109th United States Congress

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The 109th United States Congress was the meeting of the United States's federal legislature, composed of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

Of the 435 members of the House of Representatives, 427 were elected (or re-elected) in the November 2004 House elections, 6 were elected during the 109th Congress; and the Congress ended with 2 vacancies. Of the 100 Senators, 33 were elected (or re-elected) in 2000, 33 Senators were elected (or re-elected) in 2002, 33 Senators were elected (or re-elected) in the November 2004 Senate elections, and 1 senator was appointed in January 2006.

Prominent events include the filibuster "nuclear option" scare, and the Terri Schiavo debate. This Congress also had a great many scandals: Tom DeLay, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Mark Foley, and the Jack Abramoff scandal.

Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Legislation 2.1 Major legislation passed 2.2 Legislation proposed, but not enacted 3 Party summary 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Leadership 4.1 Senate 4.1.1 Majority (Republican) leadership 4.1.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership 4.2 House of Representatives 4.2.1 Majority (Republican) leadership 4.2.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership 5 Members 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Changes in membership 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 7 Miscellaneous facts about members 7.1 Members who served non-continuous terms 7.2 Members who switched political parties 8 Employees 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Dates of sessions

There were two sessions, roughly paralleling the calendar years 2005 and 2006:

• First Session: January 4 - December 22, 2005
• Second Session: January 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006

[edit] Legislation

[edit] Major legislation passed

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

• 2005 February 17 - Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-2, 118 Stat. 4
• 2005 March 21 - Theresa Marie Schiavo's law, Pub.L. 109-3, 119 Stat. 15
• 2005 April 20 - Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Pub.L. 109-8, 119 Stat. 23, 11 U.S.C. § 101
• 2005 April 27 - Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, Pub.L. 109-9, 119 Stat. 218, 17 U.S.C. § 101
• 2005 July 28 - Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (CAFTA Implementation Act), Pub.L. 109-53, 119 Stat. 462, 19 U.S.C. § 4001
• 2005 July 29 - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594, 42 U.S.C. § 15801
• 2005 August 10 - Transportation Equity Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144
• 2005 October 26 - Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, Pub.L. 109-92, 119 Stat. 2095
• 2005 December 1 - Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-118, 119 Stat. 2527
• 2005 December 22 - Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-145, 119 Stat. 2664
• 2005 December 30 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, Pub.L. 109-148, 119 Stat. 2680 (including McCain Detainee Amendment (S.Amdt.1977)
• 2006 May 17, 2006 - Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-222, 120 Stat. 345
• 2006 May 29 - Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, Pub.L. 109-228, 120 Stat. 387
• 2006 July 27 - Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, Pub.L. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587
• 2006 September 26 – Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109-282, 120 Stat. 1186
• 2006 October 13 - Safe Port Act, Pub.L. 109-347, including title VIII, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5361-5367
• 2006 October 17 - Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109-366, 120 Stat. 2600, 10 U.S.C. § 948a
• 2006 October 26 - Secure Fence Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109-367, 120 Stat. 2638

[edit] Legislation proposed, but not enacted

• H.R. 3 Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005
• H.R. 5 HEALTH Act of 2005
• H.R. 8 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005
• H.R. 11 Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2005
• H.R. 12 Amendment to the Education Land Grant Act
• H.R. 13 CLEAN-UP of Methamphetamines Act
• H.R. 15 National Health Insurance Act of 2005
• H.R. 554 Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act
• H.R. 1505 Jessica Lunsford Act
• H.R. 3334 Cures Can Be Found Act of 2005
• H.R. 3645 Katrina Relief Appropriations bill
• H.R. 3646 Gas Price Relief and Oil Conservation Act of 2005
• H.R. 4379 We the People Act
• H.R. 4569 Digital Transition Content Security Act
• S. 147 Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (Akaka Bill)
• S. 520 Constitution Restoration Act
• S. 677 Workplace Religious Freedom Act
• S. 2126 Family Entertainment Protection Act

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Republican Party	55
	Democratic Party	44
	Independent	1	Caucused with the Democrats
Total		100

[edit] House of Representatives

Affiliation		Start		End		Delegates and Resident Commissioner	Note
		Members	Voting share	Members	Voting share
	Republican Party	232	53.33%	230	52.9%	1
	Democratic Party	201	46.2%	202	46.4%	4
	Independent	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	-	Caucused with the Democrats
	Vacant	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	-	Since September 29, 2006; and November 3, 2006
Total		435		435		5

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• President of the Senate: Dick Cheney (R-Wyoming)
• President Pro Tempore: Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
• President pro tempore emeritus: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)

[edit] Majority (Republican) leadership

• Senate Majority Leader: Bill Frist (Tennessee)
• Senate Majority Whip: Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
• Republican Conference Chairman: Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania)
• Republican Policy Committee Chairman: Jon Kyl (Arizona)
• Republican Conference Secretary: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas)
• Republican Campaign Committee Chair: Elizabeth Dole (North Carolina)

[edit] Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Senate Minority Leader: Harry Reid (Nevada)
• Senate Minority Whip: Richard Durbin (Illinois)
• Democratic Conference Chairman: Harry Reid (Nevada)
• Democratic Policy Committee Chairman: Byron Dorgan (North Dakota)
• Democratic Conference Secretary: Debbie Stabenow (Michigan)
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles Schumer (New York)

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker: Dennis Hastert (Illinois 14th)

[edit] Majority (Republican) leadership

• House Majority Leader:
  • Tom DeLay (Texas 22nd), until September 28, 2005
  • Roy Blunt (Missouri 7th), September 28, 2005 – February 2, 2006 ("Interim")
  • John Boehner (Ohio 8th), February 2, 2006 – end
• House Majority Whip: Roy Blunt (Missouri 7th)
• Senior Chief Deputy Whip: Eric Cantor (Virginia 7th)
• Majority Deputy Whip Team: Kevin Brady (Texas 8th), Dave Camp (Michigan 4th), Nathan Deal (Georgia 10th), Paul Gillmor (Ohio 5th), Sue Myrick (North Carolina 9th), Todd Tiahrt (Kansas 4th), Greg Walden (Oregon 2nd), Jerry Weller (Illinois 11th), John T. Doolittle (California 4th) and George Radanovich (California 19th)
• Assistant Deputy Whip Team: Doc Hastings (Washington 4th), David Hobson (Ohio 7th), Sue W. Kelly (New York 19th), Mark Green (Wisconsin 8th), Devin Nunes (California 21st), Gary G. Miller (California 42nd) and Kay Granger (Texas 12th)
• Republican Conference Chair: Deborah Pryce (Ohio 15th)
• Republican Conference Vice-Chair: Jack Kingston (Georgia 1st)
• Republican Conference Secretary: John T. Doolittle (California 4th)
• Republican Policy Committee Chairman:
  • John Shadegg (Arizona 3rd), until February 2, 2006
  • Adam Putnam (Florida 12th), February 2, 2006 – end
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Tom Reynolds (New York 26th)

[edit] Minority (Democratic) leadership

• House Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (California 8th)
• House Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer (Maryland 5th)
• Senior Chief Deputy Whip: John Lewis (Georgia 5th)
• Minority Deputy Whip Team: Diana DeGette (Colorado 1st), John Tanner (Tennessee 8th), Joseph Crowley (New York 7th), Ron Kind (Wisconsin 3rd), Jan Schakowsky (Illinois 9th), Ed Pastor (Arizona 4th and Maxine Waters (California 35th)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Jim Clyburn (South Carolina 6th)
• Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman: John Larson (Connecticut 1st)
• Assistant to the House Minority Leader: John Spratt (South Carolina 5th)
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Rahm Emanuel (Illinois 5th)
• Democratic Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut 3rd), George Miller (California 7th)

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

See List of current United States Senators for hometown, senatorial class, when first took office, when current term expires, prior background, and education.

Alabama:

• Richard Shelby (R)
• Jeff Sessions (R)

Alaska:

• Ted Stevens (R)
• Lisa Murkowski (R)

Arizona:

• John McCain (R)
• Jon Kyl (R)

Arkansas:

• Blanche Lincoln (D)
• Mark Pryor (D)

California:

• Dianne Feinstein (D)
• Barbara Boxer (D)

Colorado:

• Wayne Allard (R)
• Ken Salazar (D)

Connecticut:

• Christopher Dodd (D)
• Joseph Lieberman (D)

Delaware:

• Joe Biden (D)
• Thomas Carper (D)

Florida:

• Bill Nelson (D)
• Mel Martinez (R)

Georgia:

• Saxby Chambliss (R)
• Johnny Isakson (R)

Hawaii:

• Daniel Inouye (D)
• Daniel Akaka (D)

Idaho:

• Larry Craig (R)
• Mike Crapo (R)

Illinois:

• Richard Durbin (D)
• Barack Obama (D)

Indiana:

• Richard Lugar (R)
• Evan Bayh (D)

Iowa:

• Chuck Grassley (R)
• Tom Harkin (D)

Kansas:

• Sam Brownback (R)
• Pat Roberts (R)

Kentucky:

• Mitch McConnell (R)
• Jim Bunning (R)

Louisiana:

• Mary Landrieu (D)
• David Vitter (R)

Maine:

• Olympia Snowe (R)
• Susan Collins (R)

Maryland:

• Paul Sarbanes (D)
• Barbara Mikulski (D)

Massachusetts:

• Edward Kennedy (D)
• John Kerry (D)

Michigan:

• Carl Levin (D)
• Debbie Stabenow (D)

Minnesota:

• Mark Dayton (D)
• Norm Coleman (R)

Mississippi:

• Thad Cochran (R)
• Trent Lott (R)

Missouri:

• Kit Bond (R)
• James Talent (R)

Montana:

• Max Baucus (D)
• Conrad Burns (R)

Nebraska:

• Chuck Hagel (R)
• Ben Nelson (D)

Nevada:

• Harry Reid (D)
• John Ensign (R)

New Hampshire:

• Judd Gregg (R)
• John E. Sununu (R)

New Jersey:

• Frank Lautenberg (D)
• Robert Menendez (D), installed January 17, 2006
• Jon Corzine (D), resigned January 16, 2006

New Mexico:

• Pete Domenici (R)
• Jeff Bingaman (D)

New York:

• Charles Schumer (D)
• Hillary Clinton (D)

North Carolina:

• Elizabeth Dole (R)
• Richard Burr (R)

North Dakota:

• Kent Conrad (D)
• Byron Dorgan (D)

Ohio:

• Mike DeWine (R)
• George Voinovich (R)

Oklahoma:

• James Inhofe (R)
• Tom Coburn (R)

Oregon:

• Ron Wyden (D)
• Gordon Smith (R)

Pennsylvania:

• Arlen Specter (R)
• Rick Santorum (R)

Rhode Island:

• Jack Reed (D)
• Lincoln Chafee (R)

South Carolina:

• Lindsey Graham (R)
• Jim DeMint (R)

South Dakota:

• Tim Johnson (D)
• John Thune (R)

Tennessee:

• Bill Frist (R)
• Lamar Alexander (R)

Texas:

• Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
• John Cornyn (R)

Utah:

• Orrin Hatch (R)
• Robert Bennett (R)

Vermont:

• Patrick Leahy (D)
• James Jeffords (I)

Virginia:

• John Warner (R)
• George Allen (R)

Washington:

• Patty Murray (D)
• Maria Cantwell (D)

West Virginia:

• Robert Byrd (D)
• Jay Rockefeller (D)

Wisconsin:

• Herbert Kohl (D)
• Russ Feingold (D)

Wyoming:

• Craig Thomas (R)
• Michael Enzi (R)

[edit] House of Representatives

See List of current members of the United States House of Representatives for hometown, when first took office, prior background, and education.

See List of United States Congressional districts for maps of congressional districts.

Section contents: 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

Alabama

• 1: Jo Bonner (R)
• 2: Terry Everett (R)
• 3: Mike D. Rogers (R)
• 4: Robert Aderholt (R)
• 5: Bud Cramer (D)
• 6: Spencer Bachus (R)
• 7: Artur Davis (D)

Alaska

• At Large: Don Young (R)

Arizona

• 1: Rick Renzi (R)
• 2: Trent Franks (R)
• 3: John Shadegg (R)
• 4: Ed Pastor (D)
• 5: J.D. Hayworth (R)
• 6: Jeff Flake (R)
• 7: Raúl M. Grijalva (D)
• 8: Jim Kolbe (R)

Arkansas

• 1: Marion Berry (D)
• 2: Vic Snyder (D)
• 3: John Boozman (R)
• 4: Mike Ross (D)

California

• 1: Mike Thompson (D)
• 2: Wally Herger (R)
• 3: Dan Lungren (R)
• 4: John Doolittle (R)
• 5: Doris Matsui, installed March 10, 2005 (D)

• Vacant, January 3, 2005 - March 9, 2005

• 6: Lynn Woolsey (D)
• 7: George Miller (D)
• 8: Nancy Pelosi (D)
• 9: Barbara Lee (D)
• 10: Ellen Tauscher (D)
• 11: Richard Pombo (R)
• 12: Tom Lantos (D)
• 13: Pete Stark (D)
• 14: Anna Eshoo (D)
• 15: Mike Honda (D)
• 16: Zoe Lofgren (D)
• 17: Sam Farr (D)
• 18: Dennis Cardoza (D)
• 19: George Radanovich (R)
• 20: Jim Costa (D)
• 21: Devin Nunes (R)
• 22: Bill Thomas (R)
• 23: Lois Capps (D)
• 24: Elton Gallegly (R)
• 25: Howard McKeon (R)
• 26: David Dreier (R)
• 27: Brad Sherman (D)
• 28: Howard Berman (D)
• 29: Adam Schiff (D)
• 30: Henry Waxman (D)
• 31: Xavier Becerra (D)
• 32: Hilda Solis (D)
• 33: Diane Watson (D)
• 34: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
• 35: Maxine Waters (D)
• 36: Jane Harman (D)
• 37: Juanita Millender-McDonald (D)
• 38: Grace Napolitano (D)
• 39: Linda Sánchez (D)
• 40: Edward R. Royce (R)
• 41: Jerry Lewis (R)
• 42: Gary Miller (R)
• 43: Joe Baca (D)
• 44: Ken Calvert (R)
• 45: Mary Bono (R)
• 46: Dana Rohrabacher (R)
• 47: Loretta Sanchez (D)
• 48: John Campbell, installed December 7, 2005 (R)

• Vacant, August 3, 2005 - December 6, 2005
• Chris Cox, resigned August 2, 2005 (R)

• 49: Darrell Issa (R)
• 50: Brian Bilbray, installed June 13, 2006 (R)

• Vacant, December 2, 2005 - June 12, 2006
• Randy "Duke" Cunningham, resigned December 1, 2005 (R)

• 51: Bob Filner (D)
• 52: Duncan Hunter (R)
• 53: Susan Davis (D)

Colorado

• 1. Diana DeGette (D)
• 2. Mark Udall (D)
• 3. John Salazar (D)
• 4. Marilyn Musgrave (R)
• 5. Joel Hefley (R)
• 6. Thomas G. Tancredo (R)
• 7. Bob Beauprez (R)

Connecticut

• 1. John Larson (D)
• 2. Rob Simmons (R)
• 3. Rosa DeLauro (D)
• 4. Christopher Shays (R)
• 5. Nancy Johnson (R)

Delaware

• At Large: Michael N. Castle (R)

Florida

• 1. Jeff Miller (R)
• 2. Allen Boyd (D)
• 3. Corrine Brown (D)
• 4. Ander Crenshaw (R)
• 5. Ginny Brown-Waite (R)
• 6. Cliff Stearns (R)
• 7. John Mica (R)
• 8. Ric Keller (R)
• 9. Michael Bilirakis (R)
• 10. Bill Young (R)
• 11. Jim Davis (D)
• 12. Adam Putnam (R)
• 13. Katherine Harris (R)
• 14. Connie Mack IV (R)
• 15. Dave Weldon (R)
• 16. Vacant, September 29, 2006–present

• Mark Foley (R), resigned September 29, 2006

• 17. Kendrick Meek (D)
• 18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
• 19. Robert Wexler (D)
• 20. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
• 21. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)
• 22. Clay Shaw (R)
• 23. Alcee Hastings (D)
• 24. Tom Feeney (R)
• 25. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

Georgia

• 1. Jack Kingston (R)
• 2. Sanford Bishop (D)
• 3. Jim Marshall (D)
• 4. Cynthia McKinney (D)
• 5. John Lewis (D)
• 6. Tom Price (R)
• 7. John Linder (R)
• 8. Lynn Westmoreland (R)
• 9. Charlie Norwood (R)
• 10. Nathan Deal (R)
• 11. Phil Gingrey (R)
• 12. John Barrow (D)
• 13. David Scott (D)

Hawaii

• 1: Neil Abercrombie (D)
• 2: Ed Case (D)

Idaho

• 1. C. L. Otter (R)
• 2. Michael K. Simpson (R)

Illinois

• 1. Bobby Rush (D)
• 2. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D)
• 3. Dan Lipinski (D)
• 4. Luis Gutierrez (D)
• 5. Rahm Emanuel (D)
• 6. Henry Hyde (R)
• 7. Danny K. Davis (D)
• 8. Melissa Bean (D)
• 9. Janice D. Schakowsky (D)
• 10. Mark Steven Kirk (R)
• 11. Jerry Weller (R)
• 12. Jerry Costello (D)
• 13. Judy Biggert (R)
• 14. Dennis Hastert (R)
• 15. Timothy V. Johnson (R)
• 16. Donald Manzullo (R)
• 17. Lane Evans (D)
• 18. Ray LaHood (R)
• 19. John Shimkus (R)

Indiana

• 1. Peter Visclosky (D)
• 2. Chris Chocola (R)
• 3. Mark Souder (R)
• 4. Steve Buyer (R)
• 5. Dan Burton (R)
• 6. Mike Pence (R)
• 7. Julia Carson (D)
• 8. John Hostettler (R)
• 9. Mike Sodrel (R)

Iowa

• 1. Jim Nussle (R)
• 2. Jim Leach (R)
• 3. Leonard Boswell (D)
• 4. Tom Latham (R)
• 5. Steve King (R)

Kansas

• 1. Jerry Moran (R)
• 2. Jim Ryun (R)
• 3. Dennis Moore (D)
• 4. Todd Tiahrt (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Ed Whitfield (R)
• 2. Ron Lewis (R)
• 3. Anne Northup (R)
• 4. Geoff Davis (R)
• 5. Harold Rogers (R)
• 6. Ben Chandler (D)

Louisiana

• 1. Bobby Jindal (R)
• 2. William J. Jefferson (D)
• 3. Charlie Melancon (D)
• 4. Jim McCrery (R)
• 5. Rodney Alexander (R)
• 6. Richard H. Baker (R)
• 7. Charles Boustany (R)

Maine

• 1. Tom Allen (D)
• 2. Mike Michaud (D)

Maryland

• 1: Wayne Gilchrest (R)
• 2: Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
• 3: Ben Cardin (D)
• 4: Albert Wynn (D)
• 5: Steny Hoyer (D)
• 6: Roscoe Bartlett (R)
• 7: Elijah Cummings (D)
• 8: Chris Van Hollen (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. John Olver (D)
• 2. Richard Neal (D)
• 3. Jim McGovern (D)
• 4. Barney Frank (D)
• 5. Marty Meehan (D)
• 6. John Tierney (D)
• 7. Ed Markey (D)
• 8. Mike Capuano (D)
• 9. Stephen Lynch (D)
• 10. Bill Delahunt (D)

Michigan

• 1. Bart Stupak (D)
• 2. Peter Hoekstra (R)
• 3. Vern Ehlers (R)
• 4. David Lee Camp (R)
• 5. Dale Kildee (D)
• 6. Fred Upton (R)
• 7. Joe Schwarz (R)
• 8. Mike J. Rogers (R)
• 9. Joe Knollenberg (R)
• 10. Candice S. Miller (R)
• 11. Thaddeus McCotter (R)
• 12. Sander Levin (D)
• 13. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D)
• 14. John Conyers (D)
• 15. John Dingell (D)

Minnesota

• 1. Gil Gutknecht (R)
• 2. John Kline (R)
• 3. Jim Ramstad (R)
• 4. Betty McCollum (D)
• 5. Martin Olav Sabo (D)
• 6. Mark Kennedy (R)
• 7. Collin Peterson (D)
• 8. James Oberstar (D)

Mississippi

• 1: Roger Wicker (R)
• 2: Bennie Thompson (D)
• 3: Chip Pickering (R)
• 4: Gene Taylor (D)

Missouri

• 1. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D)
• 2. Todd Akin (R)
• 3. Russ Carnahan (D)
• 4. Ike Skelton (D)
• 5. Emanuel Cleaver (D)
• 6. Sam Graves (R)
• 7. Roy Blunt (R)
• 8. Jo Ann Emerson (R)
• 9. Kenny Hulshof (R)

Montana

• At Large: Denny Rehberg (R)

Nebraska

• 1: Jeff Fortenberry (R)
• 2: Lee Terry (R)
• 3: Tom Osborne (R)

Nevada

• 1: Shelley Berkley (D)
• 2: Jim Gibbons (R)
• 3: Jon Porter (R)

New Hampshire

• 1: Jeb Bradley (R)
• 2: Charlie Bass (R)

New Jersey

• 1: Rob Andrews (D)
• 2: Frank LoBiondo (R)
• 3: Jim Saxton (R)
• 4: Chris Smith (R)
• 5: Scott Garrett (R)
• 6: Frank Pallone (D)
• 7: Mike Ferguson (R)
• 8: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D)
• 9: Steve Rothman (D)
• 10: Donald M. Payne (D)
• 11: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)
• 12: Rush D. Holt Jr. (D)
• 13: Albio Sires, installed November 13, 2006 (D)

• Vacant, January 17, 2006 - November 12, 2006
• Bob Menendez, resigned January 17, 2006 (D)

New Mexico

• 1. Heather Wilson (R)
• 2. Steve Pearce (R)
• 3. Tom Udall (D)

New York

• 1: Tim Bishop (D)
• 2: Steve Israel (D)
• 3: Peter T. King (R)
• 4: Carolyn McCarthy (D)
• 5: Gary Ackerman (D)
• 6: Gregory W. Meeks (D)
• 7: Joseph Crowley (D)
• 8: Jerrold Nadler (D)
• 9: Anthony D. Weiner (D)
• 10: Ed Towns (D)
• 11: Major Owens (D)
• 12: Nydia Velázquez (D)
• 13: Vito Fossella (R)
• 14: Carolyn B. Maloney (D)
• 15: Charles B. Rangel (D)
• 16: José Serrano (D)
• 17: Eliot L. Engel (D)
• 18: Nita Lowey (D)
• 19: Sue W. Kelly (R)
• 20: John E. Sweeney (R)
• 21: Michael R. McNulty (D)
• 22: Maurice Hinchey (D)
• 23: John M. McHugh (R)
• 24: Sherwood Boehlert (R)
• 25: Jim Walsh (R)
• 26: Tom Reynolds (R)
• 27: Brian Higgins (D)
• 28: Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D)
• 29: Randy Kuhl (R)

North Carolina

• 1. G. K. Butterfield (D)
• 2. Bob Etheridge (D)
• 3. Walter B. Jones (R)
• 4. David Price (D)
• 5. Virginia Foxx (R)
• 6. Howard Coble (R)
• 7. Mike McIntyre (D)
• 8. Robin Hayes (R)
• 9. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R)
• 10. Patrick McHenry (R)
• 11. Charles H. Taylor (R)
• 12. Mel Watt (D)
• 13. Brad Miller (D)

North Dakota

• At Large: Earl Pomeroy (D)

Ohio

• 1: Steve Chabot (R)
• 2: Jean Schmidt, installed September 6, 2005 (R)

• Vacant, April 30, 2005 - September 5, 2005
• Rob Portman, resigned April 29, 2005 (R)

• 3: Michael R. Turner (R)
• 4: Michael G. Oxley (R)
• 5: Paul E. Gillmor (R)
• 6: Ted Strickland (D)
• 7: David L. Hobson (R)
• 8: John A. Boehner (R)
• 9: Marcia C. Kaptur (D)
• 10: Dennis J. Kucinich (D)
• 11: Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D)
• 12: Patrick J. Tiberi (R)
• 13: Sherrod Brown (D)
• 14: Steve LaTourette (R)
• 15: Deborah D. Pryce (R)
• 16: Ralph S. Regula (R)
• 17: Timothy J. Ryan (D)
• 18: Vacant, November 3, 2006 - present

• Robert W. Ney, resigned November 3, 2006 (R)

Oklahoma

• 1. John Sullivan (R)
• 2. Dan Boren (D)
• 3. Frank Lucas (R)
• 4. Tom Cole (R)
• 5. Ernest Istook (R)

Oregon

• 1. David Wu (D)
• 2. Greg Walden (R)
• 3. Earl Blumenauer (D)
• 4. Peter DeFazio (D)
• 5. Darlene Hooley (D)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Bob Brady (D)
• 2. Chaka Fattah (D)
• 3. Phil English (R)
• 4. Melissa Hart (R)
• 5. John E. Peterson (R)
• 6. Jim Gerlach (R)
• 7. Curt Weldon (R)
• 8. Mike Fitzpatrick (R)
• 9. Bill Shuster (R)
• 10. Don Sherwood (R)
• 11. Paul Kanjorski (D)
• 12. John Murtha (D)
• 13. Allyson Schwartz (D)
• 14. Michael F. Doyle (D)
• 15. Charles Dent (R)
• 16. Joseph R. Pitts (R)
• 17. Tim Holden (D)
• 18. Tim Murphy (R)
• 19. Todd Russell Platts (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Patrick J. Kennedy (D)
• 2. James Langevin (D)

South Carolina

• 1. Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R)
• 2. Joe Wilson (R)
• 3. Gresham Barrett (R)
• 4. Bob Inglis (R)
• 5. John Spratt (D)
• 6. Jim Clyburn (D)

South Dakota

• At Large: Stephanie Herseth (D)

Tennessee

• 1. Bill Jenkins (R)
• 2. John Duncan (R)
• 3. Zach Wamp (R)
• 4. Lincoln Davis (D)
• 5. Jim Cooper (D)
• 6. Bart Gordon (D)
• 7. Marsha Blackburn (R)
• 8. John S. Tanner (D)
• 9. Harold Ford, Jr. (D)

Texas

• 1. Louie Gohmert (R)
• 2. Ted Poe (R)
• 3. Sam Johnson (R)
• 4. Ralph Hall (R)
• 5. Jeb Hensarling (R)
• 6. Joe Barton (R)
• 7. John Culberson (R)
• 8. Kevin Brady (R)
• 9. Al Green (D)
• 10. Michael McCaul (R)
• 11. Mike Conaway (R)
• 12. Kay Granger (R)
• 13. Mac Thornberry (R)
• 14. Ron Paul (R)
• 15. Rubén Hinojosa (D)
• 16. Silvestre Reyes (D)
• 17. Chet Edwards (D)
• 18. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D)
• 19. Randy Neugebauer (R)
• 20. Charlie Gonzalez (D)
• 21. Lamar S. Smith (R)
• 22. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, installed November 13, 2006 (R)

• Vacant, June 10, 2006 - November 12, 2006
• Tom DeLay (R), resigned June 9, 2006

• 23. Henry Bonilla (R)
• 24. Kenny Marchant (R)
• 25. Lloyd Doggett (D)
• 26. Michael C. Burgess (R)
• 27. Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
• 28. Henry Cuellar (D)
• 29. Gene Green (D)
• 30. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
• 31. John Carter (R)
• 32. Pete Sessions (R)

Utah

• 1: Rob Bishop (R)
• 2: Jim Matheson (D)
• 3: Chris Cannon (R)

Vermont

• At Large: Bernie Sanders (I)

Virginia

• 1. Jo Ann Davis (R)
• 2. Thelma Drake (R)
• 3. Robert C. Scott (D)
• 4. Randy Forbes (R)
• 5. Virgil Goode (R)
• 6. Bob Goodlatte (R)
• 7. Eric Cantor (R)
• 8. Jim Moran (D)
• 9. Rick Boucher (D)
• 10. Frank Wolf (R)
• 11. Thomas M. Davis (R)

Washington

• 1: Jay Inslee (D)
• 2: Rick Larsen (D)
• 3: Brian Baird (D)
• 4: Richard "Doc" Hastings (R)
• 5: Cathy McMorris (R)
• 6: Norm Dicks (D)
• 7: Jim McDermott (D)
• 8: Dave Reichert (R)
• 9: Adam Smith (D)

West Virginia

• 1: Alan Mollohan (D)
• 2: Shelley Moore Capito (R)
• 3: Nick Rahall (D)

Wisconsin

• 1: Paul Ryan (R)
• 2: Tammy Baldwin (D)
• 3: Ron Kind (D)
• 4: Gwen Moore (D)
• 5: Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
• 6: Tom Petri (R)
• 7: Dave Obey (D)
• 8: Mark Green (R)

Wyoming

• At Large: Barbara Cubin (R)

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American Samoa

• At Large. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (non-voting delegate) (D)

District of Columbia

• At Large. Eleanor Holmes Norton (non-voting delegate) (D)

Guam

• At Large. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (non-voting delegate) (D)

Puerto Rico

• At Large. Luis Fortuño (non-voting Resident Commissioner) (R/PNP)

Virgin Islands

• At Large. Donna Christian-Christensen (non-voting delegate) (D)

[edit] Changes in membership

[edit] Senate

State	Outgoing Senator		Reason for Vacancy	Successor		Date of Successor's Installation
New Jersey		Jon Corzine (D)	Corzine became Governor of New Jersey on January 17, 2006. As governor, he appointed Menendez to succeed him.		Robert Menendez (D)	January 18, 2006

[edit] House of Representatives

Main article: Special elections to the United States House of Representatives

District	Outgoing Representative		Reason for Vacancy	Successor		Date of Successor's Installation
California 5th		None.	Representative Bob Matsui (D) died on January 1, 2005, three days before the end of the 108th Congress. Therefore, at the beginning of the 109th Congress, the seat was vacant.		Doris Matsui (D)	March 10, 2005
Ohio 2nd		Rob Portman (R)	Resigned April 29, 2005 to become the United States Trade Representative.		Jean Schmidt (R)	September 6, 2005[1]
California 48th		Chris Cox (R)	Resigned August 2, 2005, to become chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.		John Campbell (R)	December 7, 2005[2]
California 50th		Duke Cunningham (R)	Resigned on December 1, 2005 after pleading guilty to conspiracy for bribes and tax evasion.		Brian Bilbray (R)	June 13, 2006[3]
New Jersey 13th		Robert Menendez (D)	Resigned on January 16, 2006 in anticipation of his appointment by Jon Corzine to replace Corzine in the Senate.		Albio Sires (D)	November 13, 2006[4]
Texas 22nd		Tom DeLay (R)	Resigned on June 9, 2006 after a series of criminal indictments.		Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R)	November 13, 2006[5]
Florida 16th		Mark Foley (R)	Resigned on September 29, 2006 after a teen sex scandal.		Will remain vacant until the next Congress.[6]
Ohio 18th		Bob Ney (R)	Resigned on November 3, 2006 after pleading guilty to conspiracy.		Will remain vacant until the next Congress.

[edit] Miscellaneous facts about members

[edit] Members who served non-continuous terms

• Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA), served in House 1995-2001; re-elected in June 2006.
• Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), served in House 1993-1999; re-elected in 2000.
• Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC), served in House 1993-1999; re-elected in 2004.
• Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), served in Senate 1982-2001; re-elected in 2002.
• Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), served in House 1993-2003; re-elected in 2004.
• Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH), served in House 1993-1995; re-elected in 1996.

Source: National Journal Almanac of American Politics 2006

[edit] Members who switched political parties

From Democratic to Republican:

• Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), was a Democrat until 1994.
• Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA), was a Democrat until April 1995.
• Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA), was a Democrat from 1996-2000; an Independent from 2000-02; and a Republican since 2002.
• Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX), was a Democrat until January 2004.
• Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA), was a Democrat until 2004.

From Republican to Independent:

• Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT), was a Republican until June 2001.

Source: National Journal Almanac of American Politics 2006

[edit] Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Alan M. Hantman
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: John F. Eisold

[edit] Senate

• Chaplain: Barry C. Black
• Curator: Diane K. Skvarla
• Historian: Richard A. Baker
• Parliamentarian: Alan Frumin
• Secretary: Emily J. Reynolds
• Sergeant at Arms: William H. Pickle
• Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate: David J. Schiappa
• Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate: Martin P. Paone

[edit] House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Daniel P. Coughlin
• Chief Administrative Officer: James M. Eagen, III
• Clerk:
  • Jeff Trandahl (to 2005)
  • Karen L. Haas (2005 to end)
• Historian: Robert V. Remini
• Parliamentarian: Charles W. Johnson
• Reading Clerks: Paul Hays (R), Mary Kevin Niland (D)
• Sergeant at Arms: Wilson Livingood
• Inspector General of the United States House of Representatives: James J. Cornell

See also: Rules of the House, Rule 2: "Other officers and officials"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• "Thomas" Project at the Library of Congress
• U.S. Senate official page
• U.S. House of Representatives official page
• USA Today Article on Members of Congress with Family Ties

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