 January 4 - Banks Reach Further in 1991 But End Up Much Like 1988 Effort |
| January 4 - Marketplace Forces Hold Key To Future Bank Legislation |
| January 4 - Taxpayers Not Off the Hook Yet |
| January 4 - THE BUDGET: Bush Talks of Defense Cuts, Loosening Budget Pact |
| January 11 - Budget-Buster Hot Potato: The Earnings Test |
| January 11 - Budgeting in Arkansas 1978-1990 (chart) |
| January 11 - Bush Emphasizes 'Progress' At End of Japanese Trip |
| January 11 - CORRECTION: Fiscal 1992 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations/Passage. |
| January 11 - How the Earnings Test Works |
| January 11 - Proposals From Hill and White House |
| January 11 - TRADE TALKS: Outline of Mutual Agreement To End U.S. - Japan Discord |
| January 18 - Defining the Middle Class |
| January 18 - LABOR: Plan Would Again Extend Benefits |
| January 18 - Legislative Schedule -- Annual Business S and Ls: Bailout Funding Back on the Agenda |
| January 18 - Legislative Schedule -- New Business Tax Cuts: Odds Get Better |
| January 18 - Little Change in Federal Tax Burden (chart) |
| January 18 - Measuring Family Income (chart) |
| January 18 - Sour Economy, Soviet Breakup Mark Election-Year Outlook |
| January 18 - THE BUDGET: No Sequester, Says OMB |
| January 18 - The Cry for Middle-Class Cuts: Looking Behind the Rhetoric |
| January 25 - Budget Drama, Act II: Scenarios for Chaos |
| January 25 - Comparing Recessions (charts) |
| January 25 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Budget News Is Bad For New Century |
| January 25 - Discretionary Spending Caps (In billions of dollars) |
| January 25 - Hill's Response to Recession Defies Economists' Advice |
| January 25 - LABOR: Unemployment Benefits Debate Hinges on Financing Plan |
| January 25 - The Disappearing Dividend |
| January 25 - Whispers of the 'S' Word |
| February 1 - Administration Economic Assumptions* (chart) |
| February 1 - Budget Authority, Outlays By Agency (chart) |
| February 1 - Budget Glossary |
| February 1 - Budget Rules Under Fire |
| February 1 - Bush Budget vs. 'Business as Usual' (chart) |
| February 1 - Bush Throws Down Gauntlet With Election-Year Plan |
| February 1 - Bush's Economic Recovery Plan Finds Few Democratic Buyers |
| February 1 - Competing Tax Plans A Quick Comparison |
| February 1 - Congress' Latest Deadline |
| February 1 - ECONOMIC FORECAST: White House Portrays Its Budget As Key to Spurring Economy |
| February 1 - Economic Forecasts Compared (chart) |
| February 1 - Economic Reality May Limit Hill's Urge To Outcut Bush |
| February 1 - Fiscal 1993 Budget by Function (chart) |
| February 1 - How Economists See Stimulus Package |
| February 1 - LABOR: White House, Congress Move To Extend Jobless Benefits |
| February 1 - President Bush's Budget Takes Aim |
| February 1 - Revenue Changes in Bush Budget (chart) |
| February 1 - SECTION NOTES: Hill Clears Act To Improve American Competitiveness |
| February 1 - TAXES: Bush, Lawmakers Put Tax Cuts At Top of Year's Agenda |
| February 1 - THE BUDGET: Translating Bush's Proposals Into Congress' Terms |
| February 1 - The Deficit: Trouble Ahead (chart) |
| February 1 - The Federal Government Dollar (chart) |
| February 1 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Congress Pushes Ahead On Jobless Benefits |
| February 8 - BANKING: Brady Again Asks For Branching |
| February 8 - Benefits Tax Dropped |
| February 8 - Bill To Clamp Down on Market Nears House Panel Markup |
| February 8 - Bill To Extend Jobless Benefits Rushes to Enactment |
| February 8 - Democrats Move Quickly To Take on Bush |
| February 8 - Discretionary Spending Caps (chart) |
| February 8 - Money for U.S. Infrastructure Seen as Economic Quick-Fix |
| February 8 - More 1992 Funds Sought |
| February 8 - Prospect of a Peace Dividend Spurs Intense Disputes |
| February 8 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Panels Continue Working On Growth Packages |
| February 15 - A Deeper Capital Gains Cut |
| February 15 - Democrats Hone Tax Plan As Challenge to Bush |
| February 15 - Plans for Expanding IRAs |
| February 15 - Some Tax Breaks May Be Restored For Passive Real Estate Losses |
| February 15 - Spending for New Jobs Caught In Supplemental Squeeze |
| February 15 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Panels Rush To Finish Growth Packages |
| February 22 - Capital Gains Comparison (chart) |
| February 22 - Liberal Democrats Prevail, Corporate Rate Cut Goes |
| February 22 - SECTION NOTES House Says Coin Redesign Plan Isn't Worth a Plug Nickel |
| February 22 - SECTION NOTES: Greenspan Ventures Note Of Qualified Optimism |
| February 22 - Tax Provisions (chart) |
| February 22 - THE BUDGET: Bush-Democrats Stalemate Threatens Peace Dividend |
| February 29 - BANKING: Greenspan To Head Fed Again, Told To Be More Aggressive |
| February 29 - Closer Than They Seem |
| February 29 - Dubious Democrats Rally To Pass Their Tax Bill |
| February 29 - ECONOMIC POLICY: Anti-Brady Push Grows Louder |
| February 29 - Guarding the Power of the Purse |
| February 29 - Plans for Discretionary Spending (chart) |
| February 29 - THRIFT INDUSTRY: House Panel Heeds RTC Head, Adds $25 Billion to Bailout |
| March 7 - Bush's Tax Pledge |
| March 7 - CITIES/STATES: Housing Panel Approves Job-Creation Measure |
| March 7 - Cleanup at Bases Slated To Close Will Take Its Toll in Money and Time |
| March 7 - CREDIT: House Panel OKs Report Approval |
| March 7 - Finance Committee Sends Doomed Bill to Senate |
| March 7 - Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution (chart) |
| March 7 - HEALTH: Insurance Reforms Slide By Senate Finance in Tax Bill |
| March 7 - Highlights of Senate, House Tax Bills |
| March 7 - Hill Struggles To Assist Victims Of Post-Cold War Budget Cuts |
| March 7 - Lawmakers Look for Silver Lining Under Cloud of Closures |
| March 7 - Saving for Retirement? |
| March 7 - THE BUDGET: House Passes Two-Track Budget; Democrats Reveal Deep Split |
| March 7 - What To Do With Defense Savings? |
| March 7 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Taxes, Budget, MFN Crowd Agenda |
| March 14 - CITIES/STATES: Jobs Bill To Move To House Floor |
| March 14 - Democratic Leaders Drive Tax Bill Through Senate |
| March 14 - LABOR: Panel's Partisan Chisel Shapes, Then OKs Child Labor Bill |
| March 14 - More Funds Being Routed Toward RTC Pipeline |
| March 14 - Pleas for Aid to Former Soviets Echo From Nixon to the Hill |
| March 14 - SECTION NOTES: Labor Secretary Defends Regulations Moratorium |
| March 14 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Panel Approves JTPA Reauthorization |
| March 14 - THE BUDGET: Vote Postponed Again on Bill To Demolish Spending Walls |
| March 21 - Bank Consolidation (chart) |
| March 21 - BANKING: New Studies Give Ammunition To Interstate Branching Foes |
| March 21 - Bush Goes On Economic Offensive |
| March 21 - Final Push Clears Tax Bill; Bush Announces Veto |
| March 21 - Protecting Retired Coal Miners |
| March 21 - SECTION NOTES: Worker Regulation Delay Angers Senate Democrats |
| March 21 - THE BUDGET: Vote on Spending Walls Bill Put Off for Third Time |
| March 28 - 'Boll Weevils' Trip Up Leaders |
| March 28 - BANKING: Committee Stops Debating Credit Bill in Midstream |
| March 28 - Bush's Veto Message |
| March 28 - Democrats Falter in Drive To Claim Peace Dividend |
| March 28 - Democrats Hope Rescissions Will Be Two-Edged Sword |
| March 28 - MILITARY PERSONNEL: Cheney Proposes Breaking Up 830 Guard, Reserve Units |
| March 28 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Bush Attacks Democrats As He Vetoes Tax Bill |
| March 28 - Senate Approves $42 Billion For Hot Potato Bailout |
| March 28 - TAXES: No Second Tax Bill in Sight After House Sustains Veto |
| March 28 - Walls Erected by Budget Rules (chart) |
| April 4 - Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution (chart) |
| April 4 - THE BUDGET: Rejection of Walls Bill Spells Spending Squeeze at Home |
| April 4 - THE BUDGET: Senate Committee Rejects Deeper Defense Cuts |
| April 11 - FY93 Budget Resolution (chart) |
| April 11 - Senate Panel OKs New Limits On Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac |
| April 11 - Senate Yields to President On Size of Defense Cuts |
| April 18 - Breaks That May Stay |
| April 18 - FY93 TAXES: Quick Start, No Results |
| April 18 - TAXES: Democrats Lose Enthusiasm For 'Tax Fairness' Push |
| April 25 - BALANCED BUDGET: Amendment Drive Picks Up Speed |
| April 25 - Dispute Over Value of Good Will Puts Brakes on Thrift Bailout |
| April 25 - Other Proposals |
| April 25 - S and L: Where Good Will Fits on the Books (chart) |
| April 25 - Shrinking Nuclear Weapons Complex Sparks Explosive Debate Over Jobs |
| May 2 - APPROPRIATIONS: Congress Tries To Outdo Bush In Anti-Pork Campaign |
| May 2 - Comparing Countries' Debts (chart) |
| May 2 - How Big is the Deficit? |
| May 2 - Is the Deficit Now Too Big For Congress To Tame? |
| May 2 - LABOR: Disputes but No Direction On Jobless Benefits Bill |
| May 2 - Rescissions Packages (chart) |
| May 2 - SECTION NOTES: Airline Ticket Tax Continued, Money To Fund Improvements |
| May 2 - Seven Ways to Cut the Deficit Easier Said Than Done |
| May 2 - The Benefit Rules |
| May 2 - THE THRIFT INDUSTRY: Gonzalez Gears Up Again For RTC Funding Bill |
| May 2 - What About Using Tax Increases? |
| May 2 - What the Budget Rules Say |
| May 2 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Partisan Fights Set On Spending Cuts |
| May 9 - A Cascade of Red Ink (chart) |
| May 9 - Balanced-Budget Amendment Suddenly Comes to Life |
| May 9 - Jobless Benefits Reform Bill Draws Add-Ons, GOP Fire |
| May 9 - THE BUDGET: Defense-Foreign Aid Tradeoff Key to Conferees' Dealings |
| May 9 - The Drive To Convene a Convention |
| May 9 - WHAT'S AHEAD: House To Move on Aid For Los Angeles |
| May 16 - Amendment to Constitution Headed for Vote in June |
| May 16 - CIVIL SERVICE: Defense Cuts Spur Relief Efforts |
| May 16 - Critics Say Too Few Jobs, Owls Saved Under 'God Squad' Plan |
| May 16 - House and Senate Amendments To The Job Training Partnership Act |
| May 16 - How JTPA Works (chart) |
| May 16 - Panel Fells Timber Sales Bill |
| May 16 - Parties Hope Job Training Bill Will Spin Political Gold |
| May 16 - Ranking Largess (chart) |
| May 16 - Spending Pie Apt To Leave Chairmen Feeling Hungry |
| May 16 - Support for Foreign Aid Wilting Under Glare of Domestic Woes |
| May 16 - THE BUDGET: Conferees Snagged On Domestic Cuts |
| May 16 - VETERANS: Health Bill Clears; Workers' Bill, Too |
| May 16 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Pre-Recess Frenzy Expected on Hill |
| May 23 - A Dozen Special Tax Breaks Have a Life of Their Own |
| May 23 - APPROPRIATIONS: Rescissions Top Bush's Target, Change What Will Get Cut |
| May 23 - LABOR: Downsized Jobless Benefits Bill Emerges With Reforms Intact |
| May 23 - Rescissions Packages (chart) |
| May 23 - SECTION NOTES: Balanced-Budget Proposal Gains Steam in House |
| May 23 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Funnel Funds To Small Businesses |
| May 23 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Banking Approves One Bill, Defers 2nd |
| May 23 - The 12 'Extenders' |
| May 23 - THE BUDGET: Congress Adopts Fiscal 1993 Plan |
| May 23 - Unemployment Rates (chart) |
| May 23 - What They Cost (chart) |
| May 30 - LABOR: Panel Rewrites Its Benefits Bill To Cut Millions From Deficit |
| May 30 - Partisan Differences Hamper Occupational Safety Rewrite |
| May 30 - SECTION NOTES: EEOC Harassment Protection For Federal Workers |
| May 30 - TAXES: High Court Points to Congress For Mail-Order Tax Ruling |
| May 30 - THE BUDGET: Opponents Launch Campaign To Stop Budget Amendment |
| June 6 - Budget Amendment Pummeled As House Set to Vote |
| June 6 - Discretionary Spending (chart) |
| June 6 - INVESTMENT: Protection for Limited Partners Stalled in Senate Panel |
| June 6 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Bush Urges Congress To Pass Balanced-Budget Measure |
| June 6 - WHAT'S AHEAD: House To Spar Over Budget Meaure |
| June 13 - Highlights of House GOP Bill |
| June 13 - LABOR: Unions Give Up Strike Rights To No Avail in Senate |
| June 13 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Approves Bill Applying Labor Law to Foreign Ships |
| June 13 - Senate Jobless Bill Offers Hope of Compromise |
| June 20 - Bankruptcy Law Revision Gets Senate Approval |
| June 20 - DEVELOPMENT BANKS: $12 Billion IMF Increase Wins House Banking Approval |
| June 20 - Energy Taxes |
| June 20 - ENERGY: Senate Committee Goes Along With House Tax Changes |
| June 20 - LABOR: Fall of Striker Bill Spotlights Doubts About Labor Lobby |
| June 20 - LABOR: Senate OKs Extended Benefits For Jobless; Conference Next |
| June 20 - SECTION NOTES: Community Development Plan Gets Senate Labor Nod |
| June 20 - SECTION NOTES: Social Security, JOBS Plans Approved For Later Bill |
| June 20 - TAXES: Packet of Business Tax Changes Gets Finance Committee OK |
| June 20 - TRADE: Trade Bill Gets Green Light, Disappointing Detroit |
| June 27 - Balanced-Budget Redux |
| June 27 - Clinton Makes Priorities Clear In Revised Economic Plan |
| June 27 - Clinton's Economic Plan (chart) |
| June 27 - CORRECTION |
| June 27 - Enterprise Zones |
| June 27 - Enterprise Zones Win OK From Ways and Means |
| June 27 - New Regulations Held Up By Gramm Maneuver |
| June 27 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Votes for Hike In Minivan Tariffs |
| June 27 - TECHNOLOGY: Competitiveness Bill Advances |
| June 27 - THE BUDGET: Panetta's Committee Tilting At the Deficit Windmill? |
| June 27 - TRANSPORTATION: Congress Ends Rail Shutdown By Forcing Mediation |
| June 27 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Hill Has Much Planned Before July 4 Recess |
| July 4 - A Benefits Case Study |
| July 4 - A Hoarse Voice on Unemployment |
| July 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Despite Urge To Cut Deficit, House Only Shaves Bills |
| July 4 - COMMERCE: Price-Fixing Bill Killed in House |
| July 4 - DEBT RELIEF: Agriculture Panel Approves Swap |
| July 4 - GSEs: New Rules OK'd By Senate |
| July 4 - Highlights of Senate, House Tax Bills |
| July 4 - House Committee Tries Anew To Press China for Reforms |
| July 4 - House Judiciary Panel Supports Restraints on Bell Companies |
| July 4 - House Passes Urban Aid Bill With Deal on Capital Gains |
| July 4 - LABOR: Bush Relents, Expected To Sign Jobless Benefits Extension |
| July 4 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Aims To Improve Response To Federal Workers' Charges |
| July 4 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes for Independence For Social Security Agency |
| July 4 - Social Security Scuffle |
| July 4 - THE BUDGET: Senate Move Kills Amendment To Require Balanced Budget |
| July 4 - Treasury, Postal Service Spending (chart) |
| July 4 - Ways and Means Bill Highlights |
| July 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: New Supplemental Moves in House |
| July 11 - House Tax Writers Go To Work On Long List of Small Favors |
| July 11 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Bush Sees Trade Agreement, Economic Growth Abroad |
| July 11 - SECTION NOTES: Customs Forfeiture Bill Rejected in House |
| July 11 - SECTION NOTES: House Veterans' Affairs Panels OK Benefit Improvements |
| July 11 - SECTION NOTES: Programs for the Disabled Renewed By House Panel |
| July 11 - SECTION NOTES: Subcommittee OKs Bill On Fraud Reporting |
| July 11 - THE BUDGET: GOP Backs Out of House Talks On Deficit Reduction |
| July 11 - THE BUDGET: House Again Reverses Stand On Deficit Spending |
| July 11 - TRADE: Japan Would Be Chief Target Of House-Passed Bill |
| July 25 - Economy Will Be Wild Card In Presidential Election |
| July 25 - Fiscal 1992 Defense Supplemental (chart) |
| July 25 - Labor, HHS Spending (chart) |
| July 25 - Panetta's Plan |
| July 25 - SECURITIES: CFTC Bill Talks Move Along |
| July 25 - Senate Panel Finagles Funds To Meet City's Request |
| July 25 - Social Program Cuts Austere; Discomfort To Be Felt by All |
| July 25 - Tax Cut Frenzy, Take Two |
| July 25 - TAXES: House Passes Bill To Modify Code |
| July 25 - THE BUDGET: Deficit Seen Down To $333.5 Billion |
| July 25 - The Economy's Vital Signs |
| July 25 - Unemployment and the White House (chart) |
| August 1 - Administration Renews Push For S and L Salvage Funds |
| August 1 - Agreement on Everything, Almost |
| August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Approves Supplemental After Line-Item Veto Fight |
| August 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Gets Pinch-Penny Bill, Will Likely Revive Old Issues |
| August 1 - Conference Agenda (chart) |
| August 1 - House Approves Small Tax Changes |
| August 1 - Interior Spending (chart) |
| August 1 - INVESTMENTS: Measure To Curb Advisers Moves |
| August 1 - Labor, HHS, Education Spending (chart) |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: CFTC Conference Makes Limited Progress |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: Desalinization Bill Passes Senate |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: House Bill Would Limit Military Land Use |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: House Panel Approves Ex-Im Bank Charter |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: House Turns Down Attempt To Restrict Mining |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: Promoters Push Osprey Despite Recent Crash |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: Rising Bankruptcies Require More Judges |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Votes To Repeal Tax On Recreational Boats |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: State Attorneys General Target Credit Bill |
| August 1 - SECTION NOTES: Worldwide Action Urged To Protect Dolphins |
| August 1 - SMALL BUSINESS: Bill Would Ease SBA Payments |
| August 1 - Tax Bill Gets Bipartisan Nod From Senate Finance Panel |
| August 1 - The Job Corps for Youth Works, But Is Success Too Expensive? |
| August 1 - TRADE: Albania, Romania Nearer MFN |
| August 1 - TRADE: Democrats Renew Pressure On Free-Trade Pact |
| August 1 - TRADE: Minivan Tariff Hike OK'd by House |
| August 1 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Appropriations, Taxes Demand Attention |
| August 8 - Action on Tax Bill Slips |
| August 8 - APPROPRIATIONS: Congress Tries To Spread Budget-Cutting Pain |
| August 8 - COMMERCE: Bill Would Tighten Patent Renewals |
| August 8 - CORRECTION: Tax bill markup. |
| August 8 - GOVERNMENT BONDS: Gonzalez Protects Bank Regulators |
| August 8 - INVESTMENTS: Advisers Would Get New Rules, Fees |
| August 8 - LABOR: The Family Leave Bill Returns In Time for GOP Convention |
| August 8 - LABOR: Wage Law Change Is Approved |
| August 8 - PENSION LAW: House OKs Measure To Limit State Wage Law Exceptions |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: Albania MFN Bill Moves Forward |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: Commercial Space Measure Passed by House |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: Conferees Crack Down On Dual Trading |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: Enterprise for Americas Measures Approved |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: House Approves Action On Marine Die-Offs |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: House Approves Bill On Ex-Im Bank |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: House Bill Rings Up REA For High-Tech Hookups |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: House Commerce Panel OKs Insurance Study |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: House Measure Would Create New Underwater Preserves |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: Payment Protection Sought For Produce Vendors |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Committee Backs Flexible SBA Payments |
| August 8 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Panel OKs Measures On Government Employees |
| August 8 - TAXES: House Tinkers With Tax Code, Agreeing on Minor Changes |
| August 8 - TRADE: Finance Committee Reports Bill On China MFN Restrictions |
| August 8 - TRADE: House Signals Concerns On Free-Trade Pact |
| August 8 - TRADE: OPIC Bill Encourages Use of U.S. Exports |
| August 15 - Bentsen Forestalls Efforts To Derail Urban Aid Bill |
| August 15 - Bush Says Free-Trade Pact Promises Growth, Jobs |
| August 15 - COMMERCE: Small-Business Bill Passes House |
| August 15 - Enterprise Zone Proposals |
| August 15 - Filberts, Goats and Belgian Endive |
| August 15 - Highlights of Free-Trade Pact |
| August 15 - LABOR: Changes to Job Training Act Fix Flaws, Target Needy |
| August 15 - LABOR: Senate Passes Family Leave Under Threat of Veto |
| August 15 - SECTION NOTES: Albania Trade Measure Cleared by Senate |
| August 15 - SECTION NOTES: Investment Advisers Bill Advances |
| August 15 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Passes Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization Bill |
| August 15 - SECTION NOTES: Senate's Grant to Amtrak Would Start Routes in New Regions |
| August 15 - SECTION NOTES: Trade Commission Authorized For First Time Since '81 |
| August 15 - SECURITIES: Prospects Brighten For CFTC Bill |
| August 15 - TECHNOLOGY: Competitiveness Bill Gets Past Quorum Traps, Goes to Floor |
| August 15 - The 1990 Tax Increase |
| August 15 - URBAN AGENDA: Panel OKs Aid For Cities |
| September 5 - APPROPRIATIONS: $20 Billion Bill for Andrew At Government's Door |
| September 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: ECONOMICS AND FINANCE |
| September 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCE |
| September 5 - SPECIAL REPORT: SOCIAL POLICY |
| September 12 - COMMERCE: Product Liability Bill Killed By a Close Senate Vote |
| September 12 - ECONOMIC POLICY: Bush's Plan Consolidates, Recycles Old Ideas |
| September 12 - Free-Trade Pact Buffeted By Election-Year Forces |
| September 12 - Harkin Seeks $4 Billion Shift From Defense to Domestic |
| September 12 - Highlights of Free-Trade Pact |
| September 12 - LABOR: Diverging Views on Values Doom Family Leave Bill |
| September 12 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Bush Outlines New Plan For Economic Renewal |
| September 12 - SECTION NOTES: Colorado Wilderness Bill On Conference Fast Track |
| September 12 - SECTION NOTES: House OKs Merchant Marine, Inland Waterway Bills |
| September 12 - SECTION NOTES: Royalties for Home Recordings Part of Digital Audio Bill |
| September 12 - SECTION NOTES: Safety Commission Renewal Includes New Toy Rules |
| September 12 - SECTION NOTES: Walter Jones, Citing Ill Health, Hands Reins to Rep. Studds |
| September 12 - Treasury-Postal Service (chart) |
| September 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Save Super Collider But Can't Resolve Test Ban |
| September 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Resists Adding Money To Popular Social Programs |
| September 19 - Disaster Relief Package Clears in Brisk Fashion |
| September 19 - ENERGY: Huge Conference Fails To Confront Policy Bill's Major Conflicts |
| September 19 - House-Senate Disparities |
| September 19 - HUMAN SERVICES: Senate Avoids Earnings Issue, Passes Older Americans Act |
| September 19 - LABOR: Bush's Family Leave Plan Comes Late For Action |
| September 19 - Perot Lends Credibility To Third-Party Tilts |
| September 19 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Affecting Miners, Ranchers Wins House Approval |
| September 19 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Alter Travel Rules For Federal Workers |
| September 19 - SECTION NOTES: Colorado Wilderness Bill Moves to Conference |
| September 19 - SECTION NOTES: Funding For Distressed Areas Gets Subcommittee Nod |
| September 19 - SECTION NOTES: House Clears Reauthorization Of U.S. Tourism Agency |
| September 19 - SECTION NOTES: Pipeline Safety Bill Passes House |
| September 19 - SECTION NOTES: Toned-Down Workplace Bill Would Amend OSHA |
| September 19 - Spending Bills vs. Bush's Request (chart) |
| September 19 - TAXES: Senate's Tax Bill Must Cross An Election-Year Minefield |
| September 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Cut $200 Million, Pave Way to Approval |
| September 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Negotiators Leave Veto Bait In District Spending Bill |
| September 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Transportation Conferees Yield, Cut Millions, Labor Provisions |
| September 26 - As Suburban Loyalty Is Tested, Bush Isn't Making the Grade |
| September 26 - Bush Fulfills Veto Pledge On Family Leave Bill |
| September 26 - COMMERCE: Competitiveness Logjam Breaks |
| September 26 - Democrats Face Off With Bush On $32 Billion Bill |
| September 26 - FINANCIAL SERVICES: Credit Reporting Bill Is Pulled After Close Amendment Vote |
| September 26 - Forest, Desert Protection Bills Near Extinction in Senate |
| September 26 - GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES: Deal Reached on New Rules For Fannie, Freddie |
| September 26 - INVESTMENT: Money Adviser Bill Gets House OK |
| September 26 - LABOR: Modest Jobs Plan May Develop From Deep in Defense Bill |
| September 26 - LABOR: Senate Overrides Bush On Family Leave Act |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: Bare-Bones BLM Authorization Gets Senate Approval |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: Bill To Improve Forest Health Would Allow More Logging |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Ban U.S. Cruises Given on Foreign Ships |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: House Approves Making States Check Beach Pollution |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: House Approves Royalty Fee For Music Makers |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: House OKs Five-Year Ban On Drift-Net Fishing |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: House Passes Bill To Create Paperwork Reduction Agency |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Authorizers Would Halt Pork Barrel Restorations |
| September 26 - SECTION NOTES: Whistleblowers Rewarded; Debtors Punished |
| September 26 - SECURITIES: Conferees' Compromise Allows CFTC Bill To Finally Move |
| September 26 - SPECIAL REPORT -- Beyond the Campaign DEFICIT: Leadership Needed To Erase Red Ink |
| September 26 - SPECIAL REPORT: Beyond the Campaign Further Reading |
| September 26 - SPECIAL REPORT: Beyond the Campaign THE CITIES: Austere Times Offer Few Urban Solutions |
| September 26 - SPECIAL REPORT: Beyond the Campaign THE ECONOMY -- Growth Is Crucial - But at What Pace? |
| September 26 - Spending Bills Slim Down |
| September 26 - TRADE: Bill To Update Customs Service Faces Uncertain Future |
| September 26 - TRADE: China MFN Bill Sent to Bush |
| October 3 - APPROPRIATIONS: Government Funding Bill Moves Through House |
| October 3 - APPROPRIATIONS: Lean Spending Bills Are Likely To Squeeze By on Schedule |
| October 3 - BANKING: Bill Would Penalize Money Launderers |
| October 3 - BANKING: Lawmakers Hope To Snip Industry's Red Tape |
| October 3 - CORRECTION: Deficit. |
| October 3 - CORRECTION: Tax bill. |
| October 3 - DISASTER RELIEF: Bill Would Ease Banking Rules |
| October 3 - EXPORT-IMPORT BANK: Staff Fine-Tunes Reauthorization |
| October 3 - GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES: New Fannie, Freddie Oversight Begins Moving Again |
| October 3 - HOUSE BANK: Walker: Bad Checks Covered Gambling |
| October 3 - INVESTMENTS: Time Crunch Kills OPIC Measure |
| October 3 - LABOR: Family Leave Act Falls Again; Veto Override Fails in House |
| October 3 - SECURITIES: CFTC Bill Is Seen Likely To Clear |
| October 3 - Short but Grim Conference Meets Bush's Demands |
| October 3 - Tax Negotiators Press Ahead With No Word From Bush |
| October 3 - THE BUDGET: Perot, Commission Make Bids To Put Deficit in Spotlight |
| October 3 - Treasury-Postal Spending (chart) |
| October 10 - APPROPRIATIONS: Devoid of Trouble, Bill Goes To Bush |
| October 10 - Bill's Taxes Are a Blessing to Some And a 'Mugging' to Others |
| October 10 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Real War on the Deficit Requires a Sales Job |
| October 10 - GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES: Bill Establishing New Overseer For Fannie, Freddie Clears |
| October 10 - Highlights of Compromise On Taxes, Enterprise Zones |
| October 10 - Labor-HHS-Education Spending (chart) |
| October 10 - Senate Sends $27 Billion Bill Straight for a Veto |
| October 17 - EXPORT CONTROLS: Three Republicans Halt Export Bill |
| October 17 - How Plans by Bush, Clinton, Perot and Others Would Affect the Deficit |
| October 17 - THE BUDGET: Five Campaign-Season Plans May Point Way on Deficit |
| October 17 - THE DEFICIT: Latest Estimate: $290 Billion |
| October 31 - BANKING: 'December Surpise' Warnings Examined on Capitol Hill |
| October 31 - Cost of Bank Failures (chart) |
| November 7 - TAXES: Read Bush's Veto Pen: No New Tax Bill |
| November 7 - Turning to the Economy |
| November 14 - Deficit Record Set |
| November 14 - Mark These Dates |
| November 14 - MEMORANDUM OF DISAPPROVAL: Citing Special Interest Slant, Bush Vetoes Tax Bill |
| November 14 - Roads to Recovery |
| November 14 - TAXES: Clinton Strategy Renews Debate Over Investment Tax Credit |
| November 14 - THE ECONOMY: Clinton, Congress, the Deficit: On a Collision Course |
| November 14 - TRANSITION: Clinton Outlines His Priorities, Economy Chief Among Them |
| November 21 - 103rd Must Pay the S and L Piper That Last Congress Put Off |
| November 21 - Doing the Numbers |
| November 21 - Ed and Labor's Stops and Starts |
| November 21 - Ford vs. Armey |
| November 21 - Panel Looks for Place in the Sun After Years Outside the Spotlight |
| November 21 - The Line-Item Dance |
| November 21 - Will Clinton Restore Good Will To Education and Labor? |
| November 28 - Environmental Groups Look for Ways To Ensure a 'Green' Trade Agreement |
| November 28 - Warning Bells on NAFTA Sound for Clinton |
| December 12 - 'Regulatory Relief' Tops Industry's Wish List |
| December 12 - Clinton Fills Cabinet Slots At Labor And HHS, Names EPA Administrator |
| December 12 - COVER STORY: Deficit Hawk Panetta Is Named White House Budget Director |
| December 12 - Economy Still Needs Overhaul, Clinton Tells Lawmakers |
| December 12 - Filling the Regulators' Shoes |
| December 12 - In Bentsen, Clinton Summons A Texas Titan to Treasury |
| December 12 - New Clinton Economic Team Veers Toward the Center |
| December 12 - TRANSITION: When It's Time To Choose Sides, Clinton Picks From Home Team |
| December 12 - What the Banks Want |
| December 19 - KEY HOUSE VOTES: 3. Budget Walls |
| December 19 - KEY HOUSE VOTES: 9. Balanced-Budget Amendment |
| December 19 - KEY SENATE VOTES: 3. Budget Walls |
| December 19 - KEY SENATE VOTES: 7. Unemployment Compensation |
| December 19 - NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Happy With Results Of Economic Conference |
| December 19 - NOTES: Bush, Salinas, Mulroney Sign NAFTA Accord |
| December 19 - NOTES: Supreme Court To Hear Bank Powers Case |
