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107th United States Congress - Definition and Overview |
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The 107th Congress met from January 3, 2001 to January 6, 2003. Members of the 107th United States Congress as of May 2002:
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The 107th Congress passed a total of 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.
The first one, Public Law 107-1, was passed as House Joint Resolution 7 on 6 February 2001 and signed into law on 15 February by President George W. Bush. It recognized Ronald Reagan's 90th birthday.
On 19 December 2002, Bush signed H.R. 5472 into law. This was the final law signed during the 107th Congress. It was the Protection of Family Farmers Act of 2002 and extended the duration of one of the chapters of the bankruptcy code.
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Julian Dixon
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California, 32nd
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Death. Representative Dixon died on December 8, 2000.
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Diane Watson |
June 5, 2001
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| Bud Shuster |
Pennsylvania, 9th
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Resignation. Representative Shuster resigned on January 31, 2001.
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Bill Shuster |
May 15, 2001
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| Norman Sisisky |
Virginia, 4th
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Death. Representative Sisisky died on March 30, 2001.
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J. Randy Forbes |
June 19, 2001 |
| Joe Moakley |
Massachusetts, 9th
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Death. Representative Moakley died on May 28, 2001. |
Stephen F. Lynch
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October 16, 2001 |
| Asa Hutchinson |
Arkansas, 3rd
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Resignation. Representative Hutchinson resigned August 5, 2001 to head the Drug Enforcement Agency. |
John Boozman
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November 20, 2001 |
| Joe Scarborough |
Florida, 1st
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Resignation. Representative Scarborough announced his retirement, effective September 6, 2001. |
Jeff Miller
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October 16, 2001 |
| Steve Largent |
Oklahoma, 1st
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Resignation. Representative Largent resigned effective February 15, 2002 to concentrate on his campaign for Governor. |
John Sullivan
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January 8, 20021 |
| Floyd Spence |
South Carolina, 2nd
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Death. Representative Spence died on August 16, 2001. |
Joe Wilson
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December 18, 2001 |
| Jim Traficant |
Ohio, 17th
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Expulsion. Representative Traficant was expelled from the House on July 24, 2002 due to being convicted on 10 counts of bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion. |
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| Tony Hall |
Ohio, 3rd
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Resignation. Representative Hall resigned on September 9, 2002 after he was appointed to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Food & Agricultural Agencies. |
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1Representative Sullivan took office to replace Representative Largent on February 27, 2002
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Example Usage of Congress |
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terriferic: Your "Representatives" in Congress - Photo by flickr user landahlauts used under a Creative Commons license.Ever wo... http://ow.ly/160LKn |
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Krashrocks: 234 years...USMC Birthday today....Created by the Second Continental Congress at Tun Tavern in 1775...I love America! |
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melissarmcgrath: Good news. Congress is looking to expand Troops to Teachers, a great program to recruit quality teachers. http://bit.ly/2zDTPA |
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