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| 108th United States Congress | |||
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| Duration: January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
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| 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 |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican Party | ||
| House Majority: | Republican Party | ||
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| 1st: January 7, 2003 – December 8, 2003 2nd: January 20, 2004 – December 9, 2004 |
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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.
Major events
Major legislation
Enacted
- 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
Proposed, but not enacted
Party summary
Senate
The party summary for the Senate remained the same during the entire 108th Congress.
| Affiliation | Total | |||
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| Members
(shading indicates
majority caucus) |
51 | 48 | 1 | 100 |
| Voting share | 51% | 49% | ||
| Notes | Caucused with the Democrats |
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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)
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| 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 |
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| Non-voting members | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Leadership
Senate
- President of the Senate: Dick Cheney (R)
- President pro tempore: Ted Stevens (R)
- President pro tempore emeritus: Robert Byrd (D)
Majority (Republican) leadership
Minority (Democratic) leadership
House of Representatives
Majority (Republican) leadership
Minority (Democratic) leadership
Members
Senate
- See also: Category:United States Senators
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
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