100th Congress (1987-1989)
President: Ronald Reagan (R-CA)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 258 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. James Wright (D-TX)
Vice President: George H.W. Bush (R-TX)
Senate Majority Party: Democrat
Senate Majority Seats: 55 out of 100
Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
"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." - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) (above)
Enactments:
Water Quality Act of 1987
Surface Transportation Act of 1987
Grove City Act of 1987 Prompt Sheet
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
Enactments (cont):
Japanese-American Reparations Act of 1988 Prompt Sheet
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