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, comprised 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.
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
★ First session: January 3, 2001 – December 20, 2001
★ Second session: January 23, 2002 – November 22, 2002
Previous congress: ''106th Congress''
Next congress: ''108th Congress''
Main articles: 2001#Events, 2002#Events
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).
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 June 7 — Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, ,
★ 2001 September 28 — United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act, ,
★ 2001 October 26 — Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism ("USA PATRIOT") Act, ,
★ 2002 January 8 — No Child Left Behind Act, ,
★ 2002 January 11 — Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, ,
★ 2002 March 9 — Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, ,
★ 2002 March 27 — Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold), ,
★ 2002 May 13 — Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, ,
★ 2002 July 30 — Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ,
★ 2002 August 6 — Trade Act of 2002, ,
★ 2002 October 16 — Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq, ,
★ 2002 October 21 — Sudan Peace Act, ,
★ 2002 October 29 — Help America Vote Act, , ,
★ 2002 November 25 — Homeland Security Act, ,
★ 2002 November 27 — Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002, ,
★ 2002 December 17 — E-Government Act of 2002, , , , including Title III:Federal Information Security Management Act,
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "At Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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.
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'American Samoa'
★ Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
'District of Columbia'
★ Eleanor Holmes Norton (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
'Guam'
★ Robert A. Underwood (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
'Puerto Rico'
★ AnÃbal Acevedo-Vilá (non-voting Resident Commissioner) ''(D/PPD)''
'Virgin Islands'
★ Donna Christian-Christensen (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
★ Architect of the Capitol: Alan M. Hantman
★ Attending Physician of the United States Congress: John F. Eisold
★ Chaplain: Lloyd John Ogilvie
★ Historian:
★ Parliamentarian:
★
★ Bob Dove
★
★ Alan Frumin
★ Secretary:
★
★ Gary Lee Sisco, January 3 - July 11, 2001
★
★ Jeri Thomson, July 12, 2001 - end
★ Sergeant at Arms:
★
★ James W. Ziglar, January 3 - September 3, 2001
★
★ Alfonso E. Lenhardt, September 4, 2001 - end
★ Secretary for the Majority:
★
★ Elizabeth B. Letchworth
★
★ Martin P. Paone
★ Secretary for the Minority:
★
★ Martin P. Paone
★
★ David J. Schiappa
★ Chaplain: Daniel P. Coughlin
★ Chief Administrative Officer:James M. Eagen, III
★ Clerk: Jeff Trandahl
★ Historian: Vacant
★ Parliamentarian: Charles W. Johnson
★ Reading Clerks:
★
★ Mary Kevin Niland ''(D)''
★
★ Paul Hays ''(R)''
★ Sergeant at Arms: Wilson Livingood
★ Inspector General: Steven McNamara
1. Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
★ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [2]
★ "MINERVA" Project - 107th Congress [3] Library of Congress web archive
★ "Thomas" Project
★ U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [4]
★ U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [5]
| '107th United States Congress' | |
 United States Capitol (2002) | |
| Session: | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate: | Dick Cheney |
| President pro tempore of the Senate: | Robert Byrd (Jan. 3-20, 2001) Strom Thurmond (Jan.-Jun. 2001) Robert Byrd (Jun. 2001-2003) |
| Speaker of the House: | Dennis Hastert |
| Members: | 435 Representatives 100 Senators 5 Territorial Representatives |
| House Majority: | Republican |
| Senate Majority: | Democratic |
The 'One Hundred Seventh United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised 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
★ First session: January 3, 2001 – December 20, 2001
★ Second session: January 23, 2002 – November 22, 2002
Previous congress: ''106th Congress''
Next congress: ''108th Congress''
Major events
Main articles: 2001#Events, 2002#Events
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
A letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing "weaponized" anthrax powder caused the deaths of two postal workers.
The second anthrax note.
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 June 7 — Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, ,
★ 2001 September 28 — United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act, ,
★ 2001 October 26 — Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism ("USA PATRIOT") Act, ,
★ 2002 January 8 — No Child Left Behind Act, ,
★ 2002 January 11 — Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, ,
★ 2002 March 9 — Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, ,
★ 2002 March 27 — Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold), ,
★ 2002 May 13 — Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, ,
★ 2002 July 30 — Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ,
★ 2002 August 6 — Trade Act of 2002, ,
★ 2002 October 16 — Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq, ,
★ 2002 October 21 — Sudan Peace Act, ,
★ 2002 October 29 — Help America Vote Act, , ,
★ 2002 November 25 — Homeland Security Act, ,
★ 2002 November 27 — Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002, ,
★ 2002 December 17 — E-Government Act of 2002, , , , including Title III:Federal Information Security Management Act,
Party summary
Senate
| Affiliation | Members | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 32001 to January 202001 | January 202001 to June 62001 | June 62001 to October 25, 2002 | October 26, 2002 to November 5 2002 | November 5, 2002 to November 25 2002 | November 25 2002 to January 3 2003 | Republican Party | 50 | '50' | 49 | 49 | 49 | 50 | Democratic Party | '50' | 50 | '50' | '49' | '49' | '48' | Independent (caucused with Democrats) | '1' | '1' | '1' | '1' | Independent (caucused with neither party) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vacant | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Control | Democrats (50+VP:50) | Republicans (50+VP:50) | Democrats (50+1:49) | Democrats (49+1:49) | Democrats (49+1:49:1) | Democrats (48+1:50:1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note | Al Gore ''(D)'' was Vice President of the United States, with the tie-breaking vote. | Dick Cheney ''(R)'' became Vice President of the United States, with the tie-breaking vote. | Sen. Jeffords switched from Republican to Independent and caucused with Democrats. | Sen. Wellstone ''(D)'' died. | Sen. Barkley (I), who didn't caucus with either party, took Wellstone's seat. | Jim Talent ''(R)'' took Jean Carnahan's ''(D)'' seat, but there was no reorganization as Senate was out of session.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Members | Republican Party | 221 | 10 seat majority with Independent's vote | Democratic Party | 212 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 1 | Caucused with Republicans | |||||||
| 1 | Caucused with Democrats | ||||||||
| Total | 435 | ||||||||
Officers
Senate
House of Representatives
| Office | Officer | Party | District | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Dennis Hastert | Republican | |||
| Majority Leader | Dick Armey | Republican | Texas-26 | ||
| Minority Leader | Dick Gephardt | Democratic | Missouri-3 | 2001–02 | |
| Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | California-8 | 2002–end | ||
| Majority Whip | Tom DeLay | Republican | Texas-22 | ||
| Minority Whip | David Bonior | Democratic | Michigan-12 | 2001–02 | |
| Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | California-8 | 2002 | ||
| Steny Hoyer | Democratic | Maryland-5 | 2002–end | ||
Members
Senate
Senators' party membership by state.
House of Representatives
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| 'Section contents:' Alabama — Alaska — Arizona — Arkansas — California — Colorado — Connecticut — Delaware — Florida — Georgia — Hawaii — Idaho — Illinois — Indiana — Iowa — Kansas — Kentucky — Louisiana — Maine — Maryland — Massachusetts — Michigan — Minnesota — Mississippi — Missouri — Montana — Nebraska — Nevada — New Hampshire — New Jersey — New Mexico — New York — North Carolina — North Dakota — Ohio — Oklahoma — Oregon — Pennsylvania — Rhode Island — South Carolina — South Dakota — Tennessee — Texas — Utah — Vermont — Virginia — Washington — West Virginia — Wisconsin — Wyoming American Samoa — District of Columbia — Guam — Puerto Rico — Virgin Islands |
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "At Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
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.
----
'American Samoa'
★ Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
'District of Columbia'
★ Eleanor Holmes Norton (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
'Guam'
★ Robert A. Underwood (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
'Puerto Rico'
★ AnÃbal Acevedo-Vilá (non-voting Resident Commissioner) ''(D/PPD)''
'Virgin Islands'
★ Donna Christian-Christensen (non-voting delegate) ''(D)''
Changes in Membership
Senate
| Senator | State | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation | Mel Carnahan | Missouri | Governor and Senate-candidate Mel Carnahan died October 16, 2000, but was posthumously elected to the United States Senate on November 7, 2000. His gubernatorial successor, Roger B. Wilson, appointed Mel's widow, Jean Carnahan, to serve until the subsequent election. | Jean Carnahan | January 3, 2001 | Paul Wellstone | Minnesota | Died October 25, 2002. Governor Jesse Ventura appointed Mr. Barkley to serve the remaining two months of the term until Senator-elect Norm Coleman, who won the 2002 general election, was installed at the beginning of the next Congress. | Dean Barkley | November 4, 2002 | Jean Carnahan | Missouri | As an appointed Senator, Jean Carnahan served only until the election of an elected successor. Ms. Carnahan lost to Mr. Talent in the 2002 general election, and so Mr. Talent was subsequently installed. | Jim Talent | November 25, 2002 | Phil Gramm | Texas | Resigned November 30, 2002 to give Senator-elect Cornyn advantageous office space. Governor Rick Perry appointed Cornyn in November 2002.[1] | John Cornyn | December 2, 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
House of Representatives
Employees
★ Architect of the Capitol: Alan M. Hantman
★ Attending Physician of the United States Congress: John F. Eisold
Senate
★ Chaplain: Lloyd John Ogilvie
★ Historian:
★ Parliamentarian:
★
★ Bob Dove
★
★ Alan Frumin
★ Secretary:
★
★ Gary Lee Sisco, January 3 - July 11, 2001
★
★ Jeri Thomson, July 12, 2001 - end
★ Sergeant at Arms:
★
★ James W. Ziglar, January 3 - September 3, 2001
★
★ Alfonso E. Lenhardt, September 4, 2001 - end
★ Secretary for the Majority:
★
★ Elizabeth B. Letchworth
★
★ Martin P. Paone
★ Secretary for the Minority:
★
★ Martin P. Paone
★
★ David J. Schiappa
House of Representatives
★ Chaplain: Daniel P. Coughlin
★ Chief Administrative Officer:James M. Eagen, III
★ Clerk: Jeff Trandahl
★ Historian: Vacant
★ Parliamentarian: Charles W. Johnson
★ Reading Clerks:
★
★ Mary Kevin Niland ''(D)''
★
★ Paul Hays ''(R)''
★ Sergeant at Arms: Wilson Livingood
★ Inspector General: Steven McNamara
References
1. Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
External links
★ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [2]
★ "MINERVA" Project - 107th Congress [3] Library of Congress web archive
★ "Thomas" Project
★ U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [4]
★ U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [5]
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