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February 13 - Bill Would Give Congress a Veto Over Agriculture Embargoes

February 20 - AGRICULTURE: Hog Farmers' Crisis May Require Creative Response From Capitol Hill

March 6 - AGRICULTURE: House Passes Measure To Rush Loan Guarantees To Beleaguered Farmers

March 6 - FINANCE: House Bill Would Extend Chapter 12

March 13 - President Expected To Sign Farmers' Loan Guarantee Bill

March 20 - AGRICULTURE: Cultivating a New Approach To Crop Insurance

March 27 - Clinton Expected To Sign Farmer Bankruptcy Extension

April 24 - AGRICULTURE: Dairy States See Pricing Plan As a Glass Half-Empty

May 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Agriculture Spending Bill Avoids Burdensome Riders So Far; Democrats To Push for More Farm Aid

May 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Bill Moves to House Floor, Where Fights Are Likely Over Farm Aid, Other Amendments

May 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Spending Bill Grinds to a Halt Under A Bushel of Amendments

June 12 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Passes Agriculture Bill After Coburn Gets $103 Million Cut

June 12 - Chart: Agriculture Spending Highlights

June 12 - TRADE: Panel Approves Bill To Limit Food Embargoes

June 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Prepares for Struggles Over Farm Aid, Dairy Policy As Agriculture Bill Heads to Floor

June 19 - FOREIGN POLICY: House Passes Agriculture Sanctions Bill

June 26 - AGRICULTURE: Lawmakers Jostle for Advantage In Dairy Policy Debate

June 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Managed Care Initiative Slows Senate Consideration Of Agriculture Spending Bill

June 26 - Chart: Agriculture Spending Highlights

July 3 - AGRICULTURE: Regional Rivalries Heat Up As House Panel Votes To Reject USDA's New Dairy Price Plan

July 24 - AGRICULTURE: Rosy Outlook for Crop Insurance Bill Could Be Undercut by Program's Cost

July 31 - AGRICULTURE: Cuts Ensure Crop Bill Gets A Go-Ahead

July 31 - Bill Would Require Meatpackers To Disclose Livestock Prices

July 31 - COMMERCE: Panel Moves Dairy Compact Authorization

August 7 - AGRICULTURE: House Committee Takes Action To Boost Subsidies for Farmers In Crop Insurance Bill Bill

August 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Takes Middle Ground On 'Emergency' Farm Aid As Agriculture Bill Passes

August 7 - Senate Votes to Halt Food Sanctions

September 25 - AGRICULTURE: New Dairy Price Plan's Backers Are Confident of Victory Despite Losing House Vote

September 25 - Dairy Dispute Stalls Agriculture Bill

October 2 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Bill With Farm Relief Passes in House Despite Dismay Over 'Back Room' Deal-Making

October 2 - Crop Insurance Bill Passes House

October 9 - Chart: Agriculture Spending Highlights

October 9 - House Clears Farm Bankruptcy Bill

October 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: To Expedite Farm Relief, Senators Reluctantly Clear $69 Billion Agriculture Bill

October 16 - FISHING BUDDIES: The Massachusetts-Alaska Alliance

October 23 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Sanctions Relief Bill To Go Alone

November 6 - Food Sanctions Bill Subsides

November 20 - AGRICULTURE: Accepting the Inevitable, Foes of New Milk Price Policy Drop Effort To Tie Up Senate

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Agriculture - Crop Insurance

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Agriculture - Dairy Pricing

November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Appropriations - Agriculture

December 4 - TRADE: WTO's Changes Too Slow For Troubled U.S. Farmers