 January 7 - 'Security Aid' Totals, Fiscal 1988-89 (chart) |
| February 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Bush to Request $2.4 Billion In New FY '89 Spending |
| March 18 - Obey Gives Baker Bad News: Expect Major Budget Cut |
| March 25 - Sen. Mikulski Wants It All |
| April 8 - Fiscal 1989 Supplemental Appropriations (chart) |
| April 8 - Supplemental Request Swells To $4.6 Billion in Markup |
| April 22 - 'Earmark' Tradition Shows Staying Power on Hill |
| April 22 - Defense Spending Decisions Sure to Stir Controversy |
| April 29 - Democrats Stage a Retreat On FY '89 Supplemental |
| April 29 - FY1989 Supplemental: Mandatory |
| May 6 - APPROPRIATIONS: Revived Bill May Return to House |
| May 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: Supplemental Bill Remains Stalled |
| May 13 - How the Budget Pie Was Sliced (chart) |
| May 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Supplemental Turns Partisan As VA Gets Separate Bill |
| May 27 - House Defies Veto Threat |
| May 27 - Neal Smith: Digging in His Heels |
| May 27 - SECTION NOTES: Obey Warns He'll Hold Up Aid Over Iran-Contra Questions |
| June 3 - Battle Over Anti-Drug Funding Looms After Senate Action |
| June 3 - Fiscal 1989 Supplemental Spending Bill |
| June 10 - Appropriators Getting a Slow Start |
| June 10 - Senate OKs Supplemental Bill For Fiscal 1989 Spending |
| June 17 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Finish Supplemental, Remain Split on Drug Funds |
| June 17 - APPROPRIATIONS: With Fiscal '90 Allocations Set, Spending Bills Start to Move |
| June 17 - Domestic Discretionary Allocations (chart) |
| June 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: Bill Has New Bans On Ocean Drilling |
| June 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: Two 1990 Bills Move Ahead |
| June 24 - Energy and Water Appropriations (chart) |
| June 24 - House Clears Supplemental After Midweek Revolt |
| June 24 - House Committee OKs Funds To Build Supercollider |
| July 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Congress Clears $3.3 Billion |
| July 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: First FY 1990 Bill OK'd by House |
| July 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Offshore Drilling Bans Survive Close Votes in Committee |
| July 1 - Energy and Water Appropriations (chart) |
| July 1 - House Charts Science Policy With Supercollider Vote |
| July 1 - Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| July 1 - Obey Plan Envisions Big Cuts In Military, Economic Aid |
| July 8 - For Bush, Problematic Measure May Be Best Alternative |
| July 8 - Water Pork Makes Comeback In FY '90 Spending Bill |
| July 15 - Agriculture Appropriations (chart) |
| July 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: 'Lean' Transportation Measure Approved by House Panel |
| July 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: Committee Keeps Cap on EEP |
| July 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: D.C.-Area Dispute Breaks the Lull |
| July 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: Funding Approved For U.S. Courts |
| July 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: Panel OKs Spending Increases For Housing, Environment |
| July 15 - Congress Sets a Stiff Pace In Drive to Meet Targets |
| July 15 - Democrats, Republicans Clash On Foreign Aid Priorities |
| July 15 - House Rejects Attack on NEA, Passes FY '90 Interior Bill |
| July 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: Defense Panel Axes Funding For Troubled New Fighter |
| July 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: Fight Seen on Cost Of Congress' Mail |
| July 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: Spending Bills Move Quickly |
| July 22 - Fiscal 1990 HUD, VA, Agencies (chart) |
| July 22 - House OKs $65.1 Billion Bill For HUD, VA, Agencies |
| July 22 - Just One More Project, Please . . . |
| July 22 - SECTION NOTES: Farm Spending Bill Moves to Senate |
| July 22 - Skirting Partisanship, House Votes Foreign Aid Funds |
| July 29 - After Setbacks in the House, Bush Playing Catch-Up |
| July 29 - Agriculture Appropriations (chart) |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Funds Passed by Senate |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Atom Smasher Gains In Senate-Passed Bill |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, Justice Funds Approved |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Committee OKs Funds for D.C. |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: In-House Spending Bill OK'd; GOP May Fight Mail Costs |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Push On to Move Bills by Recess |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Rural Air Grants Take the Knife |
| July 29 - Commerce, Justice, |
| July 29 - Committee OKs $155.2 Billion For Health, Social Programs |
| July 29 - Defense Issues Checklist (chart) |
| July 29 - Energy and Water Appropriations (chart) |
| July 29 - House Deals Bush Team Blows On Missiles, Weapons Cuts |
| July 29 - Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| July 29 - Labor-HHS-Education Funding (chart) |
| July 29 - Legislative Appropriations (chart) |
| July 29 - Offshore Oil Moratoriums Survive on Senate Floor |
| July 29 - One Base Gets a Break |
| July 29 - Section 89 Foes Win Key Battle On Treasury Spending Bill |
| July 29 - Transportation Appropriations (chart) |
| July 29 - Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations (chart) |
| August 5 - Abortion's Changing Politics |
| August 5 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Averts Abortion Fight, Passes Labor-HHS Funding |
| August 5 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Meets Goal, OKs 13 Bills |
| August 5 - APPROPRIATIONS: Rules Maneuver Avoids Vote On Permanent Smoking Ban |
| August 5 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Cuts House Projects, Then Adds Its Own to Bill |
| August 5 - Challenge to Base Closings Fizzles on House Floor |
| August 5 - Citing Budget Austerity, House Chops Weapons Programs |
| August 5 - Dodging Touchy Census Issue, House Passes Funding Bill |
| August 5 - House-Senate Acrimony Builds Over Cost of Members' Mail |
| August 5 - Lobbying Firm's Tactics Prompted Byrd To Curtail Even West Virginia Projects |
| August 5 - Military Construction Funding (chart) |
| August 5 - Pork Perhaps, But Earmarks Popular With Sponsors' Constituents |
| August 5 - Sen. Byrd Launches Crusade Against Influence-Peddling |
| August 5 - Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations (chart) |
| August 12 - Appropriations |
| August 12 - Disputes Over Old, New Spy Gear |
| August 12 - House Measure Would Redirect Pentagon Weapons Priorities |
| August 12 - Pentagon Appropriations (chart) |
| August 19 - Every Voter's a Critic On Arts Funding |
| September 9 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Approve Funds for SSC |
| September 9 - APPROPRIATIONS: Hill Moves Ahead On Three Bills |
| September 9 - APPROPRIATIONS: Mass Mailings Are Sacrificed To Fight Drugs - For Now |
| September 9 - APPROPRIATIONS: Total Smoking Ban on Airlines Faces Big Fight in Senate |
| September 9 - Fireworks Await Interior Bill Talks |
| September 9 - Small Owl Incites Big Battle Over Environment, Jobs |
| September 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: Abortion Foes Count on Bush To Veto D.C. Spending Bill |
| September 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, Justice Bill Stalls In Scrap Over Drug Funding |
| September 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: First Spending Bill Cleared by Senate |
| September 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: NEA Vote Avoided In Rules Ploy |
| September 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: Tobacco Interests Rubbed Out in Senate Cloture Vote |
| September 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: Treasury Talks Get Under Way |
| September 16 - Budget Squeeze Sets the Stage For Defense Money Fights |
| September 16 - Construction Bill Voted |
| September 16 - Energy and Water Appropriations (chart) |
| September 16 - Fight Over Anti-Drug Funds Threatens Spending Bills |
| September 16 - Foreign Aid Enjoys Boomlet Of Support in Hill Panel |
| September 16 - HR2916: HUD, VA, Agencies (chart) |
| September 16 - Labor-HHS Funding Measure Ready for Senate Action |
| September 16 - SECTION NOTES: Library Services Bill Passed by House |
| September 16 - Skirting a Procedural Dilemma |
| September 16 - Transportation Appropriations (chart) |
| September 16 - VA-HUD Rider Would Increase FHA Mortgage-Loan Limit |
| September 23 - APPROPRIATIONS: Byrd's Opposition to Earmarks Looms Over Treasury Talks |
| September 23 - Bush: Conflicting Views |
| September 23 - Hopes Grow Dim for Meeting Fiscal 1990 Deadlines |
| September 23 - Labor-HHS Funding Measure Ready for Senate Passage (chart) |
| September 23 - Mikulski's 'Change Purse' (chart) |
| September 23 - Military Construction (chart) |
| September 23 - Senate Panel Adds Its Support To Bush Defense Program |
| September 23 - Senate Rejects Conditions On Aid to El Salvador |
| September 23 - Senate Votes to Raise Ceiling On FHA-Backed Mortgages |
| September 30 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, Justice, State Bill Finally Passed by Senate |
| September 30 - APPROPRIATIONS: Transportation Cuts Left to Conferees |
| September 30 - Commerce, Justice, State (chart) |
| September 30 - Conferees Compromise on NEA After Helms Loses Vote |
| September 30 - Congress Misses Oct. 1 Deadline; Short-Term Measure Fills Gap |
| September 30 - Conte Leaves Pig Mask Behind In Appeal for Local Pork |
| September 30 - For 'Mr. Rural Development,' Small Ideas Go a Long Way |
| September 30 - House Does an About-Face To Save Its Newsletters |
| September 30 - SECTION NOTES: House Instructs Conferees On Labor-HHS Bill |
| September 30 - The LSC: Still an Issue |
| September 30 - With an Eye to Conference, Senate Zigzags on SDI |
| October 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Abortion, Homosexual Politics Dominate D.C. Measure |
| October 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Abortion-Funding Showdown Looms on Labor-HHS Bill |
| October 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Interior Agreement Gets House OK |
| October 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Most Bills Still In Conference |
| October 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Call to Ban Red Dye No. 3 Runs Aground Before Whitten |
| October 7 - Conference Over Defense Bill: |
| October 7 - Interior Appropriations (chart) |
| October 7 - SECTION NOTES: Conference Finishes on Treasury-Postal Funds |
| October 7 - Spending Bill in the Wings, for Now |
| October 14 - APPROPRIATIONS: D.C. Bill Nears Final Approval And Almost Certain Veto |
| October 14 - Congress Puts Bush on Spot Over Funding of Abortion |
| October 14 - Fiscal 1990 Appropriations for Labor |
| October 14 - Reps. Leath, Martin Votes |
| October 14 - SECTION NOTES: Foreign Aid Legislation Remains Gridlocked |
| October 14 - SECTION NOTES: Spending Bills Move - Slowly |
| October 14 - Vote Switchers |
| October 21 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Impose More Curbs On Legal Services Board |
| October 21 - APPROPRIATIONS: D.C. Bill with Abortion Clause Cleared for Likely Bush Veto |
| October 21 - APPROPRIATIONS: Treasury Measure Goes to Bush |
| October 21 - APPROPRIATIONS: Whitten, Bumpers Delay Bill In Feud Over Local Project |
| October 21 - Far-Reaching Smoking Ban Climaxes 2-Year Odyssey |
| October 21 - GOP Conference-Report Moves |
| October 21 - House Conferees and Cheney At Odds Over Key Issues |
| October 21 - Increase in FHA Mortgage Cap Retained by Conferees |
| October 21 - Losing Rural Air Subsidies |
| October 21 - SECTION NOTES: Another Bump in the Road For Foreign Aid Bill |
| October 21 - SECTION NOTES: Korean President Warns Hill Against Troop Cutback |
| October 21 - Spending Bills Still Not Done; Stopgap Measure Readied |
| October 21 - Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations (chart) |
| October 21 - Veto Over Abortion Funding Pains Some in the GOP |
| October 28 - 1990 Appropriations for VA, HUD, Agencies (chart) |
| October 28 - Abortion Feud Spurs Veto |
| October 28 - APPROPRIATIONS: Burden-Sharing Concerns Spur |
| October 28 - APPROPRIATIONS: Earmarks in HUD Funding Bill Survive Brickbats in House |
| October 28 - Both Sides Weigh Strategy In Fight Over Abortion |
| October 28 - Congress Sets New Deadline To Finish Spending Bills |
| October 28 - Fiscal 1990 Appropriations for State |
| October 28 - House Approves Entitlement For Japanese-Americans |
| October 28 - President, Agencies Have Wide Latitude in Providing Aid in Wake of Disasters |
| October 28 - SECTION NOTES: Bush Vetoes D.C. Bill With Abortion Clause |
| October 28 - VA-HUD Funding Bill Retains Big Hike in FHA Loan Cap |
| November 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Action Still Needed On Eight Bills |
| November 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Franking Proposal Killed by Senate |
| November 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Hill, Administration at Odds Over Foreign Aid Measure |
| November 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Popular Item: Poland Aid |
| November 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Transportation Bill Nears Completion |
| November 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Turf Fight Develops Over Funding Bill |
| November 4 - SECTION NOTES: Panel to Weigh Strategy For Vetoed D.C. Bill |
| November 4 - SECTION NOTES: VA-HUD Spending Bill Cleared for Bush |
| November 4 - Transportation Appropriations (chart) |
| November 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, State Bill Clears |
| November 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senators Settle for Moderate Curbs on Franked Mailings |
| November 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: Stalemate Drags on in House Over Abortion Funding |
| November 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: Third Stopgap Bill Is Expected |
| November 11 - Companion Money Bill |
| November 11 - Foreign Aid Deals Reached, But Veto Threat Remains |
| November 11 - In Debate on Abortion Funding, Only the Dynamics Are New |
| November 11 - Key Dates in Abortion Fight |
| November 11 - Leaders Trying to Conclude Session by Thanksgiving |
| November 11 - Legislative Appropriations (chart) |
| November 11 - Triggering a Process of Triage, Conferees Pare Weapons |
| November 18 - Agriculture Appropriations (chart) |
| November 18 - Anxious to Adjourn, Congress Gives Up on Abortion Funds |
| November 18 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Bill Finally Clears |
| November 18 - APPROPRIATIONS: Congress OKs New D.C. Bill Permitting Local Abortions |
| November 18 - APPROPRIATIONS: Pressure On to Finish Bills; Five-Day CR Is Signed |
| November 18 - Defense Conferees Drag Feet On Sacrificing Weapons |
| November 18 - Foreign Aid Measure Puts Hill Sharply at Odds With Bush |
| November 18 - Funds for Major Defense Programs (chart) |
| November 18 - Remembering the Home Folks |
| November 18 - SECTION NOTES: State Department Bill Clears, But Faces Bush's Veto |
| November 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: After Bush Veto, Hill Retreats To Save Foreign Aid Bill |
| November 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Bush Signs Last Eight Bills In Final Hours of Session |
| November 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Congress Clears 3rd D.C. Bill, Giving In to Bush Demands |
| November 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Is Signed by President Bush |
| November 25 - COMMUNICATIONS: New 'Dial-a-Porn' Language OK'd |
| November 25 - D.C. Appropriations (chart) |
| November 25 - Legislation Enacted to Begin Business, Economic Aid |
| November 25 - PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT: Bush Vetoes Foreign Aid Bill Over U.N. Agency Funding |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Bush Signs $286 Billion Bill For Pentagon Spending |
| November 25 - State Department Bill Dies |
| November 25 - Text of President's Veto |
| December 2 - Kemp Targets Hill Earmarks In HUD's New Spending Bill |
| December 2 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Appropriations |
| December 9 - Byrd Was True to His Promise to Steer Federal Spending to His Home State |
| December 9 - Byrd Wields Power Quickly As New Committee Chief |
