st United States Congress


The 101st 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, D.C., from January 3, 1989, to January 3, 1991, during the final weeks of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the first two years of George H. W. Bush's presidency.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1980 United States census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.

Major events

Major legislation

Enacted

Vetoed

Treaties ratified

Leadership

Senate

Democratic majority

Republican minority

House of Representatives

Democratic majority

Republican minority

Caucuses

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1990; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1992; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1994.

Delaware">List of United States senators from Delaware">Delaware


Kansas">List of United States senators from Kansas">Kansas


Mississippi">List of United States senators from Mississippi">Mississippi


New York">List of United States senators from New York">New York


South Carolina">List of United States senators from South Carolina">South Carolina


West Virginia">List of United States senators from West Virginia">West Virginia


House of Representatives

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Delaware">List of United States representatives from Delaware">Delaware


Kansas">List of United States representatives from Kansas">Kansas


Mississippi">List of United States representatives from Mississippi">Mississippi


New York">List of United States representatives from New York">New York


South Carolina">List of United States representatives from South Carolina">South Carolina


West Virginia">List of United States representatives from West Virginia">West Virginia


Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

  • Aging (Select)
  • Agriculture
  • * Conservation, Credit and Rural Development
  • * Cotton, Rice and Sugar
  • * Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture
  • * Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition
  • * Forests, Family Farms and Energy
  • * Livestock, Dairy and Poultry
  • * Tobacco and Peanuts
  • * Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains
  • Appropriations
  • * Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary
  • * Defense
  • * District of Columbia
  • * Energy and Water Development
  • * Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs
  • * Interior and Related Agencies
  • * Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
  • * Legislative
  • * Military Construction
  • * Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies
  • * Transportation
  • * Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
  • * VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
  • Armed Services
  • * Investigations
  • * Military Installations and Facilities
  • * Military Personnel and Compensation
  • * Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems
  • * Readiness
  • * Research and Development
  • * Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials
  • Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
  • * Consumer Affairs and Coinage
  • * Domestic Monetary Policy
  • * Economic Stabilization
  • * Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance
  • * General Oversight and Investigations
  • * International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy
  • * Housing and Community Development
  • * Policy Research and Insurance
  • Budget
  • * on the Budget Process, Reconciliation and Enforcement
  • * Community Development and Natural Resources
  • * Defense, Foreign Policy and Space
  • * Urgent Fiscal Issues
  • * Human Resources
  • * Economic Policy, Projections and Revenues
  • Children, Youth and Families (Select)
  • District of Columbia
  • * Fiscal Affairs and Health
  • * Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs
  • * Judiciary and Education
  • Education and Labor
  • * Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education
  • * Employment Opportunities
  • * Health and Safety
  • * Human Resources
  • * Labor-Management Relations
  • * Labor Standards
  • * Postsecondary Education
  • * Select Education
  • Energy and Commerce
  • * Commerce, Transportation and Competitiveness
  • * Energy and Power
  • * Health and the Environment
  • * Oversight and Investigations
  • * Telecommunications and Finance
  • * Transportation and Hazardous Materials
  • Foreign Affairs
  • * Africa
  • * Arms Control, International Security and Science
  • * Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • * Europe and the Middle East
  • * Human Rights and International Organizations
  • * International Economic Policy and Trade
  • * International Operations
  • * Western Hemisphere Affairs
  • Government Operations
  • * Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs
  • * Employment and Housing
  • * Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
  • * Government Activities and Transportation
  • * Government Information, Justice and Agriculture
  • * Human Resources and Ingovernmental Relations
  • * Legislation and National Security
  • House Administration
  • * Accounts
  • * Elections
  • * Libraries and Memorials
  • * Office Systems
  • * Personnel and Police
  • * Procurement and Printing
  • * Task Force on Legislative Service Organizations
  • Hunger (Select)
  • Interior and Insular Affairs
  • * Energy and the Environment
  • * General Oversight, Northwest Power and Forest Management
  • * Insular and International Affairs
  • * Mining and Natural Resources
  • * National Parks and Public Lands
  • * Water and Power Resources and Offshore Energy Resources
  • Judiciary
  • * Administrative Law and Governmental Relations
  • * Civil and Constitutional Rights
  • * Crime
  • * Courts, Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice
  • * Criminal Justice
  • * Economic and Commercial Law
  • * Immigration, Refugees and International Law
  • Merchant Marine and Fisheries
  • * Coast Guard and Navigation
  • * Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
  • * Merchant Marine
  • * Oceangraphy
  • * Oversight and Investigations
  • * Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff
  • Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
  • Post Office and Civil Service
  • * Census and Population
  • * Civil Service
  • * Compensation and Employee Benefits
  • * Human Resources
  • * Investigations
  • * Postal Operations and Services
  • * Postal Personnel and Modernization
  • Public Works and Transportation
  • * Aviation
  • * Economic Development
  • * Investigations and Oversight
  • * Public Buildings and Grounds
  • * Surface Transportation
  • * Water Resources
  • Rules
  • * Rules of the House
  • * The Legislative Process
  • Science and Technology
  • * Energy Research and Development
  • * Investigations and Oversight
  • * International Scientific Cooperation
  • * Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment
  • * Science, Research and Technology
  • * Space Science and Applications
  • * Transportation, Aviation and Materials
  • Small Business
  • * Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation and Privatization
  • * Environment and Labor
  • * Exports, Tax Policy and Special Problems
  • * Procurement, Tourism and Minority Enterprise Development
  • * Regulation, Business Opportunity and Energy
  • * SBA, the General Economy and Minority Enterprise Development
  • Standards of Official Conduct
  • Veterans' Affairs
  • * Hospitals and Health Care
  • * Compensation, Pension and Insurance
  • * Oversight and Investigations
  • * Education, Training and Employment
  • * Housing and Memorial Affairs
  • Ways and Means
  • * Health
  • * Human Resources
  • * Oversight
  • * Select Revenue Measures
  • * Social Security
  • * Trade
  • Whole

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency">List of federal agencies in the United States">Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives