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The United States on October 30, 2007

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Bush

George Walker Bush R · since Jan 20, 2005

Senate

51 D · 49 R

100 senators · 110th Congress

House

233 D · 200 R

433 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

4.7%

Sep 2007 · $1 then ≈ $1.62 today

Public debt

$9.06T

as of Oct 30, 2007 · 3 armed conflicts

2007-10-30/executiveThe administration

President George Walker Bush R

since Jan 20, 2005

Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney R

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson R

since Nov 1, 2003

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings R

since Jan 20, 2005

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Stephen L. Johnson R

since Jan 26, 2005

Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt R

since Jan 26, 2005

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice R

since Jan 26, 2005

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman R

since Jan 31, 2005

Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez R

since Feb 7, 2005

Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff R

since Feb 15, 2005

White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten R

since Apr 14, 2006

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden I

since May 30, 2006

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne R

since Jun 7, 2006

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson R

since Jul 10, 2006

Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters R

since Oct 17, 2006

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates R

since Dec 18, 2006

Director of National Intelligence John Michael McConnell

since Feb 20, 2007

Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad R

since Apr 30, 2007

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jim Nussle R

since Sep 4, 2007

Attorney General Peter Keisler R (acting)

since Sep 18, 2007

Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Conner R (acting)

since Sep 20, 2007

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon H. Mansfield R (acting)

since Oct 1, 2007

2007-10-30/congress110th Congress

Senate · 51 D · 49 R

House · 233 D · 200 R

2007-10-30/supreme-courtThe bench

John Paul Stevens R

Associate Justice · appointed by Gerald Ford · since Dec 17, 1975

Antonin Scalia R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 25, 1986

Anthony McLeod Kennedy R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Feb 11, 1988

David Hackett Souter R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 3, 1990

Clarence Thomas R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 18, 1991

Ruth Bader Ginsburg D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 5, 1993

Stephen Gerald Breyer D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 3, 1994

John Glover Roberts, Jr. R

Chief Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Sep 29, 2005

Samuel A. Alito, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Jan 31, 2006

2007-10-30/militaryArmed conflicts under way

War against al-Qaida

since Sep 11, 2001 · U.S. principal party

War in Afghanistan (Taliban insurgency)

since Jan 1, 2003 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Iraq: insurgency and war against IS

since Jan 18, 2004 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

2007-10-30/weekWithin a week · Oct 23, 2007 – Nov 6, 2007

Law To extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999.

Oct 24, 2007 · Pub. L. 110-97

Law To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Oct 25, 2007 · Pub. L. 110-106

Justice Leslie Southwick — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Oct 29, 2007 · Fifth Circuit

Law Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007

Oct 31, 2007 · Pub. L. 110-108

Law Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2007

Oct 31, 2007 · Pub. L. 110-109

Law Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act

Nov 5, 2007 · Pub. L. 110-110

Law Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2007

Nov 5, 2007 · Pub. L. 110-111

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.