 March 1 - New Slate, Fresh Problems for the Philippines |
| March 1 - Marcos Turns to Reagan's Friend Laxalt For the Verdict: 'Cut and Cut Cleanly' |
| March 1 - House Holds Developers in Contempt in Marcos Probe |
| March 1 - $100 Million With No Strings: Reagan Asks Hill to Approve Arms, Other Aid for 'Contras' |
| March 1 - Fight Brewing Over Spending 'Deferrals' |
| March 1 - Search for Senate Tax Plan Proceeds |
| March 1 - Senate Panel to Start Budget Markup: Reagan's Deficit Projections Too Low, CBO Tells Congress |
| March 1 - Reconciliation Revival Efforts |
| March 1 - Advisory Panel Backs Pentagon Reorganization |
| March 1 - Skepticism Prevails on Capitol Hill: President Bids for Support on Defense Budget |
| March 1 - Gutting Substitute Fails: House Hands Reagan a Defeat On Test-Ban Treaty Resolution |
| March 1 - U.S., Soviet Arms Control Offers |
| March 1 - House Under Pressure: NRA, Police Organizations In Tug of War on Gun Bills |
| March 1 - One Member's 'Hardball' Fight With the NRA |
| March 1 - Mid-March Deadline Set: O'Neill Pushes Anti-Terrorism Initiative |
| March 1 - Reagan Backs Rebel Leader: Members Divided Over Loans Aiding Firms in Marxist Angola |
| March 1 - Bill Aiding VA Home Loan Program Cleared |
| March 1 - House Panel Backs Revenue Sharing |
| March 1 - DNC to Set Nominating Process: Harmony Is In, Bickering Out As Democrats Consider Rules |
| March 1 - Candidates File in Ohio and Kentucky |
| March 1 - Citing Illness, Iowa's Bedell Announces Retirement |
| March 1 - Faults Statute as Vague: Judge Rejects Bribery Charges Against Rep. Fiedler and Aide |
| March 1 - Decides Cases on Rent Control, Pensions: Court Issues Mixed Rulings On Control of Pornography |
| March 1 - Speedy Ruling on Gramm-Rudman |
| March 1 - As Delivered Feb. 26: Text of President Reagan's Televised Address on His Fiscal 1987 Defense Budget |
| March 1 - Administration Statements on Philippines: Feb. 22-25, 1986 |
| March 1 - On Feb. 26: Democratic Response to Reagan's Address |
| March 1 - Senate Agrees to Test of Radio, TV Coverage |
| March 1 - 'Superfund' Conference Gets Off to Slow Start |
| March 1 - Correcting Farm Bill 'Mistakes': Angry Urban Members Stall Dairy's Push To Avoid Cuts |
| March 1 - House Votes Emergency CCC Funds |
| March 1 - Hodel Announces New Coal Leasing Program |
| March 1 - House Intelligence Democrats Oppose Savimbi Aid |
| March 1 - Rodino Prods Justice on EPA Probe |
| March 1 - NASA Chief Resigns; Budget Hearings Begin |
| March 1 - Rodino Says He'll Move Immigration Bill |
| March 1 - Senate Committee Funding Cut |
| March 1 - Senate Judiciary OKs Added Bankruptcy Judgeships |
| March 1 - Non-Bank Bank Loophole Unplugged: Heavily Lobbied Banking Bills Remain Stalled in Rules Panel |
| March 1 - Perspective: Space Shuttle 'Diplomacy' Shown by Congress |
| March 8 - Reagan Loses Ground on 'Contra' Aid Program |
| March 8 - Clergy Takes on 'Contras' in Lobbying Blitz |
| March 8 - Members Concerned About Cost: House Moves to Approve Plan To Bolster Diplomatic Security |
| March 8 - Shultz Is Warned to Expect Cutbacks Foreign Aid Spending Battles: An Opening Salvo |
| March 8 - Deferrals Recomputed; Fight With Congress Continues |
| March 8 - Senate Works On Budget With Democratic Aid |
| March 8 - Senators Who Signed Boschwitz Letter (list) |
| March 8 - Tax Amnesty Proposal Gains Momentum As One Quick Route to Deficit Reduction |
| March 8 - Measure's Savings Now $18.1 Billion: Deficit-Cutting Bill Amended, But Future Action Is Uncertain |
| March 8 - Finance Panel Moves Toward Tax Bill Markup |
| March 8 - Supporters, Opponents Both Expect Victory: Senate Debates Balanced-Budget Amendment |
| March 8 - New Faces in Constitutional Amendment Fight: Sens. Evans, Simon |
| March 8 - Playing 'Beat the Clock' With NRA: House Panel, Under Pressure, Approves Compromise Gun Bill |
| March 8 - Foley: Rising to Top by Accident and Design |
| March 8 - House Majority Leaders, 1899-1986 (list) |
| March 8 - Garn-St Germain Deadlock Continues: Prospects Dim for Legislation To Aid Ailing Thrift Industry |
| March 8 - In Capitol Marketplace: Trade Expansion Bills |
| March 8 - Trade Tug of War: A Tale of Two Committees |
| March 8 - Funding Frozen for Two Years: House Rejects Block Grants, Reauthorizes Health Centers |
| March 8 - Illinois Primary Tests Price, Collins and Savage |
| March 8 - Illinois House Candidates (chart) |
| March 8 - Major Separation-of-Powers Issues: Court to Review Pocket Veto, Laws With Legislative Vetoes |
| March 8 - High Court Rejects Hansen's Appeal |
| March 8 - Congress and Justice Department Clash: Panel Asks Special Prosecutor To Probe Document Dispute |
| March 8 - Ethics in Government Act Deadlines |
| March 8 - April 1 Deadline Approaching: Conferees Move on 'Superfund,' but Slowly |
| March 8 - Nuclear Liability Markup Continues |
| March 8 - Farm Bill 'Corrections' Cleared by Congress |
| March 8 - Lyng Wins Senate Approval, 95-2 |
| March 8 - Stiff Opposition From Defense Officials: Pentagon Reorganization Bill Approved by Goldwater Panel |
| March 8 - Changes Draw Protests From Pentagon Brass |
| March 8 - Reviewing the Division of Labor |
| March 8 - House Panel Votes Aid for Northern Ireland |
| March 8 - Housing Bill May Move As Deadline Nears |
| March 8 - Senate Telephone Decision Put on Hold |
| March 8 - Fletcher Picked to Head NASA |
| March 8 - House Votes Curbs on Chauffeured Cars |
| March 8 - Rep. Addabbo Hospitalized |
| March 8 - Rep. Daschle Announces Bid for Senate Seat |
| March 8 - Senate Approves Ban on 'Cop-Killer' Bullets |
| March 8 - Congress and the Country -- The Senate: World's Least Effective 'Saucer' |
| March 15 - House Bashes Reagan Budget, Seeks Its Own |
| March 15 - Defense Number Stymies Senate Budget Panel |
| March 15 - Reconciliation Goes 'Round Again |
| March 15 - Opponents Optimistic: Senate to Vote March 25 on Balanced Budget |
| March 15 - Effective-Date Change Endorsed |
| March 15 - Markups to Begin March 19: Packwood Draft Cuts Rates, Retains Selected Tax Breaks |
| March 15 - Evolution of Proposals to Overhaul the Tax Code (chart) |
| March 15 - Two Bills Still In Dispute: Senate Showdown on CCC Backs Gramm-Rudman Cuts |
| March 15 - Legislation Still Expected: Bank Regulators Act to Ease Farm Loan Losses |
| March 15 - Conable Named to Head World Bank |
| March 15 - Panel Backs Trade 'War Chest,' Ex-Im Bank Bill |
| March 15 - Floor Fight Expected: House Committee Votes 35-0 For Controversial Gun Bill |
| March 15 - Signers of Gun Bill Discharge Petition (list) |
| March 15 - President Courts Votes: Preparing for the Showdown On Aid to Nicaraguan Rebels |
| March 15 - Reagan and the 'Contra' Question: Cloudy Policy Goals, Cloudy Outlook on Hill |
| March 15 - Debating Point: The CIA Fund |
| March 15 - Debating Point: What Latin Leaders Think |
| March 15 - A Threat to Peace? Proposed Arms Sale to Saudis Sparking Opposition on Hill |
| March 15 - House Passes Bill Limiting Polygraph Tests |
| March 15 - House Members Take Swing at 'Revolving Door' |
| March 15 - Gramm: Making Waves, Enemies and History |
| March 15 - Gramm at a Glance |
| March 15 - Record Number of Advisory Briefs: Reagan Crusade Before Court Unprecedented in Intensity |
| March 15 - First Installment in Fiscal 1986: Space Shuttle Replacement Funding Request Anticipated |
| March 15 - But Farmers Object: Industry and Environmentalists Agree on Pesticide Legislation |
| March 15 - Court Limits Use of Toxic-Waste Tax |
| March 15 - Showdown Averted for Now: Meese Orders Probe in Documents Dispute |
| March 15 - Includes Historic Cost-Sharing Reforms: Senate Debates $12 Billion Water Projects Bill |
| March 15 - House Democrats Split Over Course: Efforts to Extend Housing Aid While Rewriting Bill Delayed |
| March 15 - Garn Vows to Fight OMB on Funding |
| March 15 - Stemming Bank, S and L Failures: New Powers Sought to Bolster U.S. Deposit Insurance Funds |
| March 15 - Higher Education Bill Markup Set |
| March 15 - Panel Seeks More State Aid for Handicapped |
| March 15 - House Approves Northern Ireland Aid Plan |
| March 15 - Dispute Over Convention's Role: Brushing Aside Complaints, DNC Approves Rules for 1988 |
| March 15 - Campaign '86: Battles in Pennsylvania |
| March 15 - Campaign '86: Cranston Draws a Crowd |
| March 15 - Campaign '86: McIntyre-McCloskey Again |
| March 15 - Campaign '86: Packwood in the Middle |
| March 15 - Campaign '86: Utah's Monson Retires |
| March 15 - Addabbo Critically Ill |
| March 15 - House Raises Disaster Highway Aid |
| March 15 - President Denounces House Test Ban Measure |
| March 15 - Supplemental Funding Bill for Disaster Relief |
| March 15 - Reagan Pledges Immigration Bill Aid |
| March 15 - Rep. Fuqua Announces Retirement |
| March 15 - Senate Committee Funding Approved |
| March 15 - Senate Radio Broadcasts Begin |
| March 22 - Highlights of Senate Budget Committee Budget |
| March 22 - Panel Cuts Defense, Supports New Taxes: Bipartisan Budget Headed for Senate Floor |
| March 22 - Fiscal 1987 Budget Authority and Outlays (chart) |
| March 22 - Senate Budget Committee Vote on Fiscal 1987 Budget (list) |
| March 22 - Major Assumptions in Senate Committee Budget |
| March 22 - Tax-Exempt Bond Market in Uproar: Packwood's Senate Colleagues Already Fighting Over Tax Bill |
| March 22 - After House Defeat, Reagan to Push 'Contra' Aid |
| March 22 - Lack of Support From House Moderates Was Key to Reagan Nicaragua Setback |
| March 22 - O'Neill: No More Tonkin Gulfs |
| March 22 - $4.4 Billion Over Five Years: House Approves Bill to Increase Security at Diplomatic Missions |
| March 22 - D.C. Is Mecca In Quest for Cash: PAC Pilgrimage Becomes Candidates' Ritual |
| March 22 - LaRouche Allies Score Illinois Upsets: Machine Again Delivers Price; Savage and Collins Victorious |
| March 22 - Cutting the Pentagon Budget: Tough Choices |
| March 22 - Defense Budget Cut Estimates (chart) |
| March 22 - Key Features of Higher Education Bills Compared |
| March 22 - Senate Panel Approves College Aid Overhaul |
| March 22 - Senate Panel Approves 'Katie Beckett' Bill |
| March 22 - Legislation Cleared: Cuts in Senior Citizen Meal Programs Averted |
| March 22 - Social Program Extensions Approved |
| March 22 - Senate Confirms Texas Judge by Close Vote |
| March 22 - Reagan's Speech on Aid to Nicaraguan Rebels -- March 16 |
| March 22 - Democratic Response to Reagan's Address -- March 16 |
| March 22 - But Will It Get Action? Acid Rain to Get Attention As Reagan Changes Course |
| March 22 - Modified Irrigation Plan Approved |
| March 22 - But No Progress on Substance: Congress Saves 'Superfund,' Grants Two-Month Extension |
| March 22 - Confrontation Looms on Safe Water |
| March 22 - $1.7 Billion Funding Bill Crowds Budget Cap |
| March 22 - House Vote on Gun Bill Put Off Until April 9 |
| March 22 - Police Groups, New to Lobbying Scene, Face Off Against NRA in Gun Bill Battle |
| March 22 - $18 Billion Deficit-Reduction Measure Clears |
| March 22 - Documents Released Tracing Marcos' Wealth |
| March 22 - Panel Opposes Angola Rebel Aid |
| March 22 - Senate Postpones Action on Water Projects |
| March 22 - Stripped-Down Agriculture Supplemental Clears |
| March 22 - Filibuster Launched Against Airport Bill |
| March 22 - Housing Extension Clears Congress |
| March 22 - Judicial Survivor Benefits Increased |
| March 22 - Senate Passes Debt Collection Bill |
| March 22 - Trade Law Enforcement Expanded |
| March 22 - Congress and the Country: A Modern Speaker for Modern Times? |
| March 29 - Senate Narrowly Backs Nicaragua 'Contra' Aid |
| March 29 - Role of Honduras as a Supporting Player Spotlighted by Drive Against 'Contras' |
| March 29 - Some Concerns on War Powers: Military Strikes Against Libya Receive Capitol Hill Support |
| March 29 - Major U.S. Military Interventions, 1946-86 (chronology) |
| March 29 - U.S.-Libya Tensions (chronology) |
| March 29 - Missiles to Saudi Arabia: Pro-Israel Lobby Declines to Fight Arms Sale |
| March 29 - 10 Republicans Defect: Balanced-Budget Amendment Killed in Senate by One Vote |
| March 29 - Senate Tax Markup Looks to Be a Long Haul |
| March 29 - Committee OKs Bill to Ease Insurance Crunch |
| March 29 - Amendment Threats Block Senate Action: Pre-Recess Drive to Approve Farm Bank Aid Measure Fails |
| March 29 - House Panel Backs Military Pension Cutbacks |
| March 29 - Military Retirement: Three Options (chart) |
| March 29 - Reagan Proposes No Funding: Members Try to Shield UDAG By Spreading Benefits Around |
| March 29 - Senate Ends Filibuster on Airport Transfer Bill |
| March 29 - On to Conference Committee: Long Drought May Be Ending; $12 Billion Water Projects Bill Flows by Senate Unopposed |
| March 29 - Water Projects Would Benefit All Regions (chart) |
| March 29 - Price-Anderson Reauthorization: Nuclear Industry Wins Round As Liability Markup Proceeds |
| March 29 - Congress May Boost Its Own Mailing Funds |
| March 29 - Debate Over 'Negative' Ads: 'Burnout' From Hunt-Helms Affects N.C.'s 1986 Contests |
| March 29 - Campaign '86: Farmer Tests Marlenee |
| March 29 - Campaign '86: Filling Fuqua's Seat |
| March 29 - Campaign '86: Huge Nebraska Field |
| March 29 - Campaign '86: Second Try |
| March 29 - Campaign '86: Senate Fracas on Course |
| March 29 - Court Dodges Ruling on Equal Access Issue |
| March 29 - Commodity Futures Bill Approved |
| March 29 - GOP Resistance Could Delay Budget in Senate |
| March 29 - Senate Votes Curbs on Presidential Library Costs |
| March 29 - Lynne Cheney to Head Humanities Endowment |
| March 29 - Panel OKs Job Training for Unemployed Farmers |
| March 29 - Sen. Hawkins Demands Drug Testing of Her Staff |
| March 29 - Trade Deficit Drops in February |
| March 29 - Turnage Confirmed to Head VA |
| March 29 - Perspective: Miscues Costly in Politics of Obstruction |
