108th United States Congress Totally Explained

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108th United States Congress
United States Capitol (2002)
Session:	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
President of the Senate:	Dick Cheney
President pro tempore of the Senate:	Ted Stevens
Speaker of the House:	Dennis Hastert
Members:	435 Representatives 100 Senators 5 Territorial Representatives
House Majority:	Republican
Senate Majority:	Republican

The One Hundred Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3 2003 to January 3 2005, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.
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.

Dates of sessions

January 3 2003 – January 3 2005

First session: January 7 2003 – December 8 2003
Second session: January 20 2004 – December 8 2004 Previous: 107th Congress • Next: 109th Congress

Major events

Major legislation

March 11 2003 — Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003,,

April 30 2003 — PROTECT (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today) Act, including Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act,,,

May 28, 2003 — Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003,,

September 4 2003 — Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003,,,

October 28 2003 — Check 21 Act,,

November 5, 2003 — Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act,,

December 4, 2003 — Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act,,

November 25, 2003 — Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act,,

December 12 2003 — Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act,,

December 16 2003 — Can Spam Act,,,

March 25, 2004 — Unborn Victims of Violence Act (Laci and Conner's Law),,

June 30 2004 — Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act,,

July 7 2004 — GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004,,

October 16 2004 — Global Anti-Semitism Review Act,,,

December 17 2004 — Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act,,

Party summary

Senate

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

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

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		Republican	Democratic	Independent	Total	Vacant	Notes
Affiliation					Total		Notes
Members (shading indicates majority caucus)	Begin (2003-01-03)	229	205	1	435	0
	2003-05-31	228			434	1	Larry Combest (R) resigned
	2003-06-05	229			435	0	Randy Neugebauer (R) took Combest's seat
	2003-12-09	228			434	1	Ernie Fletcher (R) resigned
	2004-01-20	227			433	2	Bill Janklow (R) resigned
	2004-02-17		206		434	1	Ben Chandler (D) took Fletcher's seat
	2004-06-01		207		435	0	Stephanie Herseth (D) took Janklow's seat
	2004-06-09		206		434	1	Frank Ballance (D) resigned
	2004-07-20		207		435	0	G. K. Butterfield (D) took Ballance's seat
	2004-08-31	226			434	1	Doug Bereuter (R) resigned
	2004-09-23	225			433	2	Porter Goss (R) resigned
Latest voting share		52%	48%		Two seats remained vacant until the end of Congress
Notes				Caucused with the Democrats
Delegates and Resident Commissioner		1	4	0	5	0

Officers

Senate

Office		Office-holder	State	Party	President of the Senate	Dick Cheney	Wyoming	Republican	President pro tempore	Ted Stevens	Alaska	Republican	Majority Leader	Bill Frist	Tennessee	Republican	Minority Leader	Tom Daschle	South Dakota	Democratic	Majority Whip	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	Republican	Minority Whip	Harry Reid	Nevada	Democratic

House of Representatives

Office		Office-holder	District	Party	Speaker of the House	Dennis Hastert	Illinois 14	Republican	House Majority Leader	Tom DeLay	Texas 22	Republican	House Minority Leader	Nancy Pelosi	California 8	Democratic	House Majority Whip	Roy Blunt	Missouri 7	Republican	House Minority Whip	Steny Hoyer	Maryland 5	Democratic

Members

Senate

Senator		Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office	Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	3	1987	Jeff Sessions	Republican	Mobile	2	1997	Ted Stevens	Republican	Alaska	Girdwood	2	1969	Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Anchorage	3	2002	John McCain	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	3	1987	Jon Kyl	Republican	Phoenix	1	1995	Blanche Lincoln	Democrat	Arkansas	Helena	3	1999	Mark Pryor	Democrat	Fayetteville	2	2003	Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	California	San Francisco	1	1992	Barbara Boxer	Democrat	Greenbrae	3	1993	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Republican	Colorado	Ignacio	3	1993	Wayne Allard	Republican	Loveland	2	1997	Christopher Dodd	Democrat	Connecticut	East Haddam	3	1981	Joseph Lieberman	Democrat	New Haven	1	1989	Joe Biden	Democrat	Delaware	Wilmington	2	1973	Thomas Carper	Democrat	Wilmington	1	2001	Bob Graham	Democrat	Florida	Miami Lakes	3	1987	Bill Nelson	Democrat	Orlando	1	2001	Zell Miller	Democrat	Georgia	Young Harris	3	2000	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	Moultrie	2	2003	Daniel Inouye	Democrat	Hawaii	Honolulu	3	1963	Daniel Akaka	Democrat	Honolulu	1	1991	Larry Craig	Republican	Idaho	Eagle	2	1991	Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho Falls	3	1999	Richard Durbin	Democrat	Illinois	Springfield	2	1997	Peter Fitzgerald	Republican	Inverness	3	1999	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	Indianapolis	1	1977	Evan Bayh	Democrat	Indianapolis	3	1999	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	New Hartford	3	1981	Tom Harkin	Democrat	Cumming	2	1985	Sam Brownback	Republican	Kansas	Topeka	3	1996	Pat Roberts	Republican	Dodge City	2	1997	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	Louisville	2	1985	Jim Bunning	Republican	Southgate	3	1999	John Breaux	Democrat	Louisiana	Crowley	3	1987	Mary Landrieu	Democrat	New Orleans	2	1997	Olympia Snowe	Republican	Maine	Auburn	1	1995	Susan Collins	Republican	Bangor	2	1997	Paul Sarbanes	Democrat	Maryland	Baltimore	1	1977	Barbara Mikulski	Democrat	Baltimore	3	1987	Edward Kennedy	Democrat	Massachusetts	Hyannis Port	1	1962	John Kerry	Democrat	Boston	2	1985	Carl Levin	Democrat	Michigan	Detroit	2	1979	Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	Lansing	1	2001	Mark Dayton	Democrat	Minnesota	Minneapolis	1	2001	Norm Coleman	Republican	Saint Paul	2	2003	Thad Cochran	Republican	Mississippi	Jackson	2	1979	Trent Lott	Republican	Pascagoula	1	1989	Kit Bond	Republican	Missouri	Mexico	3	1987	James Talent	Republican	Chesterfield	1	2002	Max Baucus	Democrat	Montana	Helena	2	1979	Conrad Burns	Republican	Billings	1	1989	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Nebraska	Omaha	2	1997	Ben Nelson	Democrat	Omaha	1	2001	Harry Reid	Democrat	Nevada	Searchlight	3	1987	John Ensign	Republican	Las Vegas	1	2001	Judd Gregg	Republican	New Hampshire	Rye	3	1993	John E. Sununu	Republican	Waterville Valley	2	2003	Jon Corzine	Democrat	New Jersey	Hoboken	1	2001	Frank Lautenberg	Democrat	Cliffside Park	2	2003^†	Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	Albuquerque	2	1973	Jeff Bingaman	Democrat	Santa Fe	1	1983	Charles Schumer	Democrat	New York	Brooklyn	3	1999	Hillary Clinton	Democrat	Chappaqua	1	2001	John Edwards	Democrat	North Carolina	Raleigh	3	1999	Elizabeth Dole	Republican	Salisbury	2	2003	Kent Conrad	Democrat	North Dakota	Bismarck	1	1987	Byron Dorgan	Democrat	Bismarck	3	1993	Mike DeWine	Republican	Ohio	Cedarville	1	1995	George Voinovich	Republican	Cleveland	3	1999	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	Ponca City	3	1981	James Inhofe	Republican	Tulsa	2	1995	Ron Wyden	Democrat	Oregon	Portland	3	1997	Gordon Smith	Republican	Pendleton	2	1997	Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3	1981	Rick Santorum	Republican	Penn Hills	1	1995	Jack Reed	Democrat	Rhode Island	Cranston	2	1997	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	Warwick	1	1999	Ernest Hollings	Democrat	South Carolina	Charleston	3	1966	Lindsey Graham	Republican	Seneca	2	2003	Tom Daschle	Democrat	South Dakota	Aberdeen	3	1987	Tim Johnson	Democrat	Vermillion	2	1997	Bill Frist	Republican	Tennessee	Nashville	1	1995	Lamar Alexander	Republican	Maryville	2	2003	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Texas	Dallas	1	1993	John Cornyn	Republican	San Antonio	2	2003	Orrin Hatch	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	1	1977	Robert Bennett	Republican	Salt Lake City	3	1993	Patrick Leahy	Democrat	Vermont	Middlesex	3	1975	James Jeffords	Independent	Shrewsbury	1	1989	John Warner	Republican	Virginia	Alexandria	2	1979	George Allen	Republican	Mount Vernon	1	2001	Patty Murray	Democrat	Washington	Seattle	3	1993	Maria Cantwell	Democrat	Edmonds	1	2001	Robert Byrd	Democrat	West Virginia	Sophia	1	1959	Jay Rockefeller	Democrat	Charleston	2	1985	Herbert Kohl	Democrat	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1	1989	Russ Feingold	Democrat	Middleton	3	1993	Craig Thomas	Republican	Wyoming	Casper	1	1995	Michael Enzi	Republican	Gillette	2	1997

† Previously served 1983–2001.

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.
Alabama

. Jo Bonner (R) of Mobile

. Terry Everett (R) of Rehobeth

. Mike D. Rogers (R) of Anniston

. Robert Aderholt (R) of Haleyville

. Robert E. Cramer (D) of Huntsville

. Spencer Bachus (R) of Vestavia Hills

. Artur Davis (D) of Birmingham