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The 105th 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, 1997, to January 3, 1999, during the fifth and sixth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census. This is the most recent Congress with a Republican senator from New York, Al D'Amato, who lost re-election in 1998, and a Democratic senator from Kentucky, Wendell Ford, who retired at the end of the Congress. Both chambers retained a Republican majority. President Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives of the 105th Congress. Major events January 20, 1997: President Bill Clinton began his second term May 18, 1998: United States v. Microsoft decision August 7, 1998: 1998 United States embassy bombings October 8, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton: House opened an impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton after Clinton denied that he engaged in a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. December 15, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton: House Judiciary Committee approved all four articles of impeachment against Clinton. December 19, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton: House impeached President Clinton. Major legislation June 18, 1997: Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 August 5, 1997: Balanced Budget Act of 1997 August 5, 1997: Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 November 19, 1997; The Adoption and Safe Families Act November 21, 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 December 16, 1997: No Electronic Theft (NET) Act of 1997 June 9, 1998: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century June 23, 1998: Agricultural Research, Extension, and Educational Reform Act of 1998 July 22, 1998: Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 ("Taxpayer Bill of Rights III") August 7, 1998: Credit Union Membership Access Act August 7, 1998: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 August 13, 1998: Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998 October 21, 1998: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act October 27, 1998: International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 October 27, 1998: Copyright Term Extension Act ("Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act") October 28, 1998: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (including WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act and Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act) October 31, 1998: Iraq Liberation Act November 3, 1998: Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 Major resolutions July 1997: Byrd–Hagel Resolution S.Res. 98 (Senate) December 19, 1998: Impeachment of Bill Clinton, H.Res. 611 Party summary Senate There was no change in the parties during this Congress. House of Representatives Leadership Senate President: Al Gore (D) President pro tempore: Strom Thurmond (R) Majority (Republican) leadership Majority Leader: Trent Lott Majority Whip: Don Nickles Republican Conference Chairman: Connie Mack III Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Paul Coverdell Policy Committee Chairman: Larry Craig Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Mitch McConnell Minority (Democratic) leadership Minority Leader: Tom Daschle Minority Whip: Wendell Ford Democratic Conference Chairman: Tom Daschle Democratic Conference Secretary: Barbara Mikulski Policy Committee Co-Chairs: Tom Daschle and Harry Reid Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Kerrey Chief Deputy Whip: John Breaux House of Representatives Speaker: Newt Gingrich (R) Majority (Republican) leadership Majority Leader: Dick Armey Majority Whip: Tom DeLay Chief Deputy Whip: Dennis Hastert Republican Conference Chairman: John Boehner Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Susan Molinari, until July 17, 1997 Jennifer Dunn, after July 17, 1997 Republican Conference Secretary: Jennifer Dunn, until July 17, 1997 Tillie Fowler, after July 17, 1997 Policy Committee Chairman: Christopher Cox Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: John Linder Minority (Democratic) leadership Minority Leader: Dick Gephardt Minority Whip: David Bonior Chief Deputy Minority Whips: Rosa DeLauro, Chet Edwards, John Lewis, & Bob Menendez Democratic Caucus Chairman: Vic Fazio Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman: Barbara B. Kennelly Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Martin Frost Caucuses Armenian Caucus Biomedical Research Caucus Congressional Air Force Caucus Congressional Arts Caucus Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Congressional Automotive Caucus Congressional Bike Caucus Congressional Black Caucus Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans Congressional Caucus on Korea Congressional Fire Services Caucus Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus Congressional Hispanic Caucus Congressional Mississippi River Caucus Congressional Motorsports Caucus Congressional Progressive Caucus Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus Congressional Portuguese-American Caucus Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus Congressional Western Caucus Congresswomen's Caucus Hong Kong Caucus House Democratic Caucus House Recycling Caucus Hudson River Caucus Law Enforcement Caucus New Democrat Coalition Northern Border Caucus Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus Senate Democratic Caucus Members Skip to House of Representatives, below Senate In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1998; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 2000; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 2002. House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives are listed by districts. Changes in membership Senate There were no changes in Senate membership during this Congress. House of Representatives Four members of the House of Representatives died, and four resigned. Committees Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee. Senate Aging (Special) (Chuck Grassley, Chair; John Breaux, Ranking Member) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Richard Lugar, Chair; Tom Harkin, Ranking Member) Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization (Rick Santorum, Chair; Kent Conrad, Ranking Member) Marketing Inspection and Product Promotion (Paul Coverdell, Chair; Max Baucus, Ranking.... Discover the Robert King Chris Lloyd Tom Meehan Frank popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Robert King Chris Lloyd Tom Meehan Frank books.