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President
Bush
George Walker Bush R · since Jan 20, 2005
Senate
51 D · 49 R
100 senators · 110th Congress
House
235 D · 199 R
434 representatives
Supreme Court
7 R · 2 D
9 justices by appointing party
Union
50 states
27 amendments in force
Unemployment
6.1%
Sep 2008 · $1 then ≈ $1.54 today
Public debt
$10.3T
as of Oct 10, 2008 · 3 armed conflicts
2008-10-10/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 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 Michael Mukasey R
since Nov 9, 2007
Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake R
since Dec 20, 2007
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer R
since Jan 28, 2008
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steve Preston R
since Jun 4, 2008
Administrator of the Small Business Administration Sandy Baruah R
since Jun 5, 2008
2008-10-10/congress110th Congress
Senate · 51 D · 49 R
Mark L. Pryor (Democrat, AR)Blanche Lambert Lincoln (Democrat, AR)Barbara Boxer (Democrat, CA)Dianne Feinstein (Democrat, CA)Ken Salazar (Democrat, CO)Christopher J. Dodd (Democrat, CT)Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Democrat, DE)Thomas R. Carper (Democrat, DE)Bill Nelson (Democrat, FL)Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat, HI)Daniel K. Akaka (Democrat, HI)Tom Harkin (Democrat, IA)Richard J. Durbin (Democrat, IL)Barack Obama (Democrat, IL)Evan Bayh (Democrat, IN)Mary L. Landrieu (Democrat, LA)John F. Kerry (Democrat, MA)Edward M. Kennedy (Democrat, MA)Barbara A. Mikulski (Democrat, MD)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democrat, MD)Carl Levin (Democrat, MI)Debbie Stabenow (Democrat, MI)Amy Klobuchar (Democrat, MN)Claire McCaskill (Democrat, MO)Max Baucus (Democrat, MT)Jon Tester (Democrat, MT)Byron L. Dorgan (Democrat, ND)Kent Conrad (Democrat, ND)Ben Nelson (Democrat, NE)Frank R. Lautenberg (Democrat, NJ)Robert Menendez (Democrat, NJ)Jeff Bingaman (Democrat, NM)Harry Reid (Democrat, NV)Charles E. Schumer (Democrat, NY)Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democrat, NY)Sherrod Brown (Democrat, OH)Ron Wyden (Democrat, OR)Robert P. Casey, Jr. (Democrat, PA)Jack Reed (Democrat, RI)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, RI)Tim Johnson (Democrat, SD)Jim Webb (Democrat, VA)Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat, VT)Patty Murray (Democrat, WA)Maria Cantwell (Democrat, WA)Russell D. Feingold (Democrat, WI)Herb Kohl (Democrat, WI)John D. Rockefeller, IV (Democrat, WV)Robert C. Byrd (Democrat, WV)Joseph I. Lieberman (Independent, CT)Bernard Sanders (Independent, VT)Ted F. Stevens (Republican, AK)Lisa Murkowski (Republican, AK)Jeff Sessions (Republican, AL)Richard C. Shelby (Republican, AL)John McCain (Republican, AZ)Jon Kyl (Republican, AZ)Wayne A. Allard (Republican, CO)Mel Martinez (Republican, FL)Saxby Chambliss (Republican, GA)Johnny Isakson (Republican, GA)Chuck Grassley (Republican, IA)Larry E. Craig (Republican, ID)Mike Crapo (Republican, ID)Richard G. Lugar (Republican, IN)Pat Roberts (Republican, KS)Samuel D. Brownback (Republican, KS)Mitch McConnell (Republican, KY)Jim Bunning (Republican, KY)David Vitter (Republican, LA)Susan M. Collins (Republican, ME)Olympia J. Snowe (Republican, ME)Norm Coleman (Republican, MN)Christopher S. Bond (Republican, MO)Thad Cochran (Republican, MS)Roger F. Wicker (Republican, MS)Elizabeth H. Dole (Republican, NC)Richard Burr (Republican, NC)Charles T. Hagel (Republican, NE)John E. Sununu (Republican, NH)Judd A. Gregg (Republican, NH)Pete V. Domenici (Republican, NM)John Eric Ensign (Republican, NV)George V. Voinovich (Republican, OH)James M. Inhofe (Republican, OK)Tom Coburn (Republican, OK)Gordon Harold Smith (Republican, OR)Arlen Specter (Republican, PA)Lindsey Graham (Republican, SC)Jim DeMint (Republican, SC)John Thune (Republican, SD)Lamar Alexander (Republican, TN)Bob Corker (Republican, TN)John Cornyn (Republican, TX)Kay Bailey Hutchison (Republican, TX)Robert F. Bennett (Republican, UT)Orrin G. Hatch (Republican, UT)John W. Warner (Republican, VA)Michael B. Enzi (Republican, WY)John Barrasso (Republican, WY)
House · 235 D · 199 R
Robert E. Cramer Jr. (Democrat, AL-5)Artur Davis (Democrat, AL-7)Robert Marion Berry (Democrat, AR-1)Victor F. Snyder (Democrat, AR-2)Mike Ross (Democrat, AR-4)Harry E. Mitchell (Democrat, AZ-5)Gabrielle Giffords (Democrat, AZ-8)Ed Pastor (Democrat, AZ-4)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democrat, AZ-7)Hilda L. Solis (Democrat, CA-32)Ellen O. Tauscher (Democrat, CA-10)Diane E. Watson (Democrat, CA-33)Dennis A. Cardoza (Democrat, CA-18)Jane Harman (Democrat, CA-36)Bob Filner (Democrat, CA-51)Joe Baca (Democrat, CA-43)Howard L. Berman (Democrat, CA-28)Fortney Pete Stark (Democrat, CA-13)Lynn C. Woolsey (Democrat, CA-6)George Miller (Democrat, CA-7)Henry A. Waxman (Democrat, CA-30)Lois Capps (Democrat, CA-23)Sam Farr (Democrat, CA-17)Michael M. Honda (Democrat, CA-15)Loretta Sanchez (Democrat, CA-47)Xavier Becerra (Democrat, CA-31)Susan A. Davis (Democrat, CA-53)Jerry McNerney (Democrat, CA-11)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democrat, CA-34)Anna G. Eshoo (Democrat, CA-14)Barbara Lee (Democrat, CA-9)Grace F. Napolitano (Democrat, CA-38)Jim Costa (Democrat, CA-20)Zoe Lofgren (Democrat, CA-16)Doris O. Matsui (Democrat, CA-5)Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, CA-8)Adam B. Schiff (Democrat, CA-29)Brad Sherman (Democrat, CA-27)Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat, CA-39)Mike Thompson (Democrat, CA-1)Maxine Waters (Democrat, CA-35)Laura Richardson (Democrat, CA-37)Jackie Speier (Democrat, CA-12)John Tony Salazar (Democrat, CO-3)Mark Udall (Democrat, CO-2)Ed Perlmutter (Democrat, CO-7)Diana DeGette (Democrat, CO-1)Joe Courtney (Democrat, CT-2)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat, CT-3)John B. Larson (Democrat, CT-1)Christopher Murphy (Democrat, CT-5)Tim Mahoney (Democrat, FL-16)Allen Boyd Jr. (Democrat, FL-2)Ron Klein (Democrat, FL-22)Kendrick Brett Meek (Democrat, FL-17)Robert Wexler (Democrat, FL-19)Corrine Brown (Democrat, FL-3)Alcee L. Hastings (Democrat, FL-23)Kathy Castor (Democrat, FL-11)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat, FL-20)James Marshall (Democrat, GA-8)John Barrow (Democrat, GA-12)John Lewis (Democrat, GA-5)David Scott (Democrat, GA-13)Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat, GA-2)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat, GA-4)Neil Abercrombie (Democrat, HI-1)Mazie K. Hirono (Democrat, HI-2)Leonard L. Boswell (Democrat, IA-3)Bruce L. Braley (Democrat, IA-1)David Loebsack (Democrat, IA-2)Rahm Emanuel (Democrat, IL-5)Melissa L. Bean (Democrat, IL-8)Phil Hare (Democrat, IL-17)Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (Democrat, IL-2)Jerry F. Costello (Democrat, IL-12)Luis V. Gutiérrez (Democrat, IL-4)Daniel Lipinski (Democrat, IL-3)Bobby L. Rush (Democrat, IL-1)Danny K. Davis (Democrat, IL-7)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat, IL-9)Bill Foster (Democrat, IL-14)Brad Ellsworth (Democrat, IN-8)Baron P. Hill (Democrat, IN-9)Joe Donnelly (Democrat, IN-2)Peter J. Visclosky (Democrat, IN-1)André Carson (Democrat, IN-7)Nancy E. Boyda (Democrat, KS-2)Dennis Moore (Democrat, KS-3)Ben Chandler (Democrat, KY-6)John A. Yarmuth (Democrat, KY-3)William J. Jefferson (Democrat, LA-2)Charles J. Melancon (Democrat, LA-3)Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. (Democrat, LA-6)William D. Delahunt (Democrat, MA-10)Barney Frank (Democrat, MA-4)John W. Olver (Democrat, MA-1)John F. Tierney (Democrat, MA-6)Michael E. Capuano (Democrat, MA-8)Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat, MA-9)Edward J. Markey (Democrat, MA-7)James P. McGovern (Democrat, MA-3)Richard E. Neal (Democrat, MA-2)Niki Tsongas (Democrat, MA-5)Elijah E. Cummings (Democrat, MD-7)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat, MD-2)John P. Sarbanes (Democrat, MD-3)Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat, MD-5)Chris Van Hollen (Democrat, MD-8)Donna F. Edwards (Democrat, MD-4)Thomas H. Allen (Democrat, ME-1)Michael H. Michaud (Democrat, ME-2)Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Democrat, MI-13)Bart T. Stupak (Democrat, MI-1)Dale E. Kildee (Democrat, MI-5)John D. Dingell (Democrat, MI-15)John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat, MI-14)Sander M. Levin (Democrat, MI-12)James L. Oberstar (Democrat, MN-8)Keith Ellison (Democrat, MN-5)Timothy J. Walz (Democrat, MN-1)Collin C. Peterson (Democrat, MN-7)Betty McCollum (Democrat, MN-4)Ike Skelton (Democrat, MO-4)Russ Carnahan (Democrat, MO-3)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democrat, MO-1)Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat, MO-5)Gene Taylor (Democrat, MS-4)Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat, MS-2)Travis W. Childers (Democrat, MS-1)Bob R. Etheridge (Democrat, NC-2)Brad Miller (Democrat, NC-13)Heath Shuler (Democrat, NC-11)Melvin L. Watt (Democrat, NC-12)Mike McIntyre (Democrat, NC-7)G. K. Butterfield (Democrat, NC-1)David E. Price (Democrat, NC-4)Earl Ralph Pomeroy (Democrat, ND-AL)Paul W. Hodes (Democrat, NH-2)Carol Shea-Porter (Democrat, NH-1)Donald M. Payne (Democrat, NJ-10)Steven R. Rothman (Democrat, NJ-9)Robert E. Andrews (Democrat, NJ-1)Rush Holt (Democrat, NJ-12)Albio Sires (Democrat, NJ-13)Bill Pascrell, Jr. (Democrat, NJ-8)Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat, NJ-6)Tom Udall (Democrat, NM-3)Shelley Berkley (Democrat, NV-1)Michael R. McNulty (Democrat, NY-21)Michael A. Arcuri (Democrat, NY-24)John J. Hall (Democrat, NY-19)Anthony David Weiner (Democrat, NY-9)Gary L. Ackerman (Democrat, NY-5)Maurice D. Hinchey (Democrat, NY-22)Edolphus Towns (Democrat, NY-10)Timothy H. Bishop (Democrat, NY-1)Carolyn McCarthy (Democrat, NY-4)Steve Israel (Democrat, NY-2)Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY-15)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democrat, NY-28)Joseph Crowley (Democrat, NY-7)Eliot L. Engel (Democrat, NY-17)Nita M. Lowey (Democrat, NY-18)José E. Serrano (Democrat, NY-16)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democrat, NY-14)Brian Higgins (Democrat, NY-27)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat, NY-20)Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat, NY-11)Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat, NY-6)Jerrold Nadler (Democrat, NY-8)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat, NY-12)Zachary T. Space (Democrat, OH-18)Charles A. Wilson (Democrat, OH-6)Dennis J. Kucinich (Democrat, OH-10)Betty Sutton (Democrat, OH-13)Tim Ryan (Democrat, OH-17)Marcy Kaptur (Democrat, OH-9)Dan Boren (Democrat, OK-2)Darlene Hooley (Democrat, OR-5)David Wu (Democrat, OR-1)Peter A. DeFazio (Democrat, OR-4)Earl Blumenauer (Democrat, OR-3)Christopher P. Carney (Democrat, PA-10)Paul E. Kanjorski (Democrat, PA-11)Patrick J. Murphy (Democrat, PA-8)John P. Murtha (Democrat, PA-12)Joe Sestak (Democrat, PA-7)Jason Altmire (Democrat, PA-4)Tim Holden (Democrat, PA-17)Allyson Y. Schwartz (Democrat, PA-13)Chaka Fattah (Democrat, PA-2)Robert A. Brady (Democrat, PA-1)Michael F. Doyle (Democrat, PA-14)Patrick Joseph Kennedy (Democrat, RI-1)James R. Langevin (Democrat, RI-2)John McKee Spratt Jr. (Democrat, SC-5)James E. Clyburn (Democrat, SC-6)Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (Democrat, SD-AL)Lincoln Davis (Democrat, TN-4)Barton Jennings Gordon (Democrat, TN-6)John S. Tanner (Democrat, TN-8)Jim Cooper (Democrat, TN-5)Steve Cohen (Democrat, TN-9)Nicholas V. Lampson (Democrat, TX-22)Thomas Edwards (Democrat, TX-17)Solomon P. Ortiz (Democrat, TX-27)Ciro D. Rodriguez (Democrat, TX-23)Charles A. Gonzalez (Democrat, TX-20)Silvestre Reyes (Democrat, TX-16)Rubén Hinojosa (Democrat, TX-15)Gene Green (Democrat, TX-29)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat, TX-30)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat, TX-18)Henry Cuellar (Democrat, TX-28)Lloyd Doggett (Democrat, TX-25)Al Green (Democrat, TX-9)Jim Matheson (Democrat, UT-2)Frederick C. Boucher (Democrat, VA-9)James P. Moran (Democrat, VA-8)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat, VA-3)Peter Welch (Democrat, VT-AL)Brian N. Baird (Democrat, WA-3)Jay Inslee (Democrat, WA-1)Norman D. Dicks (Democrat, WA-6)Jim McDermott (Democrat, WA-7)Rick Larsen (Democrat, WA-2)Adam Smith (Democrat, WA-9)Steve Kagen (Democrat, WI-8)David Ross Obey (Democrat, WI-7)Ron Kind (Democrat, WI-3)Tammy Baldwin (Democrat, WI-2)Gwen Moore (Democrat, WI-4)Alan B. Mollohan (Democrat, WV-1)Nick J. Rahall II (Democrat, WV-3)Don Young (Republican, AK-AL)Terry Everett (Republican, AL-2)Jo Bonner (Republican, AL-1)Spencer Bachus (Republican, AL-6)Robert B. Aderholt (Republican, AL-4)Mike Rogers (Republican, AL-3)John Boozman (Republican, AR-3)Rick Renzi (Republican, AZ-1)John B. Shadegg (Republican, AZ-3)Trent Franks (Republican, AZ-2)Jeff Flake (Republican, AZ-6)John T. Doolittle (Republican, CA-4)Duncan L. Hunter (Republican, CA-52)George P. Radanovich (Republican, CA-19)Brian P. Bilbray (Republican, CA-50)Mary Bono Mack (Republican, CA-45)David Dreier (Republican, CA-26)Elton Gallegly (Republican, CA-24)Wally Herger (Republican, CA-2)Jerry Lewis (Republican, CA-41)Daniel E. Lungren (Republican, CA-3)John Campbell (Republican, CA-48)Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (Republican, CA-25)Gary G. Miller (Republican, CA-42)Dana Rohrabacher (Republican, CA-46)Edward R. Royce (Republican, CA-40)Devin Nunes (Republican, CA-21)Kevin McCarthy (Republican, CA-22)Ken Calvert (Republican, CA-44)Darrell Issa (Republican, CA-49)Marilyn N. Musgrave (Republican, CO-4)Thomas G. Tancredo (Republican, CO-6)Doug Lamborn (Republican, CO-5)Christopher H. Shays (Republican, CT-4)Michael N. Castle (Republican, DE-AL)Tom C. Feeney (Republican, FL-24)Ric Keller (Republican, FL-8)David J. Weldon Jr. (Republican, FL-15)Virginia Brown-Waite (Republican, FL-5)Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Republican, FL-21)Adam H. Putnam (Republican, FL-12)Connie Mack (Republican, FL-14)Cliff Stearns (Republican, FL-6)C. W. Bill Young (Republican, FL-10)Ander Crenshaw (Republican, FL-4)John L. Mica (Republican, FL-7)Jeff Miller (Republican, FL-1)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican, FL-18)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican, FL-9)Vern Buchanan (Republican, FL-13)Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican, FL-25)Nathan Deal (Republican, GA-9)John Linder (Republican, GA-7)Phil Gingrey (Republican, GA-11)Jack Kingston (Republican, GA-1)Lynn A. Westmoreland (Republican, GA-3)Tom Price (Republican, GA-6)Paul C. Broun (Republican, GA-10)Tom Latham (Republican, IA-4)Steve King (Republican, IA-5)Bill Sali (Republican, ID-1)Michael K. Simpson (Republican, ID-2)Ray H. LaHood (Republican, IL-18)Gerald C. Weller (Republican, IL-11)Judy Biggert (Republican, IL-13)Timothy V. Johnson (Republican, IL-15)Donald A. Manzullo (Republican, IL-16)Mark Kirk (Republican, IL-10)Peter J. Roskam (Republican, IL-6)John Shimkus (Republican, IL-19)Stephen E. Buyer (Republican, IN-4)Mark Edward Souder (Republican, IN-3)Dan Burton (Republican, IN-5)Mike Pence (Republican, IN-6)Todd Tiahrt (Republican, KS-4)Jerry Moran (Republican, KS-1)Ron Lewis (Republican, KY-2)Geoff Davis (Republican, KY-4)Ed Whitfield (Republican, KY-1)Harold Rogers (Republican, KY-5)James O. McCrery III (Republican, LA-4)Rodney Alexander (Republican, LA-5)Charles W. Boustany Jr. (Republican, LA-7)Steve Scalise (Republican, LA-1)Wayne T. Gilchrest (Republican, MD-1)Roscoe G. Bartlett (Republican, MD-6)Joseph K. Knollenberg (Republican, MI-9)Vernon J. Ehlers (Republican, MI-3)Peter Hoekstra (Republican, MI-2)Thaddeus G. McCotter (Republican, MI-11)Dave Camp (Republican, MI-4)Mike Rogers (Republican, MI-8)Candice S. Miller (Republican, MI-10)Fred Upton (Republican, MI-6)Tim Walberg (Republican, MI-7)James M. Ramstad (Republican, MN-3)Michele Bachmann (Republican, MN-6)John Kline (Republican, MN-2)Kenny C. Hulshof (Republican, MO-9)W. Todd Akin (Republican, MO-2)Jo Ann Emerson (Republican, MO-8)Roy Blunt (Republican, MO-7)Sam Graves (Republican, MO-6)Charles W. Pickering Jr. (Republican, MS-3)Denny Rehberg (Republican, MT-AL)Robin C. Hayes (Republican, NC-8)Sue Wilkins Myrick (Republican, NC-9)Howard Coble (Republican, NC-6)Walter B. Jones (Republican, NC-3)Patrick T. McHenry (Republican, NC-10)Virginia Foxx (Republican, NC-5)Lee Terry (Republican, NE-2)Jeff Fortenberry (Republican, NE-1)Adrian Smith (Republican, NE-3)Michael Ferguson (Republican, NJ-7)H. James Saxton (Republican, NJ-3)Scott Garrett (Republican, NJ-5)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (Republican, NJ-11)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican, NJ-2)Christopher H. Smith (Republican, NJ-4)Heather A. Wilson (Republican, NM-1)Stevan Pearce (Republican, NM-2)Jon Christopher Porter Sr. (Republican, NV-3)Dean Heller (Republican, NV-2)Vito J. Fossella Jr. (Republican, NY-13)John R. Kuhl Jr. (Republican, NY-29)Thomas M. Reynolds (Republican, NY-26)James T. Walsh (Republican, NY-25)John M. McHugh (Republican, NY-23)Peter T. King (Republican, NY-3)David Lee Hobson (Republican, OH-7)Deborah D. Pryce (Republican, OH-15)Ralph Regula (Republican, OH-16)Steven C. LaTourette (Republican, OH-14)Jean Schmidt (Republican, OH-2)John A. Boehner (Republican, OH-8)Patrick J. Tiberi (Republican, OH-12)Steve Chabot (Republican, OH-1)Jim Jordan (Republican, OH-4)Michael R. Turner (Republican, OH-3)Robert E. Latta (Republican, OH-5)Mary Fallin (Republican, OK-5)John Sullivan (Republican, OK-1)Tom Cole (Republican, OK-4)Frank D. Lucas (Republican, OK-3)Greg Walden (Republican, OR-2)Philip English (Republican, PA-3)John E. Peterson (Republican, PA-5)Todd Russell Platts (Republican, PA-19)Jim Gerlach (Republican, PA-6)Joseph R. Pitts (Republican, PA-16)Tim Murphy (Republican, PA-18)Charles W. Dent (Republican, PA-15)Bill Shuster (Republican, PA-9)James Gresham Barrett (Republican, SC-3)Henry E. Brown Jr. (Republican, SC-1)Bob Inglis (Republican, SC-4)Joe Wilson (Republican, SC-2)David Davis (Republican, TN-1)Zach Wamp (Republican, TN-3)John J. Duncan, Jr. (Republican, TN-2)Marsha Blackburn (Republican, TN-7)Ron Paul (Republican, TX-14)Ralph M. Hall (Republican, TX-4)Randy Neugebauer (Republican, TX-19)Joe Barton (Republican, TX-6)John Abney Culberson (Republican, TX-7)Jeb Hensarling (Republican, TX-5)Sam Johnson (Republican, TX-3)Ted Poe (Republican, TX-2)Lamar Smith (Republican, TX-21)K. Michael Conaway (Republican, TX-11)Kenny Marchant (Republican, TX-24)Mac Thornberry (Republican, TX-13)Kevin Brady (Republican, TX-8)Louie Gohmert (Republican, TX-1)Michael C. Burgess (Republican, TX-26)Kay Granger (Republican, TX-12)John R. Carter (Republican, TX-31)Michael T. McCaul (Republican, TX-10)Pete Sessions (Republican, TX-32)Christopher B. Cannon (Republican, UT-3)Rob Bishop (Republican, UT-1)Thomas M. Davis III (Republican, VA-11)Thelma D. Drake (Republican, VA-2)Virgil H. Goode Jr. (Republican, VA-5)Eric Cantor (Republican, VA-7)Frank R. Wolf (Republican, VA-10)J. Randy Forbes (Republican, VA-4)Bob Goodlatte (Republican, VA-6)Robert J. Wittman (Republican, VA-1)Doc Hastings (Republican, WA-4)David G. Reichert (Republican, WA-8)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican, WA-5)Thomas E. Petri (Republican, WI-6)Paul D. Ryan (Republican, WI-1)F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (Republican, WI-5)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican, WV-2)Barbara L. Cubin (Republican, WY-AL)
2008-10-10/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
2008-10-10/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
2008-10-10/weekWithin a week · Oct 3, 2008 – Oct 17, 2008
Law Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Oct 3, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-343
Law John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2008
Oct 3, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-338
Law Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007
Oct 3, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-339
Law Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008
Oct 3, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-340
Law To amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.
Oct 3, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-341
Law Expressing the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin.
Oct 3, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-342
Law Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act
Oct 7, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-344
Law Drug Endangered Children Act of 2007
Oct 7, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-345
Law North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2008
Oct 7, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-346
Law Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Oct 7, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-351
Order Further Amendments To Executive Orders 12139 And 12949 In Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
Oct 7, 2008 · EO 13475
Law To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.
Oct 7, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-350
Law Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-354
Law Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-355
Law Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-356
Law Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-358
Law Old Post Office Building Redevelopment Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-359
Law Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-360
Law Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-361
Law Oregon Surplus Federal Land Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-364
Law Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-365
Law Defense Production Act Extension and Reauthorization of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-367
Law United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Non-proliferation Enhancement Act
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-369
Law Native American Heritage Day Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-370
Law Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-371
Law Senior Professional Performance Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-372
Law ALS Registry Act
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-373
Law Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-374
Law United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-376
Law Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-377
Law Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-378
Law QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-379
Law To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-362
Law To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes.
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-366
Law To make a technical correction in the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008.
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-368
Law To repeal the provision of title 46, United States Code, requiring a license for employment in the business of salvaging on the coast of Florida.
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-375
Law To provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009
Oct 8, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-380
Law Michelle's Law
Oct 9, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-381
Law Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act
Oct 9, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-382
Order Facilitation of a Presidential Transition
Oct 9, 2008 · EO 13476
Law Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2007
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-383
Law Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-384
Law Broadband Data Improvement Act
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-385
Law Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2008
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-386
Law Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-387
Law Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-389
Law White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-390
Law Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-391
Law To provide for the appointment of the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Oct 10, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-388
Law Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-392
Law National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-394
Law Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-404
Law Air Carriage of International Mail Act
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-405
Law Judicial Administration and Technical Amendments Act of 2008
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-406
Law Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-407
Law Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-408
Law To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes.
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-393
Law To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-398
Law Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2008 (or KIDS Act of 2008)
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-400
Law Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2008 (or PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008)
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-401
Law To extend the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-402
Law Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (or PRO-IP Act)
Oct 13, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-403
Law Inspector General Reform Act of 2008
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-409
Law Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-411
Law Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-413
Law Mercury Export Ban Act
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-414
Law Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2008
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-415
Law Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-416
Law Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-417
Law Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008 (or PRICE of Homeland Security Act)
Oct 14, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-412
Law Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-420
Law Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-421
Law NASA Authorization Act of 2008
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-422
Law Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-425
Law Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-426
Law Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-428
Law Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-429
Law To clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL-64P.
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-419
Law To provide that Federal employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically.
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-423
Law To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors.
Oct 15, 2008 · Pub. L. 110-424

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