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The One Hundred Eighth United States Congress was 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. 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 Twenty-second Census of the United States in 2000. Both chambers had a Republican majority. ==Major events== * February 1, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry * March 20, 2003: 2003 invasion of Iraq began * April 14, 2003: Human Genome Project was completed * July 14, 2003: CIA leak scandal began * May 17, 2004: Same-sex marriage began in Massachusetts * July 22, 2004: 9/11 Commission issued an initial report of its findings * November 2, 2004: * * United States presidential election, 2004: George W. Bush defeated Senator John Kerry. * * United States Senate elections, 2004 & United States House of Representatives elections, 2004: Republicans increased their majorities in both houses. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「108th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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