101st Congress (1989-1991)
President: George H.W. Bush (R-TX)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 260 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. James Wright (D-TX) / Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-WA)
Vice President: Dan Quayle (R-IN)
Senate Majority Party: Democrat
Senate Majority Seats: 55 out of 100
Senate Majority Leader: Sen. George J. Mitchell (D-ME)
Above: Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell (D-ME).
Enactments:
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989
Bipartisan Accord on Central America Implementation
Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers, Urgent Supplementals, and Correcting Enrollment Errors Act of 1989
Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989
First Continuing Appropriation Act FY 1989
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1990
Second Continuing Appropriation Act FY 1989
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 PDF | .docx | Prompt Sheet
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1990
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1990
Third Continuing Appropriation Act FY 1989
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989
Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990
Aid to Poland and Hungary/Passage
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991
Ethics Reform Act of 1989
Supplemental Appropriations Act FY 1990
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 Prompt Sheet
Fiscal 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Prompt Sheet
First Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1991
Second Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1991
Securities Market Reform Act of 1990
Third Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1991
Fourth Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1991
Fifth Continuing Appropriations Act FY 1991
Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
Enactments (cont):
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
Fiscal 1991 Omnibus Reconciliation Act
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991
Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990
Clean Air Act Amendments
Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
Crime Control Act of 1990 Prompt Sheet
Immigration Act of 1990
Judicial Improvements Act of 1990
Threshold Test Ban Treaty
Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty
Frank Reprimand/Censure
Family and Medical Leave Act/ Veto Override
Emergency Chinese Immigration Relief Act of 1989
Temporary Capital Gains Tax Reduction Act of 1989
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990
Senate Election Campaign Ethics Act of 1990
Educational Equity and Excellence Act of 1990
Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
Fiscal 1990 Budget Resolution/Adoption
Fiscal 1991 Budget Resolution
Civil Rights Act of 1990
Supplemental Assistance for Emerging Democracies Act of 1990
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
FS-X Plane Development/Disapproval