 August 6 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Health Care Comes Front and Center |
| August 6 - With Outcome Still Uncertain, Members Face Critical Vote |
| August 6 - Mitchell's Arm-Twisting Efforts Focus On 10 'Undecided' Democrats |
| August 6 - FLOOR SCHEDULE |
| August 6 - Mitchell Aims for 95 Percent |
| August 6 - Contentious Health Care Debate Puts Gephardt Style to Stiff Test |
| August 6 - Judiciary Panel OKs Provisions On Malpractice, Antitrust |
| August 6 - Clinton Health Care Overhaul Compared With Other Major Plans |
| August 6 - 'King of the Hill' |
| August 6 - A Walk Through the Capitol Illustrates Safety Concerns |
| August 6 - Highlights of Compliance Bill |
| August 6 - REORGANIZATION: New Procedural Proposals Are Weak, Says GOP |
| August 6 - Negotiators Attempting To Deal On Gifts, Campaign Finance |
| August 6 - COMPENSATION: Court Backs Pay Raise |
| August 6 - ETHICS: Rostenkowski's Lawyers Say Constitution Shields Him |
| August 6 - Stories Conflict, Tempers Flare In Marathon Week of Hearings |
| August 6 - Troublesome Talks: A Chronology Of White House-Treasury Contacts |
| August 6 - SECURITIES: Stock Exchange Bill Passes House |
| August 6 - TRADE: Senate Finance OKs GATT Pact, Drops Fast-Track Extension |
| August 6 - BANKING: House Approves Interstate, Community Lending Bills |
| August 6 - Despite Advances, Superfund Heads for More Hurdles |
| August 6 - Key Differences in the Bills |
| August 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Competing Voices in Bell Debate Are Coming in Loud and Clear |
| August 6 - TRANSPORTATION: Congress Prepares To Lighten Truckers' Regulatory Load |
| August 6 - PRODUCT LIABILITY: Small-Airplane Bill Cleared |
| August 6 - COMMERCE: House Bill Gives New Boost To Maritime Subsidies |
| August 6 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: Clinton, Congress Strain to Limit Unfunded Federal Mandates |
| August 6 - ENVIRONMENT: Taking a New Road To Mining Reform |
| August 6 - Indoor Air Quality Proposal Gains Subcommittee OK |
| August 6 - COMMUNICATIONS: More Funds OK'd For FCC |
| August 6 - TRANSPORTATION: Panel Switches High-Speed Rail To Slower Funding Track |
| August 6 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Conferees Agree To Cut Federal Payment |
| August 6 - ENERGY: Alternative Energy Gets a Boost |
| August 6 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Cut Nuclear Reactor From Energy and Water Bill |
| August 6 - AGRICULTURE: Custom Puts Farmers at Odds With Seed Breeders and Law |
| August 6 - ENVIRONMENT: Panel Approves Bill On Small Landfills |
| August 6 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: Panel Reauthorizes JFK Commission |
| August 6 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: Senate Panel Renews, Revises Paperwork Reduction Act |
| August 6 - AGRICULTURE: House Passes Bill To Overhaul Crop Insurance Program |
| August 6 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Offers Small Business Relaxed Securities Rules |
| August 6 - SECTION NOTES: Fusion Research Bill Advances in House |
| August 6 - SECTION NOTES: House Measure OKs Trust To Run the Presidio |
| August 6 - SECTION NOTES: Telemarketing Bill Targets Scams |
| August 6 - Effects of Costly Crime Bill Will Be Tough To Measure |
| August 6 - The Latest Untouchable Fund |
| August 6 - Candidates Embrace Crime Issue |
| August 6 - Assault Weapons Ban, Death Penalty Stall House Action on Crime Bill |
| August 6 - Senate Passes School Aid Bill But Shifts Funding Formula |
| August 6 - Changing the Formula (chart) |
| August 6 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Sarokin Appears Before Panel |
| August 6 - Home -State Interests Prevail As Ethanol Rule Squeaks By |
| August 6 - Corn Growers Preserve Earmark Energy Rule |
| August 6 - Food Stamp Experiments Spark Welfare Debate |
| August 6 - Assistance Experiments |
| August 6 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Rejects Cutbacks For Public Broadcasting |
| August 6 - HEALTH: Orphan Drug Bill Gets Panel OK |
| August 6 - Bill Aims To Protect Religious Freedom |
| August 6 - INDIAN AFFAIRS: Panel Approves Bill To Toughen Indian Child-Protection Act |
| August 6 - VETERANS: House Approves Veterans' Bills |
| August 6 - House Decisively Approves Modest Foreign Aid Bill |
| August 6 - Foreign Aid and Favored Nations |
| August 6 - Foreign Aid Spending (chart) |
| August 6 - CORRECTION: Defense Funding |
| August 6 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes To Investigate 1974 Disappearances |
| August 6 - SECTION NOTES: Military Construction Bill Nears Final Approval |
| August 6 - Election May Steer Oklahoma Onto a New Political Course |
| August 6 - CAMPAIGN '94: Crowded Governor's Race Highlights Alaska Vote |
| August 6 - CAMPAIGN '94: Despite Public Ire, Insiders Still Have Winning Ways |
| August 6 - Deep Pockets Win Nominations For Senate, Governorship |
| August 6 - It's the 'Year of the Incumbent' As 3 Women Lose Narrowly |
| August 6 - Wheat Makes State History With Senate Primary Win |
| August 6 - KANSAS: Rep. Slattery, Graves Nominated In Gubernatorial Primaries |
| August 6 - REDISTRICTING: North Carolina Map Upheld |
| August 6 - CONVENTIONS: Democrats Return To Windy City |
| August 6 - CORRECTION: Basha Party |
| August 6 - CORRECTION: Republican Turnout |
| August 6 - FILINGS: Gorton's Seat a Little Safer As Filing Deadline Passes |
| August 6 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Calls for Hill Action On Crime, Health Care Bills |
| August 6 - Aug. 2 Kansas, Michigan, Missouri Primary Results (charts) |
| August 6 - HOUSE VOTES 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, |
| August 6 - Public Laws |
| August 6 - SENATE VOTES 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, |
| August 6 - Status of Major Legislation: 103rd Congress - 2nd Session |
| August 6 - Status of Appropriations: 103rd |
| August 6 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Tradition of Frustration Will Greet Rivlin |
| August 13 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Congressional Agendas Full of Uncertainty |
| August 13 - Democrats' Defeat Raises Specter of Gridlock |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Rep. Reynolds Denies Sexual Allegations |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Rep. Tucker Indicted On Bribery Charges |
| August 13 - House Strongly Backs Bill To End Hill's Exemptions |
| August 13 - Election Commission Undercuts Tough Personal Use Rules |
| August 13 - WHITEWATER: Schedule for Hearings Is Unclear As Starr Takes Over Probe |
| August 13 - CORRECTION: Whitewater |
| August 13 - House Upholds Favored Status For China, Rejects Sanctions |
| August 13 - FEDERAL SPENDING: Commission Moves Carefully On Entitlement Cuts |
| August 13 - THE BUDGET: House OKs Procedural Change To Spending Comparisons |
| August 13 - BANKING: Bill Redistributes Unclaimed Funds |
| August 13 - BANKING: Community Lending Bill Clears; Interstate Branching Held Up |
| August 13 - Senate Sponsors Reinforce Communications Bill |
| August 13 - Highlights of Revised Bill |
| August 13 - TRANSPORTATION: Bill Would Extend Smoking Ban |
| August 13 - 'Retrospective' Tax Proposal Snarls Superfund Rewrite |
| August 13 - CORRECTION: Unfunded mandates |
| August 13 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: Panel Approves Mandates Bill |
| August 13 - TRANSPORTATION: Stage Is Set for Battle Over Highway Bill |
| August 13 - Panel Attempts To Balance Fishing Industry Rules |
| August 13 - ENVIRONMENT: Committee Endorses EPA Study Of Indoor Air Pollution |
| August 13 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Bills Would Ensure Wiretap Access |
| August 13 - TRANSPORTATION: Airport Funding Measure Heads to President |
| August 13 - COMMERCE: Bill To Help High-Tech Business Snagged on Two Provisions |
| August 13 - COMMERCE: Senate Panel OKs SBA Renewal |
| August 13 - ENVIRONMENT: Bills Seek Uniform Protection For U.S. Wildlife Refuges |
| August 13 - Bill Seeks Impact Studies For Future Trade Deals |
| August 13 - ENVIRONMENT: Panel Moves To Stem Poaching Of Rhinos and Tigers |
| August 13 - ENVIRONMENT: Senate Passes Bill On Waste Hauling |
| August 13 - ENERGY: House Passes Bill Easing Oil Law |
| August 13 - SPACE: House OKs Checks on Russia In Space Station Venture |
| August 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: Few Sparks Fly as Congress Clears Energy Bill |
| August 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Approves D.C. Budget |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: 'Made in America' Hotline Passes House |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: House Authorizes Programs On Railroad Safety |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Finally Clears FTC Reauthorization |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Votes To Extend Life Of JFK Commission |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: U.S.-Built Ships Would Be A Must for Cruise Lines |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Bills on Space Agency Grants, Bumper Safety Win Approval |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Maritime Authorization Gets Panel Approval |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Panel OKs Plan To Find Jobs For FBI Fingerprint Workers |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Republicans State Objections As Bill on Lead Advances |
| August 13 - Clinton, Democrats Scramble To Save Anti-Crime Bill |
| August 13 - For Some Republicans, a Tough Call |
| August 13 - Votes on Crime Bill |
| August 13 - Uncertainty, Deep Divisions Cloud Opening of Debate |
| August 13 - Senators Begin First Round With Pokes and Jabs |
| August 13 - A Mixed Review From CBO |
| August 13 - House Delays Health Care Debate As Leaders Plot Strategy |
| August 13 - House Moderates Offer Plan |
| August 13 - CORRECTION: Health Care |
| August 13 - Clinton Health Care Overhaul Compared With Major House Plans |
| August 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Passes Labor-HHS Bill; Measure Goes to Conference |
| August 13 - SOCIAL SECURITY: 10 Years Later, House Clears Bill To Make Agency Independent |
| August 13 - VETERANS: Gulf Syndrome Benefits Bill Closer With House Vote |
| August 13 - LABOR/ECONOMICS: Bill To Tighten Pension Rules Heading to House Floor |
| August 13 - HOUSING: Weatherization Bill Gets House OK |
| August 13 - INDIAN AFFAIRS: Despite Opposition, Panel OKs Bill Protecting Indian Sites |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Committee Approves FDA Fees To Test Medical Devices |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: House To Fuel Research On Brain Injuries |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Stalled Bill on Black Colleges Passes After Compromise |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Panel OKs Bill To Strengthen Child Support Enforcement |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Approves Renewal Of Homeless Program |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Judiciary Approves Sarokin's Nomination |
| August 13 - Senate Follows Clinton's Lead With $243.4 Billion Bill |
| August 13 - Senate Puts Clinton on Zigzag Course Toward Ending Bosnia Arms Embargo |
| August 13 - Defense Spending (chart) |
| August 13 - DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Conferees Finesse Decisions On Bosnia and Bombers |
| August 13 - INTELLIGENCE: Senators Allege Skulduggery In Spies' Building Project |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: $13.8 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Cleared for President |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Military Construction Bill Wins Final Approval |
| August 13 - INTELLIGENCE: Senate Bill Gives FBI Power In Counterespionage Cases |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: $13.8 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Cleared for President |
| August 13 - SECTION NOTES: Military Construction Bill Wins Final Approval |
| August 13 - SOUTH CAROLINA: Second-Place Primary Finishers Have Catching Up To Do |
| August 13 - COLORADO: Gubernatorial Nod Goes to Benson |
| August 13 - GEORGIA: For Millner, the Similarities End With the Names |
| August 13 - CAMPAIGN NOTES: Coelho Becomes DNC Adviser As Wilhelm Announces Exit |
| August 13 - CAMPAIGN NOTES: Court Rules Census Undercount Should Have Been Corrected |
| August 13 - CAMPAIGN NOTES: Plan To Use Cumulative Voting Prompts Election Suspension |
| August 13 - CAMPAIGN NOTES: Supreme Court Allows Use Of Louisiana Map in 1994 |
| August 13 - Aug. 9 Colorado, South Carolina, and Tennessee Results (charts) |
| August 13 - SENATE VOTES 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, |
| August 13 - HOUSE VOTES 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382 |
| August 13 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Says Vote on Crime Bill 'Failed the American People' |
| August 13 - Status of Major Legislation: 103rd Congress - 2nd Session |
| August 13 - Status of Major Legislation: 103rd Congress - 2nd Session |
| August 13 - Status of Appropriations: 103rd |
| August 13 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: D.C.'s Endless Summer: Chasing the 'Story' |
| August 20 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Health Care, Crime Bills Keep Congress Going |
| August 20 - Summer's Legislative Turmoil Plays Havoc With Campaigns |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: Is This the Republicans' Chance To Even Out the Numbers? |
| August 20 - CONGRESSIONAL DEPARTURES (as of Aug. 19) |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: FLORIDA -- Panhandle Conservatism Gives GOP a Leg Up |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: Governor's Race Grabs Spotlight In Florida's Political Campaigns |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: NEW YORK -- 'Elect One of Our Own' Movement Confronts Two City Incumbents |
| August 20 - Unusually Tough Primary Challenges Are Cropping Up Across New York |
| August 20 - Unusually Tough Primary Challenges Are Cropping Up Across New York |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: MINNESOTA -- Eager Candidates Storm Voters, Who Seem Slow To React |
| August 20 - Challenges From the Middle |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: MARYLAND -- In the Decidedly Middle-Class 2nd, Candidates Run to the Center |
| August 20 - Maryland's Slumbering GOP Awakens |
| August 20 - Maryland's Slumbering GOP Awakens |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: ALASKA -- Hickel Takes Himself Out Of Governor's Race |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: ARIZONA -- Governor's, Senate Races Trip Action Elsewhere |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: CONNECTICUT -- Third Party Struggles To Remain a Force |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: DELAWARE -- Crime Is No. 1 Topic In Senate Contest |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: HAWAII -- GOP May Gain Foothold On Democratic Turf |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: LOUISIANA -- Legal Disputes Over Map Dampen Political Season |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: MASSACHUSETTS -- Stung Democrats Will Try To Regain Some Terrain |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: NEVADA -- Rivals to Gov. Miller Eclipse Other Races |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: NEW HAMPSHIRE -- GOP Working Hard To Unseat Swett |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: OKLAHOMA -- Democrats Battling Uphill In House Contests |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: RHODE ISLAND --Sundlun May Be Unseated By His Own Party |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: VERMONT -- Vermont Incumbents Look for Easy Ride |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: WASHINGTON -- Gorton Waiting Out Four Low-Profile Democrats |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: WISCONSIN -- Wisconsin Incumbents Hold Opponents at Bay |
| August 20 - SPECIAL REPORT: The Other 32 States |
| August 20 - Major Unfinished Business Upsets Members' Plans |
| August 20 - ETHICS: Rose Seeks Deal in Justice Case Alleging Disclosure Misdeeds |
| August 20 - ETHICS: Rostenkowski Probe Postponed |
| August 20 - CORRECTION: Campaign finance regulations |
| August 20 - ETHICS: Reynolds Indicted On Rape Charges |
| August 20 - SECTION NOTES: Court Overturns Texas Districts |
| August 20 - TRADE: Key Panel Moves GATT Pact; Conference Talks Begin |
| August 20 - COMMERCE: Senate Passes SBA Renewal |
| August 20 - WHITEWATER: Altman, Once a Rising Star, Resigns at Treasury |
| August 20 - THE BUDGET: House Passes Measure To Keep Emergency Bills 'Clean' |
| August 20 - THE BUDGET: House Passes Measure To Keep Emergency Bills 'Clean' |
| August 20 - ENVIRONMENT: Superfund Bill Goes to House With Compromise on Taxes |
| August 20 - Overhaul Won't End Superfund Woes |
| August 20 - Bills Would Give FCC Primacy In Fostering Competition |
| August 20 - COMMUNICATIONS: House Approves Bill On Retransmissions |
| August 20 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS/LEGAL AFFAIRS: Wiretap Access Bill Advances As Funding Qualms Sidelined |
| August 20 - AGRICULTURE: Plant Varieties Bill Gets House OK |
| August 20 - AGRICULTURE: Plant Varieties Bill Gets House OK |
| August 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Dispute Over FDA User Fees Highlights Budget Squeeze |
| August 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Dispute Over FDA User Fees Highlights Budget Squeeze |
| August 20 - INTERIOR: House Passes Bill To Provide For Upkeep of Presidio Post |
| August 20 - TRANSPORTATION: Safety Program Bill Clears House |
| August 20 - ENVIRONMENT: Panel Addresses Waste Flow Between and Within States |
| August 20 - SECTION NOTES: FEMA's Focus Would Shift To Natural Disasters |
| August 20 - SECTION NOTES: High-Speed Rail Bills Pass House, Senate |
| August 20 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes To Authorize Research Programs |
| August 20 - Marathon Talks Produce New Anti-Crime Bill |
| August 20 - Clinton's Appeal to the People Carries Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Risks |
| August 20 - The Crime Compromise |
| August 20 - Gun Ban 'Energized' NRA Members |
| August 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Funding for Crime Programs Heads to President |
| August 20 - Commerce-Justice-State Spending (chart) |
| August 20 - Bill Would Aid FBI Workers |
| August 20 - HEALTH: Doubt Surfaces on Bill Passage As Senate Struggle Continues |
| August 20 - Chafee Group Unveils Last-Minute Plan |
| August 20 - HEALTH: Dietary Supplement Bill Faces A Tough Time in the House |
| August 20 - HEALTH: Dietary Supplement Bill Faces A Tough Time in the House |
| August 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Home Loan Limits Rise Slightly In Final VA-HUD Bill |
| August 20 - Section Notes: House Passes Bill Giving More Control to Indians |
| August 20 - Section Notes: Railroad Jobless Bill Passes House |
| August 20 - Influx of Cubans Forces Clinton To Halt Automatic Asylum |
| August 20 - DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Measure Nears Final Vote |
| August 20 - HOUSE VOTES 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410 |
| August 20 - SENATE VOTES 283, 284, 285, 286, 287 288, 289, 290, 291 |
| August 20 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Changes Policy on Cuba, Describes View of Crime Bill |
| August 20 - Aug. 16 Wyoming Primary Results (chart) |
| August 20 - Status of Appropriations: 103rd |
| August 20 - ROUNDTABLE: Politicians Lend an Ear To Art of Listening |
| August 20 - ROUNDTABLE: Politicians Lend an Ear To Art of Listening |
| August 27 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Legislators Head Home For Shortened Recess |
| August 27 - COVER STORY: Hard-Fought Crime Bill Battle Spoils Field for Health Care |
| August 27 - HEALTH: Prospects for Major Overhaul Fade as Senate Goes Home |
| August 27 - $30 Billion Anti-Crime Bill Heads to Clinton's Desk |
| August 27 - The Modified Crime Bill |
| August 27 - Votes on Crime Bill (chart) |
| August 27 - VETERANS: Senate Approves Veterans Bills |
| August 27 - RECESS NOTES: Crop Insurance Bill Passes Senate |
| August 27 - RECESS NOTES: Senate Approves FOIA Bill Covering Computer Files |
| August 27 - RECESS NOTES: Senate Passes Legislation On Child Nutrition |
| August 27 - Bill To Simplify Purchasing Wins Senate Approval |
| August 27 - A Call for Weapons Cuts |
| August 27 - FOREIGN POLICY: Dissonant Voices Urge Clinton To Revise Policy on Cuba |
| August 27 - McCurdy, Inhofe Will Face Off In Oklahoma Senate Race |
| August 27 - CORRECTIONS: Special Report |
| August 27 - RETIREMENT: Rep. Gallo Cites Ill Health, Withdraws From Race |
| August 27 - AUGUST 23 Alaska, Oklahoma Primary Results and South Carolina Primary Runoff Results (charts) |
| August 27 - SENATE VOTES 292, 293, 294, 295 (chart) |
| August 27 - HOUSE VOTES 411, 412, 413, |
| August 27 - Status of Major Legislation: 103rd Congress - 2nd Session |
| August 27 - Status of Appropriations: 103rd |
| August 27 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: A Lesson for Clinton In Nixon's Methods |
