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The United States on January 3, 2001

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

51 D · 49 R

100 senators · 107th Congress

House

221 R · 213 D

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.9%

Dec 2000 · $1 then ≈ $1.94 today

Public debt

$5.72T

as of Jan 3, 2001

2001-01-03/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 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

2001-01-03/congress107th Congress

Senate · 51 D · 49 R

House · 221 R · 213 D · 1 I

2001-01-03/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

2001-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 2000 – Jan 10, 2001

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

Law National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Establishment Act

Dec 29, 2000 · Pub. L. 106-580

Agency + United States Homeland Security Council

Jan 1, 2001 · eop

Agency + Bureau of Industry and Security

Jan 1, 2001 · sub_agency

Agency + Federal Reserve Police

Jan 1, 2001 · other

Agency + National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Jan 1, 2001 · sub_agency

Agency + Transportation Security Administration

Jan 1, 2001 · sub_agency

Ruling Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

Jan 9, 2001 · 531 U.S. 159

Ruling Glover v. United States

Jan 9, 2001 · 531 U.S. 198

Ruling Gitlitz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Jan 9, 2001 · 531 U.S. 206

Ruling Fiore v. White

Jan 9, 2001 · 531 U.S. 225

Order Responsibilities of Federal Agencies To Protect Migratory Birds

Jan 10, 2001 · EO 13186

Order The President's Disability Employment Partnership Board

Jan 10, 2001 · EO 13187

Ruling Lopez v. Davis

Jan 10, 2001 · 531 U.S. 230

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.