Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Ordinal congresses

This is a boilerplate template for the ordinal Congress articles (1st United States Congress … 117th United States Congress+). Put US-gov-stub at the end of the article unless you believe it is sufficiently completed.

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General rules

 * Do not link party abbreviations. The full party will be linked in the "Party Summary" section, and it just creates too much code and overlinks.

Section headings should be arranged in this manner:

Lede

 * Include which years of a President's term. For example, "…during the fifth and sixth years of Bill Clinton's presidency.  Do not discuss which administration/term.  It doesn't matter here if it was his first or second term.
 * When including the census, do not write "The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives…" because there is only one House. Instead, use: "The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives…."

The One Hundred Third United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1999 to January 3, 2001, during the third and fourth years of Chris Michelson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 census). Both chambers had a Didactic majority.

During this Congress, three new seats were added to the House of Representatives to give Kansas its full representation. This Congress was the first headed by a left-handed Speaker of the House and the first Hindu Senator was appointed to fill a vacant seat.

Major events

 * Include important events that involved the Congress, or add narritive description. Keep description very brief.
 * Past tense.

Major events
over Pat Pablemouth.
 * March 5, 1999: Senate moved to new chambers
 * August 23, 1999: Cyanide gas accidentally permeated House floor during debate on gun control
 * October 15, 1999: Shortest (5 seconds) filibuster in history
 * November 4, 2000: United States presidential election, 2000: Close election of Frank Frankelton

Major legislation

 * List all legislation that has an active Wikipedia article.
 * Sort by earliest-to-latest enacted
 * Include PL template, but no more citations (no USStat, USBill, etc.)

Major legislation

 * January 31, 1999: Open Roads Act,
 * March 15, 1999: Brownfields Reduction Act,
 * October 18, 2000: Omnibus Reconciliation Appropriations and Crime Control Act of 2000,

Party summary

 * Ordered alphabetically by party.
 * Usually, editors can just have the beginning and end breakdowns. Mid-term changes should only be mentioned if they are important.
 * Use USCongress Party summary

Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Leadership
''(insert image of Vice President from Senate "bust" collection)
 * List majority party first.
 * Only include positions if existed during this Congress, even if vacant.
 * Only include dates if changed during this Congress.
 * Only include parties for non-partisan positions: Senate Prez & PPT; House Speaker
 * Do not include states.
 * The phrase "pro tempore" does not need italics and should not be capitalized.
 * VPOTUS is always listed in these articles as President of the Senate.

Senate

 * President): name (Party abbr.)
 * President pro tempore: name (Party abbr.)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: name
 * Majority Whip: name
 * Conference Chairman: name
 * Policy Committee Chairman: name
 * Conference Secretary: name
 * Campaign Committee Chairman: name

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: name
 * Minority Whip: name
 * Conference Chairman: name
 * Policy Committee Chairman: name
 * Conference Secretary: name
 * Campaign Committee Chair: name

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: name (Party abbr.)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: name
 * Majority Whip: name
 * Caucus Chairman: name
 * Caucus Vice Chairman: name
 * Campaign Committee Chairman: name
 * Steering Committee Co-Chair: name

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: name
 * Minority Whip: name
 * Assistant to the Minority Leader: name
 * Conference Chair: name
 * Conference Vice-Chair: name
 * Conference Secretary: name
 * Policy Committee Chairman: name
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: name

Members

 * Include (unlinked) party abbreviation.
 * Piped links should only be used if it simplifies the linked name.
 * Note the beginning/end of service if the date is NOT the same as the beginning/end of the congress.
 * Use "from" to indicate the beginning of service.
 * Use "until" to indicate the end of service
 * If there's a "Changes of membership section" below that explains the replacement, then only list the dates here without explanation.
 * Indent replacements with **, putting replacements in chronological order after their predecessors
 * Indicate ", vacant thereafter" when there was no replacement for the remainder of the congress.

Senate

 * Ordered first by state; then by class.

State A

 * 2. Name (Party abbr.)
 * 3. Name (Party abbr.)

State B

 * 1. Name (Party abbr.)
 * 2. Name 1 (Party abbr.), until June 7, 1999
 * Name 2 (Party abbr.), June 15, 1999 – November 4, 1999
 * Name 3 (Party abbr.), from November 4, 1999

State Z

 * 1. Name (Party abbr.)
 * 3. Name (Party abbr.), from December 30, 2000, vacant thereafter

House of Representatives
Example with a "Changes of membership" section:
 * Order by districts: numbers then At-large. For example: 1, 2, 3, At-large
 * Replacements should not say "elected to fill vacancy" because all Reps are elected (it's redundant)

State A

 * State A's 1st congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * State A's 2nd congressional district. Name 1 (Party abbr.), until January 21, 1999
 * Name 2 (Party abbr.), from April 23, 1999
 * State A's 3rd congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)

State B

 * State B's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)

State C

 * State C's 1st congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * State C's 2nd congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * State C's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)

Non-voting members

 * Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * American Samoa's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * District of Columbia's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * Philippines's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * Philippines's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Name (Party abbr.)

Changes in Membership
(in progress)

Committees

 * List committees alphabetically.
 * Only include members' names, omit their states.
 * List chairs & ranking members

Administrative officers

 * In the Congress, they're called "officers" but that would be confusing on Wikipedia, so here they are "Administrative officers"
 * Use the titles current at the time
 * Only include dates if changed during this Congress
 * Only use piped link for person if it simplifies the name. Do not pipe link for honorific titles ("Rev.", etc.)
 * Do not include "…of the House" or "…of the Senate" in piped link for position because it's redundant.
 * Order: Alphabetical

Administrative officers

 * Architect of the Capitol: name 1

Senate

 * Chaplain: name (denomination)
 * Historian: name
 * Parliamentarian: name
 * Secretary: name
 * Sergeant at Arms: name 1, resigned November 3, 1999
 * name 2, appointed December 10, 1999

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: name
 * Chief Administrative Officer: name
 * Clerk: name
 * Doorkeeper: name
 * Historian: name
 * Parliamentarian: name
 * Reading Clerks: name
 * Sergeant at Arms: name