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For the United States, 2001 ended as it began--in tumult. The year began on the heels of a controversial presidential election, with control of Congress split almost evenly between the two major political parties. Republicans controlled the Senate only by virtue of the vice president's tie breaking vote and the House of Representatives by only a few seats. The record-setting economy of the 1990s appeared to be contracting, and the energy crisis gripping California seemed like a prologue to a nationwide energy crisis.
In a matter of months, Democrats gained control of the Senate, the economy officially entered recession, and the California energy crisis subsided. ...