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January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Congressional Affairs: Executive Branch Oversight

January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Executive Branch: Cabinet Nominations

January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Legal Affairs: Judicial Nominees

January 7 - Political Economy: Let's Not Make a Deal

January 14 - CQ Vote Studies - Party Unity: United We Stand Opposed

January 14 - CQ Vote Studies - Presidential Support: The Power of No

January 21 - Congress' Role: Help Or Hinder

January 21 - Last Year for the History Books

February 4 - Bush Challenges Hill in State of the Union

February 11 - A Budget Glossary

February 11 - Budget Timetable

February 11 - Central Pieces of Bush's $2.31 Trillion Tax Proposal

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Agriculture

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Bush Holds Back on War Request

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Commerce

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Congress

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Education

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Energy

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Environmental Protection Agency

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Federal Communications Commission

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Health and Human Services

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Homeland Security

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Housing and Urban Development

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Interior

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Justice

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Labor

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: NASA

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: National Science Foundation

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Small Business Administration

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: State Department and International Assistance

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: The Judiciary

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Transportation

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Treasury

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Veterans Affairs

February 11 - Party's Mantle No Smooth Fit for McCain

February 11 - Patient Opposition Greets Bush Budget

February 11 - The Administration's Assumptions

February 18 - Cracks in a Fragile AIDS Consensus

February 18 - His Permanent Record: Bush Mints a Legacy

February 18 - Media: What If There's Real News?

March 3 - IRS Joins Effort to Crack Down on Liechtenstein Tax Cheats

March 3 - Movement Slow on Proposed Rule Limiting Ship Speeds

March 3 - Political Economy: Trading on Rhetoric

March 17 - Regulatory Checks and Balances

March 17 - Risk and Regulation

March 24 - Courts & the Law: Campaigning on the Court

March 24 - Job Bias Meets Budget Cuts

March 24 - Political Economy: A Capital Idea

March 31 - Bush Officials Brace for a Day in Court

April 7 - Amid Inquiry Into Alleged Cronyism, Jackson Resigns as HUD Secretary

April 7 - Paulson's Overhaul Plan Gets Reserved Praise

April 7 - Political Economy: Timing Isn't Everything

April 14 - Political Economy: Free-Trade Gamesmanship

April 21 - SBA Chief Is Bush's Pick for HUD Secretary

May 12 - Cautionary Tale for Black Workers in GAO's 'Pay for Performance' System

May 26 - House Judiciary Subpoenas Rove in Probe of Siegelman Prosecution

May 26 - Justice Under Mukasey: Gonzales, Take Two

June 9 - Senate Clears Corrected Farm Bill for Expected Veto and Override

June 16 - Executive Privilege: See You in Court

June 16 - Executive Seals

June 16 - Kucinich Resolution to Impeach President BushIs Sent to Committee, Where It Is Likely to Be Ignored

June 23 - U.S. Mint Sued Over Nation's Paternity

June 30 - Stalemate Over Election Commission Ends With Five Senate Confirmations

July 7 - Political Economy: Currency Calculus

July 14 - Bill Protecting E-mail Records Passes

July 21 - Dimensions of a Mortgage Crisis

July 21 - Highlights of the Bush Mortgage Proposal

July 21 - House Oversight Panel Delays Vote on Mukasey Contempt Citation

July 21 - Impeachment Resolution Sent to Judiciary Panel

July 21 - Mortgage Giants' Critics: Once Isolated, Now Vindicated

July 21 - Political Economy: Rescue Redux

July 28 - Parks Initiative May Be Too Little, Too Late

August 4 - Deficit Projection Breaks Records And Draws Fire

August 4 - Judge Supports Subpoenas for Bolten, Miers

August 4 - Panel Votes to Cite Rove With Contempt

August 4 - Political Economy: Trade In the Old Model

September 8 - Appeals Court Stays Judge's Order On Subpoenas for Bolten and Miers

September 8 - Bush Losing Support of GOP Lawmakers in Tight Races

September 8 - New FOIA Office Stuck in Washington Gridlock

September 8 - Regulatory Costs Scale Up

September 22 - Beyond the Bailouts

September 22 - House Clears Bill Targeting Identity Theft

September 22 - Strategy Rattles GOP Conservatives

September 22 - What the Government Will Do

September 22 - When the Ticket Splits From Within

September 29 - 'Oversight Congress' Sees Its Limits

October 6 - Issues: Health Care: An Urgent Need

October 6 - Issues: Taxes: Living With a Legacy

October 6 - Issues: The Deficit: Facing Up to Reality

October 6 - Issues: The Economy: More Trouble Ahead

October 6 - The Cabinet: Who Will Fill These Seats?

October 20 - Rescue Takes on A New Purpose

October 27 - Civil Service Narrowly Misses Merit-Pay System

October 27 - Vice President's Role in Senate More Modest Than Palin Thinks

November 3 - Expect Energy's Role in Climate Debate to Change

November 3 - Political Economy: Trick or Treat

November 10 - Biden's New Role as Backup Player

November 10 - Encore or Curtain Call for the 110th?

November 10 - Obama's Intense Initial Hire: Emanuel as Chief of Staff

November 10 - Obama's Next Task: Quick Rise to a Steep Challenge

November 10 - The Nation as Community: Organizing Obama's Win

November 17 - Taking a Cue From Lincoln on a Tough Transition

November 24 - Obama's Cabinet Starts to Take Shape

November 24 - Obama's Congressional Liaison: A Cool Head and a Personal Touch

November 24 - Some Muslim Groups Concerned by Obama's Appointment of Emanuel

December 1 - Congress' Tools of Last Resort

December 1 - Gates Will Keep Secretary of Defense Post as Obama Administration Begins

December 1 - Obama on Openness

December 8 - Drawing a Fine Line on Trade

December 8 - Obama's National Security Adviser Makes Some Israelis Nervous

December 8 - Political Economy: Grin and Bair It

December 15 - 2008 Vote Studies: Presidential Support -- An Unpopular Lame Duck Prevails

December 15 - Obama Team Flooded With Policy Prescriptions

December 15 - Salary Rollback for Secretary of State Cleared to Allow Clinton Appointment