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January 18 - U.S. Potato Farmers Taking a Beating

February 8 - Budget: Agriculture

February 8 - INCUMBENCY

March 22 - COMMITTEES: House Agriculture

March 22 - COMMITTEES: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

March 22 - For Farmers' Heirs, a Bitter Harvest

April 19 - AGRICULTURE Fallow Land Bill Gets Panel OK

April 26 - Focus on Floods and Farmland

May 3 - SECTION NOTES: House Approves Extensions Of Land-Idling Contracts

May 10 - The Farmers' Advantage

May 24 - SECTION NOTES: Agriculture Department Agrees To Idle More Farmland

May 31 - Maintaining Status Quo May Be Tough

June 14 - RECONCILIATION: Food Stamps Get New Funding

June 28 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Panel Gives Agriculture Few Increases in Funding

June 28 - SECTION NOTES: Subcommittee OKs Bill To Help Dairy Farmers Recoup Losses

July 12 - APPROPRIATIONS: Tobacco Farmers' Programs Saved in House Committee

July 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Measure Delayed By Other House Events

July 19 - Fiscal 1998 Agriculture Spending

July 19 - THE BUDGET: Internal Divisions, White House Frustrate GOP's Tax Agenda

July 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Spending Bills Pass With Few Substantive Changes

July 26 - Democrats Stall To Protest Rules Slight

July 26 - Fiscal 1998 Agriculture Spending

August 9 - NOMINATIONS: Lugar May Step Up To Bat for Weld

August 9 - Targeted Tax Benefits: Easements

August 16 - Annual Fall Tasks Top Post-Break Agenda

August 16 - REGULATION: Documents Offer a Closer Look At Tobacco's Clout in Congress

August 16 - Vetoed Provisions: Farmer Co-ops

August 30 - APPROPRIATIONS: Stevens Mines the Federal Lode And Finds Nuggets for Alaska

August 30 - House, Senate To Face Lengthy 'To Do' List

August 30 - REGULATION: The Plot Thickens for Congress After Florida Tobacco Deal

September 6 - REGULATION: Effort To Toughen Meat Inspection Again Headed for Likely Defeat

September 13 - HEALTH: Cosmetics Labeling Agreement Paves Way for FDA Overhaul

September 13 - REGULATION: Senate Votes Rev Up Momentum For Tougher Tobacco Deal

September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Agree To Fortify FDA's Tobacco Initiative

September 20 - DRUGS: GOP Prescribes Bipartisanship For Overhaul of FDA

September 20 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Details Five Key Elements For Teen Smoking Legislation

September 20 - Spending Bills Top List As Deadline Nears

September 20 - THE ELECTORATE: America's Heartland: Neither One Mind nor One Heart

September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Members Press Side Issues, Cushioned by Stopgap CR

September 27 - PUBLIC LANDS: Grazing Bill Gets Panel's Nod; Administration Disapproves

September 27 - SECTION NOTES: Alaska Land Development Bill Advances in Senate

October 4 - SECTION NOTES: Imported Food Safety Proposal Unveiled by President

October 4 - SECTION NOTES: Informal Working Group Set Up To Enact Tobacco Settlement

October 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Approves $49.8 Billion Agriculture Spending Bill

October 11 - DRUGS: Few Differences Remain in Move To Streamline FDA Process

October 11 - Fiscal 1998 Agriculture Spending

October 11 - Versions of House, Senate Bills Similar

November 1 - AGRICULTURE: House Passes Grazing Bill With Small Fee Increase

November 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Bill Clears Senate

November 1 - Corrections

November 8 - Costly Mix of Soldiers and Cigarettes Has Pentagon Saying No to Tradition

November 8 - COVER STORY: Carlton: Small-Town Lawyer With a Big-Time Voice

November 8 - DRUGS: Republicans Close to Deal On Streamlining FDA

November 8 - No Sanctuary in the Capitol

November 8 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Passes Bankruptcy Bills To Help Farmers, Schools

November 8 - Tobacco Industry Courts the Hill With Compromise, Conciliation

November 8 - Tobacco PAC Contributions

November 8 - TOBACCO POLITICS: U.S. Looks to Canada's Example In Efforts To Curb Tobacco Use

November 15 - DRUGS: FDA Measure Looks Healthy After GOP Concessions

November 15 - Hard Times Ahead in Senate

November 15 - Most Provisions Kept in FDA Bill

November 15 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress

November 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: President Vetoes Projects In Interior, Agriculture

November 22 - COVER STORY: Utility Group Takes to Airwaves With Ads Aimed at Lawmakers

November 22 - REGULATION: Federal-State Tobacco Dispute May Land in Congress

November 22 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress

December 6 - 105th Congress, First Session: Appropriations

December 6 - CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL: Corporations Pick Up the Tab For Globe-Hopping Members

December 13 - Bliley Shows Some Muscle

December 13 - REGULATION: Lawyers' Fees Emerge as Threat To Tobacco Legislation

December 20 - COMMERCE: Latest Crop of Tobacco Documents Hardens Industry Foes' Resolve