109th United States Congress

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United States Capitol (2006)
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentDick Cheney (R)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerDennis Hastert (R)
Sessions
1st: January 4, 2005 – December 22, 2005
2nd: January 3, 2006 – December 8, 2006
File:109thCongressLapelPin.jpg
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.
File:With Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) looking on, President George W. Bush signs into law S-3728, the North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006, Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, in the Oval Office.jpg
With Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) looking on, President George W. Bush signs into law Pub. L. 109–353 (text) (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.

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
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(D) 		[[Independent Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(I)		[[Republican Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(R)
End of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|previous congress]] 48 1 51 100 0
Begin 44 1 55 100 0
End
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Beginning of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|next congress]] 49 2 49 100 0

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

Section contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D)

Senate

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Senate President
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney (R)

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Senate President pro tempore
Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

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Speaker of the House
Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert (R)

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.
Successor appointed on January 18, 2006, and later elected for a full six-year term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Menendez (D) | January 18, 2006 |}

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="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rob Portman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Incumbent resigned April 29, 2005, to become the United States Trade Representative.
A special election was held August 2, 2005. | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jean Schmidt (R) | September 6, 2005[11] |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Christopher Cox (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Incumbent resigned August 2, 2005, to become chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
A special election was held December 6, 2005. | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Campbell (R) | December 7, 2005[12] |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Duke Cunningham (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Incumbent resigned December 1, 2005, after pleading guilty to conspiracy for bribes and tax evasion.
A special election was held June 6, 2006. | style="color:black; 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%" | Incumbent resigned January 16, 2006 after being appointed 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="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom DeLay (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Incumbent resigned June 9, 2006, after a series of criminal indictments.
A special election was held November 6, 2006 | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) | November 13, 2006[15] |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mark Foley (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Incumbent resigned September 29, 2006, after a teen sex scandal. | colspan=2 rowspan=3 | Remained vacant until the next Congress.[16] |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Ney (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Incumbent resigned November 3, 2006, after pleading guilty to conspiracy. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Gibbons (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Incumbent 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

Employees include:[a]

See also

Elections

Membership lists

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shepard, Scott (December 10, 2006). "109th may be the real 'do nothing' Congress". Cox News Service. Atlanta, GA.[dead link]
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our view on Congress wrapping up: 109th Congress' big success: Lowering the achievement bar". Opinion. USA Today. MacLean, VA. December 11, 2006. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cochran, John (May 12, 2006). "'Do-Nothing Congress' Raises Critics' Ire". This Week with George Stephanopoulos. ABC. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Cafferty File: Do-Nothing Congress". The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. December 4, 2006. CNN.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cafferty, Jack (December 4, 2006). "The Cafferty File: Do-Nothing Congress". Situation Room. CNN. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Goodbye To The Do-Nothing Congress". Face The Nation. December 10, 2006. CBS.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Klatell, James M (February 11, 2009). "Goodbye To The Do-Nothing Congress". CBS News. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dobbs, Lou (August 2, 2006). "Five-weeks off for 'do-nothing Congress'". CNN. Retrieved November 12, 2006.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mann, T.; Ornstein, N. (2006). The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track. N.Y., N.Y.: OUP USA. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007.
  10. ^ a b c d e The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is affiliated with the United States Democratic Party.
  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 2005 Ohio's 2nd congressional district special election.
  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 2005 California's 48th congressional district special election.
  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 2006 California's 50th congressional district special election.
  14. ^ Template:Ushr: An election was held to fill the unexpired term along with the concurrent general election. Sires was sworn in on November 13. See 2006 New Jersey's 13th congressional district special election.
  15. ^ An election was held to fill the unexpired term at the general election. Sekula-Gibbs took her seat on November 13, but lost in a full term at the next Congress.
  16. ^ 2 Election Winners to Fill Vacancies" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., via wtopnews.com

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