108th_Congress

108th United States Congress

108th United States Congress

2003–2005 U.S. 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.

Quick Facts January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005, Members ...

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.

Major events

Main articles: 2003 in the United States, 2004 in the United States, and 2005 in the United States

Major legislation

Enacted

George W. Bush signing the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, surrounded by members of Congress
Main article: List of United States federal legislation
See also: List of acts of the 108th United States Congress

Proposed, but not enacted

Party summary

Senate

Party standings in the 108th Congress
  48 Democratic Senators
  1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats
  51 Republican Senators
U.S. Senate in the Senate Chamber (2003)

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

More information Party (shading shows control), Total ...

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.)

More information Affiliation, Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) ...

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
Dick Cheney (R)
Senate President pro tempore
Ted Stevens (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Dennis Hastert (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Senate

The Senators are preceded by the class, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 2004; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 2006; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 2008.

House of Representatives

See also: List of United States congressional districts

The Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by the district number.

Changes in membership

Members who came and left during this Congress.

Senate

There were no changes in Senate membership during this Congress.

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
More information District, Vacated by ...

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Main article: Caucuses of the United States Congress

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

Employees include:[lower-alpha 2]

See also

Elections

Membership lists

Notes

  1. When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
  2. See also: Rules of the House: "Other officers and officials"

References

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