Key Federal Education Policymakers, 1993-1996, Clinton Administration

1993 - 1996 Clinton Administration

Major education actions:

1994 - Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1993 (P.L. 103-73)
1994 - Goals 2000: Educate America Act (P.L. 103-227) [Note 2]
1994 - School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA; P.L. 103-239) [Note 4]
1994 - Improving America's Schools Act (reauthorization of ESEA; P.L. 103-382) [Note 6]
1994 - Education Infrastructure Act (in P.L. 103-382)
1994 - Bilingual Education Act amended (in P.L. 103-382)
1996 - Museum and Library Services Act (P.L. 104-208) [Note 4]

103rd Congress (1993-1994)

SENATE: 57-Dem, 43-Rep.
- Vice-President: Albert Gore (D)
- Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell (D-ME)
- Minority Leader: Robert Dole (R-KS)
- Committee: Labor and Human Resources
  - Chair: Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
  - Ranking Minority Member: Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-KS)

HOUSE: 258-Dem, 176-Rep, 1-Other
- Speaker: Thomas S. Foley (D-WA)
- Majority Leader: Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)
- Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
- Committee: Committee on Education and Labor
  - Chair: William D. Ford (D-MI)
  - Ranking Minority Member: William F. Goodling (R-PA)

104th Congress (1995-1996)

SENATE: 52-Rep, 48-Dem.
- Vice-President: Albert Gore (D)
- Majority Leader: Robert Dole (R-KS), resigned position on 6/11/1996

Trent Lott (R-MS), elected 6/12/1996.

Minority Leader: Thomas A. Daschle (D-SD)
Committee: Labor and Human Resources
- Chair: Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-KS)
- Ranking Minority Member: Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)

HOUSE: 230-Rep, 204-Dem, 1-Other
- Speaker: Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
- Majority Leader: Richard K. Armey (R-TX)
- Minority Leader: Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)
- Committee: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
  - Chair: William F. Goodling (R-PA)
  - Ranking Minority Member: William L. Clay (D-MO)