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The 108th United States Congress met from January 7, 2003, to January 3, 2005.

Contents 1 Session dates 2 Major events 3 Major legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Officers 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Members 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 7 Changes in Membership 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 8 Employees 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 9 Note 10 External links

[edit] Session dates

2003-2005

• First Session: January 72003 – December 8, 2003
• Second Session: January 202004 – December 9, 2004

[edit] Major events

• War against Iraq
• November 2004 - Reelection of President George W. Bush

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

• March 11 2003 - Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003, Pub.L. 108-10, 117 Stat. 557
• April 30 2003 - 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, 21 U.S.C. § 856
• May 27 2003 - United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003, Pub.L. 108-25, 117 Stat. 711
• May 28, 2003 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Pub.L. 108-27, 117 Stat. 752
• September 3 2003 - United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Pub.L. 108-77, 117 Stat. 909
• September 3 2003 - United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Pub.L. 108-78, 117 Stat. 948
• September 4 2003 - Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Pub.L. 108-79, 117 Stat. 972, 45 U.S.C. § 15601
• October 28 2003 - Check 21 Act, Pub.L. 108-100, 117 Stat. 1177
• November 5, 2003 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Pub.L. 108-105, 117 Stat. 1201
• December 4, 2003 - Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, Pub.L. 108-159, 117 Stat. 1952
• November 25, 2003 - Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, Pub.L. 108-173, 117 Stat. 2066
• December 12 2003 - Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act, Pub.L. 108-175, 117 Stat. 2481
• December 16 2003 - Can Spam Act, Pub.L. 108-187, 117 Stat. 2699, 15 U.S.C. § 7701
• March 25, 2004 - Unborn Victims of Violence Act (Laci and Conner's Law), Pub.L. 108-212, 118 Stat. 567
• June 30 2004 - Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act, Pub.L. 108-264, 118 Stat. 711
• July 7 2004 - GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004, Pub.L. 108-271, 118 Stat. 811
• October 16 2004 - Global Anti-Semitism Review Act, Pub.L. 108-332, 118 Stat. 1282, 22 U.S.C. § 2651
• December 17 2004 - Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, Pub.L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3637

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	51
	Democratic Party	48
	Independent	1
Total		100

[edit] House of Representatives

Affiliation		Members
		Beginning	End
	Republican Party	229	227
	Democratic Party	205	207
	Independent	1	1
Total		435	435

[edit] Officers

[edit] 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

[edit] House of Representatives

Office		Office-holder	District	Party
	Speaker of the House	Dennis Hastert	Illinois 14	Republican
	House Majority Leader	Tom DeLay	Texas 22	Republican
	House Minority Leader	Nancy Pelosi	California 8	Democratic
	House Majority Whip	Roy Blunt	Missouri 7	Republican
	House Minority Whip	Steny Hoyer	Maryland 5	Democratic

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senator		Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office
	Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	3	1987
	Jeff Sessions	Republican		Mobile	2	1997
	Ted Stevens	Republican	Alaska	Girdwood	2	1969
	Lisa Murkowski	Republican		Anchorage	3	2002
	John McCain	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	3	1987
	Jon Kyl	Republican		Phoenix	1	1995
	Blanche Lincoln	Democrat	Arkansas	Helena	3	1999
	Mark Pryor	Democrat		Fayetteville	2	2003
	Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	California	San Francisco	1	1992
	Barbara Boxer	Democrat		Greenbrae	3	1993
	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Republican	Colorado	Ignacio	3	1993
	Wayne Allard	Republican		Loveland	2	1997
	Christopher Dodd	Democrat	Connecticut	East Haddam	3	1981
	Joseph Lieberman	Democrat		New Haven	1	1989
	Joe Biden	Democrat	Delaware	Wilmington	2	1973
	Thomas Carper	Democrat		Wilmington	1	2001
	Bob Graham	Democrat	Florida	Miami Lakes	3	1987
	Bill Nelson	Democrat		Orlando	1	2001
	Zell Miller	Democrat	Georgia	Young Harris	3	2000
	Saxby Chambliss	Republican		Moultrie	2	2003
	Daniel Inouye	Democrat	Hawaii	Honolulu	3	1963
	Daniel Akaka	Democrat		Honolulu	1	1991
	Larry Craig	Republican	Idaho	Eagle	2	1991
	Mike Crapo	Republican		Idaho Falls	3	1999
	Richard Durbin	Democrat	Illinois	Springfield	2	1997
	Peter Fitzgerald	Republican		Inverness	3	1999
	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	Indianapolis	1	1977
	Evan Bayh	Democrat		Indianapolis	3	1999
	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	New Hartford	3	1981
	Tom Harkin	Democrat		Cumming	2	1985
	Sam Brownback	Republican	Kansas	Topeka	3	1996
	Pat Roberts	Republican		Dodge City	2	1997
	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	Louisville	2	1985
	Jim Bunning	Republican		Southgate	3	1999
	John Breaux	Democrat	Louisiana	Crowley	3	1987
	Mary Landrieu	Democrat		New Orleans	2	1997
	Olympia Snowe	Republican	Maine	Auburn	1	1995
	Susan Collins	Republican		Bangor	2	1997
	Paul Sarbanes	Democrat	Maryland	Baltimore	1	1977
	Barbara Mikulski	Democrat		Baltimore	3	1987
	Edward Kennedy	Democrat	Massachusetts	Hyannis Port	1	1962
	John Kerry	Democrat		Boston	2	1985
	Carl Levin	Democrat	Michigan	Detroit	2	1979
	Debbie Stabenow	Democrat		Lansing	1	2001
	Mark Dayton	Democrat	Minnesota	Minneapolis	1	2001
	Norm Coleman	Republican		Saint Paul	2	2003
	Thad Cochran	Republican	Mississippi	Jackson	2	1979
	Trent Lott	Republican		Pascagoula	1	1989
	Kit Bond	Republican	Missouri	Mexico	3	1987
	James Talent	Republican		Chesterfield	1	2002
	Max Baucus	Democrat	Montana	Helena	2	1979
	Conrad Burns	Republican		Billings	1	1989
	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Nebraska	Omaha	2	1997
	Ben Nelson	Democrat		Omaha	1	2001
	Harry Reid	Democrat	Nevada	Searchlight	3	1987
	John Ensign	Republican		Las Vegas	1	2001
	Judd Gregg	Republican	New Hampshire	Rye	3	1993
	John E. Sununu	Republican		Waterville Valley	2	2003
	Jon Corzine	Democrat	New Jersey	Hoboken	1	2001
	Frank Lautenberg	Democrat		Cliffside Park	2	2003†
	Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	Albuquerque	2	1973
	Jeff Bingaman	Democrat		Santa Fe	1	1983
	Charles Schumer	Democrat	New York	Brooklyn	3	1999
	Hillary Clinton	Democrat		Chappaqua	1	2001
	John Edwards	Democrat	North Carolina	Raleigh	3	1999
	Elizabeth Dole	Republican		Salisbury	2	2003
	Kent Conrad	Democrat	North Dakota	Bismarck	1	1987
	Byron Dorgan	Democrat		Bismarck	3	1993
	Mike DeWine	Republican	Ohio	Cedarville	1	1995
	George Voinovich	Republican		Cleveland	3	1999
	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	Ponca City	3	1981
	James Inhofe	Republican		Tulsa	2	1995
	Ron Wyden	Democrat	Oregon	Portland	3	1997
	Gordon Smith	Republican		Pendleton	2	1997
	Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3	1981
	Rick Santorum	Republican		Penn Hills	1	1995
	Jack Reed	Democrat	Rhode Island	Cranston	2	1997
	Lincoln Chafee	Republican		Warwick	1	1999
	Ernest Hollings	Democrat	South Carolina	Charleston	3	1966
	Lindsey Graham	Republican		Seneca	2	2003
	Tom Daschle	Democrat	South Dakota	Aberdeen	3	1987
	Tim Johnson	Democrat		Vermillion	2	1997
	Bill Frist	Republican	Tennessee	Nashville	1	1995
	Lamar Alexander	Republican		Maryville	2	2003
	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Texas	Dallas	1	1993
	John Cornyn	Republican		San Antonio	2	2003
	Orrin Hatch	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	1	1977
	Robert Bennett	Republican		Salt Lake City	3	1993
	Patrick Leahy	Democrat	Vermont	Middlesex	3	1975
	James Jeffords	Independent		Shrewsbury	1	1989
	John Warner	Republican	Virginia	Alexandria	2	1979
	George Allen	Republican		Mount Vernon	1	2001
	Patty Murray	Democrat	Washington	Seattle	3	1993
	Maria Cantwell	Democrat		Edmonds	1	2001
	Robert Byrd	Democrat	West Virginia	Sophia	1	1959
	Jay Rockefeller	Democrat		Charleston	2	1985
	Herbert Kohl	Democrat	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1	1989
	Russ Feingold	Democrat		Middleton	3	1993
	Craig Thomas	Republican	Wyoming	Casper	1	1995
	Michael Enzi	Republican		Gillette	2	1997

† Previously served 1983–2001.

[edit] 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 American Samoa - District of Columbia - Guam - Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands

For maps of congressional districts, see List of United States Congressional districts.

Alabama

• 1. Jo Bonner (R) of Mobile
• 2. Terry Everett (R) of Rehobeth
• 3. Mike D. Rogers (R) of Anniston
• 4. Robert Aderholt (R) of Haleyville
• 5. Robert Cramer (D) of Huntsville
• 6. Spencer Bachus (R) of Vestavia Hills
• 7. Artur Davis (D) of Birmingham

Alaska

• At Large. Don Young (R) of Fort Yukon

Arizona

• 1. Rick Renzi (R) of Flagstaff
• 2. Trent Franks (R) of Glendale
• 3. John Shadegg (R) of Phoenix
• 4. Ed Pastor (D) of Phoenix
• 5. J.D. Hayworth (R) of Scottsdale
• 6. Jeff Flake (R) of Mesa
• 7. Raúl M. Grijalva (D) of Tucson
• 8. Jim Kolbe (R) of Tucson

Arkansas

• 1. Marion Berry (D) of Gillett
• 2. Vic Snyder (D) of Little Rock
• 3. John Boozman (R) of Rogers
• 4. Mike Ross (D) of Prescott

California

• 1. Mike Thompson (D) of Napa Valley
• 2. Wally Herger (R) of Marysville
• 3. Doug Ose (R) of Sacramento
• 4. John Doolittle (R) of Rocklin
• 5. Robert Matsui (D) of Sacramento
• 6. Lynn Woolsey (D) of Petaluma
• 7. George Miller (D) of Martinez
• 8. Nancy Pelosi (D) of San Francisco
• 9. Barbara Lee (D) of Oakland
• 10. Ellen Tauscher (D) of Alamo
• 11. Richard Pombo (R) of Tracy
• 12. Tom Lantos (D) of San Mateo
• 13. Pete Stark (D) of Fremont
• 14. Anna Eshoo (D) of Atherton
• 15. Mike Honda (D) of San Jose
• 16. Zoe Lofgren (D) of San Jose
• 17. Sam Farr (D) of Carmel
• 18. Dennis Cardoza (D) of Atwater
• 19. George Radanovich (R) of Mariposa
• 20. Cal Dooley (D) of Fresno
• 21. Devin Nunes (R) of Pixley
• 22. Bill Thomas (R) of Bakersfield
• 23. Lois Capps (D) of Santa Barbara
• 24. Elton Gallegly (R) of Simi Valley
• 25. Howard McKeon (R) of Santa Clarita
• 26. David Dreier (R) of San Dimas
• 27. Brad Sherman (D) of Sherman Oaks
• 28. Howard Berman (D) of Mission Hills
• 29. Adam Schiff (D) of Burbank
• 30. Henry Waxman (D) of Los Angeles
• 31. Xavier Becerra (D) of Los Angeles
• 32. Hilda Solis (D) of El Monte
• 33. Diane Watson (D) of Los Angeles
• 34. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) of Los Angeles
• 35. Maxine Waters (D) of Los Angeles
• 36. Jane Harman (D) of Venice
• 37. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) of Carson
• 38. Grace Napolitano (D) of Norwalk
• 39. Linda Sánchez (D) of Lakewood
• 40. Edward R. Royce (R) of Fullerton
• 41. Jerry Lewis (R) of Redlands
• 42. Gary Miller (R) of Diamond Bar
• 43. Joe Baca (D) of Rialto
• 44. Ken Calvert (R) of Corona
• 45. Mary Bono (R) of Palm Springs
• 46. Dana Rohrabacher (R) of Huntington Beach
• 47. Loretta Sanchez (D) of Anaheim
• 48. Chris Cox (R) of Newport Beach
• 49. Darrell Issa (R) of Vista
• 50. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R) of Del Mar
• 51. Bob Filner (D) of San Diego
• 52. Duncan Hunter (R) of Alpine
• 53. Susan Davis (D) of San Diego

Colorado

• 1. Diana DeGette (D) of Denver
• 2. Mark Udall (D) of Boulder
• 3. Scott McInnis (R) of Glenwood Springs
• 4. Marilyn Musgrave (R) of Fort Morgan
• 5. Joel Hefley (R) of Colorado Springs
• 6. Thomas G. Tancredo (R) of Littleton
• 7. Bob Beauprez (R) of Arvada

Connecticut

• 1. John Larson (D) of East Hartford
• 2. Rob Simmons (R) of Mystic
• 3. Rosa DeLauro (D) of New Haven
• 4. Christopher Shays (R) of Bridgeport
• 5. Nancy Johnson (R) of New Britain

Delaware

• At Large. Michael N. Castle (R) of Wilmington

Florida

• 1. Jeff Miller (R) of Chumuckla
• 2. Allen Boyd (D) of Monticello
• 3. Corrine Brown (D) of Jacksonville
• 4. Ander Crenshaw (R) of Jacksonville
• 5. Ginny Brown-Waite (R) of Brooksville
• 6. Cliff Stearns (R) of Ocala
• 7. John Mica (R) of Winter Park
• 8. Ric Keller (R) of Orlando
• 9. Michael Bilirakis (R) of Palm Harbor
• 10. Bill Young (R) of Largo
• 11. Jim Davis (D) of Tampa
• 12. Adam Putnam (R) of Bartow
• 13. Katherine Harris (R) of Sarasota
• 14. Porter Goss (R) of Sanibel
• 15. Dave Weldon (R) of Palm Bay
• 16. Mark Foley (R) of West Palm Beach
• 17. Kendrick Meek (D) of Miami
• 18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) of Miami
• 19. Robert Wexler (D) of Boca Raton
• 20. Peter Deutsch (D) of Fort Lauderdale
• 21. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) of Miami
• 22. Clay Shaw (R) of Fort Lauderdale
• 23. Alcee Hastings (D) of Miramar
• 24. Tom Feeney (R) of Oviedo
• 25. Mario Diaz-Balart (R) of Miami

Georgia

• 1. Jack Kingston (R) of Savannah
• 2. Sanford Bishop (D) of Albany
• 3. Jim Marshall (D) of Macon
• 4. Denise Majette (D) of Decatur
• 5. John Lewis (D) of Atlanta
• 6. Johnny Isakson (R) of Marietta
• 7. John Linder (R) of Duluth
• 8. Mac Collins (R) of Hampton
• 9. Charlie Norwood (R) of Evans
• 10. Nathan Deal (R) of Clermont
• 11. Phil Gingrey (R) of Marietta
• 12. Max Burns (D) of Sylvania
• 13. David Scott (D) of Atlanta

Hawaii

• 1. Neil Abercrombie (D) of Honolulu
• 2. Edward Espenett Case (D) of Honolulu

Idaho

• 1. C. L. Otter (R) of Star
• 2. Michael K. Simpson (R) of Blackfoot, Idaho

Illinois

• 1. Bobby Rush (D) of Chicago
• 2. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D) of Chicago
• 3. William Lipinski (D) of Chicago
• 4. Luis Gutierrez (D) of Chicago
• 5. Rahm Emanuel (D) of Chicago
• 6. Henry Hyde (R) of Wood Dale
• 7. Danny K. Davis (D) of Chicago
• 8. Philip Crane (D) of Wauconda
• 9. Janice D. Schakowsky (D) of Evanston
• 10. Mark Steven Kirk (R) of Highland Park
• 11. Jerry Weller (R) of Morris
• 12. Jerry Costello (D) of Belleville
• 13. Judy Biggert (R) of Hinsdale
• 14. Dennis Hastert (R) of Yorkville
• 15. Timothy V. Johnson (R) of Sidney
• 16. Donald Manzullo (R) of Egan
• 17. Lane Evans (D) of Rock Island
• 18. Ray LaHood (R) of Peoria
• 19. John Shimkus (R) of Collinsville

Indiana

• 1. Peter Visclosky (D) of Merrillville
• 2. Chris Chocola (R) of Bristol
• 3. Mark Souder (R) of Fort Wayne
• 4. Steve Buyer (R) of Monticello
• 5. Dan Burton (R) of Indianapolis
• 6. Mike Pence (R) of Columbus
• 7. Julia Carson (D) of Indianapolis
• 8. John Hostettler (R) of Blairsville
• 9. Baron Hill (D) of Seymour

Iowa

• 1. Jim Nussle (R) of Manchester
• 2. Jim Leach (R) of Iowa City
• 3. Leonard Boswell (D) of Des Moines
• 4. Tom Latham (R) of Alexander
• 5. Steve King (R) of Kiron

Kansas

• 1. Jerry Moran (R) of Hays
• 2. Jim Ryun (R) of Topeka
• 3. Dennis Moore (D) of Lenexa
• 4. Todd Tiahrt (R) of Goddard

Kentucky

• 1. Ed Whitfield (R) of Hopkinsville
• 2. Ron Lewis (R) of Cecilia
• 3. Anne Northup (R) of Louisville
• 4. Ken Lucas (D) of Florence
• 5. Ha