January 10 - BANKING: Request for Billions for IMF Fund Highlights Debate Over Bailouts |
January 10 - FOREIGN POLICY: Disagreement Among Friends Strains U.S.-Israeli Ties |
January 10 - PROVISIONS: Changes to FDA Rules, Procedures |
January 10 - RECESS NOTES: Smoother Nomination Bid Expected for Davidow |
January 10 - The IMF in Brief |
January 17 - Personal Savings Rates by Country |
January 24 - FOREIGN POLICY: Papal Visit Highlights Divisions Over Cuban Embargo |
January 24 - FOREIGN POLICY: Support for Iran Sanctions Bill Still Runs Strong in Senate |
January 24 - RECESS NOTES: Clinton's Plan To Bail Out Asia Faces Unreceptive Congress |
January 24 - SECTION NOTES: Helms Sets Terms for Hearings On Test Ban Treaty |
January 24 - THE PRESIDENCY: Clinton's Latest, Worst Troubles Put His Whole Agenda on Hold |
January 31 - Editor's Note |
January 31 - FOREIGN POLICY: Cleland Warns Against Repeating Tonkin Gulf Mistake |
January 31 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Clinton Stresses Accomplishments, Calls State of the Union 'Strong' |
January 31 - TOBACCO: Anti-Smoking Drive's New Target: Tobacco Marketing Overseas |
February 7 - Aspiring NATO Newcomers Face Long Road to Integration |
February 7 - Civilian 'Interference' Redefined by Poland |
February 7 - Czech Military Gains Some Acceptance |
February 7 - ENVIRONMENT: Clinton's Global Warming Plan Meets Wall of Opposition |
February 7 - FOREIGN POLICY: 'Big Stick' Approach to Iraq Masks Uncertainty on Hill |
February 7 - FOREIGN POLICY: Clinton Moves To Permit Sales Of Nuclear Products to China |
February 7 - How Each Agency and Department Would Fare Under Clinton Budget |
February 7 - Hungarian Military Struggles To Adapt |
February 7 - IMF Request Hits Snag |
February 14 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Probe Reports Decry Abuses, But Overhaul Still Unlikely |
February 14 - Concerned Businesses |
February 14 - Excerpts From Panel's Reports |
February 14 - FOREIGN POLICY: Doubts About Clinton's Strategy Stall Iraq Resolution |
February 14 - FOREIGN POLICY: Key Measures Still Hostage To Abortion Dispute |
February 14 - FOREIGN POLICY: Three Nations' Top Diplomats Lobby for NATO Membership |
February 14 - INTELLIGENCE: Senate Panel Votes To Protect Spy Agency Whistleblowers |
February 14 - Sioeng Sizzle Turns to Fizzle |
February 21 - FOREIGN POLICY: Public's Worries About Iraq Policy Echo Concerns in Congress |
February 28 - Author of House Report on Iraqi Arms Finds His Credibility Under Siege |
February 28 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Paying Full Attention To the Presidency |
February 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: Battle Lines Forming in Senate Over Further NATO Expansion |
February 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: GOP Finds Little To Applaud In U.N. Deal With Iraq |
February 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: Members Assail Clinton's Waiver Of Drug Sanctions for Mexico |
February 28 - TRADE: Sub-Saharan Development Bill Moves Quickly to House Floor |
March 7 - Demand for Bigger, Thirstier Cars Puts Consumers in Driver's Seat |
March 7 - ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Leach's Even Hand at the Helm Wins IMF Funding a Big Boost |
March 7 - FOREIGN POLICY: Congress Finds Its Resolve As Iraq Crisis Cools Off |
March 7 - FOREIGN POLICY: Opponents of Certifying Mexico As Drug Ally Face Uphill Battle |
March 7 - FOREIGN POLICY: Senate Poised To Approve NATO Expansion |
March 7 - In U.S., No Shortage of Short Memories |
March 7 - Rough Going for Supplemental Bill |
March 7 - SECTION NOTES: Senate To Vote on Sanctions On Arms Aid to Iran |
March 7 - STATE DEPARTMENT: GOP Leaders Seek Showdown Over Abortion, Aid Money |
March 14 - Abortion Fight Puts IMF Bill on Veto Path |
March 14 - DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Military's 'Can-Do' Budget Stance Heightens Hawks' Frustrations |
March 14 - FOREIGN POLICY: Seeking Showdown With Clinton, Gingrich Gets One With GOP |
March 14 - FOREIGN POLICY: Senate Urges Trial Of Saddam |
March 14 - INTELLIGENCE: Whistleblower Protection Bill Gets Strong Push From Senate |
March 14 - NOMINATION: Conservatives, White House Step Up Fight Over Hormel |
March 14 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Approves McGovern For U.N. Agriculture Post |
March 14 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Calls for U.N. Resolution To Criticize China on Rights |
March 14 - THE BUDGET: GOP Splits Supplemental Request, Stalling Funds for U.N. and IMF |
March 14 - TRADE: House Passes Bill To Promote Sub-Saharan Africa Trade |
March 21 - Bumpy Road for 'NAFTA Highways' |
March 21 - FOREIGN POLICY: GOP Plan To Challenge Clinton On Abortion Still Lacks Votes |
March 21 - FOREIGN POLICY: House Presses Administration To Keep Up Heat on China |
March 21 - FOREIGN POLICY: House Shies Away From Conflict With Clinton Over War Powers |
March 21 - FOREIGN POLICY: Senate Suddenly Defers Action On NATO Expansion |
March 21 - Panel OKs Supplemental -- With Strings |
March 21 - SECTION NOTES: 'Debt-for-Nature' Incentive Easily Passes House |
March 28 - Conference Report Highlights |
March 28 - CORRECTION |
March 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: Clinton's Move To Aid Cubans Upsets Lawmakers' Plans |
March 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: GOP's Abortion Curb Advances As House Democrats Fall Back |
March 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: Senate Rejects Effort To Impose Drug Sanctions on Mexico |
March 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: Wolf's Faith in Religious-Freedom Bill Is Rewarded With Panel's Approval |
March 28 - SPACE: New Price Tag, Russian Shake-Up Cloud Space Station's Future |
April 4 - Correction: Religious Persecution |
April 4 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: The Revolution At Twilight |
April 4 - FOREIGN POLICY: Clinton's Promises to Africa May Not Be Easy To Keep |
April 4 - Lagging Do-List |
April 4 - SECTION NOTES: Peace May Be Worth Keeping In Caucasus, McConnell Says |
April 4 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Leaders Plan Action On State Department Bill |
April 4 - Supplemental Bills Compared |
April 4 - THE BUDGET: House Emergency Spending Measure Heads for Collision With Senate |
April 18 - Chuck Hagel, Business Internationalist |
April 18 - DEFENSE: Picking the Best Missile Defense: Cold War Treaty or New Weapons |
April 18 - ENVIRONMENT: Members Go Out on a Limb Over National Forests |
April 18 - FOREIGN POLICY: Agencies Targeted for Consolidation Stew on Congress' Back Burner |
April 18 - IMF Official Prepares To Defend Against Policy Attacks |
April 18 - Lew Clinton's Choice To Replace Raines at OMB |
April 18 - Missile Defense Systems |
April 18 - Russia's Space Station Funding Remains in Doubt |
April 25 - FOREIGN POLICY: State Dept. Bill Depends on GOP Centrists |
May 2 - Albright Certifies Ukraine Eligible To Receive Rest of Aid |
May 2 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Senate Approves Three Nations For Membership in NATO |
May 2 - FOREIGN POLICY: Clinton and Other Critics Make Headway Against Religious Persecution Bill |
May 2 - FOREIGN POLICY: Clinton Uncaps Veto Pen As State Department Bill Clears |
May 2 - House Committee Approves Intelligence Authorization Bill |
May 2 - PAST AS PROLOGUE: For IMF, It's Deja Vu -- All Over Again |
May 2 - VETERANS AFFAIRS: West Confirmed By Senate To Head VA |
May 2 - Waiting in the Wings |
May 9 - Cohen Orders Exhumation of 'Unknown' Vietnam Veteran |
May 9 - DEFENSE: Intelligence Bills Target New Threats |
May 9 - SCIENCE: Space Station Backers Warn NASA To Bring Costs Down to Earth |
May 9 - The Religious Right's Foreign Policy Revival |
May 9 - U.N. Ambassador in Line for Energy Secretary's Post |
May 16 - 18 Years of Punishment |
May 16 - Ammunition for Senate Debate |
May 16 - Debate on China Policy Heats Up as Clinton Trip Impends |
May 16 - DEFENSE: Senators Seek Compromise With Administration On Bosnia Deployment |
May 16 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: India's Nuclear Detonations Rattle Clinton's Arms Control Strategy |
May 16 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Religious Persecution Bill Passes House by Strong Margin |
May 16 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Warmer U.S.-Iranian Relations Get Cold Shoulder in Congress |
May 16 - Helms Offers Cuba Aid Bill, Seeking To Put Onus on Castro |
May 16 - U.S. Companies Brace for Fallout From Trade Curbs Against India |
May 23 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: White House's China Missile Scandal Energizes GOP, Subdues Democrats |
May 23 - DEFENSE: House Votes To Ban Launch Of U.S. Satellites by China, Then Passes Defense Bill |
May 23 - FOREIGN POLICY: As the Dust Settles in India, U.S. Rethinks Nuclear Policy |
May 23 - FOREIGN POLICY: Parties Agree on Need To Probe Clinton's Export Waiver for China |
May 23 - FOREIGN POLICY: Senate Defies Veto Threat, Votes To Impose Sanctions on Aid to Iran's Missile Program |
May 23 - The Spread of Nuclear Weapons |
May 23 - Top Individual Campaign Donor Is a Familiar Figure in Washington |
May 30 - FOREIGN POLICY: Gingrich Ignites War of Words With Attacks on U.S. Policy During Visit to Israel |
May 30 - FOREIGN POLICY: Hill Inaction on Export Controls Left Decisions in Clinton's Hands |
June 6 - Drawing a Line on Bosnia |
June 6 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: U.S. Intelligence Takes the Heat For Dim Insight on Nuclear Proliferation |
June 13 - DEFENSE: Reluctant White House Urged To Send Troops To Province of Kosovo |
June 13 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Kim Urges End To Sanctions on North Korea |
June 13 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Sanctions on Missile Aid To Iran Are Cleared By a Veto-Proof Margin |
June 13 - House Select Panel Slow To Begin China Inquiry |
June 20 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Albright's Overtures to Iran, Request for Overseas Spending Are Met Coolly in Congress |
June 20 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Delay Seen For Religious Persecution Bill |
June 20 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Hill's Probes of Dealings With China Unlikely To Alter Basic Relationship |
June 20 - NOMINATIONS: Clinton Shifts Richardson, Holbrooke |
June 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Clinton Raises the Stakes In Dispute With Republicans Over Census-Taking Method |
June 27 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Business May Soon Be Taking Off For U.S. Satellite Launch Companies |
June 27 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Clinton Vetoes Sanctions on Iran Missile Aid |
June 27 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Petro-Politics Greases the Way For a Different U.S. Approach To Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute |
June 27 - Senate Passes Authorization For Intelligence Activities |
July 4 - BACK TO WORK: As Cheering Dies Down, Clinton's Trip Is Judged 'Disappointing' by Republicans |
July 4 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Can Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Put Nuclear Genie Back in Bottle? |
July 11 - For GOP, Clinton's Steps In China Were Missteps |
July 11 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Clinton Vietnam Policy Draws Critics |
July 11 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Probes of Chinese Missile Technology Focus on Satellite Export Rules |
July 11 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Senate Lifts Sanctions for Farm Exports |
July 11 - Satellite Sanctions on China Have History of Inconsistency |
July 18 - APPROPRIATIONS: Decision on Census Money Provides a Sample Of the Brinksmanship Ahead |
July 18 - Clinton Avoids Veto Override By Vowing To Punish Russians For Aiding Iranian Military |
July 18 - FOREIGN OPERATIONS: Lott Intensifies Criticism Of China Policy as Democrats Denounce 'Political' Motives |
July 18 - FOREIGN POLICY: Prospects Brighten for IMF Funds As GOP Looks To Boost Trade |
July 18 - FOREIGN POLICY: Pushed by Business Groups, Lawmakers Rush To Exempt Farm Exports From Sanctions |
July 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Armey, Livingston Go Toe-to-Toe Over $18 Billion Package for IMF |
July 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate's Commerce-Justice Bill Attracts a Swarm of Amendments |
July 25 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Bill Targets Iran's Nuclear Power Program |
July 25 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Despite Postponed Markup, Senators Vow To Hold Vote On Religious Persecution Bill |
July 25 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: NATO Readies Strike Plans Against Serbia |
July 25 - House Panel Backs Protection For Whistleblowers |
July 25 - House Reiterates Commitment To Taiwan's Security |
July 25 - Lott Signals Demise of Hormel's Ambassadorial Nomination |
July 25 - TRADE: Normal Trade With China Wins Approval |
August 1 - NOTEWORTHY: Former Rep. Swett Confirmed As Ambassador to Denmark |
August 8 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Throws Book at Prosecutors, Passing Tough Rules on Conduct |
August 8 - House Resolution Assails Iraq Over Weapons Inspections |
August 8 - House Votes To Prohibit Aid For Nuclear Plant in Iran |
August 8 - LESSONS IN DEMOCRACY: Ambassador Recoils When News Media Use 'H' Word in Announcing Meeting |
August 8 - Members Intensifying Pressure For Stronger Action in Kosovo |
August 15 - A Diplomatic Approach To Deter a Veto |
August 15 - Current Sanctions |
August 15 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Administration Revives Effort To Get Law of Sea Treaty Underway in Senate |
August 15 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Embassy Bombings Prompt Closer Scrutiny Of Intelligence, Security Standards |
August 15 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Second-Guessing Sanctions: The Price of Pressure |
August 22 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Lawmakers Back Missile Strikes Despite a Bit of GOP Skepticism |
August 22 - TURF FIGHTS: Panel on Nuclear Proliferation Goes Up in Smoke |
September 5 - APPROPRIATIONS: Aid to Russia, IMF Funds Lead Debate As Senate OKs Foreign Operations Bill |
September 5 - Assassination Re-examined |
September 5 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Does U.S. Have the Will and Means For a Sustained War on Terrorism? |
September 5 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: GOP Steps Up Accusations That Clinton Is Endangering U.S. Security and Credibility |
September 12 - APPROPRIATIONS: Panel Approves Foreign Aid Bill Despite Threat of Veto |
September 12 - Congress May Soon Be Asked For Money To Rebuild Embassies |
September 12 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: GOP's Agenda Makes Little Headway Despite Clinton's Political Woes |
September 12 - Holbrooke Approval for U.N. Post Unlikely This Year |
September 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Foreign Aid Bill Fails To Resolve Deep Divisions Over IMF Funding |
September 19 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Embassy Fund Request Taking Shape |
September 19 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Members Call for Bolstering Satellite Export Restrictions With Industry Incentives |
September 19 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Trouble Grows For Holbrooke Nomination |
September 19 - House Panel Grills Albright Aide On Change in Policy Toward Iraq |
September 19 - Inaction on Chemical Arms Pact Could Spark Crisis, House Told |
September 19 - Rescuer of Embattled Economies Is Now Under Siege Too |
September 26 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Clinton Calls on All Nations To Join Fight Against Terrorism |
September 26 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Impasse Over U.N. Dues Endangers U.S. Vote In General Assembly |
September 26 - FOREIGN POLICY: GOP Deal Clears Path for Persecution Bill |
September 26 - FOREIGN POLICY: Lawmakers Press Clinton On Kosovo |
October 3 - Chart: Foreign Aid Spending |
October 3 - Intelligence Authorization Gets Conference Approval |
October 10 - APPROPRIATIONS: Clinton Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Allay Republican Objections To $14.5 Billion IMF Credit Line |
October 10 - ENERGY: Oil Dependency Forces U.S. To Balance Economic, Foreign Policy Interests |
October 10 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Intelligence Bill Clears With Small Rise in Spending, Expanded Wiretap Authority |
October 10 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Religious Persecution Bill Overcomes 11th-Hour Snags On Way to Enactment |
October 10 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: U.S. Offers a Final Chance For Serbs To Avert Air Strikes, Saying 'Time Is Running Out' |
October 17 - APPROPRIATIONS: Deal Gives Clinton IMF Credit; GOP Wins Conditions on Loans |
October 17 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: House Passes Bill To Combat Persecution |
October 17 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Lawmakers Cautious of Kosovo Deal |
October 17 - House Clears Bill To Keep Tabs On Diplomats Linked to Crimes |
October 17 - HR1757 Held Hostage |
October 24 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Clinton Gains Last-Minute Victories On Foreign Policy Priorities |
October 24 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Lawmakers Step Up Criticism Of Clinton's Policy on Kosovo As Serbians Fail To Withdraw |
October 24 - Last-Minute Approvals Omit Some Clinton Nominations |
October 24 - Linking Payment of U.N. Dues With Curbs on Family Planning Is 'Unacceptable,' Clinton Says |
October 24 - State Department Bill Vetoed |
October 24 - Zinni Blasts Plan To Support Anti-Saddam Groups in Iraq |
October 31 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Political Reality Could Hamper Aid to Brazil |
October 31 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Strong Dose of GOP Skepticism Greets Clinton's Mideast Pledges |
October 31 - FOREIGN POLICY: Institutes Urge U.S. To Update Foreign Service |
October 31 - Republicans Continue Sniping At Clinton's Handling of Kosovo |
November 14 - Administration Signs Kyoto Pact, A 'Work in Progress' |
November 14 - Albright Has Yet To Take a Stand On Plan for a Cuba Policy Panel |
November 14 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Republicans Urge Clinton To Pull No Punches With Iraq |
November 14 - Lawmakers Praise Clinton's End To Sanctions on India, Pakistan |
November 14 - Legislative Summary: World View |
November 14 - U.S. Congressional Group To Visit Russian Nuclear Sites |
November 14 - William Perry Named To Oversee U.S. Policy on North Korea |
November 21 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: GOP Content for the Moment With Lower-Decibel Criticism Of Clinton's Foreign Policy |
November 21 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Humanitarian, Security Issues Collide as U.S. Reassesses North Korea Policy |
November 28 - Chuck Hagel, Economic Policy |
November 28 - Clinton To Ask for Additional Foreign Aid Funding |
November 28 - Craig Thomas, East Asian and Pacific Affairs |
November 28 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The New Faces Of Foreign Policy |
November 28 - From the Editor |
November 28 - Gordon H. Smith, European Affairs |
November 28 - John Ashcroft, African Affairs |
November 28 - Lugar Wants Foreign Aid For Russian Arms Reduction |
November 28 - Paul Coverdell, Western Hemisphere |
November 28 - Representatives Denounce Cuban Review Commission |
November 28 - Rod Grams, International Operations |
November 28 - Sam Brownback, Near Eastern and South Asian |
December 5 - HELP WANTED: For the Uniquely Qualified |
December 12 - Clinton Removes Iran From List Of Major Drug Traffickers |
December 12 - Foreign Minister Says Russia Is Likely To Ratify START II |
December 12 - GOP Keeps Up Pressure For Stricter Controls on China Satellite Commerce |
December 12 - TRADE: Central American Leaders Hope To Turn Disaster Into Opportunity |
December 19 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: GOP Leaders Refuse To Close Ranks With Clinton on Bombing of Iraq |