108th United States Congress

	108th United States Congress
	; United States Capitol (2002)
	Duration: January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
President of the Senate:	Dick Cheney
President pro tempore:	Ted Stevens
Speaker of the House:	Dennis Hastert
Members:	100 Senators; 435 Representatives; 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican Party
House Majority:	Republican Party
Sessions
	1st: January 7, 2003 – December 8, 2003; 2nd: January 20, 2004 – December 9, 2004
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The One Hundred Eighth United States Congress was the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.

House members were elected in the 2002 general election on November 5, 2002. Senators were elected in three classes in the 1998 general election on November 3, 1998, 2000 general election on November 7, 2000, or 2002 general election on November 5, 2002. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-second Census of the United States in 2000. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
- 2.1 Enacted
- 2.2 Proposed, but not enacted
3 Party summary
- 3.1 Senate
- 3.2 House of Representatives
4 Leadership
- 4.1 Senate
  - 4.1.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
  - 4.1.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
- 4.2 House of Representatives
  - 4.2.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
  - 4.2.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Changes in membership
7 Employees
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 2003 in the United States, 2004 in the United States, and 2005 in the United States

February 1, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry
March 20, 2003: 2003 invasion of Iraq began
April 14, 2003: Human Genome Project was completed
July 14, 2003: CIA leak scandal began
June 16, 2003: 9/11 Commission issued an initial report of its findings
May 17, 2004: Same-sex marriage began in Massachusetts
November 2, 2004: United States presidential election, 2004: George W. Bush defeated Senator John Kerry. United States Senate elections, 2004 & United States House of Representatives elections, 2004: Republicans increased their majorities in both houses.

[edit] Major legislation

[edit] Enacted

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

2003-03-11 — Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003, Pub.L. 108-10, 117 Stat. 557
2003-04-30 — PROTECT (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today) Act, including Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act, Pub.L. 108-21, 117 Stat. 650
2003-05-28 — Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Pub.L. 108-27, 117 Stat. 752
2003-09-04 — Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Pub.L. 108-79, 117 Stat. 972
2003-10-28 — Check 21 Act, Pub.L. 108-100, 117 Stat. 1177
2003-11-05 — Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Pub.L. 108-105, 117 Stat. 1201
2003-11-25 — Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, Pub.L. 108-173, 117 Stat. 2066
2003-12-04 — Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, Pub.L. 108-159, 117 Stat. 1952
2003-12-12 — Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act, Pub.L. 108-175, 117 Stat. 2481
2003-12-16 — CAN-SPAM Act, Pub.L. 108-187, 117 Stat. 2699
2004-03-25 — Unborn Victims of Violence Act (Laci and Conner's Law), Pub.L. 108-212, 118 Stat. 567
2004-06-30 — Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act, Pub.L. 108-264, 118 Stat. 711
2004-07-07 — GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004, Pub.L. 108-271, 118 Stat. 811
2004-10-16 — Global Anti-Semitism Review Act, Pub.L. 108-332, 118 Stat. 1282
2004-10-18 — North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, Pub.L. 108-333, 118 Stat. 1287
2004-10-20 — Belarus Democracy Act of 2004, Pub.L. 108-347, 118 Stat. 1383
2004-12-17 — Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, Pub.L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3637

[edit] Proposed, but not enacted

H.R. 2239 — Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

The party summary for the Senate remained the same during the entire 108th Congress.

	Republican	Democratic	Independent	Independence (MN)		Vacant
Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total

End of previous Congress	50	48	1	1	100	0

Begin	51	48	1	0	100	0
Final voting share	51%	49%

Beginning of the next Congress	55	44	1	0	100	0

[edit] House of Representatives

Due to resignations and special elections, Republicans lost a net of two seats to the Democrats. All seats were filled though special elections. (See Changes in membership, below.)

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Republican	Independent	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous Congress	222	1	209	433	2

Begin	229	1	205	435	0
May 31, 2003	228			434	1
June 5, 2003	229			435	0
December 9, 2003	228			434	1
January 20, 2004	227			433	2
February 17, 2004			206	434	1
June 1, 2004			207	435	0
June 9, 2004			206	434	1
July 20, 2004			207	435	0
August 31, 2004	226			434	1
September 23, 2004	225			433	2
Final voting share	52.0%	48.0%
Non-voting members	1	0	4	5	0

Beginning of next Congress	232	1	201	434	1

[edit] Leadership

Contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D)

Senators' party membership by state

Representatives party membership by state at the opening of the 108th Congress. The gold coloring of Vermont indicates Rep. Bernie Sanders, an Independent.

[edit] Senate

President of the Senate: Dick Cheney (R)
President pro tempore: Ted Stevens (R)
President pro tempore emeritus: Robert Byrd (D)

[edit] Majority (Republican) leadership

[edit] Minority (Democratic) leadership

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker: Dennis Hastert (R)

[edit] Majority (Republican) leadership

[edit] Minority (Democratic) leadership

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by the district number.

[edit] Alabama

(5-2 Republican)

[edit] Alaska

(1 Republican)

At-large. Don Young (R)

[edit] Arizona

(6-2 Republican)

[edit] Arkansas

(3-1 Democratic)

[edit] California

(33-20 Democratic)

[edit] Colorado

(5-2 Republican)

[edit] Connecticut

(3-2 Republican)

[edit] Delaware

(1 Republican)

At-large. Michael N. Castle (R)

[edit] Florida

(18-7 Republican)

1. Jeff Miller (R)
2. Allen Boyd (D)
3. Corrine Brown (D)
4. Ander Crenshaw (R)
5. Ginny Brown-Waite (R)
6. Cliff Stearns (R)
7. John Mica (R)
8. Ric Keller (R)
9. Michael Bilirakis (R)
10. Bill Young (R)
11. Jim Davis (D)
12. Adam Putnam (R)
13. Katherine Harris (R)
14. Porter Goss (R), until September 24, 2004, vacant thereafter
15. Dave Weldon (R)
16. Mark Foley (R)
17. Kendrick Meek (D)
18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
19. Robert Wexler (D)
20. Peter Deutsch (D)
21. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)
22. Clay Shaw (R)
23. Alcee Hastings (D)
24. Tom Feeney (R)
25. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

[edit] Georgia

(8-5 Republican)

[edit] Hawaii

(2 Democrats)

1. Neil Abercrombie (D)
2. Ed Case (D), installed January 4, 2003

[edit] Idaho

(2 Republicans)

1. C. L. Otter (R)
2. Michael K. Simpson (R)

[edit] Illinois

(10-9 Republican)

[edit] Indiana

(6-3 Republican)

[edit] Iowa

(4-1 Republican)

[edit] Kansas

(3-1 Republican)

[edit] Kentucky

(5-1 Republican, then 4-2 Republican)

1. Ed Whitfield (R)
2. Ron Lewis (R)
3. Anne Northup (R)
4. Ken Lucas (D)
5. Hal Rogers (R)
6. Ernie Fletcher (R), until 2003-12-09
- Ben Chandler (D), installed 2004-02-07

[edit] Louisiana

(4-3 Republican)

[edit] Maine

(2 Democrats)

1. Tom Allen (D)
2. Mike Michaud (D)

[edit] Maryland

(6-2 Democratic)

[edit] Massachusetts

(10 Democrats)

[edit] Michigan

(9-6 Republican)

[edit] Minnesota

(5-3 Democratic/DFL)

[edit] Mississippi

(2-2 split)

[edit] Missouri

(5-4 Republican)

[edit] Montana

(1 Republican)

At-large. Denny Rehberg (R)

[edit] Nebraska

(3 Republicans)

1. Doug Bereuter (R), until 2004-08-31, vacant thereafter
2. Lee Terry (R)
3. Tom Osborne (R)

[edit] Nevada

(2-1 Republican)

[edit] New Hampshire

(2 Republicans)

1. Jeb Bradley (R)
2. Charlie Bass (R)

[edit] New Jersey

(7-6 Democratic)

[edit] New Mexico

(2-1 Republican)

[edit] New York

(19-10 Democratic)

[edit] North Carolina

(7-6 Republican)

1. Frank Ballance (D), resigned 2004-06-09
- G. K. Butterfield (D), installed July 20, 2004
2. Bob Etheridge (D)
3. Walter B. Jones (R)
4. David Price (D)
5. Richard Burr (R)
6. Howard Coble (R)
7. Mike McIntyre (D)
8. Robin Hayes (R)
9. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R)
10. Cass Ballenger (R)
11. Charles H. Taylor (R)
12. Mel Watt (D)
13. Brad Miller (D)

[edit] North Dakota

(1 Democrat)

At-large. Earl Pomeroy (D)

[edit] Ohio

(12-6 Republican)

[edit] Oklahoma

(4-1 Republican)

[edit] Oregon

(4-1 Democratic)

[edit] Pennsylvania

(12-7 Republican)

[edit] Rhode Island

(2 Democrats)

1. Patrick J. Kennedy (D)
2. James Langevin (D)

[edit] South Carolina

(4-2 Republican)

[edit] South Dakota

(1 Republican, then 1 Democrat)

At-large. Bill Janklow (R), until January 20, 2004
- Stephanie Herseth (D), installed 2004-06-01

[edit] Tennessee

(5-4 Democratic)

[edit] Texas

(17-15 Democratic)

1. Max Sandlin (D)
2. Jim Turner (D)
3. Sam Johnson (R)
4. Ralph Hall (D)
5. Jeb Hensarling (R)
6. Joe Barton (R)
7. John Culberson (R)
8. Kevin Brady (R)
9. Nick Lampson (D)
10. Lloyd Doggett (D)
11. Chet Edwards (D)
12. Kay Granger (R)
13. Mac Thornberry (R)
14. Ron Paul (R)
15. Rubén Hinojosa (D)
16. Silvestre Reyes (D)
17. Charles Stenholm (D)
18. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D)
19. Larry Combest (R), until 2003-05-31
- Randy Neugebauer (R), installed 2003-06-05
20. Charlie Gonzalez (D)
21. Lamar S. Smith (R)
22. Tom DeLay (R)
23. Henry Bonilla (R)
24. Martin Frost (D)
25. Chris Bell (D)
26. Michael C. Burgess (R)
27. Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
28. Ciro Rodriguez (D)
29. Gene Green (D)
30. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
31. John Carter (R)
32. Pete Sessions (R)

[edit] Utah

(2-1 Republican)

[edit] Vermont

(1 Independent)

At-large. Bernie Sanders (I)

[edit] Virginia

(8-3 Republican)

[edit] Washington

(6-3 Democratic)

[edit] West Virginia

(2-1 Democratic)

[edit] Wisconsin

(4-4 split)

[edit] Wyoming

(1 Republican)

At-large. Barbara Cubin (R)

[edit] Non-voting members

American Samoa. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D)
District of Columbia. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
Guam. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D)
Puerto Rico. Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá (D/PPD)
Virgin Islands. Donna Christian-Christensen (D)

[edit] Changes in membership

Members who came and left during this Congress.

[edit] Senate

No changes occurred.

[edit] House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Hawaii 2nd	Vacant	Patsy Mink had been elected to this seat posthumously. Ed Case had already won Mink's seat in the 107th Congress.	Ed Case (D)	January 4, 2003
Texas 19th	Larry Combest (R)	Resigned May 31, 2003 for personal reasons	Randy Neugebauer (R)	June 5, 2003
Kentucky 6th	Ernie Fletcher (R)	Resigned December 9, 2003 to become Governor of Kentucky.	Ben Chandler (D)	February 17, 2004
South Dakota At-large	Bill Janklow (R)	Resigned January 20, 2004 because of a December 2003 felony conviction in relation to a traffic accident.	Stephanie Herseth (D)	June 1, 2004
North Carolina 1st	Frank Ballance (D)	Resigned June 9, 2004 as a result of health problems.	G. K. Butterfield (D)	July 20, 2004
Nebraska 1st	Doug Bereuter (R)	Resigned August 31, 2004 to head the Asia Foundation.	Remained vacant until the next Congress.
Florida 14th	Porter Goss (R)	Resigned September 23, 2004 to head the CIA.	Remained vacant until the next Congress.

[edit] Party changes

[edit] House of Representatives

Representative	Date	District	Old party	New party
Rodney Alexander	August 9, 2004	Louisiana 5th	Democratic	Republican

[edit] Employees

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

Clerk [1]: Jeff Trandahl
Sergeant at Arms: Wilson Livingood
Parliamentarian: Charles W. Johnson III (through May 31, 2004); John V. Sullivan (from May 31, 2004)
Reading Clerks:
Chief Administrative Officer: James M. Eagen III
Chaplain: Daniel P. Coughlin
Inspector General: Steven McNamara
See also: Rules of the House: "Other officers and officials"

[edit] References

^ The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is affiliated with the United States Democratic Party.

[edit] External links

[DFL-0] The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is affiliated with the United States Democratic Party.

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