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January 3 - Mad Cow Case Fuels Debate Over Labeling

January 24 - Healthy Forests Initiative Provisions

January 24 - Mad Cow Case in Washington State Pushes Labeling Issue to Fore

January 31 - Embattled Meat and Cattle Industry Finds Potent Ally in White House

January 31 - Food Pyramid: Built for Health or for Agricultural Interests?

January 31 - Recent Cattle Bills

February 7 - Fiscal 2005 Budget: Agriculture

February 14 - House Shows Some Support For Tobacco Buyout Plan But Senate Remains Opposed

March 6 - Transportation Legislation Target For Bevy of Add-On Tax Code Changes

March 20 - 'Sound Science' Debates Permeate Public Policy Issues

May 1 - Cotton Ruling Alarms Lawmakers

May 22 - Thomas' Corporate Tax Bill Gambit Aims to Link Tobacco Buyout

June 5 - Agriculture: Programs Again Facing Cuts in Funding

June 5 - Editor's Notebook: Security Blanket

June 5 - GOP's Point Man on Tobacco Finds Two Loyalties Tested

June 5 - Philip Morris, Tobacco Foes on Shaky Common Ground

June 5 - Short of a Magic Act, Thomas Tries to Expand Corporate Tax Bill's Appeal

June 5 - Top Billing in Southeastern Races Wins Tobacco Buyout New Allies

June 19 - House Appropriations Chairman Fails to Block Language to Legalize Imports of Prescription Medicines

June 19 - House Democrats Provide Edge for Super-Sweetened Tax Bill

June 26 - Appropriations: Smaller Programs Hit Hard By Farm Bill Spending Cuts, But Food Safety Gets a Boost

July 10 - Both Chambers Put Trade Deals With Morocco and Australia On Track for Pre-Recess Passage

July 17 - Corporate Tax Bill Inches Closer to Law With Senate Consensus on Tobacco; Though Cost Remains a Divisive Issue

July 17 - House Passes Agriculture Spending Bill; Tobacco and Drug Import Provisions Unlikely to Survive Conference

July 17 - Senate Bill Tightens Oversight of Tobacco and Tobacco Products

July 17 - Senate Passes Tobacco Regulation, But House Cool to Measure

July 24 - Labeling Plan Renews Farm Bill Fight

July 31 - Research Groups Ask for More Money To Combat Agriculture Terrorism

August 7 - Company Lays on Lobbying Cash So Goals Don't Go Up in Smoke

September 11 - Provisions in Agriculture Spending Measure To Ease Trade With Cuba Sets Up Battle Between Midwest, Florida Voters

September 18 - Election-Year Partisanship Leads to Rejection of Food Labeling Language In Agriculture Spending Bill

September 18 - Some GOP Leaders Avert Their Eyes as Drought Aid Added to Hurricane Bill

September 25 - Dairy Amendment a Fillip to Eclectic VA-HUD Spending Bill

September 25 - Next Presidency: Surprises Lie in Wait

October 2 - Corporate Tax Cut Bill's Math Faces Electoral Calculations

October 2 - Smokeless Tobacco Products Regulation Smolders in Tax Bill

October 9 - Congress Clears New Funding For California Water Program With Unusually Bipartisan Effort

October 9 - Opposition From Competitors Kills Philip Morris' FDA Bid

October 9 - Tax Writers' Winning Formula: Billions in Targeted Provisions

October 16 - Bankruptcy Bill Dies, but Farmers OK

October 16 - Lawmakers Go to the Well Again by Tapping Conservation Funding to Aid Drought-Stricken Farmers

October 16 - Victims of Withering Drought Join Hurricane Casualties in Aid Package

October 23 - Campaign Trail vs. Floor Votes

October 30 - Dairy Price Support Program Plays Into Presidential Race But Congress Isn't Cowed

November 6 - Long-Awaited Tobacco Buyout Gets Mixed Reaction From Farmers

November 6 - Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry in the 109th Congress

November 6 - Senate Appropriations in the 109th Congress

November 20 - Alaska Delegation Scores Land Grab; Transfers 89 Million Acres

November 27 - Agriculture Appropriations: Safeguarding the Food Chain

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Agriculture Appropriations

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: California Water Projects

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Disaster Aid Supplementals

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Tobacco Buyout