The 107th United States Congress meet during the first half of George W Bush first term, it had a very slim republican majority. It passed some extremely influential laws, amongst them Bush Tax Cuts of 2001, the PATRIOT Act, No Child Left Behind, Authorization of Force Against Terrorists (invasion of Afghanistan) and the Iraq Resolution
What if said Congress had had a slim Democratic majority? (Let’s say that the Republicans don’t win as many seats in 1994 and the Democrats close the gap little by little in 1996, 1998 and 2000) Would these acts have passed as they were or would the administration would have had to compromise significantly? Would any of them not have made it? I understand the Afghanistan resolution had only one vote against it, and the idea of action against Iraq in 2003 had considerable support, along with the fact that it would be political suicide to oppose an anti-terrorism bill so soon after 9/11, but what about the tax cuts and NCLB?
The Democrats would most likely lose their majority come 2004.