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107th United States Congress
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The One Hundred Seventh 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, DC from January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2003, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Republican majority until June 6, 2001, after which the Senate had a Democratic majority.
Dates of sessions
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Previous: 106th Congress • Next: 108th Congress
Major events
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This Congress began in the final days of the Clinton Administration. Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of outgoing President Bill Clinton, was sworn in as a Senator from New York, and a Joint session of Congress met to count the electoral votes in the contentious 2000 Presidential election. An unprecedented split in the United States Senate and the defection of a single Senator led to three changes in majorities. After the September 11 attacks, some Senators were targeted by anthrax attacks. Finally, the Congress voted to allow the President to attack Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
- January 3, 2001: The Senate began the Congress evenly split, 50-50, between two parties. In the House, there was merely a 9-seat Republican advantage. Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of outgoing Democratic President Bill Clinton, became the first presidential spouse to serve in Congress. Considering that Democrat Al Gore was still Vice President and had the constitutional authority to break ties, this gave the Democrats a slim majority for the 17 days between the January 3 swearing-in of the new Congress and the January 20 inauguration of Republican Vice President Dick Cheney.
- January 20, 2001: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were sworn-in as President of the United States and Vice President of the United States, respectively, giving the Republicans a narrow majority in the Senate with Cheney's tie-breaking power.
- June 6, 2001: Senator Jim Jeffords, previously a Republican, declared himself an independent and announced he will vote with the Democrats, giving Democrats control in the Senate with a one-seat advantage. Democrat Tom Daschle became Senate Majority Leader.
- September 11, 2001: The September 11, 2001 attacks: Terrorists flew hijacked commercial airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing 3,000 people. Another hijacked flight believed to be headed for either the White House or the United States Capitol was diverted by passengers who took control of the plane from hijackers and crashed it into a field in rural western Pennsylvania.
- October 9, 2001: Anthrax attacks were executed against members of the Senate, including Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
- December 2001: The corporate financial scandals, including those affecting Enron, Arthur Andersen, Tyco, and WorldCom (now MCI).
Major legislation
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Congress passed 377 public laws. 5764 House and 3181 Senate bills were proposed, as well as 521 House Concurrent Resolutions, 160 Senate Concurrent Resolutions, 125 House Joint Resolutions, 53 Senate Joint Resolutions, 616 House Resolutions, and 368 Senate Resolutions.
- 2001-06-07 — Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, Pub.L. 107-16, 115 Stat. 38
- 2001-09-28 — United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act, Pub.L. 107-43, 115 Stat. 243
- 2001-10-26 — Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism ("USA PATRIOT") Act, Pub.L. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272
- 2002-01-08 — No Child Left Behind Act, Pub.L. 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425
- 2002-01-11 — Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, Pub.L. 107-118, 115 Stat. 2356
- 2002 March 9 — Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, Pub.L. 107-147, 116 Stat. 21
- 2002 March 27 — Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold), Pub.L. 107-155, 116 Stat. 81
- 2002 May 13 — Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, Pub.L. 107-171, 116 Stat. 134
- 2002 July 30 — Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Pub.L. 107-204, 116 Stat. 745
- 2002 August 6 — Trade Act of 2002, Pub.L. 107-210, 116 Stat. 933
- 2002 October 16 — Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq, Pub.L. 107-243, 116 Stat. 1497
- 2002 October 21 — Sudan Peace Act, Pub.L. 107-245, 116 Stat. 1504
- 2002 October 29 — Help America Vote Act, Pub.L. 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666, 42 U.S.C. § 15301
- 2002 November 25 — Homeland Security Act, Pub.L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135
- 2002 November 27 — Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002, Pub.L. 107-303, 116 Stat. 2355
- 2002 December 17 — E-Government Act of 2002, Pub.L. 107-347, 116 Stat. 2899, 44 U.S.C. § 101, including Title III:Federal Information Security Management Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3541
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Officers
Senate
Majority leadership
Minority leadership
House of Representatives
Majority (Republican) leadership
Minority (Democratic) leadership
Senators' party membership by state.
Members
- Skip to House of Representatives, below
Senate
- See also: Category:United States Senators and Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
House of Representatives
| House seats by party holding plurality in state |
| 80 < Republican ≤ 100% |
80 < Democratic ≤ 100% |
| 60 < Republican ≤ 80% |
60 < Democratic ≤ 80% |
| 50 < Republican ≤ 60% |
50 < Democratic ≤ 60% |
| Independent |
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Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
- Further information: List of United States Congressional districts, for maps of congressional districts.
- See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
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