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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [http://congress.gov Congress.gov]
* [http://congress.gov Congress.gov]
* [http://history.house.gov/ History, Art and Archives] from the [[United States House of Representatives]]
* [http://history.house.gov/ History, Art and Archives] from the [[United States House of Representatives]]

Revision as of 21:59, 13 June 2017

108th United States Congress
107th โ†
โ†’ 109th
United States Capitol
January 3, 2003 โ€“ January 3, 2005
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentDick Cheney (R)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerDennis Hastert (R)
Sessions
1st: January 7, 2003 โ€“ December 8, 2003
2nd: January 20, 2004 โ€“ December 9, 2004

The One Hundred Eighth 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 from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, during the third and fourth years of George W. Bush's presidency.

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.

Major events

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

Major legislation

Enacted

Main article: List of United States federal legislation
See also: List of Acts of the 108th United States Congress

Proposed, but not enacted

Party summary

Senate

Party standings in the 108th Congress
  48 Democratic Senators
  1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats
  51 Republican Senators
U.S. Senate in the Senate Chamber (2003)

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

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independence Party (Minnesota)/meta/color" |
Republican Democratic Independent Independence (MN) Vacant
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

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
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" |
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

Leadership

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.

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Senate

The Senators are preceded by the class, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 2004; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 2006; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 2008.

House of Representatives

See also: List of United States Congressional districts

The Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by the district number.

Changes in membership

Members who came and left during this Congress.

Senate

No changes occurred.

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep


|- | Hawaii 2nd | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Patsy Mink had been elected to this seat posthumously. Ed Case had already won Mink's seat in the 107th Congress. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Ed Case (D) | January 4, 2003 |- | Texas 19th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Larry Combest (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 31, 2003 for personal reasons. A special election was held June 3, 2003. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Randy Neugebauer (R) | June 5, 2003 |- | Texas 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Ralph Hall (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed political parties | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ralph Hall (R) | January 5, 2004 |- | Kentucky 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ernie Fletcher (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 9, 2003 to become Governor of Kentucky. A special election was held February 17, 2004 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Ben Chandler (D) | February 17, 2004 |- | South Dakota At-large | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Bill Janklow (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 20, 2004 because of a December 2003 felony conviction in relation to a traffic accident. A special election was held June 1, 2004. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Stephanie Herseth (D) | June 1, 2004 |- | North Carolina 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Frank Ballance (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 9, 2004 as a result of health problems. A special election was held July 20, 2004 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | G. K. Butterfield (D) | July 20, 2004 |- | Louisiana 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Rodney Alexander (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Switched parties August 9, 2004 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Rodney Alexander (R) | August 9, 2004 |- | Nebraska 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Doug Bereuter (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 31, 2004 to head the Asia Foundation. | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until the next Congress. |- | Florida 14th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Porter Goss (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 23, 2004 to head the CIA. | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until the next Congress. |- | California 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Robert Matsui (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 2005 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until the next Congress. |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees and legislative agency directors

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

References

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

See also

External links

  • Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
  • Congress.gov
  • History, Art and Archives from the United States House of Representatives
  • Statistics & Lists from the United States Senate
  • United States 108th Congress Web Archive from the U.S. Library of Congress
  • House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 108th Congress (PDF).
  • Senate Session Calendar for the 108th Congress (PDF).
  • Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 108th Congress.
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress.
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress (1st Revision) (PDF).
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress (2nd Revision) (PDF).
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