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January 10 - Many Lawmakers Unswayed By First Efforts of Libya, Iran To Mend Relations With West

January 10 - White House Revises Details Of Iraq Reconstruction Plan

January 17 - Defense: A Deficit Driver

January 24 - Critics Play Force Card in Questioning Bush's Handling of North Korea Crisis

February 7 - Bush Hands Tight Budget To an Unhelpful Congress

February 7 - Bush Reverses Course on Prewar Intelligence Probe

February 7 - Fiscal 2005 Budget: State

February 7 - Mixed Results for Previous Presidential Commissions

February 21 - GOP Finds Electoral Fodder In Kerry's Defense and Foreign Policy Votes

February 21 - Kerry Votes Republicans Are Pointing Out

February 21 - Less Money for Threat Reduction Program Prompts Complaints

March 6 - Debate Intensifies as Deadline Nears For Interim Government in Iraq

March 6 - Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Struggles to Regain Relevance

March 20 - Debate on Iraq War Resolution A Test of Campaign Potshots

March 27 - Despite White House Backing, U.N. 'Law of the Sea' Treaty Hits Growing GOP Resistance

March 27 - Intelligence Panels' Mission Corroded by Air of Distrust

March 27 - Intelligence: Hill's Oversight Role at Risk

April 10 - Editor's Notebook: After the Resolution

April 10 - Uneasy Republicans at Bush’s Side as Insurgency in Iraq Intensifies

April 10 - Verdict on Rice Testimony Splits Along Party Lines

April 17 - Foreign Relations Panel Expected to Scrutinize Bush's Iraq Strategy

April 24 - Congress Steps Up Questioning On Spending Schedule for Iraq

April 24 - Lugar Soldiers On With Hearings Despite Unhelpful White House

May 1 - A History of Congressional Travel, From Bimini to Baghdad

May 1 - Balancing Security With Oversight: The Challenge of Visiting a War Zone

May 1 - Negroponte Gets OK From Senate Panel

May 8 - Editor's Notebook: The T-Word

May 8 - Negroponte Appointed Ambassador to Iraq

May 8 - Racing Against Terrorism to Thwart a 'Nuclear 9/11'

May 8 - Stunned by Abuses, Congress 'Must Now Be Involved'

May 8 - The Nuclear Age Generated Heat Throughout Its History

May 8 - Unfolding Story of Abu Ghraib

May 15 - Congress Gropes for Next Move In Response to Abuse Scandal

May 15 - Editor's Notebook: Photo Opportunity

May 15 - Graham's Hard Questions

May 15 - Members React to More Prison Photos With Sorrow, Revulsion, Concern

May 29 - GOP Lawmakers Question Ideology vs. Reality on Iraq

May 29 - Rhode Island Maverick Questions Middle East Policies

June 5 - CJS Bill Keeps Seat Reserved on Omnibus

June 5 - Foreign Operations: Panels Trim Hefty White House Request

June 12 - Bush's Vision Echoes Reagan

June 12 - Senators See 'Quiet But Firm' Danforth As Good Fit for U.N.

June 26 - Appropriations: House Panel OKs Foreign Aid Package

June 26 - Enthusiastic Confirmation For Danforth

July 3 - Lawmakers Seek Viable Solutions to Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis

July 3 - The Semantics of 'Genocide' and How It Pertains to Sudan

July 10 - Foreign Operations Spending Bill Rewards Afghanistan and Poland; Military Aid for Egypt Challenged

July 17 - House Debate on Foreign Aid Bill Turns Into Forum to Criticize U.S. Allies in Middle East

July 17 - Names Touted for CIA Chief Show a Mix of Skills and Strengths

July 24 - 'Challenging' Funding Bill for Transportation, Treasury Likely to Spark Multiple Tussles

September 11 - Provisions in Agriculture Spending Measure To Ease Trade With Cuba Sets Up Battle Between Midwest, Florida Voters

September 18 - Parties Unite on Money for Sudan Crisis; Omnibus Likely for Foreign Operations

September 25 - Foreign Operations Bill Sent to Conference After Senate Adds Funds to Fight 'Genocide'

September 25 - Next Presidency: 'An Extremely Difficult Term'

September 25 - Next Presidency: A Dream of Oil Independence

September 25 - Next Presidency: A Long War on Terrorism

September 25 - Next Presidency: A World of Hot Spots

September 25 - Next Presidency: Iraq -- The Crushing Question

October 9 - Legislation to Expand Sudan Sanctions Passes in House

October 9 - North Korea Human Rights Bill Cleared

November 20 - GOP Confident That Rice Will Champion Bush Agenda, Rope State Department Strays

November 20 - House Passes $300 Million In Sudan Aid

November 27 - C-J-S Appropriations: Trouble-Free, for a Change

November 27 - Foreign Operations Appropriations: Funding the AIDS Battle

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Foreign Operations Appropriations

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: State Department Reauthorization

December 4 - Lugar Aims to Avoid Talk of Russia in Ukraine Testimony

December 11 - Congress OKs $300 Million Aid for Darfur