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The United States on December 21, 2000

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton D · since Jan 20, 1997

Senate

54 R · 46 D

100 senators · 106th Congress

House

222 R · 211 D

434 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.9%

Nov 2000 · $1 then ≈ $1.94 today

Public debt

$5.66T

as of Dec 21, 2000

2000-12-21/executiveThe administration

President William Jefferson Clinton D

since Jan 20, 1997

Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D

Secretary of Education Richard Riley D

since Jan 21, 1993

Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt D

since Jan 22, 1993

Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala D

since Jan 22, 1993

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Carol Browner D

since Jan 23, 1993

Attorney General Janet Reno D

since Mar 12, 1993

Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman D

since Mar 30, 1995

Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet D

since Dec 15, 1996

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright D

since Jan 23, 1997

Secretary of Defense William Cohen R

since Jan 24, 1997

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Andrew Cuomo D

since Jan 29, 1997

Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater D

since Feb 14, 1997

Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman D

since May 1, 1997

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jack Lew D

since May 21, 1998

Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson D

since Aug 18, 1998

White House Chief of Staff John Podesta D

since Oct 20, 1998

Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers D

since Jul 2, 1999

Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke D

since Sep 7, 1999

Secretary of Commerce Norman Mineta D

since Jul 20, 2000

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hershel W. Gober D (acting)

since Jul 25, 2000

2000-12-21/congress106th Congress

Senate · 54 R · 46 D

House · 222 R · 211 D · 1 I

2000-12-21/supreme-courtThe bench

John Paul Stevens R

Associate Justice · appointed by Gerald Ford · since Dec 17, 1975

Sandra Day O'Connor R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 22, 1981

William Hubbs Rehnquist R

Chief Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 25, 1986

Antonin Scalia R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 25, 1986

Anthony McLeod Kennedy R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Feb 11, 1988

David Hackett Souter R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 3, 1990

Clarence Thomas R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 18, 1991

Ruth Bader Ginsburg D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 5, 1993

Stephen Gerald Breyer D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 3, 1994

2000-12-21/weekWithin a week · Dec 14, 2000 – Dec 28, 2000

Law Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes

Dec 15, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-543

Law Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000

Dec 19, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-544

Law ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000

Dec 19, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-545

Law DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000

Dec 19, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-546

Law Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000

Dec 19, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-547

Law Presidential Threat Protection Act of 1999

Dec 19, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-548

Law James Madison Commemoration Commission Act

Dec 19, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-550

Law An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use the Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for the purpose of irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other beneficial purposes

Dec 19, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-549

Law Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act

Dec 20, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-551

Order To Protect the Privacy of Protected Health Information in Oversight Investigations

Dec 20, 2000 · EO 13181

Law District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-553

Law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-554

Law Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-555

Law Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-556

Law Shark Finning Prohibition Act

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-557

Law Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-559

Law Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-560

Law Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-561

Law An act to amend the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust the boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, and to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize equal overtime pay provisions for all Federal employees engaged in wildland fire suppression operations

Dec 21, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-558

Order Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec 23, 2000 · EO 13182

Law Pribilof Islands Transition Act

Dec 23, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-562

Law Lincoln Highway Study Act of 2000

Dec 23, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-563

Law Lincoln Highway Study Act of 1999

Dec 23, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-564

Law Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2000

Dec 23, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-565

Law Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2000

Dec 23, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-566

Order Establishment of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status

Dec 23, 2000 · EO 13183

Law Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

Dec 27, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-567

Law Omnibus Indian Advancement Act

Dec 27, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-568

Law American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000

Dec 27, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-569

Law Assistance for International Malaria Control Act

Dec 27, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-570

Law Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-571

Law Computer Crime Enforcement Act

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-572

Law Installment Tax Correction Act of 2000

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-573

Law Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove Park Expansion Act

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-574

Law Anti-Retroactive Taxation Act

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-575

Law Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-576

Law California Trail Interpretive Act

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-577

Law Internet False Identification Prevention Act of 2000

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-578

Law National Moment of Remembrance Act

Dec 28, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-579

Order Revocation of Executive Order 12834

Dec 28, 2000 · EO 13184

Order To Strengthen the Federal Government-University Research Partnership

Dec 28, 2000 · EO 13185

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.