107th United States Congress

107th United States Congress
106th ←
→ 108th

January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic
(until January 20, 2001)
Republican
(Jan 20, 2001 – Jun 6, 2001)
Democratic
(from June 6, 2001)
Senate PresidentAl Gore (D)[a]
(until January 20, 2001)
Dick Cheney (R)
(from January 20, 2001)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerDennis 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
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.
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 third 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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