107th United States Congress

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107th United States Congress
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United States Capitol (2002)
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority Democratic
(with tie-breaking VP)
(until January 20, 2001)
Republican
(with tie-breaking VP)
(Jan 20, 2001 – Jun 6, 2001)
Democratic
(through caucus)
(from June 6, 2001)
Senate President Al Gore (D) [a]
(until January 20, 2001)
Dick Cheney (R)
(from January 20, 2001)
House majority Republican
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 2001 – December 20, 2001
2nd: January 23, 2002 – November 22, 2002
President George W. Bush signing the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in the White House East Room on June 7, 2001 Bushtaxcuts.jpg
President George W. Bush signing the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in the White House East Room on June 7, 2001
President George W. Bush signing the No Child Left Behind Act. No Child Left Behind Act.jpg
President George W. Bush signing the No Child Left Behind Act.
President George W. Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act into law
President George W. Bush in October 2001, elucidating on the government's rationale behind the USA PATRIOT Act before signing into law.
President George W. Bush, surrounded by leaders of the House and Senate, announces the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, October 2, 2002. Bush auth jbc.jpg
President George W. Bush, surrounded by leaders of the House and Senate, announces the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, October 2, 2002.
Before the signing ceremony of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, President George W. Bush met with Senator Paul Sarbanes, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and other dignitaries in the Blue Room at the White House on July 30, 2002 President George W. Bush meets with Senator Paul Sarbanes and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao.jpg
Before the signing ceremony of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, President George W. Bush met with Senator Paul Sarbanes, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and other dignitaries in the Blue Room at the White House on July 30, 2002

The 107th 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, 2001, to January 3, 2003, during the final weeks of the Clinton presidency and the first two years of the George W. Bush presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census.

Contents

The House of Representatives had a Republican majority throughout the session, while the Senate was tied 50–50 for only the second time in history resulting in numerous changes in the majority. Vice President Al Gore gave Democrats a majority for 17 days, then a Republican majority after Dick Cheney became Vice President on January 20, 2001. Senator Jim Jeffords (R-VT) became an independent who caucused with the Democrats on June 6, 2001, giving the party a 51–49 majority for the rest of the Congress.

When Bush was sworn in as president on January 20, the Republicans held a federal trifecta for the first time since the 83rd Congress in 1955.

Major events

A rare even split in the United States Senate, the defection of a Senator, and the inauguration of a new Vice President, led to three changes in majorities.

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

Party
(Shading indicates party control)
Total
Democratic Independent Independence Republican Vacant
End of
previous Congress 		4600541000
Begin [b] 5000501000
January 20, 2001 [c] 5050
June 6, 2001 [d] 50149
October 25, 2002 [e] 49991
November 4, 2002 [e] 11000
November 23, 2002 [f] 48150
November 30, 2002 [g] 49991
December 2, 2002 [g] 501000
Final voting share49%1%50%
Beginning of the
next Congress 		4810511000

House of Representatives

 Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total 
Democratic Independent Republican Vacant
caucused with
Democrats		caucused with
Republicans
End of previous Congress 208112224323
Begin211112214341
January 31, 20012204332
March 30, 20012104323
May 15, 20012214332
May 28, 20012094323
June 5, 20012104332
June 19, 20012224341
August 5, 20012214332
August 16, 20012204323
September 6, 20012194314
October 16, 20012112204332
November 20, 20012214341
December 18, 20012224350
July 24, 20022104341
August 1, 20020223
September 9, 20022094332
September 28, 20022084323
November 30, 20022094332
Final voting share48.5%51.5% 
Beginning of the next Congress 205102294350

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg
Al Gore (D)
(until January 20, 2001)
46 Dick Cheney 3x4.jpg
Dick Cheney (R)
(from January 20, 2001)
Senate President pro tempore
Robert Byrd official portrait.jpg
Robert Byrd (D)
(until January 20, 2001)
(from June 6, 2001)
Strom Thurmond.jpg
Strom Thurmond (R)
(January 20 – June 6, 2001)

Republican leadership

Democratic leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
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Dennis Hastert (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

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Senate

Senators are listed by their class. In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 2002; Class 3 meant their term began in the previous Congress, facing re-election in 2004; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 2006.

House of Representatives

Congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself.

Changes in membership

Senate

Senate changes
State
(class)		Vacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [i]
Vermont (1) Jim Jeffords (R)Incumbent changed party and joined the Democratic caucus. Jim Jeffords (I)June 6, 2001
Minnesota (2) Paul Wellstone (D)Incumbent died October 25, 2002.
Successor appointed to serve the remaining two months of the term.		 Dean Barkley (IMN)November 4, 2002
Missouri (1) Jean Carnahan (D)Interim appointee lost election.
Successor elected November 5, 2002.		 Jim Talent (R)November 23, 2002
Texas (2) Phil Gramm (R)Incumbent resigned November 30, 2002, to give successor seniority advantages.
Successor appointed on December 2, 2002, having already been elected to the next term. [4] [5] 		John Cornyn (R)December 2, 2002
Alaska (3) Frank Murkowski (R)Incumbent resigned December 2, 2002, to become Governor of Alaska.
Successor appointed to remainder of the term ending January 3, 2005.		 Lisa Murkowski (R)December 20, 2002

House of Representatives

House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [i]
California 32nd VacantIncumbent Julian Dixon (D) had died December 8, 2000, before the beginning of this Congress.
A special election was held June 5, 2001.		 Diane Watson (D)June 5, 2001
Pennsylvania 9th Bud Shuster (R)Incumbent resigned, effective January 31, 2001.
A special election was held May 15, 2001.		 Bill Shuster (R)May 15, 2001
Virginia 4th Norman Sisisky (D)Incumbent died March 30, 2001.
A special election was held June 19, 2001.		 Randy Forbes (R)June 19, 2001
Massachusetts 9th Joe Moakley (D)Incumbent died May 28, 2001.
A special election was held October 16, 2001.		 Stephen Lynch (D)October 16, 2001
Arkansas 3rd Asa Hutchinson (R)Incumbent resigned August 5, 2001, to head the Drug Enforcement Administration.
A special election was held November 20, 2001.		 John Boozman (R)November 20, 2001
South Carolina 2nd Floyd Spence (R)Incumbent died August 16, 2001.
A special election was held December 18, 2001.		 Joe Wilson (R)December 18, 2001
Florida 1st Joe Scarborough (R)Incumbent resigned, effective September 6, 2001.
A special election was held October 16, 2001.		 Jeff Miller (R)October 16, 2001
Oklahoma 1st Steve Largent (R)Incumbent resigned, effective February 15, 2002, to concentrate on his campaign for governor.
A special election was held January 8, 2002.		 John Sullivan (R)February 15, 2002
Ohio 17th Jim Traficant (D)Incumbent expelled July 24, 2002, for criminal conviction of 10 counts of bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion.VacantNot filled for remainder of Congress
Virginia 5th Virgil Goode (I)Incumbent changed party. Virgil Goode (R)August 1, 2002
Ohio 3rd Tony P. Hall (D)Incumbent resigned September 9, 2002, after he was appointed to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.VacantNot filled for remainder of Congress
Hawaii 2nd Patsy Mink (D)Incumbent died September 28, 2002, but was elected posthumously on November 5, 2002. Ed Case (D)November 30, 2002

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ U.S. Vice President Al Gore's term as President of the Senate ended at noon on January 20, 2001, when Dick Cheney's term began.
  2. ↑ Al Gore (D) was U.S. Vice President until January 20, 2001, with the tie-breaking vote.
  3. ↑ Dick Cheney (R) became U.S. Vice President January 20, 2001, with the tie-breaking vote.
  4. ↑ In Vermont, Senator Jim Jeffords switched June 6, 2001, from Republican to Independent and caucused with Democrats.
  5. 1 2 In Minnesota, Paul Wellstone (D) died October 25, 2002. Dean Barkley (IMN), who did not caucus with either party, was appointed November 4, 2002, to Wellstone's seat.
  6. ↑ In the November 5, 2002 Missouri special election, Jim Talent (R) took Jean Carnahan (D)'s seat and became senator November 23, 2002, but there was no reorganization because Senate was out of session. [3]
  7. 1 2 In Texas, Phil Gramm (R) resigned November 30, 2002, to give his successor advantageous office space. Senator-elect John Cornyn (R) was appointed December 2, 2002, to finish Gramm's term.
  8. ↑ In Missouri, Senator-elect Mel Carnahan (D) died October 16, 2000, but had won the 2000 Senate election posthumously.
  9. 1 2 When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

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  2. ↑ "Congress convenes in New York". CNN.com. September 6, 2002. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
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  5. ↑ "SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES > 1789-present > A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). United States Senate – via Senate.gov.

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