107th United States Congress

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107th United States Congress
United States Capitol (2002)
Session:	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
President of the Senate:	Al Gore (until Jan 20, 2001) 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: 106th Congress • Next: 108th Congress

Major 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

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				Vacant	Total	Notes
		Republican Party	Democratic Party	Independent (caucused with Democrats)	Independent (caucused with neither party)
Members (shading indicates majority control)	January 32001	50	50	0	0	0	100	Al Gore (D) was Vice President of the United States, with the tie-breaking vote.
	January 202001	50	50					Dick Cheney (R) became Vice President of the United States, with the tie-breaking vote.
	June 62001	49	50	1				James Jeffords switched from Republican to Independent and caucused with Democrats.
	October 26, 2002		49			1	99	Paul Wellstone (D) died.
	November 5, 2002				1	0	100	Dean Barkley (I), who didn't caucus with either party, took Wellstone's seat.
	November 25 2002	50	48					Jim Talent (R) took Jean Carnahan's (D) seat, but there was no reorganization as Senate was out of session.

House of Representatives

		Affiliation				Vacant	Total	Notes
		Republican	Independent (caucused with Republicans)	Independent (caucused with Democrats)	Democratic
Members (shading indicates majority control)	January 32001	221	1	1	211	1	434	Julian Dixon (D) died before the beginning of Congress
	2001-01-31	220				2	433	Bud Shuster (R) resigned
	2001-03-30				210	3	432	Norman Sisisky (D) died
	2001-05-15	221				2	433	Bill Shuster (R) took his father's seat
	2001-05-28				209	3	432	Joe Moakley (D) died
	2001-06-05				210	2	433	Diane Watson (D) took Dixon's seat
	2001-06-05	222				1	434	J. Randy Forbes (R) took Sisisky's seat
	2001-08-05	221				2	433	Asa Hutchinson (R) resigned
	2001-08-16	220				3	432	Floyd Spence (R) died
	2001-09-06	219				4	431	Joe Scarborough (R) resigned
	2001-10-16	220			211	2	433	Stephen F. Lynch (D) took Moakley's seat Jeff Miller (R) took Scarborough's seat
	2001-11-20	221				1	434	John Boozman (R) took Hutchinson's seat
	2001-12-18	222				0	435	Joe Wilson (R) took Spence's seat
	2002-07-24				210	1	434	Jim Traficant (D) expelled
	2002-09-09				209	2	433	Tony P. Hall (D) resigned
	2002-09-28				208	3	432	Patsy Mink (D) died
	2002-11-30				209	2	433	Ed Case (D) took Mink's seat
Latest voting share		51.5%		48.5%		Two seats remained vacant until the end of Congress

Officers

Senate

Office		Officer	Party	State	Note	President	Al Gore	Democratic	Tennessee	January 3 – 20, 2001	Dick Cheney	Republican	Wyoming	January 20, 2001 – end	President pro tempore	Robert Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	January 3 – 20, 2001	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina	January 20 – June 6, 2001	Robert Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	June 6, 2001 – end	Majority Leader	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota	January 3 – 20, 2001	Trent Lott	Republican	Mississippi	January 20 – June 6, 2001	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota	June 6, 2001 – end	Minority Leader	Trent Lott	Republican	Mississippi	January 3 – 20, 2001	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota	January 20 – June 6, 2001	Trent Lott	Republican	Mississippi	June 6, 2001 – end	Majority Whip	Harry Reid	Democratic	Nevada	January 3 – 20, 2001	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	January 20 – June 6, 2001	Harry Reid	Democratic	Nevada	June 6, 2001 – end	Minority Whip	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	January 3 – 20, 2001	Harry Reid	Democratic	Nevada	January 20 – June 6, 2001	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	June 6, 2001 – end

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

Senator		Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office	Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	3	1987	Jeff Sessions	Republican	Mobile	2	1997	Ted Stevens	Republican	Alaska	Girdwood	2	1969	Frank Murkowski	Republican	Fairbanks	3	1981	John McCain	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	3	1987	Jon Kyl	Republican	Phoenix	1	1995	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	Arkansas	Bentonville	2	1997	Blanche Lincoln	Democrat	Helena	3	1999	Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	California	San Francisco	1	1992	Barbara Boxer	Democrat	Greenbrae	3	1993	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Republican	Colorado	Ignacio	3	1993	Wayne Allard	Republican	Loveland	2	1997	Christopher Dodd	Democrat	Connecticut	East Haddam	3	1981	Joseph Lieberman	Democrat	New Haven	1	1989	Joe Biden	Democrat	Delaware	Wilmington	2	1973	Thomas Carper	Democrat	Wilmington	1	2001	Bob Graham	Democrat	Florida	Miami Lakes	3	1987	Bill Nelson	Democrat	Orlando	1	2001	Max Cleland	Democrat	Georgia	Lithonia	2	1997	Zell Miller	Democrat	Young Harris	3	2000	Daniel Inouye	Democrat	Hawaii	Honolulu	3	1963	Daniel Akaka	Democrat	Honolulu	1	1991	Larry Craig	Republican	Idaho	Eagle	2	1991	Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho Falls	3	1999	Richard Durbin	Democrat	Illinois	Springfield	2	1997	Peter Fitzgerald	Republican	Inverness	3	1999	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	Indianapolis	1	1977	Evan Bayh	Democrat	Indianapolis	3	1999	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	New Hartford	3	1981	Tom Harkin	Democrat	Cumming	2	1985	Sam Brownback	Republican	Kansas	Topeka	3	1997	Pat Roberts	Republican	Dodge City	2	1997	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	Louisville	2	1985	Jim Bunning	Republican	Southgate	3	1999	John Breaux	Democrat	Louisiana	Crowley	3	1987	Mary Landrieu	Democrat	New Orleans	2	1997	Olympia Snowe	Republican	Maine	Auburn	1	1995	Susan Collins	Republican	Bangor	2	1997	Paul Sarbanes	Democrat	Maryland	Baltimore	1	1977	Barbara Mikulski	Democrat	Baltimore	3	1987	Edward Kennedy	Democrat	Massachusetts	Hyannis Port	1	1962	John Kerry	Democrat	Boston	2	1985	Carl Levin	Democrat	Michigan	Detroit	2	1979	Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	Lansing	1	2001	Paul Wellstone	Democrat	Minnesota	Saint Paul	2	1991 (died October 25, 2002	Dean Barkley	Independent	Annandale	installed November 4, 2002	Mark Dayton	Democrat	Minneapolis	1	2001	Thad Cochran	Republican	Mississippi	Jackson	2	1979	Trent Lott	Republican	Pascagoula	1	1989	Kit Bond	Republican	Missouri	Mexico	3	1987	Jean Carnahan	Democrat	Rolla	1	2001	Max Baucus	Democrat	Montana	Helena	2	1979	Conrad Burns	Republican	Billings	1	1989	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Nebraska	Omaha	2	1997	Ben Nelson	Democrat	Omaha	1	2001	Harry Reid	Democrat	Nevada	Searchlight	3	1987	John Ensign	Republican	Las Vegas	1	2001	Bob Smith	Republican	New Hampshire	Tuftonboro	2	1990	Judd Gregg	Republican	Rye	3	1993	Robert Torricelli	Democrat	New Jersey	New Milford	2	1997	Jon Corzine	Democrat	Hoboken	1	2001	Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	Albuquerque	2	1973	Jeff Bingaman	Democrat	Santa Fe	1	1983	Charles Schumer	Democrat	New York	Brooklyn	3	1999	Hillary Clinton	Democrat	Chappaqua	1	2001	Jesse Helms	Republican	North Carolina	Raleigh	2	1973	John Edwards	Democrat	Raleigh	3	1999	Kent Conrad	Democrat	North Dakota	Bismarck	1	1987	Byron Dorgan	Democrat	Bismarck	3	1993	Mike DeWine	Republican	Ohio	Cedarville	1	1995	George Voinovich	Republican	Cleveland	3	1999	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	Ponca City	3	1981	James Inhofe	Republican	Tulsa	2	1995	Ron Wyden	Democrat	Oregon	Portland	3	1997	Gordon Smith	Republican	Pendleton	2	1997	Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3	1981	Rick Santorum	Republican	Penn Hills	1	1995	Jack Reed	Democrat	Rhode Island	Cranston	2	1997	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	Warwick	1	1999	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina	Edgefield	2	1954	Ernest Hollings	Democrat	Charleston	3	1966	Tom Daschle	Democrat	South Dakota	Aberdeen	3	1987	Tim Johnson	Democrat	Vermillion	2	1997	Fred Thompson	Republican	Tennessee	Nashville	2	1994	Bill Frist	Republican	Nashville	1	1995	Phil Gramm	Republican	Texas	College Station	2	1985	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Dallas	1	1993	Orrin Hatch	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	1	1977	Robert Bennett	Republican	Salt Lake City	3	1993	Patrick Leahy	Democrat	Vermont	Middlesex	3	1975	James Jeffords	Republican (left Republican party June 5, 2001)	Shrewsbury	1	1989	Independent (from June 6, 2001)	John Warner	Republican	Virginia	Alexandria	2	1979	George Allen	Republican	Mount Vernon	1	2001	Patty Murray	Democrat	Washington	Seattle	3	1993	Maria Cantwell	Democrat	Edmonds	1	2001	Robert Byrd	Democrat	West Virginia	Sophia	1	1959	Jay Rockefeller	Democrat	Charleston	2	1985	Herbert Kohl	Democrat	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1	1989	Russ Feingold	Democrat	Middleton	3	1993	Craig Thomas	Republican	Wyoming	Casper	1	1995	Michael Enzi	Republican	Gillette	2	1997

House of Representatives

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.

Alabama . Sonny Callahan (R) of Mobile . Terry Everett (R) of Rehobeth . Bob Riley (R) of Ashland . Robert Aderholt (R) of Haleyville . Robert E. Cramer (D) of Huntsville . Spencer Bachus (R) of Vestavia Hills . Earl F. Hilliard (D) of Birmingham Alaska Don Young (R) of Fort Yukon Arizona . Jeff Flake (R) of Mesa . Ed Pastor (D) of Phoenix . Bob Stump (R) of Tolleson . John Shadegg (R) of Phoenix . Jim Kolbe (R) of Tucson . J.D. Hayworth (R) of Scottsdale Arkansas . Marion Berry (D) of Gillett . Vic Snyder (D) of Little Rock . John Boozman (R) of Rogers, installed November 20, 2001 Vacant, August 6, 2001 - November 19, 2001 Asa Hutchinson (R) of Bentonville, resigned August 5, 2001 . Mike Ross (D) of Prescott California . Mike Thompson (D) of Napa Valley . Wally Herger (R) of Marysville . Doug Ose (R) of Sacramento . John Doolittle (R) of Rocklin . Robert Matsui (D) of Sacramento . Lynn Woolsey (D) of Petaluma . George Miller (D) of Martinez . Nancy Pelosi (D) of San Francisco . Barbara Lee (D) of Oakland . Ellen Tauscher (D) of Alamo . Richard Pombo (R) of Tracy . Tom Lantos (D) of San Mateo . Pete Stark (D) of Fremont . Anna Eshoo (D) of Atherton . Mike Honda (D) of San Jose . Zoe Lofgren (D) of San Jose . Sam Farr (D) of Carmel . Gary Condit (D) of Ceres . George Radanovich (R) of Mariposa . Cal Dooley (D) of Fresno . Bill Thomas (R) of Bakersfield . Lois Capps (D) of Santa Barbara . Elton Gallegly (R) of Simi Valley . Brad Sherman (D) of Sherman Oaks . Howard McKeon (R) of Santa Clarita . Howard Berman (D) of Mission Hills . Adam Schiff (D) of Burbank . David Dreier (R) of San Dimas . Henry Waxman (D) of Los Angeles . Xavier Becerra (D) of Los Angeles . Hilda Solis (D) of El Monte . Diane Watson (D) of Los Angeles, installed June 5, 2001 Vacant, January 3, 2001 - June 4, 2001 . Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) of Los Angeles . Grace Napolitano (D) of Norwalk . Maxine Waters (D) of Los Angeles . Jane Harman (D) of Venice . Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) of Carson . John S. Horn (R) of Long Beach . Edward R. Royce (R) of Fullerton . Jerry Lewis (R) of Redlands . Gary Miller (R) of Diamond Bar . Joe Baca (D) of Rialto . Ken Calvert (R) of Corona . Mary Bono (R) of Palm Springs . Dana Rohrabacher (R) of Huntington Beach . Loretta Sanchez (D) of Anaheim . Chris Cox (R) of Newport Beach . Darrell Issa (R) of Vista . Susan Davis (D) of San Diego . Bob Filner (D) of San Diego . Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R) of Del Mar . Duncan Hunter (R) of Alpine Colorado . Diana DeGette (D) of Denver . Mark Udall (D) of Boulder . Scott McInnis (R) of Glenwood Springs . Bob Schaffer (R) of Fort Collins . Joel Hefley (R) of Colorado Springs . Thomas G. Tancredo (R) of Littleton Connecticut . John Larson (D) of East Hartford . Rob Simmons (R) of Mystic . Rosa DeLauro (D) of New Haven . Christopher Shays (R) of Bridgeport . James H. Maloney (D) of Danbury . Nancy Johnson (R) of New Britain Delaware Michael N. Castle (R) of Wilmington Florida . Jeff Miller (R) of Chumuckla, installed October 16, 2001 Vacant, September 7, 2001 - October 15, 2001 Joe Scarborough (R) of Pensacola, resigned September 6, 2001 . Allen Boyd (D) of Monticello . Corrine Brown (D) of Jacksonville .