 January 12 - Baker-Regan Trade: Change in Means, Not Ends |
| January 12 - Comptroller of the Currency Leaving |
| January 12 - GOP Budget-Cut Options: Main Targets And Other Potential Deficit Reductions |
| January 12 - In Conjunction With Blanket Freeze: FY 1986 Budget-Trim Options Aired by Senate GOP Leaders |
| January 12 - White House Weighing Cuts: State and Local Officials Fear Federal Budget, Tax Changes |
| January 19 - Senate GOP Leaders Awaiting Committees' Deficit-Cut Ideas |
| January 19 - Senior Staff Changes at Tax-Writing Committees |
| January 26 - Baker Hears Tax Revision Complaints |
| January 26 - Budget Resolution by March: Shape of Fiscal 1986 Budget Eludes GOP Senate Leaders |
| January 26 - Special Report: Women's Agenda Women Renew Drive for 'Economic Equity' |
| February 2 - Chairmen's Views Remain Divided: Banking Deregulation Issues Await Action; Hurdles Remain |
| February 2 - Deficit Reductions: The Search Continues |
| February 2 - Record-Keeping Requirement Sparks Action: Congress Reacts Quickly to Taxpayer Outcry |
| February 2 - Schedule Uncertain for Tax Reform |
| February 2 - The Test for the Coalition-Builder: New House Budget Chief Gray Weighs Local, National Claims |
| February 9 - $15.5 Billion for Education Proposed: Reagan Calls for Major Cuts In Student Loans and Grants |
| February 9 - $24.7 Billion Proposed: DOT Budget Drops Amtrak, Slashes Mass Transit Funding |
| February 9 - Administration Forecast: Economic Optimism Tied to Steady Growth |
| February 9 - Boost in Arms Assistance: Foreign Aid Programs Escape Deep Cuts by Administration |
| February 9 - Budget Authority and Outlays by Agency |
| February 9 - Budget Drops SBA Loans, Mail Subsidy |
| February 9 - But Welfare Programs Largely Spared: Reagan Again Seeks to Curb Medicare, Medicaid Growth |
| February 9 - Congressional Opposition Is Swift: Pay, Pension Cuts Proposed for Federal Workers |
| February 9 - Consensus on the 3 Percent Solution? |
| February 9 - Defense Up; Other Agencies Down: Increase Sought in Federal Research Spending |
| February 9 - Departure From Tradition, Law: Reagan Wants 10% Cut in Legislative Budget |
| February 9 - Elimination of Ex-Im Loans Proposed |
| February 9 - Emphasis on Hazardous-Waste Control: Reagan Boosts EPA Funding, Slashes Interior Spending |
| February 9 - Farmers Would Pay for Some Services: Budget Seeks Big Reductions In Fiscal 1986 Farm Spending |
| February 9 - Fights Likely on MX, Space Weaponry: Pentagon Asks $313.7 Billion for Defense Buildup |
| February 9 - Fiscal 1986 Budget by Function: $973.7 Billion in Expenditures, $1.06 Trillion in Spending Authority |
| February 9 - Friedersdorf Returns as White House Lobbyist |
| February 9 - FY '86 Funding Assured: Future Payments to Development Banks Put Off |
| February 9 - Higher Fees for VA Mortgages Sought: VA Budget Asks 'Means Test' For Access to Medical Care |
| February 9 - How Much for Defense? The Fiscal 1986 Reagan Budget: The Realities of Deficit-Cutting |
| February 9 - HUD Fiscal 1986 Funding Cut Sharply: Reagan Proposes Two-Year Housing Freeze |
| February 9 - Job Corps on the Block: Labor Budget Seeks Trimmed Employment Aid |
| February 9 - Local Aid Programs Dropped or Cut |
| February 9 - New Strings Attached to Food Aid |
| February 9 - Nuclear Weapons Dominate Spending: Non-Defense Energy Programs Face Deep Budget Reductions |
| February 9 - Other Justice-Related Spending Up Slightly: Law Enforcement Spending Remains Level |
| February 9 - President's Budget Message to Congress -- Feb. 4, 1985 |
| February 9 - Proposals on Hill Offer Differing Views Of How Much Food Aid Africans Need |
| February 9 - Reagan Administration Economic Assumptions |
| February 9 - Slow Deficit Reduction Forecast: FY '86 Budget Projects Small Rise in Spending |
| February 9 - Space Station's Launch Pushed Back: NASA Budget Up, But Some Programs Cut |
| February 9 - States Fueling Budget Amendment Drive |
| February 9 - Stockman Flays 'Scandal' of Military Pensions |
| February 9 - The Budget: Mastering the Language |
| February 9 - The Reagan Budget-Cutting Program |
| February 9 - To Develop Exotic Space Arms, $3.7 Billion |
| February 9 - User Fees Proposed: Reagan Budget Avoids Taxes As Solution to Spending Gap |
| February 16 - Action Called Political Retaliation: Union Chiefs May Be Punished For Supporting Mondale in '84 |
| February 16 - Administration Would Drop Federal Funds: Amtrak Survival Without Subsidies Debated |
| February 16 - American Conservation Corps |
| February 16 - Following the State Example: Taxpayer Amnesty Promoted To Collect Lost Federal Funds |
| February 16 - Major Reductions in Grants to States, Cities |
| February 16 - Members Await Details of Tax Code Revision |
| February 16 - Members of Tax-Writing Committees Reap PAC Money |
| February 16 - State Tax Amnesty Programs (chart) |
| February 16 - Tax Hikes, Service Reductions Likely: Cities, States Say Cuts in Aid Will Create an Unfair Burden |
| February 23 - Can They Improve Their Fiscal Reputation? Wary, Split House Democrats Seek an FY '86 Budget Strategy |
| February 23 - Monetary Affairs Report |
| February 23 - Senate GOP Laboring to Salvage Budget Pace |
| February 23 - Sprinkel Named CEA Chairman |
| March 2 - A Victim of Economic Recovery? Expiration of Extra Jobless Aid Sparks Debate on Alternatives |
| March 2 - American Conservation Corps |
| March 2 - Program Targeted for Budget Cuts: 39,000 Local Officials Await Decision on Revenue Sharing |
| March 2 - Rostenkowski Makes Pitch for Tax Overhaul |
| March 2 - Round Three for 'Imputed Interest': Complicated Real Estate Taxes Likely to Confound Hill Again |
| March 2 - Uncertain Senate GOP Sets Budget Sessions |
| March 9 - Statue of Liberty Coins |
| March 9 - Tax Overhaul: The Crucial Lobby Fight of 1985 |
| March 9 - Unemployment Rate Dips |
| March 16 - Budget Plan Highlights |
| March 16 - Comptroller's Office Criticized |
| March 16 - Donovan Resigns; Must Stand Trial in New York |
| March 16 - Reagan Names Babson, Johansen to NLRB |
| March 16 - Report From Financial Forecasters: No Vote of Confidence |
| March 16 - Senate Panel's Party-Line Vote OKs Budget |
| March 23 - Democrats, Elderly Will Oppose: Bid to Rein In Social Security Faces Senate Floor Challenge |
| March 23 - Major Provisions of the Senate Budget Committee Plan for Fiscal Year 1986 |
| March 23 - Reaction to Reagan Plan: House Panels Offer Budget, Deficit-Cut Ideas |
| March 23 - Reagan Opposes Extending Extra Jobless Benefits |
| March 23 - Senate Budget Committee - FY 1986 Plan |
| March 23 - Senate GOP Budget Plan Spreads Uneasiness |
| March 23 - Social Security, Defense at Issue: Shape of '86 Budget Proposal Still To Emerge in the House |
| March 23 - Ways and Means Hearings on Tax Simplification |
| March 30 - Fiscal 1986 'Views and Estimates': Reports Filed With House Budget Committee |
| March 30 - Index of Economic Indicators Up in February |
| March 30 - Meetings, 'Hard Choices' Continue: Much Talk, Little Action on Fiscal 1986 Budget |
| March 30 - Prognosis Good for Medicare Fund |
| March 30 - Unemployment Aid Extension Pressed on Hill |
| March 30 - While Awaiting Reagan Plan: Tax Overhaulers' Next Chore Is Generating Public Support |
| April 6 - Collyer Confirmed |
| April 6 - Minimum Tax Proposal |
| April 6 - Phase-Out of Extra Unemployment Aid Clears |
| April 6 - Reagan, Senate GOP Reach '86 Budget Accord |
| April 6 - Unemployment Rate Holds Steady |
| April 6 - Use of Autos, Computers: House, Senate Overturn Record-Keeping Rules |
| April 6 - Youth Wage Back Again |
| April 13 - More Poverty Seen If Social Security COLA Is Cut |
| April 13 - Perspective: Tax Reform: Getting Hung Up on Details |
| April 20 - American Conservation Corps: Bucking Anti-Spending Mood, House Panels Approve Jobs Bill |
| April 20 - Deregulation Debate Clouded: Bank Scandals Prompt Review To Reassure Investors, Public |
| April 27 - '86 Budget Hung Up In Senate Floor Squabble |
| April 27 - Brock Confirmed as Labor Secretary |
| April 27 - Budget Spurs Divisions in Corporate Lobby |
| April 27 - Joint Committee Assesses State of Economy |
| April 27 - Response Uneven to President's TV Appeal |
| May 4 - Conferees OK Record-Keeping Repeal |
| May 4 - Defense Cut, Social Security Boosted: Republican Budget Package Picked Apart on Senate Floor |
| May 4 - Deficit Reduction, Tax Equity Stressed: Corporate, Individual Minimum Taxes Gain |
| May 4 - Democrats Striving for Budget Consensus |
| May 4 - Extra Funds for Food, Veterans Approved |
| May 4 - Key House Democrats Prefer to Wait: Farm Bill Markup Is Slowed By Incomplete Budget Action |
| May 4 - State Department Bill Ready for House Vote |
| May 11 - 'Contemporaneous' Logs: House Drops Tax-Diary Rules, Rapid Senate Action Expected |
| May 11 - Budget Squeaks Through Senate Floor Vote |
| May 11 - Panel Votes 'Imputed Interest' Bill |
| May 11 - Trade-off for Pentagon Cut? Social Security Hikes Divide House Democrats |
| May 11 - Uncertainty Awaits Administration Tax Plan |
| May 18 - Banks Find Ways to Dodge Interstate Ban |
| May 18 - Connecticut Vote One of Several Setbacks: Balanced Budget Amendment Advances Here, Loses There |
| May 18 - Constitutionality Challenged: Court Decision Looms Over Debate on Regional Banking |
| May 18 - House Budget Committee Fiscal 1986 Plan |
| May 18 - House Committee, Senate Budget Highlights |
| May 18 - House Panel Gives Quick OK to '86 Budget |
| May 18 - Minor Social Security Changes |
| May 18 - President Delays Tax Plan Release Until May 28 |
| May 18 - Record-Keeping Repeal Cleared for Reagan |
| May 18 - Senate Fiscal 1986 Budget Resolution |
| May 18 - Summary of Senate's Fiscal 1986 Budget |
| May 25 - Employing Inventive Tactics: Democrats Force GOP Support For Aid to Development Banks |
| May 25 - Fight to Reap the Political Advantage: Successful Tax Code Overhaul Dependent on Reagan's Pitch |
| May 25 - General Revenue Sharing Targeted |
| May 25 - House Centrist Bloc: Still Waiting to Happen |
| May 25 - House Votes to Ease Tax on 'Imputed Interest' |
| May 25 - Summary of the House's Fiscal 1986 Budget |
| May 25 - Trouble Awaits in Conference: House, With Little Difficulty, Passes '86 Budget Resolution |
| May 25 - Water Projects Draw OMB Flak: Appropriations Panel Votes $13.49 Billion Supplemental |
| June 1 - Battle Looms Over State, Local Tax Issue |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK - Administration's Deep Cuts Rejected: House, Senate Divided on Student Aid Cuts |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK - Budgets Seek Veterans Administration Savings: Senate Cuts Deep Into Health Care Programs |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK - Conflicting Priorities: House and Senate Budgets |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK - Could Affect Deficit Total: House, Senate Budgets Differ Over Oil Revenue Estimates |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK - House, Senate Split on Oil Reserve |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK - Senate, House at Odds on COLAs |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK House Would Increase Funding: Two Plans Disagree Sharply on Food, Housing for Poor |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK Policy Issues, Big Dollars at Stake: Senate, House at Odds Over Health Spending |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK Programs Senate's Budget Would Eliminate |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK Senate Budget Includes Major Cuts: Chambers Differ on Highways, Mass Transit |
| June 1 - BUDGET CONFERENCE OUTLOOK Tough Task: Reaching An '86 Budget Accord |
| June 1 - Key Terms of the Federal Tax Code |
| June 1 - President and CBO at Odds: The Basis for Budget Options, Forecasts Are Rarely Reliable |
| June 1 - Prior 'Reforms' Sometimes Have Gone Awry |
| June 1 - Tax Lawmakers Will Leave Fingerprints On Any Overhaul of the Federal Code |
| June 1 - Tax Reform Debate Opens With Reagan Plan |
| June 8 - Budget Conference to Begin; Clashes Likely |
| June 8 - Health-Benefits Tax in Contention: Issue of Fringe-Benefit Taxes Only Partly Defused by Reagan |
| June 8 - Imputed Interest |
| June 8 - Influencing the Tax Bill: Lobbyists Shift Their Attention to Capitol Hill |
| June 8 - Legislators Begin Sifting Through Tax Proposal |
| June 8 - Panel Approves Interstate Banking Measure |
| June 8 - Senate Votes to Restrict Federal Wage Law |
| June 8 - State, Local Tax Deduction Benefits |
| June 15 - Budget Conference Gets Off to a Slow Start |
| June 15 - Economists, Labor Criticize Reagan Tax Plan |
| June 15 - Rules, Floor Fight Expected: House Committee Easily OKs Nationwide Banking Measure |
| June 22 - Conferees Debate, Reject Budget Alternatives |
| June 22 - Seger Confirmed for Federal Reserve Board |
| June 22 - Senate Rules OKs Line-Item Veto Bill |
| June 29 - 'Imputed Interest' Rules Change: Senate Votes to Ease Tax Loss On Loans for Property Sales |
| June 29 - Bill Protects Unionized Building Jobs |
| June 29 - Business, GOP Assail Plant-Closing Aid Bill |
| June 29 - House, Senate Divided: Foreign Aid, Water Disputes Delay Talks on Supplemental |
| June 29 - New Tax Revenues Suggested: Budget Negotiations Resume As Senators Offer New Plan |
| June 29 - Statue of Liberty Coin Bill Cleared |
| June 29 - Tax Plan Revenue Figures Challenged |
| July 6 - Bipartisan Support on Hill: Reagan Critics Praise Tax Cuts for the Poor |
| July 6 - Enlarging Oval Office Power? Senate Will Again Debate Item-Veto Authority |
| July 6 - Impact on Deficit, Middle Class Studied: Tax Panels Stay Their Course Despite Concerns About Plan |
| July 6 - Jobless Rate Unchanged in June |
| July 6 - Leaving Some Things Unchanged: Packwood: Leading Skeptics on Senate Finance |
| July 6 - Supplemental Funding Bill Awaits Conferees |
| July 6 - Veteran Dealer: Rostenkowski: A Firm Grip on Ways and Means |
| July 13 - Charities Find Support to Preserve Deductions |
| July 13 - Hearings Planned on Federal Deposit Insurance |
| July 13 - House Approves Conservation Corps |
| July 13 - Loss of Stockman, the 'Young Slasher,' Seen as Blow to Deficit-Cutting Efforts |
| July 13 - Packwood Retracts Tax Bill Threat |
| July 13 - Political Problems Abound: Two Balanced-Budget Plans Approved by Senate Judiciary |
| July 13 - President Fails to Unsnarl Budget Deadlock |
| July 13 - Severe Loss of Funding Feared: School Groups Scramble to Protect Tax Breaks |
| July 13 - Sports Teams, Restaurants, Theaters Affected: Tax Writers Weigh Benefits Of Entertainment Deductions |
| July 20 - Budget Negotiations Collapse for Second Time |
| July 20 - Fed Eases Money Limits as Economy Lags |
| July 20 - Filibuster Keeps Item Veto Off Senate Floor |
| July 20 - Miller Named to Succeed Stockman at OMB |
| July 20 - Railroad Unemployment Insurance |
| July 20 - Waivers Voted for Appropriations Bills |
| July 27 - Construction Industry Bill Approved |
| July 27 - Estimate Is Double That of Treasury: Tax Plan Would Cost $25.1 Billion, Panel Says |
| July 27 - House Committee Approves Plant-Closing Bill |
| July 27 - Imputed Interest Talks Continue |
| July 27 - Medicare Savings Approved: $19 Billion Deficit-Reduction Package Wins Committee OK |
| July 27 - Senate Budgeteers Tie Tax Hike to COLA Delay |
| July 27 - Social Security Issue Splits Each Party As House Opposes Senate on Budget |
| July 27 - Three Cloture Attempts Fail: Item Veto Filibuster Succeeds In Thwarting Senate Action |
| July 27 - Treasury/Postal Service Bill Debated: House Votes to Cut Spending on Ex-Presidents |
| August 3 - 'Imputed Interest' Bill Stalls in Senate |
| August 3 - Angry Senate Republicans Bear No Grudges |
| August 3 - Congress Adopts a Budget and Goes Home |
| August 3 - Congress Clears Water Project, 'Contra' Funds |
| August 3 - Congress Cuts Budget by More Than $55 Billion |
| August 3 - Government Securities Regulation Bill Approved |
| August 3 - Highlights of First Concurrent Budget Resolution |
| August 3 - Hill Funds: Big Battles Over Small Potatoes |
| August 3 - Rostenkowski Outlines Possible Changes: Tax Plan Hurt by Senate-Reagan Budget Feud |
| August 10 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Banking/Commerce |
| August 10 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Economic Affairs |
| August 10 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Labor |
| August 17 - CBO Sees Hopeful Signs in Deficit Reduction |
| August 17 - Congress Asked to Referee: Labor, Local Governments At Odds on Overtime Pay |
| August 17 - Tax Reform Winners: Rich and Poor |
| August 24 - A Balancing of Interests: Members Struggle to Weigh Regional Impact of Tax Plan |
| August 31 - Battle to Protect Tax Breaks: Bankers Back Reform Idea, Not Specifics |
| August 31 - Construction Down, Costs Up: Real Estate Industry Predicts Dire Harm From Reagan Plan |
| August 31 - FDIC, FSLIC Divide Responsibilities |
| August 31 - Finding the Will to Use the Budget Act: Budget Decisions Still Breed Discontent But Fewer Calls To Restructure the Process |
| August 31 - Fiscal 1986 Budget Authority and Outlays |
| August 31 - Major Economic Assumptions Calendar Years 1984-88 |
| August 31 - New Treasury Tax Proposals |
| August 31 - Panel Expects to Rewrite Tax Code in Private |
| August 31 - President Continues Push for Enterprise Zone Tax Breaks |
| August 31 - Protecting Banking Customers: Pressure Grows for Overhaul Of Federal Deposit Insurance |
| August 31 - Reconciliation Instructions to Senate, House Committees |
| August 31 - Restructuring of Pension Program Debated |
| August 31 - Summary of Fiscal 1986 Budget Resolution |
| September 7 - Beilenson Tries to Seize Political Initiative: House Democrats May Seek Further Budget Cuts |
| September 7 - Hearing Set on Overtime Pay |
| September 7 - Members Find Little Support for 'Reform': Tax Panel Postpones Markup, Still Hopes to Report This Fall |
| September 14 - Fight Brewing in Senate Over Debt-Limit Hike |
| September 14 - Medicare, Veterans, Federal Pay Affected: House Committees Approve Deficit-Reduction Measures |
| September 14 - Rule Helps House Avoid Debt-Limit Fight |
| September 14 - Special Report: Congress and OMB 'Toughest Kid' Miller Has Big Shoes to Fill |
| September 14 - Special Report: Congress and OMB Budget Office Evolves Into Key Policy Maker |
| September 14 - Special Report: Congress and OMB Budget Office Has Grown Since 1921 |
| September 14 - Special Report: Congress and OMB Controlling the Budget Process: Stockman Left as His Legacy Enhanced OMB Involvement |
| September 14 - Special Report: Congress and OMB Policy and Regulatory Review: Growth in Legislative Role Sparks Concern in Congress |
| September 14 - Special Report: Congress and OMB Reagan Gave OMB a Regulatory Veto But Decision is Being Tested in Court |
| September 14 - Tax Bill Markup Schedule Seen as Ambitious |
| September 14 - Would Be Effective Until Nov. 14: House Panel OKs Stopgap Funding Resolution |
| September 21 - Cuts Spending in Deficit-Reduction Actions: House Panel Deletes Synfuels Program Funds |
| September 21 - Debt-Limit, Stopgap Funding Measures Advance |
| September 21 - Doubts Growing Over Prospects for Tax Bill |
| September 21 - Extends Cigarette Tax, Cuts Medicare: Panel Adds Tobacco Supports To Deficit-Reduction Package |
| September 21 - House Democrats Initiate Plan: Housing Bills May Be Added To Reconciliation Measures |
| September 21 - Labor-HHS Funding Bill Advances in Senate Panel |
| September 21 - Members Cut Student Loan Spending |
| September 21 - Prospects for Key Issues During Tax Markup |
| September 21 - States Win Share of Drilling Revenues |
| September 21 - Tobacco Lobby Still Has Allies on Hill But Its Influence Is Slowly Burning Out |
| September 21 - Treasury Says Tax Cut Aided Economy |
| September 21 - Ways and Means Bill Blocked: Trouble Brewing as Congress Moves to Reduce Spending |
| September 28 - Budget Suggestion Rejected: Coast Guard User Fees Nixed By House, Senate Committees |
| September 28 - Change in Tax Liability by Income Class (chart) |
| September 28 - Committee Boosts State Oil Revenue |
| September 28 - Congress Makes Uneven Progress on Deficit |
| September 28 - International Efforts to Weaken Dollar Receive Mixed Reviews on Capitol Hill |
| September 28 - Panel Begins Review of Compromise Tax Plan |
| September 28 - Panel Trims Student Loan Spending |
| September 28 - Rejects Attempt to Block Court Decision: House Panel OKs $105 Billion For Labor-HHS Spending Bill |
| September 28 - Rejects Effort to Kill Synfuels Program: Energy Panel Divides Offshore Drilling Funds |
| September 28 - Senate Highway Cuts Exceed Budget |
| September 28 - Senate Panel Freezes Federal Wages |
| September 28 - Senate Panel's Deficit-Reduction Plan: Means Test Voted for Veterans' Health Care |
| October 5 - Administration Puts Fresh Focus on World Bank |
| October 5 - Budget Leaders Force Cuts in Spending Bills |
| October 5 - Congress Extends Dairy Price Supports |
| October 5 - Floor Fight Expected on Spending Increases: House Panels Surpass Deficit-Reduction Target |
| October 5 - House Reconciliation Bill Spending Provisions |
| October 5 - House, Senate Committees Complete Their Required Reconciliation Actions: Senate Banking Saves $8.2 Billion |
| October 5 - House, Senate Committees Complete Their Required Reconciliation Actions: Student Loan Spending Trimmed |
| October 5 - House, Senate Committees Complete Their Required Reconciliation Actions: Trust Funds Taken Off Budget |
| October 5 - Increased Funds for AIDS Research: House, Senate Panel Approve Labor-HHS Bill |
| October 5 - Labor Laws Affecting U.S. Agricultural Workers |
| October 5 - Major International Banks: What They Are. . . |
| October 5 - Miller Confirmed as OMB Director |
| October 5 - New Exemption for 'Life-Care' Facilities: Congress Relaxes Tax Rules On Deals Financed by Sellers |
| October 5 - Protections for Workers Urged: Foreign Farmworker Issue Moves to House |
| October 5 - Sen. Rudman: Taking the Deficit Personally |
| October 5 - Senate Reconciliation Bill Spending Provisions |
| October 5 - Support Grows for Balancing Federal Budget |
| October 5 - Tax Plan for Hazardous-Waste Cleanup Sparks Debate Among Business Groups |
| October 5 - Trade Assistance, Medicare Payments Covered: Congress Extends Cigarette Tax for 45 Days |
| October 5 - Unemployment Edges Higher in September |
| October 5 - Ways and Means Gets Down to Real Business |
| October 5 - Would Cut Deficit $85.7 Billion Over Three Years: Senate Reconciliation Bill Ready for Floor |
| October 12 - Controlling the Budget: An Old Idea |
| October 12 - Controversial Issues Still Ahead: Partisan Pressures Building As Tax Bill Markups Continue |
| October 12 - House Committee Votes to Clarify Bank Bribery Law |
| October 12 - House, Senate Reconciliation Bills Await Floor Action |
| October 12 - Legislation Moving Quickly: Accord Reached on Overtime For State and Local Employees |
| October 12 - Members Seek to Protect Affirmative Action Order |
| October 12 - Senate Banking Authorizes U.S. Gold Coin |
| October 12 - Senate Passes Plan to Balance Federal Budget |
| October 12 - Senate's Initiative Leaves Democrats Frustrated at Leadership, Republicans |
| October 12 - Treasury Maneuvers Allow Government to Cover Checks |
| October 19 - Congressional Leaders Predict Passage: Conferees Strive To Fathom Senate Budget-Balancing Plan |
| October 19 - Emergency Charges on Savings and Loans Sought |
| October 19 - Key Elements Face Challenges: Reconciliation Bills Headed For House, Senate Passage |
| October 19 - New Comptroller of Currency Chosen |
| October 19 - Panel Votes Breaks for Banks, Charitable Gifts |
| October 19 - Seidman Confirmed for FDIC |
| October 19 - Vote Set on Including Housing in Reconciliation Bill |
| October 26 - Bill Would Restrict Polygraph Tests |
| October 26 - Budget-Balancing: Decisiveness vs. Caution |
| October 26 - House Also Acting: Senate Passes Bill to Change Government Worker Overtime |
| October 26 - Leaders Hope to Finish by Nov. 1: Difficult Questions Unresolved In Budget Measure Conference |
| October 26 - Narrow Vote Leaves Major Housing Bill in Reconciliation |
| October 26 - Senate Approves Fiscal '86 Labor/HHS Funds |
| October 26 - State, Local Tax Deduction Could Be Retained |
| October 26 - Textile Amendment Is Roadblock: House Passes, Senate Defers Major Deficit-Cutting Bills |
| October 26 - Textile Forces Make a Show of Strength |
| October 26 - Treasury Puts Off 'Drop-Dead Day' to Nov. 15 |
| November 2 - Fiscal 1985 Deficit Near $212 Billion |
| November 2 - House OKs Democrats' Budget-Balancing Plan |
| November 2 - Markup Nearly Half Finished: Panel Confident of Reporting Tax-Overhaul Measure This Fall |
| November 2 - Part of Package Totaling $80.6 Billion: House OKs Deficit-Cutting Bill That Would Save $19.5 Billion |
| November 2 - State, Local Employee Overtime |
| November 9 - 'Check in the Mail' Galls Consumers |
| November 9 - Comparison of House, Senate Budget-Cutting Plans (chart) |
| November 9 - Debt Crisis Politics Ensnare Social Security |
| November 9 - Fiscal Crisis, Partisanship Push Budget Conferees |
| November 9 - Labor Wins Round on Wage Rules: Senate Approves Military Construction Bill |
| November 9 - Last-Minute Battle Expected on New 'CR' |
| November 9 - Members Urge Cap for Credit Card Interest |
| November 9 - Michigan Rejects Convention Call |
| November 9 - Programs With Indexed Increases |
| November 9 - Provisions of House Deficit-Reduction Bill |
| November 9 - Reagan Criticizes 'Waterings Down': Tax Code Rewrite Continues; Panel OKs Pension Revisions |
| November 16 - Administration's Concerns Largely Ignored: Senate Passes $85.7 Billion Bill To Cut Deficit Over Three Years |
| November 16 - Business Opposition to Tax Overhaul Grows |
| November 16 - Dramatic Alterations of Process and Power Could Be Legacy of Budget-Balancing Plan |
| November 16 - Expiring Programs Extended Again |
| November 16 - Hill Fight Brewing Over States' Taxing of Multinationals |
| November 16 - Plant Closing Bill Pulled From Floor |
| November 16 - Public Employers, Unions Join Forces: Fast Congressional Action Solves Worker Overtime Issue |
| November 16 - Subcommittee Limits Check 'Hold' Time |
| November 16 - Temporary Extension Averts Default: Conference Accord Is Possible On Budget-Balancing Measure |
| November 23 - Committee Works Hard to Finish: Tax Overhaul Measure Faces An Uncertain Future in House |
| November 23 - Conferees Approve Labor/HHS/Education Bill |
| November 23 - Conferees Near Agreement on Budget Measure |
| November 23 - House Has Four Bills, Senate One: Key Differences to Be Resolved In Deficit-Reduction Measures |
| November 23 - Industry Hopes to Modify Bill: House Banking Panel Votes Limit on Bank Check 'Holds' |
| November 23 - Plant Closings Bill Fails in House |
| November 23 - Senate Approves Minting U.S. Gold Coin |
| November 30 - Business Defeats Labor on Plant-Closing Bill |
| November 30 - Calendar Casts Doubt on Reconciliation Bill |
| November 30 - Major Provisions of Ways and Means Tax Bill |
| November 30 - Opponents Formulate 'Kill Strategy': Business Groups Still Divided As Tax Bill Heads to the Floor |
| November 30 - Ways and Means Finishes Tax Code Overhaul |
| November 30 - Ways and Means Tax Bill Compared With Other Plans (chart) |
| December 7 - Billions of Dollars Lost Currently: States Seek Power to Collect Taxes on Mail-Order Sales |
| December 7 - Both Sides Lobbying on Affirmative Action |
| December 7 - Budget Conference Leaders Agree on Key Points |
| December 7 - Constitutional Test Hangs Over Budget Plan |
| December 7 - Fiscal 1986 Labor-HHS-Education Funding (chart) |
| December 7 - Gold Coin Authorization Sent to President |
| December 7 - GOP Is Opposed, Democrats Are Split: Success for Tax Bill in Doubt Despite Mild Reagan Support |
| December 7 - Labor, Health and Human Services: $106.5 Billion Social Spending Measure Clears |
| December 7 - Tax-Writing Process Leaves Freshmen Cold |
| December 7 - Up to $85 Billion in Savings Projected: Conferees Begin to Reconcile Versions of Deficit-Cutting Bill |
| December 7 - Ways and Means Vote on Tax Bill |
| December 14 - Commerce/Justice/State Funding Bill Clears (chart) |
| December 14 - Congress Enacts Far-Reaching Budget Measure |
| December 14 - Doubts About Enactment Remain: Conferees Make Some Progress On Deficit-Reduction Measure |
| December 14 - Farm-Credit Negotiators Near Agreement |
| December 14 - Four-Day Extension Voted: Congress Continues Working On Stopgap Funding Measure |
| December 14 - GOP Defeats Attempt to Consider Tax Bill |
| December 14 - Highlights of Budget Plan (chart) |
| December 14 - House Republicans Outflank White House As Frustrations with the Tax Bill Boil Over |
| December 14 - Reagan's Statement on Balanced Budget Bill |
| December 14 - Revisions to Budget Process Timetable |
| December 14 - Short-Term Tax, Program Extensions Cleared |
| December 14 - Synar Sues to Block Automatic Cuts |
| December 21 - $368.2 Billion Omnibus Spending Bill Cleared |
| December 21 - Chronology of Tax Overhaul Bill |
| December 21 - Credit for Campaign Contributions Altered, Extended |
| December 21 - Deficit-Reduction Bill Goes Down to the Wire |
| December 21 - Effort to Repeal Key Provision Fails: Congress Begins to Feel Pinch Of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings |
| December 21 - Highlights of Funding Bill |
| December 21 - House Reverses Self, Passes Major Tax Overhaul |
| December 21 - House Votes to Extend Cigarette Tax, Medicare Fee Limits |
| December 21 - Oil-State Members Gamble All - And Lose |
| December 21 - Perspective: Out of the Budget Debate, Some Good Will |
| December 21 - President's Fabled Power of Persuasion . . . . . . Switches GOP Votes, Resurrects Tax Bill |
| December 21 - Reagan's Letter on Tax Bill -- Dec. 17, 1985 |
| December 21 - Reagan's Remarks on Gramm-Rudman-Hollings -- Dec. 17, 1985 |
| December 21 - Stevens: In the Thick of the Fight |
| December 21 - Switched Votes on the Tax Bill Rule (chart) |
| December 28 - Special Report: Legislative Summary BANKING/COMMERCE |
| December 28 - Special Report: Legislative Summary ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| December 28 - Special Report: Legislative Summary LABOR |
