109th United States Congress

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House of Representatives member pin for the 109th U.S. Congress

The 109th 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, 2005, to January 3, 2007, during the fifth and sixth years of George W. Bush's presidency. House members were elected in the 2004 elections on November 2, 2004. Senators were elected in three classes in the 2000 elections on November 7, 2000, 2002 elections on November 5, 2002, or 2004 elections on November 2, 2004. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 2000 United States census.

This is the most recent Congress to feature a Republican senator from Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, who lost re-election in 2006.

The Republicans maintained control of both the House and the Senate (slightly increasing their majority in both chambers), and with the reelection of President Bush, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta.

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Major events

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Major legislation

Enacted

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President George W. Bush signing the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on September 26, 2006.
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With Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) looking on, President George W. Bush signs into law Pub. L. [[:Template:Trim]/public/Template:Trim?link-type=html Template:Trim–Template:Trim (text)] [[:Template:Trim]/public/Template:Trim?link-type=pdf&.pdf (PDF)], the North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006, on October 13, 2006.

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Proposed, but not enacted

More information: Complete index of Public and Private Laws for 109th Congress at U.S. Government Printing Office

Hearings

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  • Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program (Senate Judiciary; House Intelligence; Democrats of the House Judiciary)

Party summary

Senate

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  44 Democratic senators
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  55 Republican senators
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  1 Independent senator, caucusing with Democrats

The party summary for the Senate remained the same during the entire 109th Congress. On January 16, 2006, Democrat Jon Corzine resigned, but Democrat Bob Menendez was appointed and took Corzine's seat the next day.

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House of Representatives

Due to resignations and special elections, Republicans lost a net of three seats; Democrats gained one seat; three seats were left vacant; and one seat which was vacant at the beginning of the Congress was filled. All seats were filled though special elections. (See Changes in membership, below.)

Affiliation Party
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Democratic Independent Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 204 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 227 432 3
Begin 201 1 rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 232 434 1
March 10, 2005 202 435 0
April 29, 2005 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 231 434 1
August 2, 2005 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 230 433 2
September 6, 2005 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 231 434 1
December 1, 2005 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 230 433 2
December 7, 2005 rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 231 434 1
January 16, 2006 201 433 2
June 9, 2006 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 230 432 3
June 13, 2006 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 231 433 2
September 29, 2006 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 230 432 3
November 3, 2006 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 229 431 4
November 13, 2006 202 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 230 433 2
December 31, 2006 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 229 432 3
Final voting share 47.0% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 53.0%
Non-voting members 4 1 0 5 0
Beginning of next Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 233 0 202 435 0

Leadership

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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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(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jon Corzine (D) | Incumbent resigned to become Governor of New Jersey on January 17, 2006.
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House of Representatives

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|- | Template:Ushr | None | style="font-size:80%" | Representative Bob Matsui (D) died January 1, 2005 — before the end of the previous Congress. A special election was held March 8, 2005 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Doris Matsui (D) | March 10, 2005 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rob Portman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 29, 2005, to become the United States Trade Representative. A special election was held August 2, 2005 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jean Schmidt (R) | September 6, 2005[11] |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Christopher Cox (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 2, 2005, to become chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A special election was held December 6, 2005 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Campbell (R) | December 7, 2005[12] |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Duke Cunningham (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 1, 2005, after pleading guilty to conspiracy for bribes and tax evasion. A special election was held June 6, 2006 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brian Bilbray (R) | June 13, 2006[13] |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Menendez (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 16, 2006, to become a U.S. Senator. A special election was held November 7, 2006 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Albio Sires (D) | November 13, 2006[14] |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom DeLay (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 9, 2006, after a series of criminal indictments. A special election was held November 6, 2006 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) | November 13, 2006[15] |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mark Foley (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 29, 2006, after a teen sex scandal. | colspan=2 rowspan=3 | Remained vacant until the next Congress.[16] |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Ney (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 3, 2006, after pleading guilty to conspiracy. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Gibbons (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 2006, to become Governor of Nevada. |}

Committees

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Senate

Committee Chairman Ranking Member
Aging (special) Gordon Smith (R-OR) Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Appropriations Thad Cochran (R-MS) 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 Judd Gregg (R-NH) Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Commerce, Science and Transportation Ted Stevens (R-AK) Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
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) Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Finance Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Max Baucus (D-MT)
Foreign Relations Richard Lugar (R-IN) Joe Biden (D-DE)
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Mike Enzi (R-WY) Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Susan Collins (R-ME) Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
Indian Affairs John McCain (R-AZ) Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Intelligence (select) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Judiciary Arlen Specter (R-PA) 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 Larry Craig (R-ID) 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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External links

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  11. ↑ Template:Ushr: A primary election was held on June 14, 2005. A runoff election was held on August 2, 2005. Jean Schmidt won and took her seat the next month. See Ohio 2nd congressional district election, 2005.
  12. ↑ Template:Ushr: A primary election was held on October 4, 2005. A runoff election was held on December 6, 2005. John Campbell won and took his seat the next day.See California 48th Congressional District Election, 2005.
  13. ↑ Template:Ushr: A primary election was held on April 11, 2006. A runoff election was held on June 6, 2006. Brian Bilbray won and took his seat one week later.See California 50th congressional district special election, 2006.
  14. ↑ Template:Ushr: An election was held to fill the unexpired term at the November 7, 2006 General Election. Sires was sworn in on November 13. See New Jersey 13th congressional district special election, 2006.
  15. ↑ An election was held to fill the unexpired term at the November 7, 2006 General Election. Sekula-Gibbs took her seat on November 13.
  16. ↑ 2 Election Winners to Fill Vacancies" Template:Webarchive, via wtopnews.com
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