107th United States Congress

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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
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President George W. Bush signing the No Child Left Behind Act.
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President George W. Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act into law
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President George W. Bush in October 2001, elucidating on the government's rationale behind the USA PATRIOT Act before signing into law.
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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.
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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.

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.

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Major events

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Major legislation

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Party summary

Senate

Party
(Shading indicates party control)
Total
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Democratic Independent Independence Republican Vacant
End of
previous Congress
46 0 0 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 54 100 0
BeginTemplate:Efn style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 50 0 0 50 100 0
January 20, 2001Template:Efn 50 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 50
June 6, 2001Template:Efn style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 50 rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1 49
October 25, 2002Template:Efn rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 49 99 1
November 4, 2002Template:Efn 1 100 0
November 23, 2002Template:Efn 48 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 50
November 30, 2002Template:Efn style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 49 99 1
December 2, 2002Template:Efn style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 50 100 0
Final voting share 49% 1% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 50%
Beginning of the
next Congress
48 1 0 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 51 100 0

House of Representatives

  Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total  
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Democratic Independent Republican Vacant
caucused with
Democrats
caucused with
Republicans
End of previous Congress 208 1 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 222 432 3
Begin 211 1 rowspan=14 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 221 434 1
January 31, 2001 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" rowspan=2 | 220 433 2
March 30, 2001 210 432 3
May 15, 2001 rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 221 433 2
May 28, 2001 209 432 3
June 5, 2001 210 433 2
June 19, 2001 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 222 434 1
August 5, 2001 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 221 433 2
August 16, 2001 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 220 432 3
September 6, 2001 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 219 431 4
October 16, 2001 211 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 220 433 2
November 20, 2001 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 221 434 1
December 18, 2001 rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 222 435 0
July 24, 2002 210 434 1
August 1, 2002 0 rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 223
September 9, 2002 209 433 2
September 28, 2002 208 432 3
November 30, 2002 209 433 2
Final voting share 48.5% colspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 51.5%  
Beginning of the next Congress 205 1 0 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 229 435 0

Leadership

Senate

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Republican leadership

Democratic leadership

House of Representatives

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Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

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Senate

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House of Representatives

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Changes in membership

Senate

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|- | Vermont (1) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Jeffords (R) | Incumbent changed party and joined the Democratic caucus. | nowrap Template:Party shading/Independent | Jim Jeffords (I) | June 6, 2001

|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Paul Wellstone (D) | Incumbent died October 25, 2002.
Successor appointed to serve the remaining two months of the term. | nowrap style="background:Template:Party color" | Dean Barkley (IMN) | November 4, 2002

|- | Missouri (1) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jean Carnahan (D) | Interim appointee lost election.
Successor elected November 5, 2002. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Talent (R) | November 23, 2002

|- | Texas (2) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 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.[3][4] | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Cornyn (R) | December 2, 2002

|- | Alaska (3) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frank Murkowski (R) | Incumbent resigned December 2, 2002, to become Governor of Alaska.
Successor appointed to remainder of the term ending January 3, 2005. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lisa Murkowski (R) | December 20, 2002

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House of Representatives

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A special election was held June 5, 2001. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Diane Watson (D) | June 5, 2001

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bud Shuster (R) | Incumbent resigned, effective January 31, 2001.
A special election was held May 15, 2001. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bill Shuster (R) | May 15, 2001

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Norman Sisisky (D) | Incumbent died March 30, 2001.
A special election was held June 19, 2001. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Randy Forbes (R) | June 19, 2001

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joe Moakley (D) | Incumbent died May 28, 2001.
A special election was held October 16, 2001. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephen Lynch (D) | October 16, 2001

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Asa Hutchinson (R) | Incumbent resigned August 5, 2001, to head the Drug Enforcement Administration.
A special election was held November 20, 2001. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Boozman (R) | November 20, 2001

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Floyd Spence (R) | Incumbent died August 16, 2001.
A special election was held December 18, 2001. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joe Wilson (R) | December 18, 2001

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joe Scarborough (R) | Incumbent resigned, effective September 6, 2001.
A special election was held October 16, 2001. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jeff Miller (R) | October 16, 2001

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Steve Largent (R) | Incumbent resigned, effective February 15, 2002, to concentrate on his campaign for governor.
A special election was held January 8, 2002. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Sullivan (R) | February 15, 2002

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Traficant (D) | Incumbent expelled July 24, 2002, for criminal conviction of 10 counts of bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion. | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of Congress

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap Template:Party shading/Independent | Virgil Goode (I) | Incumbent changed party. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Virgil Goode (R) | August 1, 2002

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 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. | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of Congress

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Patsy Mink (D) | Incumbent died September 28, 2002, but was elected posthumously on November 5, 2002. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ed Case (D) | November 30, 2002

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Committees

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Joint committees

Caucuses

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Employees

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Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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