 May 5 - Working Hard or Hardly Working? Capitol Hill Lowers Its Sights As Days Remaining Slip Away |
| May 5 - Two Alternatives Defeated: Senate Poised for Showdown On GOP Deficit-Cutting Plan |
| May 5 - House Panel Skirts Central America Funding |
| May 5 - Measures Start Moving as Logjam Breaks: House, Senate Panel Leaders Strike Deal on Wilderness Bills |
| May 5 - After Two Years of Hearings: Rewrite of Clean Water Act Approved by House Panel |
| May 5 - But Maneuvering Continues in House Panel: Acid Rain Provisions Cut From Clean Air Bill |
| May 5 - Hoover Dam Power Allocation Kept |
| May 5 - Prospects Remain Uncertain: Foreign Assistance Measures: Bipartisanship Proves Elusive |
| May 5 - Training Part of 'Urgent' Salvador Aid |
| May 5 - $13.9 Billion Whittled Away: A Balky Administration Offers Cutbacks in Its Defense Budget |
| May 5 - 'Stealth' Bomber Faces Political Dogfight |
| May 5 - Floor Fight Looms on House Authorization Bill: Opponents Look to Another Chance to Kill MX |
| May 5 - Nuclear Freeze Groups Focus on Candidates |
| May 5 - Banking Bill May Emerge: Interstate Forays by Big Banks Revive Interest in Legislation |
| May 5 - Tennessee Brings Mondale Closer to Victory |
| May 5 - Aiding the Republicans? Jackson's Anti-Runoff Push Divides Southern Democrats |
| May 5 - Campaign Skills, Organization Stressed: Parties' Schools for Politicians Grooming Troops for Election |
| May 5 - Primary Outlook: McFarland Leads Oregon Democratic Contest |
| May 5 - Primary Outlook: Six in Nebraska GOP Seek to Challenge Exon |
| May 5 - For Attribution . . . |
| May 5 - Markey Drops Out |
| May 5 - South Carolina Contests |
| May 5 - China Nuclear Pact Raises Concern in Congress |
| May 5 - House Asks More Funds to Cut Illegal Imports |
| May 5 - Panel Backs Lower IDA Contribution |
| May 5 - New Controls Imposed: House Panel Votes Changes In Witness Protection Program |
| May 5 - Panel OKs Justice Authorization |
| May 5 - High-Technology Bills Approved |
| May 5 - Urges Advance Judicial Approval: House Panel Raps FBI Undercover Operations |
| May 5 - Floor Fights Possible on Some: Reagan's Latest Nominations For Legal Services Corporation Ready for Action by Senate |
| May 5 - Special Standard of Review Required: Press Freedoms Reaffirmed In High Court Libel Ruling |
| May 5 - Senate Panel Postpones Action: House Again Raises Funding For Child Nutrition Programs |
| May 5 - Funding Targeted More Narrowly: Senate Panel Raises Vocational Education Aid |
| May 5 - Committee Revises Transplant Bill |
| May 5 - Panel Approves Bilingual Aid Compromise |
| May 5 - Scramble On to Add Pork to Road Bill |
| May 5 - Shipbuilding Subsidies Advanced |
| May 5 - New Lobbying Regulations Issued |
| May 5 - On Personnel Matters: Federal Appeals Court Says House Members Can Be Sued |
| May 5 - Coastal Zone Oil and Gas Leasing |
| May 5 - Criminal Probe Sought of Ex-Synfuels Chief |
| May 5 - Helms vs. the State Department |
| May 5 - Broadcast Talks Break Down |
| May 5 - Bureau of Standards Authorization Passed |
| May 5 - Hazardous Materials, Gas Pipeline Safety |
| May 5 - House OKs Bill to Spur Use of Child-Restraint Seats |
| May 5 - Public Broadcast Funds Tripled |
| May 5 - Trade Preference System Extension Approved |
| May 5 - CONGRESS AND THE COUNTRY: Campaign Business: No Place for Amateurs |
| May 12 - Sharp Discord Remains: GOP Leaders in Senate Rebuff Attack on Deficit-Cutting Plan |
| May 12 - Critical Issues Remain: Delicate House-Senate Tax Conference Looms |
| May 12 - Ohio, Indiana Wins Revive Hart Candidacy |
| May 12 - PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: |
| May 12 - Reagan Wins Victory on Central America Plan Foreign Aid Authority Squeaks Through House |
| May 12 - Reagan Woos Support From Congress, Public |
| May 12 - CIA Role Casts Doubt on Salvador Election |
| May 12 - Mexican President to Discuss Matter With Reagan: 'Contadora' Talks Prompt Praise - and Debate |
| May 12 - Panel Denies Funds for Honduras Facilities |
| May 12 - National Labor Relations Board: Democrats Force a 2nd Look At Reagan's Labor Appointee |
| May 12 - From Activist to Obstructionist: Peter Rodino - Ruling Judiciary In Defense of the Constitution |
| May 12 - The Feisty House Judiciary Committee: 31 Lawyers Who Debate Laws on Laws |
| May 12 - Child Pornography Bill Cleared |
| May 12 - Two House Veterans Scrap On Issue of School Access |
| May 12 - Gun Legislation |
| May 12 - Justice Authorization |
| May 12 - Health Costs Skyrocketing as Veterans Grow Old |
| May 12 - Agent Orange Compensation: Senate Fight Set Over Paying Veterans Exposed to Herbicide |
| May 12 - House Passes Stringent Soil Conservation Bill |
| May 12 - Clothing Lobbyists Look for the U.S. Label |
| May 12 - Hance, Doggett Head for Texas Senate Runoff |
| May 12 - North Carolina Results: Valentine Defeats Spaulding in House Primary |
| May 12 - Indiana Primary Results: Hall Loses House Nomination to Visclosky |
| May 12 - Ohio Primary Results: Murdock, Traficant Take House Nominations |
| May 12 - Maryland Primary Results: Bentley Wins Another Chance Against Long |
| May 12 - Idaho Outlook: Hansen Faces Tough GOP Primary Challenge |
| May 12 - Kentucky Primary Outlook: Natcher Follows Unique Campaign Strategy |
| May 12 - Gejdenson Foe Declares |
| May 12 - Minnesota Conventions |
| May 12 - Stein Challenges Green |
| May 12 - 'Dial-a-Porn' Rings Wrong Bells on the Hill |
| May 12 - Compromise Sought to Prod Administration: Opponents of ASAT Weigh a Shift in Tactics |
| May 12 - Free Hand for Non-incumbents: Political Uses of House Tapes Generating Inter-party Static |
| May 12 - Senate Panel Closes Williams Probe |
| May 12 - Text of Reagan Speech on Central America |
| May 12 - Text of Democrats' Response To Central America Speech |
| May 12 - Air Passenger Protections Shifted |
| May 12 - Senate Committee Divided: House Panel Adds Projects To Interstate Funding Bill |
| May 12 - Senate Committee Approval: Bills Take Aim at Odometer Fraud, Big Trucks |
| May 12 - Congressional Panels Advance Safety Bills: Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Safety |
| May 12 - White House Opposes Plan: New Shipbuilding Subsidies Win Approval of House Panel |
| May 12 - Would Reverse Supreme Court Ruling: Senate Commerce Moves Bill On Offshore Leasing Actions |
| May 12 - Compromise Boosts Superfund Bill |
| May 12 - Environmentalists Decry Changes: House Panel Approves Clean Water Bill |
| May 12 - Grants Administration's Request: Senate Panel Backs Trade Bill To Allow Canada, Israel Talks |
| May 12 - HUD Rules Dispute Detains IDA Bill |
| May 12 - After-School Day Care Approved |
| May 12 - Broad New Program of School Aid Voted |
| May 12 - Volunteer Programs Extended: Congress Clears VISTA Compromise |
| May 12 - Head Start, Fuel Aid, Block Grants: Social Services Bill Approved After Funding Pact Is Reached |
| May 12 - Tougher State Penalties Set: Panel Expands Food Stamps, Adding $1 Billion to Program |
| May 12 - Feldstein Departing as Chief of Economic Advisers |
| May 12 - GAO Report Raises Questions on MX |
| May 12 - House Approves Expanded Bank Boards |
| May 12 - Public Broadcast Cuts Rebuffed |
| May 12 - Crime Victims' Assistance |
| May 12 - House Passes Texas, Virginia Wilderness Bills |
| May 12 - Marine Mammals Reauthorization |
| May 12 - NASA Authorization, Landsat Sale |
| May 12 - National Clearinghouse to Locate Missing Children |
| May 12 - Pharmacy Robberies Made Federal Crimes |
| May 19 - House Approves MX With Cutback and Strings |
| May 19 - MX Lobbying: A Hard Fight by Both Sides |
| May 19 - Rep. Dymally in 'Toughest' Squeeze on MX |
| May 19 - Tough Budget Conference Ahead: Senate Ends Deficit Marathon, Approves Reagan-Backed Bill |
| May 19 - Deficit-Cutting Debate Sidelines Lobbyists |
| May 19 - Debt Limit Increase Pending |
| May 19 - Senate Votes $2 Billion Reduction: Reagan Seeks Synfuels Cuts As Program Troubles Deepen |
| May 19 - The House's TV War: The Gloves Come Off |
| May 19 - More Battles Loom Over Central America Aid |
| May 19 - 'Tentative Plans' Through 1988: Pentagon Sends Blueprint on Honduras Exercises |
| May 19 - Panel Kills Nomination: 'Blacklist' Issue Boomerangs On Appointee to Post at USIA |
| May 19 - Margin of 11 Votes: House Scuttles Legislation On Student Religious Groups |
| May 19 - Non-cash Benefits Now Excluded: Debate Rekindled on Defining Poverty Level |
| May 19 - House Approves Child-Care Bill |
| May 19 - Two-Year Deadlock Broken: Disability Program Overhaul Wins Finance Panel Approval |
| May 19 - Labor Opposition Remains Strong: White House Resurrects Youth Summer Wage |
| May 19 - Combating 'Visual Clutter': Court Says Cities May Ban Posting on Public Property |
| May 19 - Hart Cuts Mondale Lead in Total Primary Vote |
| May 19 - Sample Vote Returns from Various Areas |
| May 19 - Primary Outlook: Clark Leads in Mississippi House Contest |
| May 19 - Primary Outlook: Redistricting Stifles California House Races |
| May 19 - Primary Outlook: Spirited Contests Waged in Iowa's 5th District |
| May 19 - Arkansas Primary Outlook: Crowded Field Seeks Bethune's House Seat |
| May 19 - Seeking to Challenge Domenici Franklin Leads Primary Field in New Mexico |
| May 19 - Primary Results: Oregon Voters Set Smith-McFarland Rematch |
| May 19 - Will Challenge Exon, Daub: Hoch, Cavanaugh Win Primaries in Nebraska |
| May 19 - Committee Bills Differ: Fight Shaping Up on Helping Small Business Get Contracts |
| May 19 - Capital Budget |
| May 19 - Merit Pay, Pay Equity |
| May 19 - U.S. Mint Authorization |
| May 19 - Text of Reagan Question and Answer Session |
| May 19 - Massive Continuing Resolution Likely: Hill Budget Game Shifts Gears As Money Bills Start to Move |
| May 19 - $14 Billion Approved for HUD |
| May 19 - House Subcommittee Earmarks Funding: Panel Seeks to Clarify Rights Commission Role |
| May 19 - Controversial Projects Omitted: House Committee Approves Energy, Water Spending Bill |
| May 19 - Conferees on Supplemental Agree to Disagree: House to Vote Again on Central America Aid |
| May 19 - Constitutional Convention Bill |
| May 19 - Justice Department Appeals Court Ruling: Special Prosecutor Ordered For Carter Documents Probe |
| May 19 - Tough New Cigarette Warning Labels Voted |
| May 19 - House Panel Approves Raft of Health Bills |
| May 19 - Preliminary Agreement Reached: Panel Decides to Extend WIC Without Cuts |
| May 19 - Armacost Confirmed for State Department Post |
| May 19 - Arts, Humanities Authorization Increased |
| May 19 - Contempt Ruling Against House Clerk Overturned |
| May 19 - House Passes Puerto Rico Cruise Bill |
| May 19 - Legislative Appropriations Bill Starts Moving |
| May 19 - Second House Panel OKs Industrial Policy Bill |
| May 19 - Senate OKs Bill on Semiconductor Chips |
| May 19 - Suit Challenges Nuclear Energy Pact |
| May 19 - Transportation Appropriations OK'd by Panel |
| May 19 - 'Grove City' Testimony Flap |
| May 19 - PERSPECTIVE: Public People and Their Private Problems |
| May 19 - CONGRESS AND THE COUNTRY: Watergate: Mere Aftershock to Vietnam? |
| May 26 - House Rebuffs Reagan on Anti-Satellite Tests |
| May 26 - House Erupts Over Central America Issue |
| May 26 - $14.4 Billion Trimmed: Senate Panel's Authorizations Would Scrape Spending Ceiling |
| May 26 - 'Phantoms' and 'Leftovers': Defense Budget Cuts: The Invisible Approach |
| May 26 - Deficit-Reduction Conference Set |
| May 26 - Enough Until Mid-June: Congress Votes to Increase Debt Ceiling by $30 Billion |
| May 26 - Three-week Reprieve: Labor Flap Continues to Stall Bankruptcy Court Legislation |
| May 26 - Wilkinson Judgeship Bid Still Alive |
| May 26 - One Bill Defeated: Anti-Crime Measures Start Moving in House |
| May 26 - Mixed Signals From Administration: Civil Rights Bill Approved By Two House Committees |
| May 26 - For Those Who Prevail Against Uncle Sam: Committee Approves Attorneys' Fee Measure |
| May 26 - Judiciary OKs Contract Disputes Bill |
| May 26 - One Down, One to Go: After El Salvador Aid Victory, Nicaragua Question Heats Up |
| May 26 - House Splits on Central America Aid |
| May 26 - Mr. Duarte Goes to Washington: Salvadoran Leader Makes Conquests on Hill |
| May 26 - Duarte: 'Guerrillas Are Symptoms, Not Causes' |
| May 26 - U.S. Assistance to El Salvador. . . |
| May 26 - Central America: U.S. Troops Expanding Role in Region's Wars |
| May 26 - Toughens Existing Law, Expands Fund: House Subcommittee OKs Compromise 'Superfund' Bill |
| May 26 - Mondale Hunts One Last Big Primary Win |
| May 26 - State-by-State Reports on June 5 Primaries |
| May 26 - The June 5 Primaries: A Summary (Chart) |
| May 26 - New Jersey Primary Outlook: House Seat Focus of GOP Intra-party Collision |
| May 26 - West Virginia Outlook: Rockefeller Strength Tested in Senate Primary |
| May 26 - Cunningham Seeks Senate |
| May 26 - After Long Search: Democrats Settle on Harrison To Mount Virginia Senate Bid |
| May 26 - Montana Outlook: Baucus, Schwinden Favored for Re-Election |
| May 26 - Idaho Results: Hansen Narrowly Survives GOP Primary Fight |
| May 26 - Administration's Program Hit: Senate Agrees to Limitations On Disabled Worker Reviews |
| May 26 - Election-Year Legislating: Pension 'Equity' Bill Breezes Through House |
| May 26 - Court Says Law Firms May Not Discriminate |
| May 26 - First Fiscal 1985 Appropriation to Move: House Approves Funding Bill For Energy, Water Projects |
| May 26 - Coal Leasing Moratorium Renewed |
| May 26 - House Appropriations Committee: Commerce, Justice, State Funding Bill OK'd |
| May 26 - EPA Operating Funds Increased: Bill Sets $58.4 Billion for HUD and Agencies |
| May 26 - Anti-Abortion Amendment Added: Panel Approves $12.8 Billion For Treasury, Postal Service |
| May 26 - Budget Act Waived for Spending Bills |
| May 26 - Thorny Issues Remain: Bargain on Export Procedure Struck by Conference Panel |
| May 26 - A Leadership Without Liberals? Obey Withdraws From Race For House Democrats' Post |
| May 26 - Text of President Reagan's Press Conference |
| May 26 - Gulf War Raises Concern: Administration to Revive Sale Of Stinger Missiles to Saudis |
| May 26 - Senate Passes Compromise Agent Orange Bill |
| May 26 - House OKs VA Health, Housing Bills |
| May 26 - Special Investigator Sought: House Panel Names Casey in Debate Probe |
| May 26 - Simpson Says No: Rural Co-ops Bill Threatened With Stiff Senate Opposition |
| May 26 - House Passes: Grain, Cotton Bills |
| May 26 - Bipartisan Banking Bill Offered in House |
| May 26 - Bell System Pension Rights Approved |
| May 26 - Cigarette Label Bill Delayed |
| May 26 - Education Bill Cleared |
| May 26 - Oakar Sets Hearing on Pay Equity Lobbying |
| May 26 - Older Americans Act Extended |
| May 26 - Senate Approves Arthritis Institute |
| May 26 - Six Wilderness Bills Passed by Senate |
| May 26 - Small Business 'Breakouts' |
| May 26 - CONGRESS AND THE COUNTRY: GOP Moderates: Balance of Senate Power |
