103rd United States Congress

103rd United States Congress


102nd ←	→ 104th
United States Capitol (2002)
Duration: January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995

Senate President:	Dan Quayle (R), before January 20, 1993 Al Gore (D), from January 20, 1993
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Robert Byrd (D)
House Speaker:	Tom Foley (D)
Members:	100 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Democratic Party
House Majority:	Democratic Party

Sessions
1st: January 5, 1993 – November 26, 1993 2nd: January 25, 1994 – December 1, 1994

The One Hundred Third 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. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1993 to January 3, 1995, during the first two years of Bill Clinton's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Party summary
- 3.1 Senate
- 3.2 House of Representatives
4 Leadership
- 4.1 Senate
  - 4.1.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 4.1.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
- 4.2 House of Representatives
  - 4.2.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 4.2.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Changes in membership
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 External links

Major events

January 20, 1993: President of the United States.
February 26, 1993: World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center exploded, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.
February 28, 1993: Waco siege: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and 5 Davidians died in the raid.
April 19, 1993: Waco siege: The 51-day standoff ended with a fire that killed 76 people, including Koresh.
October 3, 1993: Operation Gothic Serpent: In Mogadishu, Somalia, two U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawks were shot down and the operation left over 1000 Somalians dead and over 73 Americans WIA, 19 KIA, and 1 captured.
January 17, 1994: 1994 Northridge earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 quake hit the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles at 4:31 a.m., killing 72 and leaving 26,029 homeless.
February 22, 1994: Aldrich Ames and his wife were arrested for spying for the Soviet Union.
February 28, 1994: 4 United States fighter jets shot down 4 Serbian jets over Bosnia and Herzegovina for violating Operation Deny Flight and its no-fly zone.
September 19, 1994: Operation Uphold Democracy: American troops staged a bloodless invasion of Haiti to restore the elected President to power.
October 1, 1994: Palau achieved independence and became an associated state under the Compact of Free Association.
November 8, 1994: Republican Revolution: The Republican Party won control of both the House and the Senate in midterm congressional elections, the first time in 40 years the Republicans secured control of both houses of Congress.

Major legislation

February 5, 1993: Family and Medical Leave Act, Pub.L. 103–3, 107 Stat. 6
May 20, 1993: National Voter Registration Act of 1993, Pub.L. 103–31, 107 Stat. 77
August 10, 1993: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub.L. 103–66, 107 Stat. 312
November 16, 1993: Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Pub.L. 103–141, 107 Stat. 1488
November 30, 1993: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Bill), Pub.L. 103–159, title I, 107 Stat. 1536
November 30, 1993: Don't ask, don't tell (as § 574 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994), Pub.L. 103–160, 107 Stat. 1670
December 8, 1993: North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Pub.L. 103–182, 107 Stat. 2057
May 26, 1994: Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, Pub.L. 103–259, 108 Stat. 694
September 13, 1994: Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (including the Violence Against Women Act and the Federal Assault Weapons Ban), Pub.L. 103–322, 108 Stat. 1796
September 23, 1994: Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, Pub.L. 103–325

Party summary

Senate

Senate party standings on the opening day of Congress

57 Democratic Senators

43 Republican Senators

	Party (Shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	57	43	100	0

Begin	57	43	100	0
End	53	47	100	0
Final voting share	700153000000000000053.0%	700147000000000000047.0%

Beginning of the next congress	47	53	100	0

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1–100% Democratic	80.1–100% Republican
60.1–80% Democratic	60.1–80% Republican
50.1–60% Democratic	50.1–60% Republican
striped: 50–50 split
1 independent

	Democratic	Independent	Republican		Vacant
	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

End of the previous Congress	270	1	164	435	0

Begin	258	1	176	435	0
End	256	1	177	434	1
Final voting share	59.2%		40.8%
Non-voting members	4	0	0	5	0

Beginning of the next Congress	204	1	230	435	0

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
until January 20, 1993
Dan Quayle (R)

President of the Senate
from January 20, 1993
Al Gore (D)

President pro tempore of Senate
Robert Byrd (D)

President: Dan Quayle (R), until January 20, 1993
- Al Gore (D), from January 20, 1993
President pro tempore: Robert Byrd (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Tom Foley (D)

Speaker: Tom Foley (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress.

Alabama

2. Howell Heflin (D)
3. Richard Shelby (D, then R from November 9, 1994)

Oklahoma

2. David L. Boren (D), until November 15, 1994
- James Inhofe (R), from November 17, 1994
3. Don Nickles (R)

Oregon

2. Mark O. Hatfield (R)
3. Bob Packwood (R)

Pennsylvania

3. Arlen Specter (R)
1. Harris Wofford (D)

Rhode Island

2. Claiborne Pell (D)
1. John H. Chafee (R)

South Carolina

2. Strom Thurmond (R)
3. Ernest F. Hollings (D)

South Dakota

2. Larry Pressler (R)
3. Thomas A. Daschle (D)

Tennessee

1. Jim Sasser (D)
2. Harlan Mathews (D), until December 1, 1994
- Fred Thompson (R), from December 2, 1994

Texas

1. Lloyd Bentsen Jr. (D), until January 20, 1993
- Bob Krueger (D), January 21, 1993–June 14, 1993
- Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), from June 14, 1993
2. Phil Gramm (R)

Utah

1. Orrin G. Hatch (R)
3. Robert Foster Bennett (R)

Vermont

3. Patrick Leahy (D)
1. James Jeffords (R)

Virginia

2. John W. Warner (R)
1. Charles S. Robb (D)

Washington

1. Slade Gorton (R)
3. Patty Murray (D)

West Virginia

1. Robert C. Byrd (D)
2. John D. Rockefeller IV (D)

Wisconsin

1. Herb Kohl (D)
3. Russ Feingold (D)

Wyoming

1. Malcolm Wallop (R)
2. Alan K. Simpson (R)

Senators' party membership by state
(at the beginning of the Congress)

Majority Leader of the Senate
George J. Mitchell (D)

Minority Leader of the Senate
Bob Dole (R)

Majority Whip of the Senate
Wendell H. Ford (D)

Minority Whip of the Senate
Alan K. Simpson (R)

House of Representatives

Alabama

Alaska

At-large. Don Young (R)

Arizona

1. Sam Coppersmith (D)
2. Ed Pastor (D)
3. Bob Stump (R)
4. Jon Kyl (R)
5. Jim Kolbe (R)
6. Karan English (D)

Arkansas

California

1. Dan Hamburg (D)
2. Wally Herger (R)
3. Vic Fazio (D)
4. John T. Doolittle (R)
5. Robert T. Matsui (D)
6. Lynn C. Woolsey (D)
George Miller (D)
8. Nancy Pelosi (D)
9. Ronald V. Dellums (D)
10. Bill Baker (R)
11. Richard W. Pombo (R)
12. Tom Lantos (D)
13. Pete Stark (D)
14. Anna G. Eshoo (D)
15. Norman Y. Mineta (D)
16. Don Edwards (D)
17. Leon Panetta (D), until January 23, 1993
- Sam Farr (D), from June 8, 1993
18. Gary A. Condit (D)
19. Richard H. Lehman (D)
20. Calvin M. Dooley (D)
21. William M. Thomas (R)
22. Michael Huffington (R)
23. Elton Gallegly (R)
24. Anthony C. Beilenson (D)
25. Howard McKeon (R)
26. Howard L. Berman (D)
27. Carlos J. Moorhead (R)
28. David Dreier (R)
29. Henry A. Waxman (D)
30. Xavier Becerra (D)
31. Matthew G. Martinez (D)
32. Julian C. Dixon (D)
33. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
34. Esteban Edward Torres (D)
35. Maxine Waters (D)
36. Jane Harman (D)
37. Walter R. Tucker III (D)
38. Stephen Horn (R)
39. Edward R. Royce (R)
40. Jerry Lewis (R)
41. Jay Kim (R)
George Brown, Jr. (D)
43. Ken Calvert (R)
44. Al McCandless (R)
45. Dana Rohrabacher (R)
46. Bob Dornan (R)
47. Christopher Cox (R)
48. Ron Packard (R)
49. Lynn Schenk (D)
50. Bob Filner (D)
51. Duke Cunningham (R)
52. Duncan Hunter (R)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. Michael N. Castle (R)

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

1. Neil Abercrombie (D)
2. Patsy T. Mink (D)

Idaho

1. Larry LaRocco (D)
2. Michael D. Crapo (R)

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

1. Tom Barlow (D)
2. William H. Natcher (D), until March 29, 1994
- Ron Lewis (R), from May 24, 1994
3. Romano L. Mazzoli (D)
4. Jim Bunning (R)
5. Hal Rogers (R)
6. Scotty Baesler (D)

Louisiana

Maine

1. Thomas Andrews (D)
2. Olympia J. Snowe (R)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

1. Bart Stupak (D)
2. Peter Hoekstra (R)
3. Paul B. Henry (R), until July 31, 1993
- Vern Ehlers (R), from December 7, 1993
4. Dave Camp (R)
5. James A. Barcia (D)
6. Fred Upton (R)
7. Nick Smith (R)
8. Bob Carr (D)
9. Dale E. Kildee (D)
10. David E. Bonior (D)
11. Joe Knollenberg (R)
12. Sander M. Levin (D)
13. William D. Ford (D)
14. John Conyers, Jr. (D)
15. Barbara-Rose Collins (D)
16. John D. Dingell (D)

Minnesota

Mississippi

1. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
2. Mike Espy (D), until January 22, 1993
- Bennie G. Thompson (D), from April 13, 1993
3. Gillespie V. Montgomery (D)
4. Mike Parker (D)
5. Gene Taylor (D)

Missouri

Montana

At-large. John Patrick Williams (D)

Nebraska

Nevada

1. James Bilbray (D)
2. Barbara F. Vucanovich (R)

New Hampshire

1. Bill Zeliff (R)
2. Dick Swett (D)

New Jersey

1. Rob Andrews (D)
2. Bill Hughes (D)
3. Jim Saxton (R)
4. Chris Smith (R)
5. Marge Roukema (R)
6. Frank Pallone (D)
7. Bob Franks (R)
8. Herb Klein (D)
9. Robert Torricelli (D)
10. Don Payne (D)
11. Dean Gallo (R), until November 6, 1994, vacant to end
12. Dick Zimmer (R)
13. Bob Menendez (D)

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

At-large. Earl Pomeroy (D)

Ohio

1. David S. Mann (D)
2. Bill Gradison (R), until January 31, 1993
- Rob Portman (R), from May 4, 1993
3. Tony P. Hall (D)
4. Mike Oxley (R)
5. Paul Gillmor (R)
6. Ted Strickland (D)
7. Dave Hobson (R)
8. John Boehner (R)
9. Marcy Kaptur (D)
10. Martin Hoke (R)
11. Louis Stokes (D)
12. John Kasich (R)
13. Sherrod Brown (D)
14. Thomas C. Sawyer (D)
15. Deborah Pryce (R)
16. Ralph Regula (R)
17. Jim Traficant (D)
18. Douglas Applegate (D)
19. Eric Fingerhut (D)

Oklahoma

1. James M. Inhofe (R), until November 15, 1994
- Steve Largent (R), from November 29, 1994
2. Mike Synar (D)
3. William K. Brewster (D)
4. David K. McCurdy (D)
5. Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (R)
6. Glenn English (D), until January 7, 1994
- Frank Lucas (R), from May 10, 1994

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1. Ronald Machtley (R)
2. Jack Reed (D)

South Carolina

South Dakota

At-large. Tim Johnson (D)

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

At-large. Bernard Sanders (I)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

1. Les Aspin (D), until January 20, 1993
- Peter W. Barca (D), from May 4, 1993
2. Scott L. Klug (R)
3. Steve Gunderson (R)
4. Gerald D. Kleczka (D)
5. Tom Barrett (D)
6. Thomas E. Petri (R)
7. David R. Obey (D)
8. Toby Roth (R)
9. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R)

Wyoming

At-large. Craig Thomas (R)

Non-voting members

American Samoa. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D)
District of Columbia. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
Guam. Robert A. Underwood (D)
Puerto Rico. Carlos Romero Barceló (D)
Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D)

Majority Leader of the House
Dick Gephardt (D)

Minority Leader of the House
Robert H. Michel (R)

Majority Whip of the House
David E. Bonior (D)

Minority Whip of the House
Newt Gingrich (R)

Changes in membership

Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Texas (1)	Lloyd Bentsen (D)	Resigned January 20, 1993 to become United States Secretary of the Treasury. His successor was appointed.	Bob Krueger (D)	January 21, 1993
Texas (1)	Bob Krueger (D)	Interim appointee lost special election June 6, 1993. His successor was elected to finish the term.	Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)	June 14, 1993
Alabama (3)	Richard Shelby (D)	Changed party November 9, 1994	Richard Shelby (R)	November 9, 1994
Oklahoma (2)	David L. Boren (D)	Resigned November 15, 1994 to become President of the University of Oklahoma. His successor was elected in a special election to finish the term.	Jim Inhofe (R)	November 17, 1994
Tennessee (2)	Harlan Mathews (D)	Interim appointee did not seek election. His successor was elected in a special election November 8, 1994 to finish the term.	Fred Thompson (R)	December 2, 1994

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Wisconsin's 1st	Les Aspin (D)	Resigned to January 20, 1993 become United States Secretary of Defense	Peter W. Barca (D)	May 4, 1993
Mississippi's 2nd	Mike Espy (D)	Resigned January 22, 1993 to become United States Secretary of Agriculture	Bennie Thompson (D)	April 13, 1993
California's 17th	Leon Panetta (D)	Resigned January 23, 1993 to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Sam Farr (D)	June 8, 1993
Ohio 2nd	Bill Gradison (R)	Resigned January 31, 1993 to become president of the Health Insurance Association of America	Rob Portman (R)	May 4, 1993
Michigan 3rd	Paul B. Henry (R)	Died July 31, 1993	Vern Ehlers (R)	December 7, 1993
Oklahoma's 6th	Glenn English (D)	Resigned January 7, 1994 to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association	Frank Lucas (R)	May 10, 1994
Kentucky's 2nd	William H. Natcher (D)	Died March 29, 1994	Ron Lewis (R)	May 24, 1994
New Jersey 11th	Dean Gallo (R)	Died November 6, 1994	Vacant for remainder of term
Oklahoma's 1st	Jim Inhofe (R)	Resigned November 15, 1994 when elected to the U.S. Senate	Steve Largent (R)	November 29, 1994