 February 1 - Budget Questions Hang Over Shuttle Disaster |
| February 1 - State of the Union Put Off; Nation Mourns |
| February 1 - History of NASA Budgets (chart) |
| February 1 - Other Spaceflight Related Deaths |
| February 1 - Economists Criticize House Tax Bill: Confrontation Awaits Senate Over State, Local Deductions |
| February 1 - State Revenues From Deductible Taxes (chart) |
| February 1 - Reconciliation May Have New Life |
| February 1 - House-Senate Deadlock to Blame: EPA's Thomas Warns Congress 'Superfund' Shutdown Is Near |
| February 1 - House Panel OKs Revised Hydropower Bill |
| February 1 - Norfolk Southern Foes Defeated: Senate Prepares for Final Vote On Bill to Allow Conrail Sale |
| February 1 - Congress Cool to 'Covert' Angolan Arms Aid |
| February 1 - Legislation Would Block Arms Sale: Yielding to Pressure From Hill, Reagan Delays Jordan Package |
| February 1 - Reagan Seeks Relaxation of Antitrust Laws |
| February 1 - A Summary of Major Antitrust Legislation |
| February 1 - Reagan Urged to Take Lead: Immigration Reform Battle Starting Up Again in House |
| February 1 - Telecommunications: Looking to Hill for Help |
| February 1 - Remedies: What the Bills Would Do |
| February 1 - Deregulation: Opening One-Way Floodgates |
| February 1 - Quick Confirmation Expected: Reagan Names Richard Lyng As New Agriculture Secretary |
| February 1 - Reacting to Network Projections: House Approves Bill Setting A Uniform Poll Closing Time |
| February 1 - Who Will Challenge Cranston? California Contest in Turmoil In Wake of Fiedler Indictment |
| February 1 - Toxic-Waste Case, Exxon Refund Also Resolved: Court Sees No Legal Problem In Aid to Ministry Student |
| February 1 - Text of Reagan's Remarks on Shuttle Explosion -- Jan. 28, 1986 |
| February 1 - Text of Reagan's Address to Nation on Shuttle Explosion -- Jan. 28, 1986 |
| February 1 - Burke to Head Sen. Dole's Staff |
| February 1 - Conferees Begin Work on Safe Drinking-Water Bill |
| February 1 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend to Run for House |
| February 1 - Delegation to Monitor Philippine Elections |
| February 1 - House Backs Advocacy Program for Mentally Ill |
| February 1 - President Taps Turnage to Head VA |
| February 1 - Trade Deficit Soars to Record Heights |
| February 1 - Perspective: The Political Uses of 'Official' Information |
| February 8 - Budget Puts Congress in a Combative Mood |
| February 8 - President's Fiscal 1987 Budget at a Glance |
| February 8 - Court Rejects Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Cuts But Case Appealed |
| February 8 - Rep. Synar Wins Big One |
| February 8 - Budget Anticipates Large Cuts, Some Increases to |
| February 8 - Congressional Resistance Strong: Deep New Cuts in Social Spending Proposed |
| February 8 - Infrastructure Spending: New Budget Raises Questions Of Renewal of Physical Plant |
| February 8 - Repeat Proposals Except for ICC: Dozens of Programs Targeted for Extinction |
| February 8 - Terminations of Programs or Agencies Targeted by Reagan Administration (list) |
| February 8 - Cool Reception in Congress: Reagan Pushes 'Privatization' Of Some Federal Functions |
| February 8 - Major Privatization Proposals |
| February 8 - 75 Percent Boost for 'Star Wars' Program: Pentagon Seeks to Continue Weapons Buildup |
| February 8 - Cuts Taken Out of Popular Items: Hefty Boosts in Aid Programs Not Likely to Survive on Hill |
| February 8 - In International Finance, the Private Approach |
| February 8 - For Embassy Security, $4.4 Billion |
| February 8 - Largest Hike for Defense: President Proposes Increase For Research, Development |
| February 8 - Research and Development by Major Agencies |
| February 8 - Opposition to Cigarette Tax Dropped: User Fees, Other New Receipts Would Yield $6.3 Billion in '87 |
| February 8 - Budget and Deficit Targets |
| February 8 - Budget Reflects Vision of 'Streamlined' Government: Reagan Budget Projects $143.6 Billion Deficit |
| February 8 - Net Revenue Loss From Recent Laws (chart) |
| February 8 - A Glossary of Budget Terms |
| February 8 - Budget Timetable for 1987 (chart) |
| February 8 - Major Proposals in Reagan's Fiscal 1987 Budget |
| February 8 - Fiscal 1987 Budget by Function: $994 Billion in |
| February 8 - Budget Authority and Outlays by Agency (chart) |
| February 8 - Reagan's Address Repeats Familiar Themes |
| February 8 - Democrats Stress Values in Reply to Reagan |
| February 8 - Rest of Agenda Largely Old Proposals: Reagan Seeks More Power Over Annual Budget Process |
| February 8 - Highlights of Reagan's Legislative Message |
| February 8 - Savimbi: Selling Washington on Angola's War |
| February 8 - Arms Sales Vetoes |
| February 8 - Arms Sales: Jordan Deal Off; Future Veto Procedure Clears |
| February 8 - Marcos Probe |
| February 8 - Labeling Requirements, TV Advertising Ban: Congress Clears New Curbs On 'Smokeless Tobacco' Ads |
| February 8 - Child Nutrition Conference |
| February 8 - Health Planning Bill Passed |
| February 8 - Revised Federal Health Benefits Bill Cleared |
| February 8 - Senate OKs Conrail Sale to Norfolk Southern |
| February 8 - Illness of GOP Rep. Grotberg Poses Questions in His District |
| February 8 - Lineups Set in Three States |
| February 8 - Weaver and Evans Retire |
| February 8 - Weekend Sessions Out of Washington: House Members Use Retreats To Prepare for Budget Battles |
| February 8 - Reagan's State of the Union Address -- Feb. 4, 1986 |
| February 8 - For Fiscal Year 1987: President's Budget Message (text) |
| February 8 - Transmitted to Congress on Feb. 6: Economic Report of the President |
| February 8 - Handed Down on Feb. 7: Court Opinion on Gramm-Rudman Challenge |
| February 8 - Size of Budget Cuts Hangs in Balance: Reagan's Economic Forecast Attacked as Excessively Rosy |
| February 8 - Reagan Administration Economic Assumptions (chart) |
| February 8 - House Ethics Launches New Probe |
| February 8 - Senate Continues Undecided on TV Coverage |
| February 8 - Budget Reconciliation Bill Revived |
| February 8 - Emergency Funding Cleared for Farm Subsidies |
| February 8 - Federal Reserve Nominees Confirmed |
| February 8 - House GOP Tries to Force Alternate Budget Cuts |
| February 8 - Congress and the Country: Democrats Wooing Dixie Face Catch-22 |
| February 15 - Oil Import Fee Faces Trouble in Congress |
| February 15 - Oil Import Fee Revenues (chart) |
| February 15 - PAC Gifts to Tax-Writers Double |
| February 15 - Rostenkowski Opposes Tax Bill Delay |
| February 15 - Congress Unlikely to Give Up Control: Court Ruling on Budget Law Puts Spotlight on GAO Role |
| February 15 - Deficit Deadlines Face Returning Congress |
| February 15 - Congress, Reagan at Odds: U.S.-Philippine Relations Threatened by Election Fraud |
| February 15 - Politically Difficult Task: Foreign Aid Programs Facing Congress' Budget-Cutting Ax |
| February 15 - 'Security Aid' Totals, Fiscal 1985-87 (chart) |
| February 15 - Arafat Indictment Urged |
| February 15 - Duvalier Dumped in Haiti |
| February 15 - Reagan Gets Conflicting Advice on 'Contra' Aid |
| February 15 - Shcharansky Released |
| February 15 - EPA to Seek Short-Term 'Superfund' Extension |
| February 15 - Panel OKs Revival of Energy Audits |
| February 15 - No Relicensing Edge for Public Utilities: Hydropower Measures Ready for Floor Action |
| February 15 - Officials Say Budget Hits States, Cities Hardest |
| February 15 - Major City/State Programs |
| February 15 - Federal Grants to State and Local Governments (chart) |
| February 15 - Panel Says Daniel Erred, Urges No Sanction |
| February 15 - Press Access Case Also to Be Argued: High Court to Take New Look At Issue of Students' Rights |
| February 15 - Reagan Urging Curbs on Affirmative Action |
| February 15 - President Reagan's Feb. 11 Press Conference |
| February 15 - Consumer Product Safety Bill Advances |
| February 15 - Dannemeyer Out, Weaver Enters Race for Senate |
| February 15 - First Farm Bill Changes Sent to Reagan |
| February 15 - Hearings Set on Space Shuttle, NASA Budget |
| February 15 - Perspective -- Sam Nunn: A Critic to Be Reckoned With |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress: Cometh the Restoration, or Business as Usual? |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Alabama |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Alaska |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Arizona |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Arkansas |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: California |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Colorado |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Connecticut |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Delaware |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Florida |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Georgia |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Hawaii |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Idaho |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Illinois |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Indiana |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Iowa |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Kansas |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Kentucky |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Louisiana |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Maine |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Maryland |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Massachusetts |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Michigan |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Minnesota |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Mississippi |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Missouri |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Montana |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Nebraska |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Nevada |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: New Hampshire |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: New Jersey |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: New Mexico |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: New York |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: North Carolina |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: North Dakota |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Ohio |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Oklahoma |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Oregon |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Pennsylvania |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Rhode Island |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: South Carolina |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: South Dakota |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Tennessee |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Texas |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Utah |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Vermont |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Virginia |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Washington |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: West Virginia |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Wisconsin |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress Guide to the 1986 Elections: Wyoming |
| February 22 - Choosing the 100th Congress |
| February 22 - Bipartisanship vs. Election-Year Politics: Senate Restlessness May Signal Unique Cooperation on Budget |
| February 22 - Chairmen Discuss Tax Bill's Effective Dates |
| February 22 - Roth Unveils Business Tax Plan |
| February 22 - Treasury Proposes Debt-Limit Repeal |
| February 22 - Major Economic Assumptions |
| February 22 - Rosy Economic Forecast Concerns Members: Budget Office Projects Deficits Will Decline |
| February 22 - Projected Automatic Cuts (chart) |
| February 22 - Projected Deficits 1986-91 (chart) |
| February 22 - Members Critical of NASA Management: Congress Inclined to Replace Space Shuttle, Chairmen Say |
| February 22 - Space Probe Health Risks Questioned |
| February 22 - Difficult Task Acknowledged: Hill Launches Drive to Shield Local Revenue Sharing Funds |
| February 22 - Suit Filed to Protect Housing Funds |
| February 22 - Tying Up Aid: Sending a Signal to Marcos |
| February 22 - Clark, Subic on the Line: What to Do About the Bases? Congress Looking at Options |
| February 22 - $2.35 Billion to Be Cut: Fascell Panel Moves to Trim Foreign Assistance Programs |
| February 22 - Election Abuses, Chapter Two |
| February 22 - 'Covert' Angola Aid Averts Legislation |
| February 22 - Stiff Opposition to Military Assistance: Reagan Wants $100 Million in New 'Contra' Aid |
| February 22 - 'We Have Waited Long Enough': Decades-Old Genocide Treaty Finally Wins Senate Approval |
| February 22 - Coming to Grips With the Volatile Dollar |
| February 22 - The Cost of Foreign Money (chart) |
| February 22 - In the Complex Arena of World Finance Capitol Hill Players Are Few in Number |
| February 22 - Politics Increase Impetus for Farm Credit Aid |
| February 22 - Linkage Sets Off New Battles: Senate Debates Rules Changes As Prelude to TV Coverage |
| February 22 - No Exemption for Riverboat: Reagan Vetoes Bill Making Changes in Coast Guard Laws |
| February 22 - Reagan Faces Challenge on Test-Ban Treaty |
| February 22 - Former Rep. Hansen Protests Ethics Ruling |
| February 22 - More Corrections to 1985 Farm Bill |
| February 22 - Reagan Administration Unveils Antitrust Proposals |
| February 22 - Senate Judiciary OKs Death Penalty Bill |
| February 22 - Senate Passes Anti-Terrorist Bill |
| February 22 - Community Health Bill Rejected |
| February 22 - Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Rep. Fiedler |
| February 22 - Perspective -- Sen. Eastland: The Last of a Vanished Breed |
| February 22 - Congress and the Country: The Misery and the Members Linger On |
