103rd United States Congress

103rd United States Congress
102nd ← → 104th
United States Capitol
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Members	100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic Party
Senate President	Dan Quayle (R), before January 20, 1993 Al Gore (D), after Januray 20, 1993
House majority	Democratic Party
House Speaker	Tom Foley (D)
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.

• January 20, 1993: Bill Clinton succeeds George H.W. Bush as the 42nd 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 explodes, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.
• February 28-April 19, 1993: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and 5 Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins, and ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including Koresh. South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.
• July 19, 1993: President Bill Clinton announces his Don't ask, don't tell policy regarding gays in the American military.
• October 3, 1993: The U.S. Army conducts Operation Gothic Serpent in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia using Task Force Ranger. Two UH-60 Blackhawks are shot down and the operation leaves over 1000 Somalians dead and over 73 Americans WIA, 19 KIA, and 1 captured.
• January 17, 1994: The 1994 Northridge earthquake, magnitude 6.7, hits 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 are charged with spying for the Soviet Union by the United States Department of Justice. Ames is later convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment; his wife receives 5 years in prison.
• February 28, 1994: 4 United States F-16s shoot down 4 Serbian J-21s over Bosnia and Herzegovina for violation of the Operation Deny Flight and its no-fly zone.
• September 13, 1994: President Bill Clinton signs the Assault Weapons Ban, which bans the manufacture of new weapons with certain features for a period of 10 years.
• September 19, 1994: American troops stage a bloodless invasion of Haiti in order to restore the legitimate elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power.
• October 1, 1994: Palau achieved independence and became an associated state under the Compact of Free Association.
• November 8, 1994: Georgia Representative Newt Gingrich leads the Republican Party in taking control of both the House and the Senate in midterm congressional elections, the first time in 40 years the Republicans secure control of both houses of Congress.

• February 5, 1993: Family and Medical Leave Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–3, 107 Stat. 6
• May 20, 1993: National Voter Registration Act of 1993, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–31, 107 Stat. 77
• August 10, 1993: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–66, 107 Stat. 312
• November 16, 1993: Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–141, 107 Stat. 1488
• November 30, 1993: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Bill), Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 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.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–160, 107 Stat. 1670
• December 8, 1993: North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–182, 107 Stat. 2057
• May 26, 1994: Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–259, 108 Stat. 694
• September 13, 1994: Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (including the Violence Against Women Act), Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–322, 108 Stat. 1796
• September 23, 1994: Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–325

	Party (shading shows control)		Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	57	43	100	0
Begin	57	43	100	0
End	53	47
Final voting share	53.0%	47.0%
Beginning of next congress	47	53	100	0

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Template:American politics/party colors/Democratic |	Template:American politics/party colors/Independent |	Template:American politics/party colors/Republican |
	Democratic	Independent	Republican		Vacant
End of the previous Congress	270	1	164	435	0
Begin	258	1	176	435	0
End	256		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

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

• Majority Leader and Chairman of Policy Committee Chair: George Mitchell
• Majority Whip: Wendell Ford
• Caucus Vice Chair and Policy Committee Chair: Chuck Schumer
• Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: Bob Graham
• Caucus Secretary: David Pryor

• Minority Leader: Bob Dole
• Minority Whip: Alan Simpson
• Conference Chairman: Thad Cochran
• Policy Committee Chairman: Donald Lee Nickles
• Conference Vice Chair: Trent Lott
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Phil Gramm

• Speaker: Tom Foley (D)

• Majority Leader: Richard Gephardt
• Majority Whip: David E. Bonior
• Caucus Chairman: Steny Hoyer
• Caucus Vice-Chairman: Vic Fazio

• Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
• Minority Whip: Newt Gingrich
• Chief Deputy Whip: Robert Smith Walker
• Conference Chair: Richard Armey
• Conference Vice-Chair: Bill McCollum
• Conference Secretary: Tom DeLay

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

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

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|- | Texas
(1) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Lloyd Bentsen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 20, 1993 to become United States Secretary of the Treasury.
His successor was appointed. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bob Krueger (D) | January 21, 1993 |- | Texas
(1) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bob Krueger (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Interim appointee lost special election June 6, 1993.
His successor was elected to finish the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) | June 14, 1993 |- | Alabama
(3) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard Shelby (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed party November 9, 1994 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Richard Shelby (R) | November 9, 1994 |- | Oklahoma
(2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | David L. Boren (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 15, 1994 to become President of the University of Oklahoma.
His successor was elected in a special election to finish the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jim Inhofe (R) | November 17, 1994 |- | Tennessee
(2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Harlan Mathews (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Interim appointee did not seek election.
His successor was elected in a special election November 8, 1994 to finish the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Fred Thompson (R) | December 2, 1994 |}

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|- | Wisconsin's 1st | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Les Aspin (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned to January 20, 1993 become United States Secretary of Defense | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Peter W. Barca (D) | May 4, 1993 |- | Mississippi's 2nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Mike Espy (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1993 to become United States Secretary of Agriculture | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bennie Thompson (D) | April 13, 1993 |- | California's 17th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Leon Panetta (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 23, 1993 to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Sam Farr (D) | June 8, 1993 |- | Ohio 2nd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Bill Gradison (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 31, 1993 to become president of the Health Insurance Association of America | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Rob Portman (R) | May 4, 1993 |- | Michigan 3rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Paul B. Henry (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 31, 1993 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Vern Ehlers (R) | December 7, 1993 |- | Oklahoma's 6th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Glenn English (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 7, 1994 to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Frank Lucas (R) | May 10, 1994 |- | Kentucky's 2nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William H. Natcher (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 29, 1994 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ron Lewis (R) | May 24, 1994 |- | New Jersey 11th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Dean Gallo (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 6, 1994 | colspan=2 | Vacant for remainder of term |- | Oklahoma's 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jim Inhofe (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 15, 1994 when elected to the U.S. Senate | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Steve Largent (R) | November 29, 1994 |}

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