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January 4 - Unemployment Benefits Become Job One for Congress

January 11 - Frist Starts Up Steep Learning Curve In Taking Unpredictable Senate's Reins

January 11 - Jobless Benefits Extension Is 108th's Opening Act

January 11 - New House Government Reform Committee Chairman: Thomas M. Davis III, R-Va.

January 18 - Jobless Benefits Extension Is 108th's Opening Act

January 25 - Stevens Offers Provision to Help With Fish; Watchdogs Say Program Has a Different Scent

February 8 - Fiscal 2004 Budget: Labor

February 8 - Fiscal 2004 Budget: Office of Personnel Management

February 15 - Fiscal 2003 Omnibus: Labor, HHS, Education

March 8 - House Panel Narrowly Advances Jobless Bill Pushed by Bush

March 15 - Social Security Fraud Measure Stalls in House Panel

March 15 - Welfare Law Needs More Money, Says Senate Finance Committee

March 22 - Job Program Authorization Calls for a Few Changes

April 12 - Comp-Time Bill Heads to House Floor

April 12 - Santorum's 'Faith' Shaken as Measure Moves to House

April 19 - Interest Groups Make Sure Lawmakers Know the 'Score'

April 26 - Compensation Time Bill Debate Focuses on Who Will Reap Benefits: Working Moms or Big Business

May 10 - GOP May Spread Faith-Based Legislation Over Several Social Policy Bills

May 17 - Extension of Unemployment Benefits Bedevils Republican Lawmakers

May 24 - Under the Gun, GOP Hustles to Clear Just-in-Time Extension of Federal Jobless Benefits

June 7 - 'Family Friendly' Bill to Foster Comp Time Flexibility Gets Laid Off House Schedule

June 14 - Labor, Health & Human Services, Education: The Most Expensive Is Closest to Home

June 21 - An Early Start in Both Chambers For Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill

June 21 - Rumsfeld Faults Civil Service Rules For Problems in Defense Hiring

June 21 - Tough Conference Looms For Defense Authorization

June 28 - Both Chambers Ready to Tackle Contentious Labor-HHS Bill

July 12 - Foreign Relations Bill Hits a Snag

July 12 - Labor-HHS Bill Zips Through House Despite Strong Democratic Objections

July 26 - House OKs Free-Trade Accords With Singapore and Chile Under New Fast-Track Rules

August 30 - Fall Agenda: Welfare Reauthorization

August 30 - Labor Reclaims a Leading Role in Democrats' 2004 Campaign

August 30 - Labor's New Rules for Overtime

September 6 - Democrats Take On New Overtime Rules; Parties Jostle for Primacy on Education

September 13 - Labor-HHS Bill Survives Rough Senate Debate

September 27 - Privatization Language Trips Up Aviation Bill, Pitting Some in GOP Against Bush Administration

October 4 - House Democrats Claim Victory On Labor-HHS Conference Motion

October 4 - Job-Training Programs Bill Approved

October 4 - Senate HELP Committee Specializes In Hard Debate -- and Done Deals

October 4 - Senate HELP: In Search of a Compromise

October 4 - Vote GOP Switchers Send Overtime Message

October 11 - A-76 Defines Government

October 11 - Congress Builds a Barrier to Bush Privatization Plan

October 11 - Privatizing vs. Jobs Protection

October 18 - Democrats Riled by GOP's Efforts To Cut Deals on Air Privatization

October 18 - Genetic Anti-Discrimination Bill Wins Unanimous Senate Vote, But House in No Hurry to Act

October 18 - Labor-HHS-Education Conferees Wrangle Over Size of NIH Increase

November 1 - Deleted Privatization Language In Aviation Conference Report Has Democrats Fighting Mad

November 1 - Pension Bill Advances To Senate Floor

November 8 - GOP Wants to Play Santa on Jobless Benefits This Year

November 15 - Regula to Labor-HHS Naysayers: Don't Tug on Superman's Cape

December 6 - Ghost of NAFTA Haunts Future of Free Trade

December 6 - Labor-HHS-Education: Bush Scores on Overtime Pay

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Asbestos Liability

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Unemployment Benefits

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Workplace Rules

December 13 - GOP Nixes 13-Week Extension of Unemployment Benefits, Saying Tax Cuts Will Lift Economy