108th United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 108th 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 2000 United States census.

This is the most recent Congress to have a Democratic senator from South Carolina, Fritz Hollings, who retired at the end of the Congress.

Both chambers had a Republican majority, with the Republicans slightly increasing their edge in the House, and regaining control of the Senate, after party control had switched back and forth during the 107th Congress due to various factors. With President Bush, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta.

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Major events

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Major legislation

Enacted

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Proposed, but not enacted

Party summary

Senate

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  48 Democratic senators
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  1 independent senator, caucusing with Democrats
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  51 Republican senators
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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
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Democratic Independent IPM Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 48 1 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 50 100 0
108th Congress 48 1 0 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 51 100 0
Beginning of next Congress 44 1 0 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 55 100 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
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Democratic Independent Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 209 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 223 433 2
Begin 204 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 229 434 1
May 31, 2003 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 228 434 1
June 5, 2003 205 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 229 435 0
December 9, 2003 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 228 434 1
January 20, 2004 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 227 433 2
February 17, 2004 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 228 434 1
June 1, 2004 207 rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 228 435 0
June 9, 2004 206 434 1
July 20, 2004 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 229 435 0
August 31, 2004 205 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 228 434 1
September 23, 2004 204 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 227 432 3
Final voting share 48.0% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 52.0%
Non-voting members 4 0 1 5 0
Beginning of next Congress 201 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 232 434 1

Leadership

Senate

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Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

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Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Senate

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House of Representatives

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Changes in membership

Members who came and left during this Congress.

Senate

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House of Representatives

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|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ed Case (D) | Member-elect Patsy Mink (D) died September 28, 2002, but was posthumously elected to the 108th Congress.
Ed Case had won a special election for the seat in the 107th Congress November 30, 2002, but not for the 108th Congress.
A special election was held January 4, 2003. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ed Case (D) | January 4, 2003

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Larry Combest (R) | Incumbent resigned May 31, 2003, for personal reasons.
A special election was held June 3, 2003. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Randy Neugebauer (R) | June 5, 2003

|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ralph Hall (D) | Changed political parties, with no interruption in his service. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ralph Hall (R) | January 5, 2004

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ernie Fletcher (R) | Incumbent resigned December 9, 2003, to become Governor of Kentucky.
A special election was held February 17, 2004 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ben Chandler (D) | February 17, 2004

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bill Janklow (R) | Incumbent 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="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephanie Herseth (D) | June 1, 2004

|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frank Ballance (D) | Incumbent resigned June 9, 2004, as a result of health problems.
A special election was held July 20, 2004 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | G. K. Butterfield (D) | July 20, 2004

|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rodney Alexander (D) | Switched parties August 9, 2004 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rodney Alexander (R) | August 9, 2004

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Doug Bereuter (R) | Incumbent resigned August 31, 2004, to head the Asia Foundation. | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until the next Congress.

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Porter Goss (R) | Incumbent resigned September 23, 2004, to head the CIA. | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until the next Congress.

|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Matsui (D) | Incumbent died January 1, 2005. | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until the next Congress.

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Committees

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Senate

Committee Chairman Ranking Member
Aging (special) Larry Craig (R-ID) John Breaux (D-LA)
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Thad Cochran (R-MS) Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Appropriations Ted Stevens (R-AK) Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Armed Services John Warner (R-VA) Carl Levin (D-MI)
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Richard Shelby (R-AL) Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Budget Don Nickles (R-OK) Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Commerce, Science and Transportation John McCain (R-AZ) Fritz Hollings (D-SC)
Energy and Natural Resources Pete Domenici (R-NM) Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Environment and Public Works Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Jim Jeffords (I-VT)
Ethics (select) George Voinovich (R-OH) Harry Reid (D-NV)
Finance Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Max Baucus (D-MT)
Foreign Relations Richard Lugar (R-IN) Joe Biden (D-DE)
Governmental Affairs Susan Collins (R-ME) Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Judd Gregg (R-NH) Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Indian Affairs Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Intelligence (select) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Judiciary Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Rules and Administration Trent Lott (R-MS) Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Olympia Snowe (R-ME) John Kerry (D-MA)
Veterans' Affairs Arlen Specter (R-PA) Daniel Akaka (D-HI)

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

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Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

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See also

Elections

Membership lists

Notes

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References

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

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External links

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