108th United States Congress

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108th United States Congress
United States Capitol
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
<107th 109th>

The 108th 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.

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 2003#Events and 2004#Events

[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.

Affiliation				Total
	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Members (shading indicates majority caucus)	51	48	1	100
Voting share	51%	49%
Notes			Caucused with the Democrats

[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	Democratic	Independent		Vacant
Begin (2003-01-03)	229	205	1	435	0
2003-05-31	228			434	1
2003-06-05	229			435	0
2003-12-09	228			434	1
2004-01-20	227			433	2
2004-02-17		206		434	1
2004-06-01		207		435	0
2004-06-09		206		434	1
2004-07-20		207		435	0
2004-08-31	226			434	1
2004-09-23	225			433	2
Final voting share	52%	48%
Notes			Caucused with the Democrats
Non-voting members	1	4	0	5	0

[edit] Leadership

[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

• Majority Leader: Bill Frist
• Majority Whip: Mitch McConnell

[edit] Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Tom Daschle
• Minority Whip: Harry Reid

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker: Dennis Hastert (R)

[edit] Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Tom DeLay
• Majority Whip: Roy Blunt

[edit] Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi
• Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

[edit] Alabama Richard Shelby (R) Jeff Sessions (R) [edit] Alaska Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) [edit] Arizona John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) [edit] Arkansas Blanche Lincoln (D) Mark Pryor (D) [edit] California Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) [edit] Colorado Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) Wayne Allard (R) [edit] Connecticut Christopher Dodd (D) Joseph Lieberman (D) [edit] Delaware Joe Biden (D) Thomas Carper (D) [edit] Florida Bob Graham (D) Bill Nelson (D) [edit] Georgia Zell Miller (D) Saxby Chambliss (R) [edit] Hawaii Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) [edit] Idaho Larry Craig (R) Mike Crapo (R) [edit] Illinois Richard Durbin (D) Peter Fitzgerald (R) [edit] Indiana Richard Lugar (R) Evan Bayh (D) [edit] Iowa Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) [edit] Kansas Sam Brownback (R) Pat Roberts (R) [edit] Kentucky Mitch McConnell (R) Jim Bunning (R) [edit] Louisiana John Breaux (D) Mary Landrieu (D) [edit] Maine Olympia Snowe (R) Susan Collins (R) [edit] Maryland Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) [edit] Massachusetts Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) [edit] Michigan Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) [edit] Minnesota Mark Dayton (DFL)[1] Norm Coleman (R) [edit] Mississippi Thad Cochran (R) Trent Lott (R) [edit] Missouri Kit Bond (R) James Talent (R)

[edit] Montana Max Baucus (D) Conrad Burns (R) [edit] Nebraska Chuck Hagel (R) Ben Nelson (D) [edit] Nevada Harry Reid (D) John Ensign (R) [edit] New Hampshire Judd Gregg (R) John E. Sununu (R) [edit] New Jersey Jon Corzine (D) Frank Lautenberg (D) [edit] New Mexico Pete Domenici (R) Jeff Bingaman (D) [edit] New York Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Clinton (D) [edit] North Carolina John Edwards (D) Elizabeth Dole (R) [edit] North Dakota Kent Conrad (D) Byron Dorgan (D) [edit] Ohio Mike DeWine (R) George Voinovich (R) [edit] Oklahoma Don Nickles (R) James Inhofe (R) [edit] Oregon Ron Wyden (D) Gordon Smith (R) [edit] Pennsylvania Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) [edit] Rhode Island Jack Reed (D) Lincoln Chafee (R) [edit] South Carolina Ernest Hollings (D) Lindsey Graham (R) [edit] South Dakota Tom Daschle (D) Tim Johnson (D) [edit] Tennessee Bill Frist (R) Lamar Alexander (R) [edit] Texas Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) John Cornyn (R) [edit] Utah Orrin Hatch (R) Robert Bennett (R) [edit] Vermont Patrick Leahy (D) James Jeffords (I) [edit] Virginia John Warner (R) George Allen (R) [edit] Washington Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) [edit] West Virginia Robert Byrd (D) Jay Rockefeller (D) [edit] Wisconsin Herbert Kohl (D) Russ Feingold (D) [edit] Wyoming Craig Thomas (R) Michael Enzi (R)

[edit] House of Representatives

See also: List of United States Congressional districts, for maps of congressional districts.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide At-large, are preceded by "At-large" and the names of those elected from districts are preceded by the district number.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

[edit] Alabama (5-2 Republican) 1. Jo Bonner (R) of Mobile 2. Terry Everett (R) of Rehobeth 3. Mike D. Rogers (R) of Anniston 4. Robert Aderholt (R) of Haleyville 5. Robert E. Cramer (D) of Huntsville 6. Spencer Bachus (R) of Vestavia Hills 7. Artur Davis (D) of Birmingham [edit] Alaska (1 Republican) At-large. Don Young (R) of Fort Yukon [edit] Arizona (6-2 Republican) 1. Rick Renzi (R) of Flagstaff 2. Trent Franks (R) of Glendale 3. John Shadegg (R) of Phoenix 4. Ed Pastor (D) of Phoenix 5. J.D. Hayworth (R) of Scottsdale 6. Jeff Flake (R) of Mesa 7. Raúl M. Grijalva (D) of Tucson 8. Jim Kolbe (R) of Tucson [edit] Arkansas (3-1 Democratic) 1. Marion Berry (D) of Gillett 2. Vic Snyder (D) of Little Rock 3. John Boozman (R) of Rogers 4. Mike Ross (D) of Prescott [edit] California (33-20 Democratic) 1. Mike Thompson (D) of Napa Valley 2. Wally Herger (R) of Marysville 3. Doug Ose (R) of Sacramento 4. John Doolittle (R) of Rocklin 5. Robert Matsui (D) of Sacramento 6. Lynn Woolsey (D) of Petaluma 7. George Miller (D) of Martinez 8. Nancy Pelosi (D) of San Francisco 9. Barbara Lee (D) of Oakland 10. Ellen Tauscher (D) of Alamo 11. Richard Pombo (R) of Tracy 12. Tom Lantos (D) of San Mateo 13. Pete Stark (D) of Fremont 14. Anna Eshoo (D) of Atherton 15. Mike Honda (D) of San Jose 16. Zoe Lofgren (D) of San Jose 17. Sam Farr (D) of Carmel 18. Dennis Cardoza (D) of Atwater 19. George Radanovich (R) of Mariposa 20. Cal Dooley (D) of Fresno 21. Devin Nunes (R) of Pixley 22. Bill Thomas (R) of Bakersfield 23. Lois Capps (D) of Santa Barbara 24. Elton Gallegly (R) of Simi Valley 25. Howard McKeon (R) of Santa Clarita 26. David Dreier (R) of San Dimas 27. Brad Sherman (D) of Sherman Oaks 28. Howard Berman (D) of Mission Hills 29.