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108th United States Congress
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This Source| 108th United States Congress | |
| United States Capitol (2002) | |
| Session: | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
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| 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.
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 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Independent | ||
| 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 | Total | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Independent | Vacant | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 2004-11-02 | 227 | 435 | 0 | Jeff Fortenberry (R) took Bereuter's seat; Connie Mack IV (R) took Goss's seat | |||
| Latest voting share | 52% | 48% | |||||
| 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 | |
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House of Representatives
Members
Senate
† Previously served 1983–2001.
House of Representatives
| Alabama — Alaska — Arizona — Arkansas — California — Colorado — Connecticut — Delaware — Florida — Georgia — Hawaii — Idaho — Illinois — Indiana — Iowa — Kansas — Kentucky — Louisiana — Maine — Maryland — Massachusetts — Michigan — Minnesota — Mississippi — Missouri — Montana — Nebraska — Nevada — New Hampshire — New Jersey — New Mexico — New York — North Carolina — North Dakota — Ohio — Oklahoma — Oregon — Pennsylvania — Rhode Island — South Carolina — South Dakota — Tennessee — Texas — Utah — Vermont — Virginia — Washington — West Virginia — Wisconsin — Wyoming — Non-voting members |
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, whether plural or single member, are preceded by the district number.