In 2001, during the 107th Congress, the Senate was divided 50–50 between Republicans and Democrats and thus Dick Cheney's tie-breaking vote gave the Republicans the Senate majority. However, as the 107th Congress was sworn in on January 3, while the president and vice president were not sworn in until the 20th, Democrats held a 51–50 majority in the Senate for the 17 days while Al Gore was still the vice president. However, no substantive legislative work was done during that time.