 March 15 - Supplemental Funding Bill for Disaster Relief |
| March 22 - $1.7 Billion Funding Bill Crowds Budget Cap |
| April 12 - Link to Spending Measure: Upcoming Vote on 'Contra' Aid Enmeshed in Politics, Procedure |
| April 12 - Other Issues in Supplemental Bill |
| April 26 - Reagan's Request to Rescind $10 Billion Allowed to Die (chart) |
| April 26 - Rule Rejected in Procedural Dispute: Rebellious Democrats Block Supplemental Spending Bill |
| May 3 - Other Shifts Follow Addabbo's Death: Rep. Chappell in Line to Chair Defense Appropriations Panel |
| May 3 - Third Try for House Passage: Compromise Sought to Allow Spending Bill to Reach Floor |
| May 10 - Comfortable Margin on Third Try: House Approves $1.7 Billion Supplemental Spending Bill |
| May 10 - House Votes to Scrub Deferral Power |
| May 10 - Major Provisions of House-Passed Supplemental |
| May 17 - Panel Votes $526 Million for NASA |
| May 17 - Senate Panel Hikes Funding Bill to $3.9 Billion |
| May 24 - Action Postponed: Farm Export Issue Sidetracks Senate Spending Bill Debate |
| May 24 - Floor Fight Expected in June: Senate Defense Panels Poised For Battle Over Jurisdiction |
| June 7 - Appropriations Deadlines in Jeopardy: Spending Panels Confront Life After Gramm-Rudman |
| June 7 - Senate Patches Feud, Approves Supplemental |
| June 14 - Major Provisions of Senate-Passed Supplemental |
| June 14 - Supplemental Conferees Fail to Reach Pact |
| June 21 - Fiscal 1987 Energy/Water Funding (chart) |
| June 21 - Panel Acts on Military Construction |
| June 21 - Reagan's Priorities Reversed: Panel OKs More Money for Energy and Water |
| June 21 - Request Cut by $180 Million: Subcommittee Sets Funding Levels for House |
| June 21 - Subcommittee OKs Funds for Commerce, State, Judiciary |
| June 21 - Veto Possible for Supplemental Spending Bill |
| June 28 - No Funds for Civil Rights Commission |
| June 28 - Supplemental Funding Bill Sent to President |
| July 5 - Highlights of HR4515 (cleared by Congress June 27) (chart) |
| July 5 - Summary of FY 1986 Supplemental Appropriations |
| July 19 - 17 Senators Targeted for Lobbying: Senate Foes of 'Contra' Money Weigh Filibuster, Other Tactics |
| July 19 - Bill Likely to Displease President: House Committee Approves Transportation Funding Boost |
| July 19 - Committee OKs Legislative Funding |
| July 19 - D.C. Appropriations OK'd by Panel |
| July 19 - Interior Spending Bill Approved: Panel Votes to Ban Drilling Off California Coast |
| July 19 - Panel OKs $45.25 Billion for Farm Spending |
| July 19 - Phases Out Civil Rights Commission: House Passes Spending Bill For Commerce, Justice, State |
| July 19 - Treasury-Postal Appropriations Bill: House Panel Strips Funding From OMB Unit |
| July 26 - Fiscal 1987 Energy/Water Funding (chart) |
| July 26 - Funding Exceeds Current Spending, Reagan Request: House Committee Approves Labor-HHS Appropriatons Bill |
| July 26 - House OK's Agriculture Spending Bill |
| July 26 - House Passes D.C. Appropriations Bill |
| July 26 - House Passes Spending Bill for Energy, Water |
| July 26 - HUD-Independent Agencies Funds |
| July 26 - Interior Spending Bill Approved: Panel Accepts Offshore Drilling Compromise |
| August 2 - GOP Rebuffed on Spending Cuts: House Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill |
| August 2 - House Committee Slashes Foreign Aid |
| August 2 - House Passes Legislative Appropriations Bill |
| August 2 - HUD Funding Bill OK'd by House Panel |
| August 2 - Most Reagan Proposals Rejected: House Votes $10.3 Billion for Transportation |
| August 2 - Reagan Cuts Restored Again: House Within Budget on Interior Spending |
| August 2 - Treasury, Post Office Spending: House Poised for Fresh Fight Over OMB Unit |
| August 9 - $54 Billion in Fiscal 1987: HUD, Agencies Funding Bill Ready for House Floor Action |
| August 9 - House Votes Treasury, Postal Funding Bill |
| August 9 - Legislative Branch Totals $1.65 Billion |
| August 9 - Panel Moves Labor/HHS Funding Bill |
| August 9 - Panel Rethinks Buildup of Aid to Foreign Allies |
| August 9 - Transportation Funding Bill Draws Veto Threat |
| August 16 - Amendment Adopted on Mailing Costs: Legislative Funding Bill Approved by Senate |
| August 16 - Budget Cutting Is Still Lonely Work |
| August 16 - Commerce, Justice, State Spending Approved, Civil Rights Group Would Be Part Time |
| August 16 - Energy, Water Spending Approved: Panel Blocks Any Further Study Of National Nuclear Waste Site |
| August 16 - House Approves Defense Authorization Bill: A Sweeping Attack On Reagan Policies |
| August 16 - Interior Spending Bill Approved: Panel Would Sell Oil Reserve To Meet 1987 Budget Targets |
| August 16 - Labor, HHS Funds Cut to Meet Target |
| August 16 - Treasury-Postal Funding Approved |
| August 23 - Conferees Approve FY '87 Legislative Funding |
| August 23 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Appropriations |
| August 23 - Same as Authorization: Panel Includes Arms Control In Defense Appropriations Bill |
| September 6 - Tempers Flared During 1950 Experiment With Omnibus Bill |
| September 6 - The Bill Congress Loves to Hate: Congress Returns to Tackle Biggest-Ever 'CR' |
| September 13 - Appropriations Bills and the Deficit |
| September 13 - House Passes $54 Billion HUD Bill |
| September 13 - Interior Appropriations Bill Pulled From Floor |
| September 13 - Israel, Egypt Protected: Senate Appropriators Chop Foreign Aid Funds |
| September 13 - Many Reagan Cuts Rejected: Panel OKs New Farm Spending of $27 Billion |
| September 13 - Senate Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill: Agreement Defuses Abortion Controversy |
| September 20 - Fiscal 1987 Spending for HUD/Agencies: Senate Panel Calls for Shifting Funds to NASA |
| September 20 - Senate Passes D.C. Appropriations Bill |
| September 20 - Some Provisions Draw Strong Objections: House Panel OKs $566.9 Billion Spending Bill |
| September 20 - Submarine Money Resurfaces Funds for 'Star Wars' Program Held to $3.4 Billion by Panel |
| September 20 - Transportation Appropriations |
| September 27 - $10 Billion Difference Looms in Defense Bills |
| September 27 - Foreign Assistance Appropriations |
| September 27 - More for NASA, Less for Housing: $53.7 Billion in 1987 Spending Approved for HUD, Agencies |
| September 27 - Senate Appropriations Committee: Foreign Aid Measure Reflects Budget Crunch, Priority Shifts |
| October 11 - $13 Billion Foreign Assistance Appropriation Hits Snag |
| October 11 - Conferees Work to Finish Spending Package, Arms Control Accord May Break Impasse |
| October 11 - Fiscal 1987 Funding: Conferees Agree on $53.6 Billion for HUD Bill |
| October 11 - Major Provisions of 'Superfund' Authorization Bill |
| October 18 - A Floor 'Fly-Off' Over Training Plane Funds |
| October 18 - Agreement Set on Airport Transfer |
| October 18 - Authorization Bill: Hill Clears $291.8 Billion for Defense Programs |
| October 18 - Congress Clears $576 Billion Spending Measure |
| October 18 - Partisan Differences Over Foreign Aid Resolved With Another Package of Cuts |
| October 18 - Reagan Message on Appropriations Veto -- Oct. 9, 1986 |
| October 18 - Senate Accepts House Farm Payment Ceiling |
| October 25 - 'Homeport' Plan Gets the Go-Ahead |
| October 25 - Congress OKs $7.8 Billion NASA Authorization |
| October 25 - Defense Bill: 'Gimmicks' Made Some of the Cuts |
| October 25 - Foreign Aid Cutbacks: Minimizing the Pain |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Appropriations |
| November 1 - $15 Billion for Energy, Water: Funding Measure Papers Over Differences on Nuclear Issues |
| November 1 - $274 Billion Appropriation: For the Second Year in a Row, Pentagon's Buying Power Falls |
| November 1 - 4 Percent Cut From Last Year: Housing, Agencies' Funding Drops to $56 Billion in FY '87 |
| November 1 - But Congress Yields on Key Items: Fiscal '87 Spending for Interior Will Exceed Reagan's Request |
| November 1 - Controversial OMB Unit Survives: Congress Approves Increases In Treasury-Postal Spending |
| November 1 - Exceeds Request by Nearly 50 Percent: Transportation Funding Set at $10.38 Billion |
| November 1 - Federal Highway Funding (chart) |
| November 1 - Final Provisions, Fiscal 1987 Labor-HHS Funding Bill (chart) |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 Appropriations Approved |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 Congressional Appropriations for Defense (chart) |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 D.C. Appropriations (chart) |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 Energy/Water Funding (chart) |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 HUD/Agency Funds (chart) |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 Interior Appropriations |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 Transportation Funds (chart) |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1987 Treasury, Postal Funding (chart) |
| November 1 - Funding Breakdown for Commerce/Justice/State (chart) |
| November 1 - Funding for Major Defense Programs, Fiscal 1987 (chart) |
| November 1 - Go-Ahead Given for New Prison in City: Congress Votes $560.4 Million In U.S. Funds for the District |
| November 1 - Hill Highway Impasse Threatens States' Plans |
| November 1 - Includes Funds to Fight Drug Abuse: Commerce, Justice, State Get $12.9 Billion |
| November 1 - Military Construction Funds Pared (chart) |
| November 1 - Signs of Thrift Seen in Largest-Ever Money Bill |
| November 1 - Some Programs Knowingly Under-Funded: $45.2 Billion Farm Bill May Fall Short of Costs |
| November 1 - Spending Boosts for Health, Education: Congress Votes $114.78 Billion for Labor-HHS |
| November 8 - Senate Appropriations Committee: Business as Usual for Spending Bills |
| November 15 - Continuing Resolution Gets New PL Number |
| November 15 - Reagan Deferral Fight Harks Back to Nixon Era |
