August 1 - In Memoriam |
August 1 - ONE YEAR LATER: Tenuous Bipartisan Alliance on Trade Succumbs to Election-Year Tensions |
August 1 - POLITICAL SCIENCE: Talk of Less Government Sometimes Proves Cheap |
August 1 - This Week in Congress |
August 1 - HEALTH: Patients' Rights Bill May Die Aborning |
August 1 - Side-by-Side Comparisons of HMO Bills |
August 1 - Patients' Advocates and Cost Cutters: Congress Forced Into Contradictions |
August 1 - LEADERSHIP: Can the Revolutionary Resist Running for President? |
August 1 - The Statesman and the Provocateur: Two Sides of Gingrich |
August 1 - A Rebel Reconsiders |
August 1 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Congress Grapples With Question Of Security in the 'People's House' |
August 1 - An Illusion at the Library Door |
August 1 - TAXES: Much Loved and Left To Die: Tax Credits May Fall to Politics |
August 1 - Endangered Provisions |
August 1 - BUDGET: Chambers Find No Accord on Budget, Taxes |
August 1 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: 'Soft Money' Restrictions Near Passage in House, But Senate Still Unreceptive |
August 1 - ELECTIONS: Sen. Campbell Faces Challenge Over His Ideological Purity; Romero Runs Hard Against Lamm |
August 1 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Starr Probe's Sudden Progress Makes Congress Apprehensive, As Timing Is Everything |
August 1 - House Ethics Panel Questions Rep. Corrine Brown |
August 1 - Judge Dismisses Boehner's Lawsuit Against McDermott |
August 1 - ENVIRONMENT: Opposition to Global Warming Treaty Is Cropping Up in Spending Bills |
August 1 - BANKING & FINANCE: Senate Passes Credit Union Bill, But Differences Remain With House Over Minority Loans, Other Issues |
August 1 - EDUCATION: Panel Expands Charter School Funds |
August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Action on Treasury-Postal Bill Is Suddenly Halted After Dispute Over Term Limits at FEC |
August 1 - TAXES: Vote Bodes Ill For Internet Tax Agreement |
August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Passes Transportation Bill, Leaves Coast Guard, FAA Funding To Be Settled in Conference |
August 1 - EDUCATION: GOP-Tailored Head Start Bill Moves to House Floor Over Democratic Protests |
August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: VA-HUD Spending Bill Goes to Conference With Side Issues in Tow |
August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: School Voucher Fight Likely As D.C. Spending Bill Heads for House Floor |
August 1 - BANKING: Industry Groups Give Senate Banking Bill A Cautious Embrace |
August 1 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Concern for U.S. Workers Keeps Veto Threat Alive for Bill To Boost High-Tech Visas |
August 1 - Cable Industry Under Fire Again Over Rate Increases |
August 1 - Congress Clears Bill To Protect Biomaterials Suppliers |
August 1 - Richardson Confirmed for Energy Post, Lew for Budget Director |
August 1 - Senate Votes To End Baseball's Antitrust Exemption |
August 1 - House Clears Bill To Consolidate Job Training Programs |
August 1 - House Votes To Allow Shipments Of Nuclear Waste to Texas |
August 1 - Senate Passes Bill To Criminalize 'Identity Theft' |
August 1 - Senate Passes Bill To Promote Commercial Space Exploration |
August 1 - Senate Votes To Give Farm Aid Sooner Than Planned |
August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Passes Defense Spending Bill, Backing U.S. Troop Levels in Balkans |
August 1 - DEFENSE: Dispute Over Tritium Production Creates Unlikely Alliances, Entangles Defense Authorization |
August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conference Report On Military Construction Gets Speedy House Approval |
August 1 - Chart: Military Construction Spending |
August 1 - NOTEWORTHY: Former Rep. Swett Confirmed As Ambassador to Denmark |
August 1 - NOTEWORTHY: House Votes To Continue Normalization With Vietnam |
August 1 - NOTEWORTHY: Pentagon Revises Rules Against Adultery, Fraternization |
August 1 - TRADE: House Panel Votes To Drop Certain Tariffs |
August 1 - Chart: Status of Major Legislation |
August 1 - Chart: Status of Appropriations |
August 8 - DEFENSE: Modern Army Prepares for War On Two Fronts: Present, Future: 'Boots on the Ground,' Eyes on the Future |
August 8 - From the Editor |
August 8 - LESSONS IN DEMOCRACY: Ambassador Recoils When News Media Use 'H' Word in Announcing Meeting |
August 8 - Senate Favors Memorials to the Living |
August 8 - Congress in Recess |
August 8 - PAST AS PROLOGUE: Not Always Contemptible |
August 8 - Three Projects on the Firing Line |
August 8 - COMMERCE: Disney in Washington: The Mouse That Roars |
August 8 - Building Bridges Between Hollywood and Congress |
August 8 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Campaign Finance Gets Day in the Sun, But Senate's Shadow Is Looming |
August 8 - Overhaul Bill's Highlights |
August 8 - LAW AND JUDICIARY: Panel Steps Up Confrontation Over Campaign Finance Memos, Voting To Cite Reno for Contempt |
August 8 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Throws Book at Prosecutors, Passing Tough Rules on Conduct |
August 8 - AGRICULTURE: House Clears Legislation To Give Aid to Farmers Earlier Than Planned |
August 8 - BANKING: Inclusion of 'Killer' Amendment Leaves Little Hope For House Regulatory Bill |
August 8 - BANKING: Bill Would Widen Penalties For Fraudulent Practices Of 'Information Brokers' |
August 8 - TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS: House Passes Protections Against Digital and On-Line Theft; Conference Faces New Issues |
August 8 - APPROPRIATIONS: School Vouchers, Other Issues Push Parties Into Confrontation Over District of Columbia Bill |
August 8 - HOUSING: Speedy House Action Predicted On Home Ownership Bill After Subcommittee's Solid OK |
August 8 - COMMUNICATIONS: Restriction on Satellite TV Sets Back Effort To Promote Competition for Cable |
August 8 - BANKING & FINANCE: House Clears Credit Union Expansion Bill |
August 8 - FINANCE: Troubled Fund Wins Support In House |
August 8 - SCIENCE: Support for Space Station Hits New High, but Confidence In Russia's Role Plummets |
August 8 - TRANSPORTATION: House Passes FAA Bill, Leaving Conference To Resolve Funding, Competition Conflicts |
August 8 - COMMUNICATIONS: House Panel Votes To Curb 'Slamming' |
August 8 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Judiciary Panel Backs Penalties On Suicide Aid |
August 8 - House Commerce Approves Bill To Improve 911 Service |
August 8 - House Panel Backs Overhaul Of National Park Management |
August 8 - Mammography Standards Bill Advances in House |
August 8 - Panel Approves Bill To Relax Laws on Gun Transport |
August 8 - House Resolution Assails Iraq Over Weapons Inspections |
August 8 - Library of Congress Plans To Tighten Security |
August 8 - Bill Would Make National Policy Of Anti-Missile Defense |
August 8 - House Passes Bill To Suspend Taxes on Some Imports |
August 8 - House Votes To Prohibit Aid For Nuclear Plant in Iran |
August 8 - Members Intensifying Pressure For Stronger Action in Kosovo |
August 8 - Chart: Primary Results |
August 8 - Chart: Status of Appropriations Fiscal 1999 |
August 8 - Chart: Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
August 15 - LAW: Clinton's Legal Setbacks Tip Balance of Power To Congress -- Starr Power: What the Probe Means for the Presidency |
August 15 - From the Editor |
August 15 - Baseball's Exemption: Striking Out? |
August 15 - Correction |
August 15 - Shipping Law Revisionists Buoyed by Hearing |
August 15 - A Diplomatic Approach To Deter a Veto |
August 15 - Bork, Longtime Critic of Counsels, Takes a New Contrarian Stand |
August 15 - AGRICULTURE: Farmers Have the Whip Hand In Drive for Control of House |
August 15 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Second-Guessing Sanctions: The Price of Pressure |
August 15 - Current Sanctions |
August 15 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Senate Caught in the Grip Of Its Own 'Holds' System |
August 15 - ENERGY: Senate Committee Studying Richardson's Role In Lewinsky Matter |
August 15 - AGRICULTURE: Economic Uncertainties Set Tone for Campaigns In the Farm Belt States |
August 15 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Embassy Bombings Prompt Closer Scrutiny Of Intelligence, Security Standards |
August 15 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Administration Revives Effort To Get Law of Sea Treaty Underway in Senate |
August 15 - Correction: New Army |
August 15 - Chart: Primary Results |
August 15 - Chart: Interior Spending |
August 15 - Status of Appropriations Fiscal 1999 |
August 15 - Chart: Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress -- Second Session |
August 22 - From the Editor |
August 22 - TURF FIGHTS: Panel on Nuclear Proliferation Goes Up in Smoke |
August 22 - What's Ahead: Unfinished Work |
August 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: GOP's War on Pet Projects Bogs Down in Temptation |
August 22 - Budget Hawks Deride Research Grants As Wasteful Spending |
August 22 - Opportunities Abound for Congress To Fund Local Needs in VA-HUD |
August 22 - Projects Added to Interior Bill Defy Easy Labeling |
August 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: Despite the Ominous Rumblings, Another Train Wreck Looks Unlikely |
August 22 - Hot-Button GOP 'Riders' |
August 22 - FINANCE: Bankruptcy Overhaul: Seeking an Elusive Balance |
August 22 - Passion and Compassion From Bankruptcy Trustees |
August 22 - LAW: Clinton's Address Fails To Defuse Ticking Time Bomb of Starr Report |
August 22 - 'Disappointed' Democrats Let Clinton Face the Fallout Alone |
August 22 - 'A Critical Lapse in Judgment' |
August 22 - Reactions: Conciliation, Condemnation |
August 22 - POLITICS: Nevada Democrats Heartened By Crowded Republican Field In Race To Succeed Ensign |
August 22 - POLITICS: Wisconsin Democrats Hope To Capture Open 1st, 2nd Districts |
August 22 - REGULATION: FDA Jurisdiction Over Tobacco Thrown Into Doubt by Ruling |
August 22 - ENERGY: Richardson Sworn In To Energy Job |
August 22 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Lawmakers Back Missile Strikes Despite a Bit of GOP Skepticism |
August 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: Modest Drop in Defense Spending Feeds Concerns About Readiness |
August 22 - No Chance for a Nonfat Bill As Special Projects Flourish |
August 22 - Chart: Defense Spending |
August 22 - DEFENSE: Despite Leaner Pentagon Budgets, A Venerable Plane Still Flies High |
August 22 - Chart: Primary Results |
August 22 - Chart: Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress -- Second Session |
August 22 - Chart: Status of Appropriations Fiscal 1999 |