 January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Defense |
| January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Defense |
| January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Spending and the Deficit |
| January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Spending and the Deficit |
| January 3 - One Last Shot at Persuading Peers in Quest for Appropriations Grail |
| January 3 - One Last Shot at Persuading Peers in Quest for Appropriations Grail |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Agriculture |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Commerce |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Education |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Energy |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Health and Human Services |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Justice |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: State |
| January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Veterans Affairs |
| January 10 - Discordant Voices Need Not Apply as Bush Builds Harmonious Cabinet |
| January 10 - Kerik Fallout Forces a More Deliberative Administration |
| January 10 - Lewis Is Nobody's 'Yes Man' |
| January 10 - Lewis Wins Favor of GOP Leaders -- and Coveted Appropriations Chair |
| January 17 - GOP's Tough Talk on Deficit Up Against Costly Realities |
| January 31 - Deficit Hues Still Grim and Grimmer |
| January 31 - Supplemental Request in the Wings |
| February 7 - Chambers Spar Over Spending Panels |
| February 7 - Plan for Appropriations Makeover |
| February 14 - Budget Timetable |
| February 14 - Bush Budget: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| February 14 - Bush Budget: Interior |
| February 14 - Bush's Fiscal 2006 Proposal by Agency |
| February 14 - Bush's Fiscal 2006 Proposal by Appropriations Panel |
| February 14 - Fiscal 2006 Budget Totals |
| February 14 - Senators Sit Out Appropriations Shuffle |
| February 14 - What Happened in Fiscal 2005? |
| February 21 - Major Elements Of Bush Request |
| February 21 - Palestine Aid Questioned |
| February 21 - Predicting a Supplemental Spat |
| February 21 - Stalemate Over Appropriations Panels Only Delays House-Senate Battle |
| February 28 - Senate Work on Supplemental Probably Will Wait Until April |
| February 28 - Urgency Driving Army Line Item |
| March 7 - A Nip and Tuck Revives Spending Process |
| March 7 - Changes Made to Appropriations Subcommittees |
| March 7 - House Supplemental Draft Cuts Deeply From President's Foreign Aid Request |
| March 21 - Supplemental Changes Show Restraint |
| April 4 - Political Economy: Follow the Money |
| April 4 - Senate Appropriators Will Not Include Immigration Provisions in Supplemental |
| April 11 - Conferees Set to Tangle on Supplemental |
| April 11 - Hill Takes Hard Look at Patriot Act |
| April 11 - Patriot Act Provisions Get Another Look |
| April 18 - Bringing Home the Bacon: The Supplemental |
| April 18 - Judges as Victims |
| April 18 - Supplemental Stumbles on Immigration |
| April 25 - Supplemental's Dueling Agendas |
| May 2 - Fiscal 2006 Plan Narrowly Adopted |
| May 2 - Senate Provisions Tie Up Supplemental |
| May 9 - A Challenging Year for Appropriators |
| May 9 - Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations: New Turf, New Controversies |
| May 9 - Defense Appropriations: Hefty Increases Continue |
| May 9 - Energy and Water Appropriations: Trying for More Bang for the Buck |
| May 9 - Foreign Operations Appropriations: Partisan Perspectives on Foreign Aid |
| May 9 - Homeland Measure Approved |
| May 9 - Interior Appropriations: Digging Deep Into Details |
| May 9 - Interior Bill Gets Bipartisan OK |
| May 9 - Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations: Still Expensive, Always Contentious |
| May 9 - Legislative Branch Appropriations: Capitol Center Complaints Persist |
| May 9 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations: Veterans' Needs Rise, Funds Scarce |
| May 9 - New House Rule to Curb Spending |
| May 9 - Report Language Revised |
| May 9 - Sensenbrenner's Win on Immigration |
| May 9 - Transportation-Treasury-HUD and Judiciary Appropriations: Expanded Jurisdiction, Bigger Fights |
| May 9 - War Supplemental Nears Finish Line |
| May 16 - Appropriators Freeing Up Money for Veterans |
| May 16 - Bush Signs Supplemental |
| May 16 - Energy-Water Bill On Its Way |
| May 16 - Homeland Funding Proceeds to House |
| May 16 - House Panel Moves Anemic Interior Bill |
| May 16 - House Spending Limits Endorsed |
| May 23 - Agriculture Bill Stresses Protection of Food Supply |
| May 23 - Balance Sought for Interior Spending Bill |
| May 23 - Energy & Water: Clamping Down on the Money Shuffle |
| May 23 - House Makes a Point in Homeland Bill |
| May 23 - Veterans' Health vs. Budget Constraints |
| May 30 - 'Bridge Fund' to Cover Iraq Operations |
| May 30 - House Passes Veterans Bill |
| May 30 - House Passes Water Projects Measure |
| May 30 - Law and Order Trumps Ship of State |
| May 30 - Mixed Harvest for Agriculture Bill |
| June 6 - Bush's Political Capital Not So High |
| June 6 - Rogers to Homeland Security Department: No Info, No Funding |
| June 6 - Senate Appropriators Get to Work |
| June 13 - Agriculture Appropriations: Spending Headed Higher |
| June 13 - Appropriations: The Challenge Awaits Them |
| June 13 - Defense Appropriations: Fiscal 2006 Dollars Stretch |
| June 13 - House C-J-S Approprations: Bill Dodges Controversy |
| June 13 - Interior Appropriations: Senate Eyes Larger Reservoir |
| June 13 - Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations: Bill Gets Small Raise |
| June 20 - Amtrak Deeply Cut in House Draft |
| June 20 - Committee Realigns Homeland Priorities |
| June 20 - Funds for Visitor Center, GAO, Horse Patrol Put on Waivers |
| June 20 - House Votes to Limit Patriot Act |
| June 20 - How Congress Split Over the Hudson River Cleanup |
| June 20 - No Fair Share for Labor-HHS-Education |
| June 20 - Panel Approves Foreign Operations |
| June 20 - Solid Passage for Commerce, Justice |
| June 20 - Violence Against Judges Causes Law and Disorder |
| June 27 - Big Social Spending Bill Goes to Senate |
| June 27 - Bracing for a Contentious Conference on C-J-S |
| June 27 - Congress Sends Clear Message on Visitor Center Overruns |
| June 27 - Foreign Operations Bill Gives Bush Less |
| June 27 - Funding Boosts for FDA, Food Safety |
| June 27 - House Panel Follows Authorizers' Lead on Transportation |
| June 27 - House Passes Defense Spending Bill |
| July 4 - A Productive Friendship on Appropriations Committees |
| July 4 - Amtrak Supporters Prevail in House |
| July 4 - Bridging a Few Funding Gaps As Conferees Confront Energy Spending |
| July 4 - COLA on Ice? Not in This House |
| July 4 - Foreign Aid Is the Talk of the Town |
| July 4 - House Gives Notice On 'Takings' Ruling |
| July 4 - House Passes Fiscal 2006 Bills in Record Time |
| July 4 - House Repeats Policy Maneuver, Attempts to Change D.C. Gun Law |
| July 4 - Legislative Spending Bill Advances |
| July 4 - Looking for Compromise on Interior Bill |
| July 4 - New Fight Over Extra Veterans' Funding |
| July 4 - When Good Intentions Meet Budget Realities in the Millennium Challenge Program |
| July 11 - Fiscal 2006 Appropriations: Where the Money Goes |
| July 11 - UK Bombings Highlight Transportation Vulnerability |
| July 18 - Finding the Money for Veterans' Care |
| July 18 - Homeland Bill Cuts Transit Security Funds |
| July 18 - Requests to Fill Budget Shortfall on Veterans' Care |
| July 18 - Senate Panel Approves Labor-HHS Bill |
| July 18 - The EEOC Gets Ready to Be Streamlined |
| July 25 - Blaming the Messenger: Has Stuart Bowen Inspected Himself Out of a Job In Iraq? |
| July 25 - Millennium Challenge Account Funds Doubtful for Bush |
| July 25 - Senate Panel Approves Amtrak Boost |
| July 25 - Senate Panel OKs D.C. Spending Bill |
| July 25 - Senators Add Funds for Veterans, Take Steps to Avoid Future Shortfalls |
| August 1 - Bridging Veterans' Care Shortfall |
| August 1 - Congress Plans for Catastrophe, Measure Born in Wake of Sept. 11 |
| August 1 - Interior Spending Moves to President With Solid Backing for Veterans |
| August 1 - Senate Clears More Funds For Capitol Visitor Center |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Agriculture Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Defense Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: District of Columbia Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Energy-Water Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Foreign Operations Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Homeland Security Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Labor, Health & Human Services, Education Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Military Construction-Veterans' Affairs Appropriations |
| September 5 - Fall Agenda: Transportation-Treasury-Housing Appropriations |
| September 5 - On Capitol Hill, Word Is 'Rebuild' |
| September 5 - Rounding Up the Questions for Roberts |
| September 5 - Spending Bills, Roberts' Nomination and Now Disaster Relief Crowd an Already Tight Schedule |
| September 5 - State's Senators Had Pressed for Funds |
| September 12 - Against the Grain On Hurricane Relief |
| September 12 - Commerce-Justice-Science Bill Includes Disaster Relief |
| September 12 - Disaster Supplements Provide $62 Billion and Counting |
| September 12 - Political Economy: Pitfalls of a Stimulus |
| September 12 - Recent Natural Disaster Supplementals |
| September 19 - A New Formula for Forgotten Bills Is to Just Add Hurricane Relief |
| September 19 - C-J-S Legislation Heads to Conference |
| September 19 - Congress Moves On Hurricane Relief Measures |
| September 19 - Futurist: The Space-Based Angler |
| September 19 - Initiatives for Gulf Coast Reconstruction |
| September 19 - Phase Two of Katrina: Rebuild |
| September 26 - Agriculture Bill Poised for Conference |
| September 26 - Deal Set to Write Continuing Resolution Until Spending Bills Are Completed |
| September 26 - Senate Passes Veterans Measure |
| September 26 - The Deficit's Hard Truths |
| October 3 - Conferees Agree on Homeland Bill |
| October 3 - Gulf States Face Resistance to Tax Relief |
| October 3 - Initial Stopgap Measure Enacted |
| October 3 - Initial Stopgap Measure Enacted |
| October 3 - Senate Wades Through Defense Bill |
| October 10 - GOP Leaders Push More Spending Cuts |
| October 10 - Keeping the Poor From Being Cold |
| October 10 - Lawmakers Complete Homeland Spending Conference |
| October 10 - Senate Advances Defense Spending Bill |
| October 17 - Collins, Lieberman Pushing Bill to Increase Oversight of Katrina Recovery Spending |
| October 24 - Coburn Sets Off Earmark Battle |
| October 24 - Conflict Arises Over Freezing Pay Increase for Lawmakers |
| October 24 - D.C. Spending Bill Advances to Conference |
| October 24 - GOP Delays Vote on Budget Cuts |
| October 24 - No Winner in Minimum Wage Fight As Competing Plans Fail in Senate |
| October 24 - Senate Has Its Own Storm Over Funding |
| October 24 - Specter Says Stem Cell Research Bill Won't Get Senate Vote This Year |
| October 24 - Veto Threats Against Transportation-Treasury-Housing Spending Bill |
| October 31 - 'Vicious Cycle' Hobbles New Orleans Rebuild |
| October 31 - Agriculture Bill Poised to Clear With Longer Beef Labeling Delay |
| October 31 - Emergency Flu Funds in Labor-HHS Bill |
| October 31 - Katrina-Damaged Areas Could Receive More Aid Soon |
| November 7 - All Spending Measures Expected To Be Completed by Thanksgiving |
| November 7 - Conferees Iron Out C-J-S Snags |
| November 7 - Defense Spending Bill Controversy |
| November 7 - Lawmakers Clear Agriculture Bill |
| November 7 - Senate Set to Clear Foreign Operations |
| November 14 - Congress to Move New Stopgap Bill |
| November 14 - Defense Spending Bill Held Captive |
| November 14 - Energy-Water Bill Ready for Senate |
| November 14 - Foreign Operations Funding Negotiations Complete |
| November 14 - Provisions Tossed, Added in C-J-S Bill |
| November 14 - Transportation-Treasury Stumbles |
| November 21 - $61.8 Billion for Commerce, Justice, NASA Sent by Senate to President Bush |
| November 21 - Bill Targets Veterans' Funding Shortfall |
| November 21 - Congress Un-Earmarks Alaska's Bridge of Sighs |
| November 21 - Energy-Water Spending Bill Clears; Would Provide $30.5 Billion for Programs |
| November 21 - GOP's Hopes Slip for Completing Spending Bills Without 'Mini Bus' |
| November 21 - House Rejects Costliest Spending Bill |
| November 21 - Spending Bill Carries a Twist for Amtrak |
| November 28 - New York Money for Sept. 11 Personnel to Be Protected, Hastert Tells Delegation |
| December 5 - Budget Tops Remaining Agenda |
| December 5 - Dealmaker Takes On Strategies to Rebuild |
| December 5 - Kolbe News Sets Up Arizona Race |
| December 12 - Amtrak: A Limping Iron Horse Lives Year to Year |
| December 12 - House Prepares for Another Go Around on Labor-HHS Bill |
| December 12 - So Many Fiscal Pieces, So Little Time |
| December 12 - Time Crunch for Defense Bills |
| December 26 - ANWR Vote Leaves Stevens in the Cold |
| December 26 - Contentious Policy Provisions in Labor-HHS |
| December 26 - Defense Funding Clears Divided Senate |
| December 26 - End-of-Session Gift for the Gulf Coast |
| December 26 - Final Action on Budget Deferred |
| December 26 - Flu, Liability Provisions Included in Defense Spending Bill |
| December 26 - Labor-HHS Bill Survives Late Protest |
| December 26 - Provisions of the Defense Appropriations Bill |
| December 26 - Pushback Grows Over Bush and War |
| December 26 - The Funding Perils of a Low Profile |
