 January 4 - Compromises Tempered Key 1985 Decisions |
| January 11 - Arguing for Gramm-Rudman-Hollings: Congressional 'Law Firms' Help Out Members in Court |
| January 11 - Defense Ups and Downs (chart of change in defense spending since 1977) |
| January 11 - Fallout of Anti-Deficit Law Begins to Settle |
| January 11 - Most Cities Can Avoid Tax Hike Now . . . . . . But Impact of New Aid Cuts Uncertain |
| January 18 - 'Grambo Commandos' Organize |
| January 18 - Base Level Outlay Estimates for 1986 (chart) |
| January 18 - Congress May Revive Deficit-Reduction Bill |
| January 18 - Finance Panel Plans Tax Bill Retreat |
| January 18 - Fiscal 1986 Deficit Estimates (chart) |
| January 18 - Four-Fifths of Outlays Are Spared: Report Specifies $11.7 Billion In Fiscal 1986 Spending Cuts |
| January 18 - Past Interest Losses Are Restored: Members Advocate Protection For Social Security Investments |
| January 18 - Reductions in Hundreds of Pentagon Programs: 'Star Wars,' Military Payroll Dodge Cutbacks |
| January 18 - Spending Cut Calculations for 1986 (chart) |
| January 18 - Spending Cuts for 1986 by Agency (chart) |
| January 18 - The Program: Emphasis on Compensation, Not Retraining |
| January 18 - Trade Relief Program Target of Revival Effort |
| January 25 - Budget Impasse Shows No Signs of Breaking |
| January 25 - Decision Could Spur Congress to Act: Court Rules Fed Lacks Power To Regulate 'Non-Bank Banks' |
| January 25 - Early Projections Show Deep Cuts for Next Year (chart) |
| January 25 - Finance Markup Completion Target Is May 1: Roth Presses New Business Tax, As Reagan Repeats Opposition |
| January 25 - Focus on Saving Revenue Sharing: Local Officials Seek to Shield Urban Aid From Deficit Cuts |
| January 25 - General Revenue Sharing (chart) |
| January 25 - House Passes Check Hold Bill |
| January 25 - Import Fee Is Tempting as Oil Price Plummets |
| January 25 - Members Feeling the Pinch From New Law |
| January 25 - No Anti-Volcker Majority: Reagan's Nominees Endorse Fed's Political Independence |
| February 1 - Economists Criticize House Tax Bill: Confrontation Awaits Senate Over State, Local Deductions |
| February 1 - Reconciliation May Have New Life |
| February 1 - State Revenues From Deductible Taxes (chart) |
| February 8 - 75 Percent Boost for 'Star Wars' Program: Pentagon Seeks to Continue Weapons Buildup |
| February 8 - A Glossary of Budget Terms |
| February 8 - Budget and Deficit Targets |
| February 8 - Budget Anticipates Large Cuts, Some Increases to |
| February 8 - Budget Authority and Outlays by Agency (chart) |
| February 8 - Budget Puts Congress in a Combative Mood |
| February 8 - Budget Reconciliation Bill Revived |
| February 8 - Budget Reflects Vision of 'Streamlined' Government: Reagan Budget Projects $143.6 Billion Deficit |
| February 8 - Budget Timetable for 1987 (chart) |
| February 8 - Congressional Resistance Strong: Deep New Cuts in Social Spending Proposed |
| February 8 - Cool Reception in Congress: Reagan Pushes 'Privatization' Of Some Federal Functions |
| February 8 - Court Rejects Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Cuts But Case Appealed |
| February 8 - Cuts Taken Out of Popular Items: Hefty Boosts in Aid Programs Not Likely to Survive on Hill |
| February 8 - Federal Reserve Nominees Confirmed |
| February 8 - Fiscal 1987 Budget by Function: $994 Billion in |
| February 8 - For Embassy Security, $4.4 Billion |
| February 8 - For Fiscal Year 1987: President's Budget Message (text) |
| February 8 - Handed Down on Feb. 7: Court Opinion on Gramm-Rudman Challenge |
| February 8 - Highlights of Reagan's Legislative Message |
| February 8 - House GOP Tries to Force Alternate Budget Cuts |
| February 8 - In International Finance, the Private Approach |
| February 8 - Infrastructure Spending: New Budget Raises Questions Of Renewal of Physical Plant |
| February 8 - Largest Hike for Defense: President Proposes Increase For Research, Development |
| February 8 - Major Privatization Proposals |
| February 8 - Major Proposals in Reagan's Fiscal 1987 Budget |
| February 8 - Net Revenue Loss From Recent Laws (chart) |
| February 8 - Opposition to Cigarette Tax Dropped: User Fees, Other New Receipts Would Yield $6.3 Billion in '87 |
| February 8 - President's Fiscal 1987 Budget at a Glance |
| February 8 - Reagan Administration Economic Assumptions (chart) |
| February 8 - Reagan's Address Repeats Familiar Themes |
| February 8 - Reagan's State of the Union Address -- Feb. 4, 1986 |
| February 8 - Rep. Synar Wins Big One |
| February 8 - Repeat Proposals Except for ICC: Dozens of Programs Targeted for Extinction |
| February 8 - Research and Development by Major Agencies |
| February 8 - Rest of Agenda Largely Old Proposals: Reagan Seeks More Power Over Annual Budget Process |
| February 8 - Size of Budget Cuts Hangs in Balance: Reagan's Economic Forecast Attacked as Excessively Rosy |
| February 8 - Terminations of Programs or Agencies Targeted by Reagan Administration (list) |
| February 8 - Transmitted to Congress on Feb. 6: Economic Report of the President |
| February 15 - Congress Unlikely to Give Up Control: Court Ruling on Budget Law Puts Spotlight on GAO Role |
| February 15 - Deficit Deadlines Face Returning Congress |
| February 15 - Oil Import Fee Faces Trouble in Congress |
| February 15 - Oil Import Fee Revenues (chart) |
| February 15 - PAC Gifts to Tax-Writers Double |
| February 15 - Reagan Urging Curbs on Affirmative Action |
| February 15 - Rostenkowski Opposes Tax Bill Delay |
| February 22 - Bipartisanship vs. Election-Year Politics: Senate Restlessness May Signal Unique Cooperation on Budget |
| February 22 - Chairmen Discuss Tax Bill's Effective Dates |
| February 22 - Coming to Grips With the Volatile Dollar |
| February 22 - In the Complex Arena of World Finance Capitol Hill Players Are Few in Number |
| February 22 - Major Economic Assumptions |
| February 22 - Projected Automatic Cuts (chart) |
| February 22 - Projected Deficits 1986-91 (chart) |
| February 22 - Rosy Economic Forecast Concerns Members: Budget Office Projects Deficits Will Decline |
| February 22 - Roth Unveils Business Tax Plan |
| February 22 - The Cost of Foreign Money (chart) |
| February 22 - Treasury Proposes Debt-Limit Repeal |
| March 1 - Correcting Farm Bill 'Mistakes': Angry Urban Members Stall Dairy's Push To Avoid Cuts |
| March 1 - Fight Brewing Over Spending 'Deferrals' |
| March 1 - House Votes Emergency CCC Funds |
| March 1 - Non-Bank Bank Loophole Unplugged: Heavily Lobbied Banking Bills Remain Stalled in Rules Panel |
| March 1 - Reconciliation Revival Efforts |
| March 1 - Search for Senate Tax Plan Proceeds |
| March 1 - Senate Panel to Start Budget Markup: Reagan's Deficit Projections Too Low, CBO Tells Congress |
| March 1 - Skepticism Prevails on Capitol Hill: President Bids for Support on Defense Budget |
| March 1 - Speedy Ruling on Gramm-Rudman |
| March 8 - Deferrals Recomputed; Fight With Congress Continues |
| March 8 - Finance Panel Moves Toward Tax Bill Markup |
| March 8 - Measure's Savings Now $18.1 Billion: Deficit-Cutting Bill Amended, But Future Action Is Uncertain |
| March 8 - New Faces in Constitutional Amendment Fight: Sens. Evans, Simon |
| March 8 - Reviewing the Division of Labor |
| March 8 - Senate Works On Budget With Democratic Aid |
| March 8 - Senators Who Signed Boschwitz Letter (list) |
| March 8 - Supporters, Opponents Both Expect Victory: Senate Debates Balanced-Budget Amendment |
| March 8 - Tax Amnesty Proposal Gains Momentum As One Quick Route to Deficit Reduction |
| March 15 - Conable Named to Head World Bank |
| March 15 - Defense Number Stymies Senate Budget Panel |
| March 15 - Effective-Date Change Endorsed |
| March 15 - Evolution of Proposals to Overhaul the Tax Code (chart) |
| March 15 - Garn Vows to Fight OMB on Funding |
| March 15 - House Bashes Reagan Budget, Seeks Its Own |
| March 15 - House Passes Bill Limiting Polygraph Tests |
| March 15 - Legislation Still Expected: Bank Regulators Act to Ease Farm Loan Losses |
| March 15 - Markups to Begin March 19: Packwood Draft Cuts Rates, Retains Selected Tax Breaks |
| March 15 - Opponents Optimistic: Senate to Vote March 25 on Balanced Budget |
| March 15 - Panel Backs Trade 'War Chest,' Ex-Im Bank Bill |
| March 15 - Reconciliation Goes 'Round Again |
| March 15 - Stemming Bank, S and L Failures: New Powers Sought to Bolster U.S. Deposit Insurance Funds |
| March 22 - $1.7 Billion Funding Bill Crowds Budget Cap |
| March 22 - $18 Billion Deficit-Reduction Measure Clears |
| March 22 - Fiscal 1987 Budget Authority and Outlays (chart) |
| March 22 - Highlights of Senate Budget Committee Budget |
| March 22 - Major Assumptions in Senate Committee Budget |
| March 22 - Panel Cuts Defense, Supports New Taxes: Bipartisan Budget Headed for Senate Floor |
| March 22 - Senate Budget Committee Vote on Fiscal 1987 Budget (list) |
| March 22 - Tax-Exempt Bond Market in Uproar: Packwood's Senate Colleagues Already Fighting Over Tax Bill |
| March 29 - 10 Republicans Defect: Balanced-Budget Amendment Killed in Senate by One Vote |
| March 29 - Amendment Threats Block Senate Action: Pre-Recess Drive to Approve Farm Bank Aid Measure Fails |
| March 29 - GOP Resistance Could Delay Budget in Senate |
| March 29 - Panel OKs Job Training for Unemployed Farmers |
| March 29 - Senate Tax Markup Looks to Be a Long Haul |
| April 5 - 1985 Excise Tax Rates and Revenues (chart) |
| April 5 - A Budget Sideshow: Fighting Over Deferrals |
| April 5 - Breaux, Moore Do Battle Over Oil Revenues |
| April 5 - Industries Working Fast Against Excise Tax Plan |
| April 5 - SBA Regional Administrators Sacked |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Commerce and Merchant Marine |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Defense |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Deficit-Reduction Bill's Tortuous Journey Ends |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Education |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Energy and Environment |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION General Government |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Health |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Housing/Community Development |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION How a Bill Becomes a Law (Revised) |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Labor |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Revenues |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Small Business Administration |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Social Security |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Tobacco Price Supports |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Trade |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Transportation |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Veterans |
| April 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: RECONCILIATION Welfare |
| April 12 - But Packwood Vows to Press On: New Threats to Tax Overhaul Come From Several Quarters |
| April 12 - Comparison of Budget Plans |
| April 12 - Congress Falling Behind on Budget Deadlines |
| April 12 - President's 'Deferral' Powers Threatened |
| April 12 - The Long View on Tax 'Reform' |
| April 19 - 'Reopening the Ledger' on World Labor Rules |
| April 19 - Bill Extending Bank Bailout Powers Cleared |
| April 19 - Congress Misses Budget Deadline, More Talks Planned |
| April 19 - Connecting Trade Policy to Foreign Labor Rules |
| April 19 - Credit Card Legislation Blocked |
| April 19 - Finance Panel Suspends Markup of Tax Bill |
| April 19 - Gramm-Rudman Begins to Bite Its Creators: Budget Cuts Force Reductions In Every Corner of the Capitol |
| April 19 - Higher Mortgage Credit Limits Proposed |
| April 19 - Law's Constitutionality to Be Argued April 23: Fight Over Gramm-Rudman Comes to a Boil Before Court |
| April 19 - Senate Bars Labor Violence Bill |
| April 19 - Status of Independent Agencies Attacked |
| April 19 - Two Labor Victories in a Week: Bill to Protect Union Workers On Construction Jobs Passed |
| April 26 - Falling Oil Prices Might Help Economy But Not Necessarily the Federal Deficit |
| April 26 - Finance Committee Studies Two-Rate Tax Plan |
| April 26 - Future of Independent Agencies at Stake: High Court Focuses on Comptroller's Role |
| April 26 - OMB Chief Urges Deficit Recalculation: Bipartisan Budget Resolution Survives Early Votes in Senate |
| April 26 - Windfall Profits Tax Repeal Discussed |
| May 3 - Bank-Bailout Bills Criticized |
| May 3 - Bill Cleared Raising FHA, Ginnie Mae Limits |
| May 3 - Domenici at a Glance |
| May 3 - House Expected to Move Quickly to OK Fiscal '87 Budget |
| May 3 - Leading the Budget Charge Against Reagan: Pete Domenici - A 'Reluctant Revolutionary' |
| May 3 - Packwood Promises New Plan May 5: Tax Bill Consensus Claimed, But Some Members Skeptical |
| May 3 - Private Finance Sessions Technically Violate Senate Rules |
| May 3 - Senate Adopts $1 Trillion Fiscal 1987 Budget |
| May 10 - Bob Packwood: A Tax Reform 'Convert' |
| May 10 - Budget Panel Uses New Taxes to Cut Deficit |
| May 10 - Change in Tax Liability by Income Class |
| May 10 - Comfortable Margin on Third Try: House Approves $1.7 Billion Supplemental Spending Bill |
| May 10 - Congress Warned to Act Early on Debt Limit |
| May 10 - Democratic Trio Still Talking: Art of Negotiation as Applied to Immigration |
| May 10 - Evolution of Proposals to Overhaul the Tax Code (chart) |
| May 10 - Finance Panel OKs Radical Tax Overhaul Bill |
| May 10 - House Votes to Scrub Deferral Power |
| May 10 - Issued May 6: Text of Summit Nations' Tokyo Economic Declaration |
| May 10 - Major Provisions of Finance Committee's Tax Bill |
| May 10 - Major Provisions of House-Passed Supplemental |
| May 10 - Political Donation Credit Dropped |
| May 10 - Senate, House Committee FY 1987 Budget Resolutions (chart) |
| May 10 - Tax Bill Could Face Procedural Hurdles on Senate Floor |
| May 17 - 'States' Rights' Threatens Bank-Bailout Plan |
| May 17 - Anderson's Wildcatting Political Strategy Makes Him Part of D.C.'s 'Triple Crown' |
| May 17 - Bipartisan Budget Agreement Now Seems Likely |
| May 17 - Consequences Seen for Other Laws: Court Strikes Deferral Power Over Loss of Legislative Veto |
| May 17 - Fed Vice Chairman, Member Named |
| May 17 - Fiscal 1987 Budget Totals (chart) |
| May 17 - House OKs Democratic Budget for Fiscal 1987 |
| May 17 - Less Cash Available For Campaign Giving: Oilmen Struggle to Keep High Political Profile |
| May 17 - Phase-Out of Tax Rate, Exemption (chart) |
| May 17 - Senate Panel Hikes Funding Bill to $3.9 Billion |
| May 17 - Senate, House Budget Assumptions Compared |
| May 17 - Senate-, House-Passed Fiscal 1987 Budget Resolutions (chart) |
| May 17 - Tax Debate Keys on Economic Consequences |
| May 17 - The Making of the Democrats' Budget A New Conservative-Liberal Coalition |
| May 17 - Two Tax Rates in Finance Panel's Bill? Not Exactly |
| May 24 - Bill Sets Up Three-Tiered System: New Federal Retirement Plan Wins Approval From Congress |
| May 24 - Coalition Loses a Member: Capital Gains Proponents Will Battle To Retain Their Preferential Tax Rates |
| May 24 - Conferees Face Difficulties on Defense, Taxes |
| May 24 - Leadership Watching the Weather Vane: Popular Appeal of IRAs Could Force Senate to Reinstate Deduction for All |
| May 24 - New, Diverse Coalition Works to Pass Tax Bill |
| May 24 - No Help From Other Industries: Real Estate Lobby Seeks Tax Bill Changes But Cannot Agree How to Pay for Them |
| May 24 - Reagan's Labor Nominees Run Into Trouble |
| May 31 - Justice Department to Appeal Deferral Ruling |
| May 31 - Perspective: Budget Blinders and the Tax Reform Bill |
| May 31 - Senate Television Broadcasting Begins June 2 |
| May 31 - Sponsors Hope to Avoid Tax Bill Amendments: Revenue Figures, TV Will Color Debate |
| June 7 - Appropriations Deadlines in Jeopardy: Spending Panels Confront Life After Gramm-Rudman |
| June 7 - Budget Conferees Near Clash on Taxes, Defense As White House Continues to Avoid Negotiations |
| June 7 - Melcher's Suit Against the Fed Advances |
| June 7 - Senate Patches Feud, Approves Supplemental |
| June 7 - Speed, No-Change Rule Dominate Complaints: Senate Tax Debate Opens to Raves ... Mostly |
| June 7 - The Lessons of Gramm-Rudman |
| June 14 - Job-Protection Guarantees for Workers: Parental Leave Legislation Advancing in House Panels |
| June 14 - Major Provisions of Senate-Passed Supplemental |
| June 14 - Senate 'Reserve Fund' Proposal |
| June 14 - Senate Conferees Offer Budget Compromise |
| June 14 - Supplemental Conferees Fail to Reach Pact |
| June 14 - Threatened Abortion Rider Withdrawn: Senate Nears Tax Bill Passage, Adheres to No-Change Rule |
| June 21 - 'Christmas Presents' Beginning to Pile Up: Panel's Tax Bill Largely Intact As Senate Nears Final Passage |
| June 21 - Committee Rejects Reagan's OSHA Nominee |
| June 21 - Debt-Limit Fight Looms Before August Recess |
| June 21 - Dedicated Tax Increase Seen As Compromise: Private Talks Advance Agreement on Budget |
| June 21 - Emergency Banking Bill Clears Subcommittee |
| June 21 - House Passes Job Protections for Veterans |
| June 21 - Senate Panel Postpones Action Again on Lie Detector Bill |
| June 21 - Veto Possible for Supplemental Spending Bill |
| June 28 - Adopted on Party-Line Vote: House Labor Panel OKs Plan To Notify Workers of Hazards |
| June 28 - Bill Restricting Polygraphs Approved |
| June 28 - Budget Highlights |
| June 28 - Comparison of House-, Senate-Passed Tax Bills |
| June 28 - Conferees Unknown: Tax Bill Wins Senate Approval; Post-Recess Conference Next |
| June 28 - Congress Adopts $1 Trillion Fiscal 1987 Budget |
| June 28 - Differences in Two Tax Measures Range From Deductions to Pensions to Timber |
| June 28 - Evolution of Proposals to Overhaul the Tax Code |
| June 28 - Farm Worker Issue Resolved: House Panel Breaks Deadlock, Sends Immigration Bill to Floor |
| June 28 - Fiscal 1987 Budget by Function (chart) |
| June 28 - FSLIC Markup Delayed |
| June 28 - Garn Offers Banking Bill |
| June 28 - Maternity and Parental Leave: National Policies Compared (chart) |
| June 28 - Measure Puts FHA Insurance Back in Business |
| June 28 - Most GOP Members Oppose Measure: House Committee Approves Guaranteed Family Leave Bill |
| June 28 - Panel Votes to Bar Social Security 'Disinvestment' |
| June 28 - Supplemental Funding Bill Sent to President |
| June 28 - Tax Liability by Income Class (chart) |
| July 5 - Experts Weigh In: A Tax Boost by Any Other Name Still Spells Trouble for Economy |
| July 5 - Gramm-Rudman Cuts May Be Inevitable: Budget Measure Is Beginning of Road, Not End |
| July 5 - Highlights of HR4515 (cleared by Congress June 27) (chart) |
| July 5 - Major Assumptions of FY 1987 Budget Resolution |
| July 5 - Reconciliation by House Committees (chart) |
| July 5 - Reconciliation by Senate Committees (chart) |
| July 5 - Summary of FY 1986 Supplemental Appropriations |
| July 5 - What Happens to Tax Collections (chart) |
| July 12 - And for the Smart Homeowner, A Brand-New Loophole |
| July 12 - Choice Between 'Evils': State and Local Governments Target Tax Deductions, Bonds for Changes |
| July 12 - Court Strikes Down Core of Gramm-Rudman: Repair Try Likely But Outlook Unclear |
| July 12 - IRAs: Learning to Live With Less of a Shelter? |
| July 12 - Justice Defends Fed Against Melcher Suit |
| July 12 - Major Changes in Pension Law Likely: Two Million Workers Would Benefit From Expanded Pension Coverage |
| July 12 - Real Estate Seeks Some Easement On Tough Tax Shelter Restrictions |
| July 12 - States May Have to Head Off Bonanza |
| July 12 - Supreme Court's Gramm-Rudman Opinions -- July 7, 1986 |
| July 12 - Tax Reform Warmup: Harmony on Some Points |
| July 12 - The Fallback: An Impossible Timetable? |
| July 19 - Beefing Up Insurance Fund: Panel Approves S and L Bailout That Meets CBO Objections |
| July 19 - Gramm-Rudman 'Fix' Contemplated: Senate Panel OKs Debt Increase; Congress Ratifies Automatic Cuts |
| July 19 - Gramm-Rudman Ruling Heaps More Doubt on GAO |
| July 19 - July 22 Set for Omnibus Bank Bill Markup |
| July 19 - Passage Likely This Year: Money Laundering Bills Advance in House |
| July 19 - Studies Show One in Six Corporations Pays No Tax |
| July 19 - Tax Conferees Start Work, Highlight Problems |
| July 26 - Business, Academic Communities Object: House Panel Votes to Prohibit A Mandatory Retirement Age |
| July 26 - Economists Warn Gramm-Rudman Threatens Stagnation |
| July 26 - Funding Exceeds Current Spending, Reagan Request: House Committee Approves Labor-HHS Appropriatons Bill |
| July 26 - Further Checks Sought: Gramm-Rudman Repair Effort Stumbles on Mistrust of OMB |
| July 26 - House Banking OKs Money Laundering Bill |
| July 26 - House, Senate Panels Start Implementing Budget |
| July 26 - Social Security 'Disinvestment' Ban |
| July 26 - Tax Conferees Decide to Tackle Big Issues First |
| July 26 - Tax Writers Find a Definition Elusive In Efforts to Protect the Middle Class |
| August 2 - 'Corporate Hit' Could Sidetrack Tax Conference |
| August 2 - 'Sophisticated Dancer' Skirts Budget Traps: Bill Gray Builds a Political Career on Paradox |
| August 2 - Cigarette Tax Hike Entangles North Carolina Senate Race |
| August 2 - Debt-Limit Bill Attracts Flock of Amendments |
| August 2 - Floor Fight on Cigarette Tax Seen: Deficit-Cutting Measures Fall Well Short of Savings Targets |
| August 2 - GOP Rebuffed on Spending Cuts: House Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill |
| August 2 - Gray at a Glance |
| August 2 - Senate Panel OKs Johnson as Fed Vice Chairman |
| August 9 - Congress' Lack of Deficit-Reduction Action Guarantees a Call for Gramm-Rudman Cuts |
| August 9 - Congressional Criticism Gets Louder: Conferees Progress Slowly Toward Tax Bill Compromise |
| August 9 - Estimates Show Record Deficit for Fiscal 1986 |
| August 9 - Panel Moves Labor/HHS Funding Bill |
| August 9 - Thomas Recommended for Second EEOC Term |
| August 16 - Banking Agencies Exempted From Gramm-Rudman Cuts |
| August 16 - Bill to Regulate Government Securities Dealers OK'd |
| August 16 - Close Calls for the Administration: Staying In on a Saturday, Senate Finishes Its Bill |
| August 16 - Debt-Limiting, Deficit-Cutting Measures Falter, $154 Billion Becoming New Deficit Target |
| August 16 - Garn Scuttles Omnibus Measure: Panel Votes Bare-Bones Bill To Aid FSLIC, Troubled Banks |
| August 16 - Garn-St Germain Extension Voted |
| August 16 - Labor, HHS Funds Cut to Meet Target |
| August 16 - Military Construction Projects |
| August 16 - New Estimate Shows $17 Billion Shortfall: Tax Bill Negotiators Optimistic Despite Setback Over Revenue |
| August 16 - Senate Panel Advances Heller Nomination |
| August 16 - Truth in Savings Measure Ordered Reported |
| August 23 - Base Level Outlay Estimates for 1987 (chart) |
| August 23 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Banking/Commerce |
| August 23 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Economic Affairs |
| August 23 - CONGRESS AT MIDYEAR: Labor |
| August 23 - Congress Expected to OK Tax Overhaul Bill |
| August 23 - Evolution of Proposals to Overhaul the Tax Code |
| August 23 - Fiscal 1986 Deficit Estimates (chart) |
| August 23 - Gramm-Rudman Deficit Target Is in Sight, Tax Bill Could Add $11 Billion in 1987 |
| August 23 - How Tax Conferees Voted (list) |
| August 23 - Major Provisions of Tax Bill Conference Agreement |
| August 23 - Short-Term Debt Bill Clears Without Gramm-Rudman Fix |
| August 23 - Spending Cuts for 1987 by Function (chart) |
| August 23 - Tax Liability by Income Class (chart) |
| August 23 - Winners and Losers: How Many Pay More, How Many Less (chart) |
| August 30 - It May Be Tax 'Reform,' But Will It Last? |
| September 6 - GAO Warns Deficit Projection Is Too Low |
| September 6 - Revenue-Seekers Ponder Consumption Tax |
| 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 - Action This Year Doubtful: Non-Bank Bank Controversy Blocks Key Industry Legislation |
| September 13 - Appropriations Bills and the Deficit |
| September 13 - Cap on Credit Card Interest Defeated |
| September 13 - Despite Skeptics, House Eases Way for Tax Bill |
| September 13 - House Plans New Revenues To Meet Fiscal 1987 Target, Gloom Settles Over Long-Term Deficit Problem |
| September 13 - Merchandise Runs From Socks to Stocks, And It's All for Sale at Nearest Non-Bank |
| September 13 - Senate Finance Panel OKs Bill on SSI Disability |
| September 13 - Senate Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill: Agreement Defuses Abortion Controversy |
| September 20 - Deficit-Cutting Proposals Seek to Avoid Cuts, 'Golden Gimmicks' Total $13 Billion |
| September 20 - Division on Labor Protection |
| September 20 - Economists Differ on the Tax Bill's Impacts, But Want No Change for a While, if Enacted |
| September 20 - House, Senate Deficit-Reduction Plans |
| September 20 - New Bill Drops 'Non-Bank Banks,' Adds Housing |
| September 20 - Senate Votes to Regulate U.S.-Securities Dealers |
| September 20 - Some Provisions Draw Strong Objections: House Panel OKs $566.9 Billion Spending Bill |
| September 20 - Tax Bill May Signal End of Carter Energy Policies: Helping Oil Industry Is First Concern |
| September 20 - Time and Numbers Work Against It: Discontent Grows Over Tax Bill As House Prepares for Final Vote |
| September 27 - Appropriations Levels for Fiscal 1987 (chart) |
| September 27 - House Overwhelmingly OKs Tax Overhaul Bill |
| September 27 - House, Senate Pass Deficit-Cutting Measures, Conferees Hope to Beat Gramm-Rudman Clock |
| September 27 - Major Provisions in House and Senate Reconciliation Bills |
| September 27 - Perpetual Motion Fans Battle Congress' Inertia |
| September 27 - Revenue Sharing: Ups and Downs |
| September 27 - Senate Action Due Sept. 29: Omnibus Spending Bill Wins House Approval by One Vote |
| September 27 - Special Rules Ease the 'Transition' for Some, But Cost Everyone Else About $10.6 Billion |
| September 27 - States Ahead of Congress on Retirement Age |
| September 27 - Tied to Bailout Bills: Panel Links Banking, Housing In Effort to Win Quick Passage |
| October 4 - Bill Renewing Bank Purchase Powers Cleared |
| October 4 - Credit Card Bill Approved |
| October 4 - Credit Union Bill OK'd |
| October 4 - Deadline to Meet Gramm-Rudman Target Missed: Congress Fails to Clear Deficit-Cutting Measure |
| October 4 - Debt-Limit Deadline Passes; No Action |
| October 4 - Evolution of Proposals to Overhaul the Tax Code From Existing Law Through HR3838 as Cleared |
| October 4 - From Renters to Business Deductions: Deficit May Give Tax Lobbyists A Chance to Press Their Cases |
| October 4 - Gramm-Rudman Exemptions Passed |
| October 4 - House Seeks to Speed Debt Collection |
| October 4 - Leaders Fight Off Non-Germane Riders: Senate Slogs Through Debate, Finally Passing Spending Bill |
| October 4 - Major Provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 |
| October 4 - Omnibus Banking, Housing Bill Delayed |
| October 4 - Senate Clears Massive Tax Overhaul Measure, Technical Corrections Pose Minor Hang-up |
| October 4 - Tax Liability by Income Class (chart) |
| October 4 - Winners and Losers: How Many Pay More, How Many Less (chart) |
| October 11 - $13 Billion Foreign Assistance Appropriation Hits Snag |
| October 11 - 'Uncorrected' Tax Bill May Go to President, House GOP Presses To Protect New Rates |
| October 11 - Conferees Work to Finish Spending Package, Arms Control Accord May Break Impasse |
| October 11 - Congress Clears Regulation of Securities Dealers |
| October 11 - Debt Collection Measure Cleared |
| October 11 - Democrats Back Off for Now: Impasse Over Arms Control Issues Resolved |
| October 11 - Fiscal 1987 Funding: Conferees Agree on $53.6 Billion for HUD Bill |
| October 11 - Gramm-Rudman-Hollings: Forgotten, But Not Yet Gone |
| October 11 - House OKs Interest Rate Disclosure |
| October 11 - Housing Provisions Attached: Banking Bill Passed by House May Face Senate Controversy |
| October 11 - Resolution Seen on Other Issues: Deficit-Cutting Measure Stalls Over House Welfare Provision |
| October 11 - Senate Approves U.S.-Iceland Treaty |
| October 18 - 'Contra' Aid Coincides With Incident |
| October 18 - Congress Clears $576 Billion Spending Measure |
| October 18 - Congress OKs Bill Regulating Securities Dealers |
| October 18 - Debt-Limit Hike Added to Deficit Bill |
| October 18 - Dispute Over Tax Bill 'Corrections' Persists, Measure Would Make Substantive Changes |
| October 18 - Late Efforts to Remove Block to Banking Bills |
| October 18 - Major Health Program Changes Included: Negotiators Adopt $12 Billion Deficit-Reduction Measure |
| October 18 - Partisan Differences Over Foreign Aid Resolved With Another Package of Cuts |
| October 18 - Who Pays Income Taxes and How Much Less They Will Pay (chart) |
| October 25 - Budget Measure Helps Congress Hit Deficit Goal |
| October 25 - Credited With Agency's Integrity, Continuity: CBO Chief Penner Stepping Down Next Year |
| October 25 - Key Provisions of Fiscal 1987 Reconciliation Bill |
| October 25 - Legislation Enacted to Expand Retraining for Workers |
| October 25 - Mandatory Retirement Ages Barred: Legislation Enacted to Protect The Jobs of Older Workers |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Banking |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Economic Affairs |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Labor |
| November 1 - Final Provisions, Fiscal 1987 Labor-HHS Funding Bill (chart) |
| November 1 - Fiscal 1986 Deficit Is $220.7 Billion |
| November 1 - Major Provisions of the Fiscal 1987 Reconciliation Bill |
| November 1 - Retirees' Benefits Shielded in Bankruptcies |
| November 1 - Senate Clears Credit Union Bill |
| November 1 - Signs of Thrift Seen in Largest-Ever Money Bill |
| November 1 - Spending Boosts for Health, Education: Congress Votes $114.78 Billion for Labor-HHS |
| November 8 - Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee: Change in Banking Policy Expected |
| November 8 - Senate Budget Committee: Chiles Continues Bipartisan Tradition |
| November 8 - Senate Finance Committee: Trade, Not Taxes, Moves to the Fore |
| November 8 - Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee: A Swing to the Left in Panel Leadership |
| November 8 - Senate Small Business Committee: Leaders to Continue Bipartisan Tenor |
| November 15 - Bank Bills Not on Fast Track: Banking Chairmen in No Hurry To Give Regulators More Power |
| November 15 - Committees May Change Emphasis: LaFalce, Bumpers to Head Small Business Panels |
| November 15 - Gramm-Rudman Both Disappoints and Succeeds, It's Hard to Sell, But 'Law Did Some Good' |
| November 15 - Promotions Quota, Women in Work Force: Court Again Wrestling With Affirmative Action Questions |
| November 15 - Reagan Fills Vacancies on Home Loan Bank Board |
| November 15 - The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action |
| November 22 - Senate Banking Staff Director Seeks Bank Board Slot |
| December 6 - Outlines Banking Agenda: Proxmire Backs FSLIC Bailout; Links It to Omnibus Measure |
| December 6 - President's Trillion-Dollar Budget Due Jan. 5 |
| December 13 - 'Technical' Tax Corrections' Future Uncertain |
| December 13 - Economic Advisers Temper Growth Predictions |
| December 13 - Expense Payments Questioned: Reports of Bank Board Abuse Prompt Congressional Probe |
| December 13 - Republicans React With Glee: Key Democrats Press Revenues As Means to Reduce the Deficit |
| December 20 - Special Report: Legislative Outlook BANKING |
| December 20 - Special Report: Legislative Outlook ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| December 20 - Special Report: Legislative Outlook LABOR |
| December 27 - Congress Likely to Resist Budget Process Change |
