January 5 - Emerging Players: Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. |
January 5 - Emerging Players: Rep. John M. Spratt Jr., D-S.C. |
January 12 - Administration's Nuclear Hedge Upsets Arms Control Advocates |
January 12 - Dueling Visions of Defense |
January 12 - Warner Delays Bill on NATO Expansion |
January 12 - Will They Still Serve Pina Coladas On the Lido Deck? |
January 19 - Republicans Shrug Off Levin's Push to Withdraw Forces From Saudi Arabia |
January 26 - Appropriators Struggle With Aid Promises |
January 26 - As Hill Takes a New Look at Rumsfeld, A Manner That Rankled Now Reassures Tweaking the Two-War Standard |
January 26 - Bush's Proposed Buildup Eases Pentagon's Dilemma |
January 26 - Can Levin Be an Agent of Change On a Panel Known for Bipartisanship? |
January 26 - Counterterrorism Hearings Set |
January 26 - Tweaking the Two-War Standard |
February 2 - CIA's Role in Afghan War Restores Tenet's Image on Hill |
February 2 - Goss: Waiting in the Wings? |
February 2 - Olympics Make Utah a Big Fiscal Winner, But Lawmakers Quibble Over Final Tally |
February 2 - Some Lawmakers Unhappy With Bush's Inclusion of Iran, North Korea in 'Axis of Evil' |
February 2 - The Challenges at Home |
February 9 - Bush Decision Expected Soon On Yucca Mountain Proposal |
February 9 - Defense Contractors Suit Up For Air vs. Sea Funding War |
February 9 - Goss Rescinds Plan to Retire |
February 9 - House Passes Cyber-Security Bill To Avert Terrorist Attacks |
February 9 - Radio Free Afghanistan Bill Is Passed by Senate |
February 9 - Senate Hearing Fails to Build Support for Outside Probe Of Sept. 11 Attacks |
February 16 - Another Reagan Alumnus Returns, Welcomed by Old Democratic Critics |
February 16 - Foes of Reactor Deal With North Korea Look for Tougher Approach From Bush |
February 16 - Former CIA Official to Head Hill Intelligence Probe of Sept. 11 |
February 16 - L. Britt Snider |
February 16 - Lawmakers Warn: Bypassing Hill On Iraq Action Is Not an Option |
February 23 - 'Smaller Is Better' Revisited |
February 23 - Navy Caught in Budget Squeeze As Urgency to Build Ships Grows |
February 23 - Navy Caught in Budget Squeeze As Urgency to Build Ships Grows |
March 2 - Dual-Use Technology Debate Revived |
March 2 - Ridge Rebuffs Congressional Efforts To Gain Departmental Oversight |
March 9 - Carlyle's Political Heavyweights Bring Insight, Draw Criticism |
March 9 - Daschle, Hoping to Defuse Remarks, Offers Resolution of Support for Troops |
March 9 - The Crusader Program's Tale of Survival |
March 16 - Bush's Missile Defense Plan Harks Back to Father's 'Layered' Approach |
March 16 - Democrats Balk at Direction -- and Cost -- Of Proposed Nuclear Arsenal Strategy |
March 16 - Democrats Dubious About Missile Defense Management |
March 16 - Usually Quiet Senators Step in From Sidelines |
March 23 - House Panel Approves Measure To Strengthen Nation's Port Security But Scope of Plan Falls Short of Senate Plan |
March 23 - Lawmakers Might Put Some Muscle Behind Call for Ridge Testimony |
March 23 - Sept. 11 Intelligence Probe Likely to Stumble Forward After Senate Panel Approval |
March 23 - Supplemental Spending Plan May Unleash Battle Over Control |
March 30 - Afghanistan War Effort to Consume Nearly $50 Million Per Day From Requested Emergency Funds |
March 30 - Behind-the-Scenes Negotiations Giving New Momentum To Expanded Bio-Terrorism Bills |
March 30 - New Homeland Security Duties Spotlight Service's Juggling Act |
March 30 - Port Legislation Tries to Balance Tight Security and Smooth Commerce |
April 6 - Army and Marine Helicopter Needs Could Cause Problems for Bush After Crackdown on Weapons Costs |
April 6 - As Navy Ponders $100 Billion Contract, Congress Presses for Details on New Ships |
April 6 - Editor's Notebook: Behind the Curve |
April 6 - Senate Appropriators Dissatisfied That Ridge Will Not Testify Formally; Homeland Security Spending on the Line |
April 13 - Congress Challenged by Soaring Cost Of Transportation Security Agency |
April 13 - Security Costs Skyrocket |
April 20 - House Subcommittee Worries That Airport Security Funding Could Curtail Other Priorities |
April 20 - Still No Date Set for Intelligence Hearings |
April 27 - Amphibious Troop Carrier Production Delayed, Not Killed |
April 27 - Army's Three-Part Plan Causes Budget, Hill Disharmony |
April 27 - New Pot of Federal Dollars Has Admirers From All Over |
April 27 - Push for Intelligence Overhaul Losing Momentum on the Hill |
April 27 - Rep. Bob Stump's Retirement Will Shift Armed Services Post |
April 27 - Senate Committee Approves Helgerson for CIA Post |
April 27 - Training, Environment Clash |
April 27 - Turf Wars Take Toll on Ridge |
May 4 - Cabinet-Level Status for Security Office Gets Push From Bipartisan Measure |
May 4 - Congress Expected to Clear Border Security Bill |
May 4 - Crusader Short on Backing To Parry White House Plan For Eliminating the Program |
May 4 - Hawaiian Tug Named For Rep. Abercrombie |
May 4 - House Panel's Reins Will Go To One of Two Defense Hawks |
May 4 - Pilots Offer Strong Support for Bills That Would Allow Guns in Cockpit |
May 4 - President's 'Unspecified' War Fund Takes a Hit From Armed Services Panel |
May 4 - Snowe Continues Ship Debate |
May 4 - Sudden Departure of Staff Director Hampers Intelligence Investigation |
May 11 - After Handling Crusader Decision, Rumsfeld Must Handle Fallout |
May 11 - Crusader Down: First Salvo In Cancellation Wars |
May 11 - Defense Bill Draws Fire |
May 11 - Editor's Notebook: Rules of Disorder |
May 11 - Lawmakers Say Intelligence Network Is 'Slow-Walking' Inquiry Into Lack of Sept. 11 Preparedness |
May 11 - Supplemental Bill a Vehicle For Fights Over Policies, Not Money |
May 18 - Contract for New Generation of Warships in Dispute |
May 18 - Crusader's Friends on Capitol Hill Keep White House Scrambling |
May 18 - Defense Bill May Cover Garb for Military Women |
May 18 - House Considers How To Fill Seats After a Disaster |
May 18 - Many Divisions Yield Gloomy Forecast For Upcoming Appropriations Season |
May 18 - News of Terrorism Warnings Sets Democrats on Offensive |
May 18 - Security Bills Stuck in Limbo |
May 18 - Transportation Security Bills Bogged Down by Turf Battles |
May 25 - After Struggle for House Passage, Spending Fight Is in the Senate |
May 25 - Attacks and Follow-up Investigations: History Offers Cautionary Tale |
May 25 - Hefty Cash Infusion Helps Murtha Beat Mascara In Remapped Pa. District |
May 25 - House May Circumvent Administration And Advance Measure to Allow Pilots To Carry Firearms on Airplanes |
May 25 - Hunter Pushes Military Spending Hike As He Prepares for His Ascent To Armed Services Chairmanship |
May 25 - Impatient Senate Drafts Its Own Homeland Security Plan |
May 25 - Lawmakers Worry About Stability, Insist on U.S. Peacekeepers As Part of Afghan Aid Package |
May 25 - Panels' Limitations Hinder Probe of Intelligence Failures |
May 25 - Senate Clears Bio-Terrorism Bill Including Contentious FDA Provision That Helps Speed New Drugs to Market |
May 25 - Senate Passes Bill Focusing On Disease Containment |
May 25 - Senate's Crusader Plans on Hold |
May 25 - Transportation Committee Clears Path in House for Bus Safety and Pipeline Bills |
June 1 - Bush Strips Crusader's Budget |
June 1 - Daschle's Dash to Pass Legislation |
June 1 - Ex-Federal Prosecutor Eleanor Hill Leads Staff of Intelligence Probe |
June 1 - New Wave of Nuclear Weaponry Sure to Spur Explosive Conference |
June 1 - Utah Reservation's Nuclear Waste Bid Becomes Committee Chairmen's Battle |
June 8 - Bush's Plan Gives Appropriators Even More to Ponder This Season |
June 8 - Bush's Swift, Sweeping Plan Is Work Order for Congress |
June 8 - Congress Vows FBI Oversight |
June 8 - Dodd Plays Hardball With State Department |
June 8 - Expansion During Crisis A Typical Response by Presidents |
June 8 - Hill and Bush Work to Ensure Continuity of Military Operations |
June 8 - Hill Probe on Course |
June 8 - Kolbe Predicts 'Long Conference' On Supplemental Foreign Aid |
June 8 - Port Security a Harbinger Of Homeland Disputes to Come |
June 8 - President to U.S. Citizens: Press Congress for New Department Of Homeland Security by Year's End |
June 8 - Proposal Presages Turf Wars |
June 8 - Senate Prepared to Approve Arms Control Treaty With Russia |
June 8 - Senate Warned Crusader Delay May be Costly |
June 8 - Veto Threat May Bounce Off Supplemental's Momentum |
June 15 - Agriculture: Farm Bill Disputes Expected to Carry Over |
June 15 - Committee Chairmen Express Concerns About Major Shift in Jurisdiction |
June 15 - Defense: House GOP Wants Bill to Be First in Line |
June 15 - Democrats Embrace Homeland Security While Working on Separate Political Persona |
June 15 - Energy and Water Development: Stepped-Up Security for Nuclear Facilities |
June 15 - House Pipeline Security Bill Hindered by Committee Spats On Its Way to Floor Action |
June 15 - Intelligence Committees Tussle With Task Of Assigning Domestic Spy Responsibilities |
June 15 - Major Battle Brewing Over Minor Dollar Differences |
June 15 - Military Construction: Lawmakers May Exceed Request for Military Construction |
June 15 - Panel Would Boost Military Construction |
June 15 - Pre-Emptive Policy Has Congress Fretting Over Loss of Influence |
June 15 - Security Plan Gets Solid Backing But No Rubber Stamps on Hill |
June 15 - Senate Committee Vote Is Another Nail in Coffin Of Crusader Cannon Program |
June 15 - Transportation: Security Concern Could Free Road Funding |
June 15 - Transportation: Security Concern Could Free Road Funding |
June 22 - GOP Pick: An Armey of One |
June 22 - Homeland Security Debate: Balancing Swift and Sure |
June 22 - House Panel Clings to Cannon |
June 22 - New Department Faces Key Issues |
June 22 - Party Leaders to Draft Bill |
June 22 - Plan to Arm Pilots Moves To Committee |
June 22 - Political Rival, Unlikely Ally |
June 22 - Proposed Divisions and Duties Of New Security Department |
June 22 - Senate Kills Crusader Cannon Program As Debate Begins on Defense Bill |
June 22 - Sept. 11 Investigators Now Under Scrutiny Themselves for Information Leaks |
June 22 - White House Homeland Security Proposal Calls for Transfer of Non-Existent Agency |
June 29 - Appropriators Cut Army's Crusader, But Add Money to Save Local Jobs |
June 29 - Bush Wins on Missile Defense, But With Democratic Stipulation |
June 29 - Fate of INS Remains Uncertain Under Plans for New Department |
June 29 - Homeland Security Bipartisanship Launches Treasury-Postal Spending Bill, But Tough Issues Remain Unsolved |
June 29 - House Nears Floor Vote on Arming Pilots |
June 29 - Intelligence, Security Inquiries Moving Anything but Smoothly |
June 29 - Lawmakers Add Generously To Military Construction Bill In Effort to Parry Base Closures |
June 29 - Midyear Spending Deal Likely in Early July; Democrats, Bush Harden Fiscal '03 Lines |
June 29 - Some in GOP Join Democrats In Questioning Homeland Plan |
July 6 - Dispute Over Open Sessions Further Delays Joint Hearings On Sept. 11 Intelligence Failures |
July 6 - GOP Leaders See Some Benefit In Lame-Duck Spending Session |
July 6 - Homeland Security Revamp Hung Up On 'Dual-Purpose' Agencies |
July 6 - Intelligence Hurdles |
July 6 - McHale Tapped For Homeland Security Post |
July 6 - Merger Comes With Added Duties |
July 6 - TSA Gets Second Loan As Supplemental Stalls |
July 13 - Backers Hope Solid House Vote For Arming Airline Pilots Will Force Foes to Reconsider |
July 13 - Bush Reasserts Flexibility for Defense Funds |
July 13 - Gantlet of House Committees Greets Homeland Security Plan |
July 13 - Highlights of Panels' Input On New Security Department |
July 13 - Nuclear Waste Issue as Hot as Ever Despite Senate OK of Nevada Site |
July 13 - President's Hard Line on Spending Shatters Brief Bipartisan Consensus |
July 13 - U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty Debated |
July 20 - Admiral James M. Loy |
July 20 - Bush's Domestic Security Blueprint Includes Possible Role for Military |
July 20 - Chambers' Add-Ons For Military Construction Bill Will Complicate Conference |
July 20 - Committee Adds $700 Million To Defense Spending Bill |
July 20 - Consideration of Move Against Iraq Prompts Rumblings From Capitol Hill |
July 20 - Crusader May Be Precursor To More Defense Cuts |
July 20 - Hearings on Treaty With Russia Highlight Senators' Concerns Over Removal of Nuclear Arms |
July 20 - House Homeland Security Bill Bends Strongly Bush's Way |
July 20 - Intelligence Center to Stay Right Where Murtha Put It |
July 20 - Key Issues of Security Debate |
July 20 - Lawmakers Back Loy as TSA Head But Criticize Agency's Progress |
July 20 - Lawmakers Irked as Spy Agencies Move Slowly to Alleviate Problems |
July 20 - Panel OKs Future War Funds |
July 27 - $10 Billion Authorized For War Fund |
July 27 - Homeland Security's Big Hurdle: Ceding Power to White House |
July 27 - House-Passed Intelligence Bill Calls For Independent Probe of Sept. 11 Attacks |
July 27 - In Effort to Avoid Disputes, Senate Follows House Lead on Environmental Funding |
July 27 - New Transportation Security Chief Says He Will Reconsider Armed Pilots, Creating ID Card for 'Trusted Travelers' |
July 27 - Oversight of Anti-Missile Program Keeps Defense Conferees at Odds |
July 27 - Public Works Panel Approves Bills Requiring Tougher Security for Nuclear and Chemical Facilities |
July 27 - Traditional Shifting of Funds Raises Hackles on Homeland Security |
August 3 - Byrd Prepared to Slow Bill |
August 3 - Guns-for-Pilots Bill Overcomes Powerful Opposition To Top Senate's Fall Agenda |
August 3 - Intelligence Members Say No Polygraphs |
August 3 - Philosophical Conflicts Complicate Iraq Debate |
August 3 - Senate Passes Defense Spending Bill, Adding $693 Million to House Total |
August 3 - Work Rules Throw Wrench In Homeland Security Bill |
August 10 - Clearing of Port Security Bill Awaits Only Resolution Of Proposed Shipper Fees |
August 10 - Duo's Contentious Battle Features Patriotism and Homeland Security |
August 10 - Lawmakers Seek to Avoid Closures By Pumping Money Into Military Bases |
August 10 - Provisions of Port Security Bill |
August 31 - Congress Changing Tone Of Homeland Security Debate |
August 31 - Editor's Notebook: A Certain Future |
August 31 - Learning by Experience |
August 31 - New Department, Old Issues |
August 31 - No Heavy Lifting Needed To Move Phantom Office |
August 31 - The White House vs. the Hill |
September 7 - A Road Show of Solidarity |
September 7 - Ashcroft Drawing Criticism From Both Sides of the Aisle |
September 7 - Cost to Arm Pilots Questioned |
September 7 - Evaporating Terrorism Insurance Makes for Cautious Contractors |
September 7 - For Congress, a New World -- And Business as Usual |
September 7 - Intelligence Oversight Panel: CIA Has Failed to Change Since Terror Attacks of 9/11 |
September 7 - Lawmakers Struggle to Keep An Eye on Patriot Act |
September 7 - Leaders Prepare to Help Draft War Resolution |
September 7 - Missile Defense Money Pivotal For House and Senate Conferees |
September 7 - Voters, Candidates Unclear About Impact of Iraq Vote |
September 7 - Workers' Rights Issues Looming Over Homeland Security Debate |
September 14 - Conference on Maritime Security Bill Bogged Down by Plan to Offset Costs Through Port User Fees and Surcharges |
September 14 - Editor's Notebook: Room to Move |
September 14 - Hearings Will Address Preparedness, Long-Term Scenario for Iraq Invasion |
September 14 - Lawmakers Pushing Back From Quick Vote on Iraq |
September 14 - Lawmakers Try to Balance Security And the Public's Right to Know |
September 14 - Other Disputed Issues |
September 14 - Senators Band Together to Reconcile Labor Rules and Homeland Security |
September 14 - Tauzin's Determined Orchestration Keeps Energy Conference Alive |
September 14 - The New Defense Priorities |
September 21 - Chafee Holds Key to Decision on Union Rights for Homeland Staff |
September 21 - Extension of Screening Security Deadline at Some Airports Approved by Senate Panel |
September 21 - Intelligence Panel Says Probe Into Failures Needs Independent Commission, More Time |
September 21 - Rumsfeld Says Troop Strength Is Sufficient To Conduct Military Operations in Iraq |
September 28 - 'One Voice' Lost in Debate Over Iraq War Resolution |
September 28 - Causes and Consequences |
September 28 - Democratic Group Finds Tough Sell In Go-Slow Approach to War |
September 28 - Guns and Butter, Again |
September 28 - House Appropriations Committee Considering Hard-Line Tactics With Amtrak Funding |
September 28 - Independent Intelligence Commission Caught in Hill-White House Wrangling |
September 28 - Intelligence Bill Advances To Conference |
September 28 - Personnel Differences for Homeland Security Plan |
September 28 - Personnel Issues Have Senate Stumbling on Homeland Security |
September 28 - Potential Allies View Trade and Aid As Compensation for Cooperation |
September 28 - Senate Passes Omnibus Benefits Bill for Veterans |
September 28 - Small-Scale Airline Aid Bill In Discussion |
September 28 - The Ghosts of Tonkin: Questions and Resolutions |
September 28 - The High Cost of Might |
September 28 - War May Not Hurt Economy |
October 5 - Defense Bill Action Could Be Delayed To Avoid Pre-Election Veto of Veterans Law |
October 5 - Despite Airlines' Pleas for Help, Extensive Bailout Looks Unlikely |
October 5 - Evolution of the Resolutions |
October 5 - Moderates Vow to Keep Working On Homeland Security Deal |
October 5 - Not Even Rumblings of War Shake Loose an Energy Policy |
October 5 - Senate Democrats in Disarray After Gephardt's Deal on Iraq |
October 5 - Senate-Passed Bill Has Tax Increase For Expatriates, Breaks for Military |
October 12 - Armed-Pilots Bill Bogged Down |
October 12 - Broad Resolution Allows Bush To Set Terms of War Without Review |
October 12 - Byrd's Beloved Chamber Deaf To His Pleas for Delayed Vote |
October 12 - Concerns Linger for Lawmakers Following Difficult Vote for War |
October 12 - Congressional Support May Not Count For Much With U.N. Security Council |
October 12 - Editor's Notebook: Anxiety Levels |
October 12 - Goss Tries to Keep Intelligence Bill From Snagging on Sept. 11 Probe |
October 12 - Homeland Security Department Adrift in Appropriations Doldrums |
October 12 - House Approves Defense Spending Plan That Allows for Controversial 767 Leases |
October 12 - Joint Resolution to Authorize Use of Military Force Against Iraq |
October 12 - Military Construction Bill Cleared but on Hold, Awaiting Stalled Defense Authorization |
October 12 - No Deals Reached This Year To Salvage Environmental Bills |
October 12 - OMB Burns Midnight Oil Trying to Plan For Homeland Security Department |
October 12 - Senate Aviation Security Bill Offers Minimal Aid to Airlines |
October 19 - Battle Over Independent Sept. 11 Probe Keeps Intelligence Authorization in Limbo |
October 19 - Bills to Ban Flights Over Stadiums Likely to Languish Until Next Year |
October 19 - Deal to Boost Port Security Resolves Most Issues -- Except How to Pay for It |
October 19 - New Commuter Student Visa Bill Expected to Be Signed by Bush |
October 19 - North Korea Presents Congress With New 'Axis of Evil' Issues |
October 19 - Rumsfeld Defense Plan on Track As Senate Clears Spending Bill |
October 19 - Senate's Failure to Resolve Personnel Management Issue Stalls Homeland Security Bill |
October 19 - U.N. Resolution a Step Closer |
October 26 - Bush's Missile Defense Victory Signifies Changing Times |
October 26 - Homeland Bill Deadlock Fails to Derail Restructuring of Immigration Agency |
October 26 - Military Pay Raise Proposal Still Snagged in Conference Because of Veterans' Benefits Provision |
October 26 - Missile Defense a Multi-Layered Program |
October 26 - Ohio Veteran Attaches $1.8 Million To Defense Budget for Biotech Gadget |
November 2 - Better Relationship With Agencies To Head New Panel Leaders' List |
November 2 - Bill to Beef Up Port Security Becomes Magnet for Maritime Add-Ons |
November 2 - Cape Cod Base Is Study Site For Security Training Centers |
November 2 - Fighting a Two-Front Battle |
November 2 - Lawmakers in Reserves Unlikely to Get Called For Military Service in Iraq |
November 2 - Northern Command Stirs Issue Of Military's Role in Security |
November 2 - Satellite TV for Boaters Unlikely |
November 2 - Term-Limited Intelligence Chairman Likely to Get Waiver to Stay On |
November 9 - Armed Services Faces a Few Key Battles |
November 9 - Lugar Back on Top of Foreign Relations |
November 9 - Questions Remain on Iraq |
November 16 - Congress Fails to Reach Deal On Omnibus Energy Legislation; Settles for Pipeline Safety Bill |
November 16 - Defense Authorization Ultimately Surfaces As Equal Opportunity Partisan Target |
November 16 - Homeland Security Department Another Victory for Administration |
November 16 - House Membership of Mostly Lawyers and Veterans Now Giving Way to Bankers, Executives |
November 16 - Intelligence Authorization Clears, Creating Independent Panel To Probe Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks |
November 16 - Military Alliance Increasingly Lines Up Behind U.S. Leadership |
November 16 - Nuances Run Deep in Homeland Bill |
November 16 - Rep. Combest's Midterm Retirement Creates Four-Way Race For Coveted Agriculture Chairmanship |
November 16 - Tax Breaks for Military Personnel Readied for Passage in House |
November 16 - Turf Battles Could Lie Ahead In Fight To Oversee Homeland Department |
November 23 - Department's Blueprint Approved, Final Plan Far From Complete |
November 23 - Expansion Bill For Veterans Benefits Clears |
November 23 - Fielding the Possible Candidates For Homeland Undersecretaries |
November 23 - Issues Not Likely to Go Away |
November 23 - New Privacy Concerns |
November 23 - Officials Take Different Sides On U.S.-Mexico Border Fence |
November 23 - Potential Allies Against Iraq Have a Dollar Figure in Mind |
November 30 - Homeland Security Department Details Continue Unresolved |
November 30 - Kissinger, Mitchell Tapped for Panel |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Airline Industry Relief |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Aviation Security |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Border Security |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Defense Appropriations |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Defense Authorization |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Export Administration Act |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Homeland Security Department |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Intelligence Authorization |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Military Construction Appropriations |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Port Security |
December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Use of Force Against Iraq |
December 7 - Democracy in the Middle East: Using Iraq to Chart a Course |
December 7 - For 9/11 Probe, Rudman's Style Loses Points With Lott |
December 7 - Lugar's Passionate Plans For a Regained Chair |
December 7 - Well-Funded Defense Bill Reaffirms Hill Oversight |
December 14 - Despite Post-Election Opportunities, Democrats Struggle to Find One Voice |
December 14 - Intelligence Panels' Report Suggests Changes |
December 14 - Members of the Independent Sept. 11 Panel |
December 14 - No Lack of Proposals From Hill As New 9/11 Probe Gears Up |
December 14 - Rumsfeld Tones It Down For New Round of Budget Talks |