 May 5 - $79 Billion Boost for Agriculture Could Galvanize Farm Bill Renewal |
| May 5 - Scaled-Down Version of Bush Tax Plan Taking Bipartisan Form at Senate Finance |
| May 5 - House Retirement Measure Unlikely To Gain a Place in Senate Tax Package |
| May 5 - Demand for Voting System Overhaul May Stall House Campaign Finance Bill |
| May 5 - Compromises on ESEA Bills May Imperil Republican Strategy |
| May 5 - Turf Battles, Lobbying Blitz Roil 'Broadband' Deregulation |
| May 5 - Congress Still Far From Consensus On Remedies for Energy Crunch |
| May 5 - Impatient Grassley May Offer Senate Bankruptcy Overhaul A Ride on Unrelated Legislation |
| May 5 - Panel Chairmen's Dispute Over Agency Pay Raises Holds Up Cut in SEC Fees |
| May 5 - Bush's Bid to Extend Immigration Measure May Set Up a Test of Leadership on Issue |
| May 5 - Senate Officer to Head INS |
| May 5 - Senate Panel Considers a Bill To Prevent Human Cloning By Banning a Lab Technique |
| May 5 - 'Blue Slip' Issue Claims First Casualties As Democrats Walk Out of Meeting On Justice Department Nominees |
| May 5 - Bush Names Social Security Panel As Politically Palatable Options For Overhaul Begin to Narrow |
| May 5 - Senate Democrats Vow to Resist Bush's Anti-Missile Policy |
| May 5 - ABM Treaty Places Several Roadblocks In the Way of U.S. Anti-Missile Plan |
| May 5 - Amendments to State Department Bill Prompt Veto Warning From Chairman Hyde |
| May 5 - Gutierrez's Vieques Arrest To Be Probed |
| May 5 - U.S.-China Relations Remain Tense |
| May 5 - Booming Nevada Rolls a 3 in Remap |
| May 5 - Utah GOP Floats A Salt Lake Split-Up |
| May 5 - Incumbents' Interests Move to Fore in Missouri |
| May 5 - Arkansas Is First Again As Map Measure Becomes Law |
| May 5 - Democratic-Controlled Panel Takes Charge of Indiana Remap |
| May 5 - GOP Taps State Sen. Forbes For Va. Special House Election |
| May 5 - Iowa Senate Nixes Redistricting Plan |
| May 5 - All Intents and Purposes |
| May 5 - Lewis Finds GOP Allies for New Museum |
| May 5 - The New Face of Internet Taxation |
| May 5 - Democratic Leaders on Hill Don't Ring Bell With Public |
| May 5 - This Week in Congress |
| May 5 - Traficant Responds Defiantly to Corruption Indictment |
| May 5 - GOP, Businesses Rewrite The Regulatory Playbook |
| May 5 - Nominee's Faith in Risk Analysis Sharpens Debate on Rulemaking Process |
| May 5 - Budget Deal's Ungainly Pause Is Inches From the Finish Line |
| May 12 - Business Groups Line Up Against Proposal to Allow Consumers to Sue 'Spammers' |
| May 12 - Task-Forcing the Issues |
| May 12 - Lazio Presses the Flesh for Financial Group |
| May 12 - Split-Ticket Voting Lowest in 48 Years |
| May 12 - Alan Frumin on Making Everyone Equally Dissatisfied |
| May 12 - This Week in Congress |
| May 12 - World War II Memorial May Get Push in Congress |
| May 12 - The Rumsfeld Mandate: Invent the Military's Future |
| May 12 - Calls for Quick Energy Fixes Put GOP Plan on Defensive |
| May 12 - House Panel Rejects Price Caps |
| May 12 - Senate's Agenda to Rest on Rulings Of Referee Schooled by Democrats |
| May 12 - No Deal on Conferences |
| May 12 - GOP Budget Resolution Squeaks By, But Implementation Will Be Tougher |
| May 12 - Budget Resolution Highlights |
| May 12 - Panel Approves Tax Breaks For Foster, Adoptive Parents; 10-Year Cost of $3.1 Billion |
| May 12 - Grassley-Baucus Tax Blueprint Heads for Rough-and-Tumble Markup |
| May 12 - Early Signs of Comity Emerge In Judicial Nomination Process |
| May 12 - Bush's First Judicial Choices Highlight An Influential Conservative Court |
| May 12 - Bush's Judicial Nominees |
| May 12 - Rep. Traficant Pleads Not Guilty, Challenges Federal Probers' Integrity; Both Parties to Field Challengers in 2002 |
| May 12 - Rep. Hutchinson Promises to Balance Treatment, Enforcement as DEA Chief; Crowded Race Possible for Arkansas Seat |
| May 12 - Democrats Leaving Their Stamp On Bush's Education Bill |
| May 12 - High-Speed Internet Access Bill Emerges From House Commerce Panel With Less Momentum Than Tauzin Hoped |
| May 12 - Gaming Profits Help Tribes Build Influence in Washington |
| May 12 - House Subcommittee Approves Bill To Let Airlines Coordinate Schedules Without Breaching Antitrust Law |
| May 12 - Commission on Privacy Blasted By Democrats |
| May 12 - Commission on Privacy Blasted By Democrats |
| May 12 - Democrats Look to Regain Lost Ground in Maryland |
| May 12 - House Panel Moves Railroad Pension Bill |
| May 12 - McCain Amendment Revives Senate's Consciousness Of Patients' Rights Issue |
| May 12 - Payments and Provisos |
| May 12 - White House Quells Hill Backlash Against Loss of U.N. Posts |
| May 12 - GOP's Commitment to Arms Control Debated as Senate Confirms Nominee |
| May 12 - 'New Democrats' May Hold the Key To Deal on Fast-Track Trade Authority |
| May 12 - Signed, but Not Yet Sealed |
| May 12 - Members Welcome Bush's Plan For Strengthening Counterterrorism And Urge More Concrete Action |
| May 12 - As Florida Limelight Ebbs, GOP Ambitions Flourish |
| May 12 - Gov. Bush Appears to Have Weathered Political Storm Over Brother's Election |
| May 12 - Parties Watch 'Swing' District In Virginia for Early Clues To Electorate's Mood in 2002 |
| May 12 - Election Process Review Picks Up Steam in Congress |
| May 12 - Indiana Democrats Advance Remap |
| May 12 - Missouri Senate Republicans' Remap Plan Targets Gephardt |
| May 19 - Purse Strings |
| May 19 - SEC Weighs Business vs. Human Rights |
| May 19 - Thompson Looks for Public Comment On Nurse Anesthetists' Supervision |
| May 19 - Lott's Hold on Campaign Finance Bill a Non-Issue to Shays |
| May 19 - Lovett Lobbies for Artists |
| May 19 - This Week in Congress |
| May 19 - Will Bush Turn His Veto Pen On a Fiscally Wayward GOP? |
| May 19 - Agriculture: Pressure on the Margins |
| May 19 - Commerce, Justice, State: Priority Shift |
| May 19 - Defense: Waiting for Rumsfeld |
| May 19 - Energy and Water: Cuts to the Corps |
| May 19 - Foreign Operations: Less Aid for Trade |
| May 19 - Interior: Development Pains |
| May 19 - Labor-HHS: Focus on Education |
| May 19 - Transportation: Diminished Discretion |
| May 19 - Treasury: More for IRS, Enforcement |
| May 19 - Veterans, Housing: HUD Face-Off |
| May 19 - D.C.: Steering Clear of Riders |
| May 19 - Legislative Branch: Paring Requests |
| May 19 - Military Construction: Marking Time |
| May 19 - Senate Tax Bill Trade-Offs Leave a Fragile Coalition |
| May 19 - Election Overhaul Regains Spotlight With Introduction of Competing Bills To Assist States and Set Standards |
| May 19 - House to Debate Campaign Finance Bill In July; McCain's Office Decries 'Delay' |
| May 19 - Bush Urged to Shift Emphasis To Fuel Efficiency Standards |
| May 19 - Key Recommendations Of Bush Energy Plan |
| May 19 - As Education Bills Head for Floor Votes, Big Ideological Tests Loom in House |
| May 19 - Dueling Patients' Rights Bills Grab Attention in Senate |
| May 19 - Bill to Relieve Small Businesses Of Liability for Pollution Cleanup Advances Quickly in House |
| May 19 - Airline Coordination Bill Emerges From One House Panel But May Face Another |
| May 19 - Members Consider Streamlining Environmental Review, Permit Process For Road and Airport Expansions |
| May 19 - Freeh's Contrite Visit to Hill Fails to Head Off Demands For Stronger Oversight of FBI |
| May 19 - Court Kills Marijuana Loophole |
| May 19 - Olson Vote Adds Fuel to Partisan Fire |
| May 19 - Harvard Professor Faces Tough Questions But Is Expected to Win Confirmation As Head of Regulatory Affairs Office |
| May 19 - Bill on Phone Competition May Get Even Harder on Bells |
| May 19 - House Expands Tax Benefits For Adoption, Foster Care |
| May 19 - Railroad Pension Shift Approved |
| May 19 - House, Bush Move to End Delays On World War II Memorial |
| May 19 - Judiciary Approves Updating Of Copyright Law for Internet |
| May 19 - Scully Nomination to Head HCFA Likely to Get Panel's Backing |
| May 19 - Sanctions on Oil-Producing Nations Still Have Powerful Support |
| May 19 - Strong Feelings Fuel Debate On Aid to Azerbaijan |
| May 19 - House Narrowly Backs Bush On Abortion-Related Aid Curbs In State Department Authorization |
| May 19 - Connecticut Prepares To Sacrifice a Seat |
| May 19 - Reflecting Many of the Same Values, Bill Shuster Wins Election To Fill His Father's House Seat |
| May 19 - Oregon Democrats Urge Kitzhaber To Take On Sen. Smith in 2002 |
| May 19 - Parceling Portland in Remap |
| May 19 - Missouri Solidifies Gephardt's Advantage |
| May 26 - What Jeffords Has Wrought |
| May 26 - Pelosi and Hoyer Positioning for Whip Job |
| May 26 - Ruling Frees Boehner Lawsuit From Limbo |
| May 26 - Shakeup In the Senate |
| May 26 - The Transfer Of Leadership |
| May 26 - An Unassuming Authority |
| May 26 - For Now, Lott Stays as Leader |
| May 26 - New Chairmen and Agendas |
| May 26 - Agriculture: Focus on Family Farms |
| May 26 - Appropriations: Stretching Spending |
| May 26 - Armed Services: Missile Defense Skeptic |
| May 26 - Banking: Siding With Consumers |
| May 26 - Budget: Prairie Populist Takes Over |
| May 26 - Commerce: Power-Sharing Leadership |
| May 26 - Energy: ANWR out; Price Curbs in |
| May 26 - Environment: Diluting Bush's Agenda |
| May 26 - Finance: Partnering on Top Priorities |
| May 26 - Foreign Relations: The Power Broker |
| May 26 - Governmental Affairs: New Watchdog |
| May 26 - Health, Education: Assertive Dealmaker |
| May 26 - Judiciary: Nomination Gantlet |
| May 26 - Small Business: Sales Job Ahead |
| May 26 - Veterans' Affairs: Improving Health Care |
| May 26 - Indian Affairs: Steady Course |
| May 26 - Rules: A Shift on Election Standards |
| May 26 - Ethics: Bipartisan Continuity |
| May 26 - Intelligence: Dealing From the Center |
| May 26 - Can Bush Stay the Course? |
| May 26 - The House's New Burden |
| May 26 - GOP Losing Yankee Ingenuity |
| May 26 - Anguished Transformation From Maverick to Outcast |
| May 26 - Jeffords' Switch Unlikely to Mean A Change in Voting Habits |
| May 26 - Spilled Milk in Vermont |
| May 26 - Tax Cut Deal Reached Quickly As Appetite for Battle Fades |
| May 26 - Tax Cut Backers Hurry to Beat A Touch of Surplus Pessimism |
| May 26 - Democratic 'Ayes' |
| May 26 - Education Bill Passes in House With Strong Bipartisan Support |
| May 26 - White House Seeks to Build Energy Bill On Perceived Areas of Common Ground |
| May 26 - McCain-Edwards-Kennedy Proposal For Patients' Rights Legislation Gains Leverage in Senate |
| May 26 - House Votes To Extend Visa Program |
| May 26 - Senate Gives Olson the Nod By 51-47 Vote |
| May 26 - House Judiciary Committee Narrows Scope of Bill Aimed at Regulating 'Spam' |
| May 26 - House Passes Superfund Liability Limit |
| May 26 - Panel OKs Regulatory Nominee |
| May 26 - House Clears Bill to Reduce Delays in World War II Memorial |
| May 26 - House Judiciary Wins Role in Reviewing Broadband Bill |
| May 26 - Rep. Scarborough to Resign in Fall |
| May 26 - Supreme Court to Hear Challenge To Child Online Protection Act |
| May 26 - Jeffords Says 'Substantive Reservations'About President's Agenda Prompted His Split With GOP |
