 October 6 - Congress Struggles to Quit, But Does Not Finish |
| October 6 - Last-Minute Appropriations Bill Tripped Up |
| October 6 - On Foreign Aid, More Stumbling Blocks |
| October 6 - Reagan Shuts Government; Democrats Object |
| October 6 - Abortion, School Prayer: Labor-HHS Money Conferees Fail to Settle Social Questions |
| October 6 - Will Consider Again Oct. 9: Senate Fails to Finish Action On Public Debt Ceiling Hike |
| October 6 - House Approves Cost-of-Living Hike |
| October 6 - Last-Minute Maneuvering: House OKs Budget Measure; Avoids Constitution Change |
| October 6 - Labor Secretary Takes Temporary Leave: Charges Traded Over Donovan Indictment |
| October 6 - Late Bid to OK Conservation Corps |
| October 6 - Senate-House Differences Threaten Road Bill |
| October 6 - For Afghan Rebels, Votes of Support |
| October 6 - Rewards Program Set: Congress Moves to Boost Aid To Protect Embassies Overseas |
| October 6 - Emotional Issue on Capitol Hill: Panel Tones Down Demand to Move Embassy |
| October 6 - Budget Resolution Adopted: Congress Wraps Up Deficit-Reduction Efforts |
| October 6 - 'Grove City' Rights Bill Shelved by Senate |
| October 6 - Rights Bill: Packwood, Baker Play Key Roles |
| October 6 - Senate Rules Barely Survive Rights Fight |
| October 6 - GOP Scramble On for Senate Leadership Jobs |
| October 6 - GOP Leadership Ladder |
| October 6 - Unsnarling the Senate's 'Jungle of Confusion' |
| October 6 - The Authorization Bill: A Series of Small Cuts |
| October 6 - Career Intelligence Officers Only: Goldwater, Moynihan Seeking New Rule on Future CIA Chiefs |
| October 6 - Some Senators Reluctant to Leave Panel |
| October 6 - Antitrust Law Eased for Joint Research |
| October 6 - Congress Clears Bill Banning Record Rentals |
| October 6 - Volatile Social Issues Divide Reagan, Mondale |
| October 6 - Reagan Makes Crime a Campaign Issue |
| October 6 - Changes Almost Certain in Next Four Years: Shaping the Supreme Court for a Generation |
| October 6 - Superfund Bill Doomed: RCRA Rewrite Strengthens Hazardous Waste Protections |
| October 6 - Safe Drinking Water Legislation |
| October 6 - Administration Opposes Bill: Congress Clears Relief Bill for Timber Firms |
| October 6 - House Passes Ocean Dumping Bill |
| October 6 - Bill Tells VA to Set Agent Orange Guidelines |
| October 6 - Veterans' Health-Care Bill Clears |
| October 6 - Indian Health |
| October 6 - National Archives |
| October 6 - NOAA Authorization |
| October 6 - $400 Hammer Provided Impetus: Spare-Parts-Procurement Bill Seeks to Increase Competition |
| October 6 - Senate Clears FOIA Exemption Bill |
| October 6 - Education Bill Advanced After Prayer Omitted |
| October 6 - Updating Programs, Training Disadvantaged: Congress Completes Action On Vocational Education Bill |
| October 6 - Boggs Easily Wins Re-election in Louisiana |
| October 6 - 1984-85 Term Begins: Court Tackles Wide Array Of First Amendment Issues |
| October 6 - Administration Views Prevail: Conferees on Trade Bill Agree To Free Trade, Steel Provisions |
| October 6 - Conferees Deadlock on Export Bill |
| October 6 - Anti-Crime Package Headed for Final Action |
| October 6 - Immigration Bill Agreement Near |
| October 6 - Controversy Flares Unexpectedly: Patent 'Housekeeping' Bill Draws Drug Makers' Protests |
| October 6 - Opposed to Equal Employment Provision: Senate Conservatives Block House-Passed Cable TV Bill |
| October 6 - Public Broadcast Bill Cleared for Reagan |
| October 6 - Auto Theft Bill Passed |
| October 6 - Congress Speeds Recall of Dangerous Toys |
| October 6 - HUD Amendments Cleared |
| October 6 - Park Ride Inspections |
| October 6 - Drug Funding Dropped: Congress Passes Compromise Organ Transplant Legislation |
| October 6 - Alcohol, Drug Bill Clears |
| October 6 - Health Reauthorization Bills Near Passage |
| October 6 - Nutrition Surveys Rejected |
| October 6 - House Passes Striped Bass Bill |
| October 6 - Wetlands Measure Cleared |
| October 6 - Wilderness Bills Cleared |
| October 6 - Aid to Libraries Cleared |
| October 6 - Florida 10th District Runoff |
| October 6 - Head Start Extension |
| October 6 - Medicare Payments for Hospice Care |
| October 6 - Study of 'Fire-Safe' Cigarettes |
| October 6 - Trademark Definition Clarified |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Reagan vs. Mondale: The Middle of an Era |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Turnout Hopes Fade: Democrats Fight the Numbers In 1984 Presidential Contest |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Presidential Elections State-By-State Outlook |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Democratic Hopes Set on Senate: GOP Seeks House Windfall In Reagan's Presidential Vote |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Wrap-up of 1984 Senate Races |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Alabama |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Alaska |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Arizona |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Arkansas |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: California |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Colorado |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Connecticut |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Delaware |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Florida |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Georgia |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Hawaii |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Idaho |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Illinois |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Indiana |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Iowa |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Kansas |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Kentucky |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Louisiana |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Maine |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Maryland |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Massachusetts |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Michigan |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Minnesota |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Mississippi |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Missouri |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Montana |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Nebraska |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Nevada |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: New Hampshire |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: New Jersey |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: New Mexico |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: New York |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: North Carolina |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: North Dakota |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Ohio |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Oklahoma |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Oregon |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Pennsylvania |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Rhode Island |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: South Carolina |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: South Dakota |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Tennessee |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Texas |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Utah |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Vermont |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Virginia |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Washington |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: West Virginia |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Wisconsin |
| October 13 - CQ Elections '84 -- Congressional Outlook: Wyoming |
| October 13 - The 98th Congress Jerks and Grinds to a Finish |
| October 13 - Politics Prods Congress to Clear Money Bill |
| October 13 - The 'Contra' Aid Ban: A Question of Timing |
| October 13 - Labor, Health Spending Bill Clears |
| October 13 - Home-Rule Issue Resolved; Embassy Renamed: D.C. Money Included in Catchall Spending Bill |
| October 13 - Baker Frustrated by Delays: Senate Has to Vote Two Times To Clear Debt Ceiling Increase |
| October 13 - Miscellaneous Tax Measures Cleared |
| October 13 - Sponsors Assessing 1985 Outlook: Immigration Reform Bill Dies As Compromise Efforts Fail |
| October 13 - Congress Addresses Supreme Court Ruling: Local Governments Given Antitrust Shield |
| October 13 - Congress Renews Attorneys' Fee Law |
| October 13 - The First Two Debates: Mondale Outpoints Reagan; Ferraro and Bush Break Even |
| October 13 - Promise of Support Voted: Conservatives in Senate Block Approval of Genocide Treaty |
| October 13 - Panel Reports on 'Death Squads' |
| October 13 - On Defense Appropriations, Final Jockeying |
| October 13 - Preparing the Reserves for Combat |
| October 13 - Moratorium Imposed on Rare Fetal Research |
| October 13 - Congress Clears Health Professionals Bill |
| October 13 - Members Add Special Programs: Head Start Bill Cleared After Energy Aid Pact Is Reached |
| October 13 - Folded Into Adult, Bilingual Education Bill: Congress Again Protects Federal Impact Aid |
| October 13 - More Funds for Disabled Authorized |
| October 13 - Block Grant Proposal Shelved: Five-Year Vocational Education Authorization Clears Congress |
| October 13 - Coastal Revenue Sharing Blocked |
| October 13 - Synfuels Program Survives; Funding Reduced |
| October 13 - Patent Law Changes, State Justice Institute OK'd: Computer Chips Protected, Trademark Statute Clarified |
| October 13 - Congress Clears Revised Conservation Corps |
| October 13 - Merit Pay In, Pay Equity Out of Pension Bill |
| October 13 - High Court Ducks Reorganization Cases: Congress OKs Bill Affirming Reorganizations |
| October 13 - Infrastructure Study |
| October 13 - Veterans' Benefits |
| October 13 - Volatile Polls May Show Gain for Mondale |
| October 13 - Candidates Focus on Costs, Saving Medicare |
| October 13 - Private vs. Public Sector: Reagan and Mondale at Odds Over Jobs, Unions, Pay Issues |
| October 13 - Social Security Re-emerges As Potent Issue |
| October 13 - Court Tackles Range of Church-State Issues |
| October 13 - Reagan-Mondale Debate on Domestic Issues: Oct. 7, 1984 |
| October 13 - Most Action Since 1964: Millions of Acres in 20 States Win Wilderness Protection |
| October 13 - Colorado Salinity Bill Cleared |
| October 13 - Safe Drinking Water Bill Dies |
| October 13 - Striped Bass Bill Cleared |
| October 13 - Equal Employment Compromise: Moribund Cable TV Measure Is Revived, Revised, Cleared |
| October 13 - Highway Bill Conferees Stalemated |
| October 13 - Wide-Ranging Trade Package Clears Congress |
| October 13 - 'An Exercise in Frustration': Export Controls Act Thwarted By a Standoff on Capitol Hill |
| October 13 - Adolescents and Family-Life Programs |
| October 13 - Health Promotion, Technology Assessment |
| October 13 - Hospice Payments, Foster Care |
| October 13 - Intelligence Bill |
| October 13 - Licensing of Commercial Space Launches |
| October 13 - Preventive Health Grants |
| October 13 - Maritime Programs Reauthorized |
| October 13 - Patent Bill Amended, Cleared |
| October 13 - Social Security COLA Assured |
| October 13 - Truck Safety Bill Cleared |
| October 20 - Foreign Relations' Percy: On Political Tightrope |
| October 20 - Foreign Relations Committee: No Sanctuary |
| October 20 - Signs of Change? The Battle for Realignment: Clues from House Campaigns |
| October 20 - Fighting for the 'Under-30's': Youth Vote for Reagan Troubles Democrats |
| October 20 - Some Have Been Struck Down: Ballot Initiatives Encounter Greater Scrutiny by Courts |
| October 20 - 98th Congress, Second Session Legislative Summary: Thorny Legacy Left for 99th Congress |
| October 20 - Second Session Summary |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: AGRICULTURE |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: APPROPRIATIONS |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: BANKING/COMMERCE |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: CONGRESS |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: DEFENSE |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: EDUCATION |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: ENERGY |
| October 20 - Final Days Create Legislative Supermarket Members Arrange to Bring Back the Bacon |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: ENVIRONMENT |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: FOREIGN POLICY |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: HEALTH |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: HOUSING/DEVELOPMENT |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: LABOR |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: LAW/JUDICIARY |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: TRADE |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: TRANSPORTATION |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: VETERANS |
| October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: WELFARE |
| October 20 - Bush-Ferraro Vice Presidential Debate: Oct. 11, 1984 |
| October 20 - Deadlock on Energy Conservation |
| October 20 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bill Cleared |
| October 20 - Stopgap Measure Was Biggest, Most Complex |
| October 20 - $1.5 Billion for MX Not Counted: Holding to Agreed-on Ceiling, Conferees Craft Defense Bill |
| October 20 - Military Construction: Differences Are Split |
| October 20 - Foreign Aid: Despite Disputes, Reagan Gets Most of the Items on Wish List |
| October 20 - Foreign Aid Appropriations, Fiscal 1985 |
| October 20 - Supporters of Africa Aid Dismayed |
| October 20 - Most International Bank Money Survives |
| October 20 - DOT, Related Agencies: Transportation Funding Is Set At $11.6 Billion for Fiscal '85 |
| October 20 - Fiscal 1985 Transportation Funds |
| October 20 - Agriculture Funding Included in Stopgap Bill |
| October 20 - Labor, Health and Human Services: 104.6 Billion Social Spending Measure Clears |
| October 20 - Labor-HHS-Education Funding |
| October 20 - $25 Million for Staff Training: Child Abuse Reports Prompt Congress to Add New Funds |
| October 20 - Mail Subsidy Approved: Treasury-Post Office Funding Set At $12.8 Billion for FY '85 |
| October 20 - Fourth Year in a Row: Interior Funding Provisions Renew Offshore Leasing Bans |
| October 20 - Major Changes in Many Areas: Enactment of Crime Package Culmination of 11-Year Effort |
| October 20 - Embassy Security, Nantucket Lighthouse: Emergency Appropriation: A Mix of Measures |
| October 20 - Spending Totals in Stopgap Money Bill |
| October 20 - Coast Guard Authorization Cleared |
| October 20 - Collyer Named NLRB Counsel |
| October 20 - Court Takes Two More Church-State Cases |
| October 20 - Library Aid Reauthorized |
| October 20 - Reagan Vetoes Indian Reimbursement Bill |
| October 20 - Presidential Leadership the Key to Victory |
| October 20 - Congress and the Country: GOP Challengers Find PACs Wary This Year |
| October 27 - Loyal Republicans and Free-Lance Democrats |
| October 27 - Scathing Attacks Dominate Campaign Alabama: McRight vs. Callahan |
| October 27 - Pulling the Party Lever Connecticut: Ratchford vs. Rowland |
| October 27 - Urban Democrat Battles Suburban Republican Kansas: Reardon vs. Meyers |
| October 27 - Taking Care of the Energy Interests Oklahoma: Jones vs. Keating |
| October 27 - Who Is the Real Outsider? Pennsylvania: Ritter vs. Wells-Schooley |
| October 27 - Vying for the Rural Vote Arizona: McNulty vs. Kolbe |
| October 27 - In the Farm Crisis Country Iowa: Lightfoot vs. Fitzgerald |
| October 27 - PAC Contributions Up 46 Percent: Campaign Spending Could Top $400 Million |
| October 27 - Millions Spent in '83-'84 in Top 10 Congressional Races |
| October 27 - Efforts Matched by GOP: Democratic Turnout Drive Could Fall Short |
| October 27 - U.S. Population and Turnout, 1972-84 |
| October 27 - Can Reagan Win With Congress? President's Leadership Style and Split in GOP Ranks Are Key to Second-Term Success |
| October 27 - Second-Term Success Has Eluded Presidents |
| October 27 - Reagan's Relationship With Congress Was Both Up and Down in First Term |
| October 27 - Key is Presidential Backing: Wholesale Tax Reform Faces A Rough Congressional Road |
| October 27 - Taxing Issues: The Major Plans Compared |
| October 27 - Arguments Also Near on Ford Memoirs Case: Court to Hear Draft Case, Weigh Sabbath-Off Dispute |
| October 27 - The East Lost, West Benefited: Big Water Project Bills Died But Smaller Ones Cleared |
| October 27 - 1984 Partisanship More Rhetoric Than Voting |
| October 27 - Scores Up in House: Congress' Backing for Reagan Declines Only Slightly in 1984 |
| October 27 - Ground Rules for CQ Presidential Support-Opposition |
| October 27 - Presidential Support and Opposition: House |
| October 27 - Presidential Support and Opposition: Senate |
| October 27 - Party Unity: Congress' Partisanship Drops Despite Hot Electoral Rhetoric |
| October 27 - Party Unity and Party Opposition: House |
| October 27 - Party Unity and Party Opposition: Senate |
| October 27 - 9 of 10 Votes: Voting Participation Stays High Despite Election Campaigning |
| October 27 - Voting Participation Scores: Senate |
| October 27 - Voting Participation Scores: House |
| October 27 - Coalition Vote Study: Conservative Strength Still High for Fourth Reagan Year |
| October 27 - Conservative Coalition Support and Opposition: Senate |
| October 27 - Conservative Coalition Support and Opposition: House |
| October 27 - Brings Total to 31: President Vetoes Four Bills, Including Public Broadcasting |
| October 27 - Reagan-Mondale, Round 2: No Clear-Cut Win |
| October 27 - Candidates Debate on Defense, Foreign Policy |
| October 27 - Indian Health, CPB, NOAA: President Vetoes Five Bills Passed by the 98th Congress |
