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January 10 - Advancing Other Agendas

January 24 - Ownership Through Savings Accounts

January 24 - Provisions of the FAA Bill

February 7 - House Vote on Jobless Benefits Marked by GOP Defections Portends 2004 Election Issue

February 14 - GOP's Support for Bush Showing Signs of Strain

February 28 - Renewed Assault Weapons Ban May Be the Price of Passage For Senate Gun Liability Bill

March 13 - For Democrats Blasting Bush on Jobs, Outsourcing Is In

March 27 - Corporate Tax Bill Stalls in Senate; House Mulls Altering Its Version

April 10 - Sen. Kennedy: Tactics of a Minimum Wage Champion

April 17 - Senate Democrats' Minimum Wage Press Has GOP Weighing Smaller Increase

April 24 - Partisan Flames Still Flicker With Both Sides Entrenched On Rules for Overtime Pay

May 8 - Against the Grain on Overtime Regulations

May 8 - Lawmakers Say Politics Hinders U.S. Competitiveness

May 8 - Overtime Rule Blocked in Senate With a Little Republican Help

May 8 - Unions Back Democratic Efforts To Protect Immigrant Workers

May 15 - Kerry's Jobs Plan Gets Lost Amid Blame That He Didn't Do His

May 22 - Measure Easing OSHA Requirements Makes It Through House, But Likely to Die in Senate

May 29 - The American Job Market: A Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

June 5 - House Into Summer Reruns With GOP's Procedural Gambit

June 5 - Labor-HHS-Education: Elections, Deficit Ensure a Fight for Money

July 3 - United States Struggles to Attract Youth to Careers in Science

July 17 - Labor-HHS Spending Bill Segues Through House Panel With New Disputes Attached

July 24 - 'Challenging' Funding Bill for Transportation, Treasury Likely to Spark Multiple Tussles

July 31 - Favored Programs in Labor-HHS Bill Face Appropriators' Rough Treatment

September 4 - New Overtime Rules Take Effect

September 11 - House Passes Labor-HHS Spending Bill After Cutting Deal on Overtime Rules

September 18 - Specter's Labor-HHS Funding Shifts Give Boost to Social Policy Programs

September 25 - Next Presidency: 'An Extremely Difficult Term'

September 25 - Next Presidency: Jobs -- Help Wanted

October 2 - Employee Verification Bill Approved by House Panel

October 9 - EDA Wins Reauthorization After Satisfying Former GOP Critics

October 9 - Employers Could Store I-9 Form Electronically Under House Bill

October 16 - Bill to Allow Electronic Storage of I-9 Work Form Clears Senate

October 23 - GOP's Deep Divide on Immigration Frustrates Hill Efforts at Overhaul

November 6 - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the 109th Congress

November 20 - Visa Language Inserted Into Omnibus Bill

November 27 - 'Empowerment Zones': Who's Minding the Store?

November 27 - Labor-HHS Appropriations: No Apple for Education

November 27 - New Answer on Urban Renewal: 'Opportunity Zones'

November 27 - SBA Reauthorization Revived, Then Cleared in Omnibus

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Capitol Hill Gridlock Leaves Programs in Limbo

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Minimum Wage Increase

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Overtime Compensation

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Unemployment Benefits Extension

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Welfare Reauthorization

December 11 - Aiming for the Fast Track on Asbestos Bill

December 11 - Congress Sends Bush Two Bills Boosting Federal Worker Benefits