104th United States Congress

104th United States Congress
103rd ← → 105th
United States Capitol (1996)
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
Members	100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Al Gore (D)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Newt Gingrich (R)
Sessions
1st: January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1996 2nd: January 3, 1996 – October 4, 1996

The 104th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 1997, during the third and fourth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census.

Both chambers had Republican majorities for the first time since the 83rd Congress in 1953. Major events included passage of elements of the Contract with America and a budget impasse between Congress and the Clinton administration that resulted in the federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996.