 January 5 - Emerging Players: Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. |
| January 12 - Dueling Visions of Defense |
| January 12 - Recess Appointments by Bush For Conservatives Reich, Scalia |
| January 12 - Warner Delays Bill on NATO Expansion |
| January 19 - Bush's Discretion on Use of Funds For International Family Planning Attracts Vigorous Lobbying |
| January 19 - Members Return From Afghanistan Urging Greater Postwar U.S. Role |
| January 19 - Republicans Shrug Off Levin's Push to Withdraw Forces From Saudi Arabia |
| January 19 - Securing Nuclear Arsenals |
| January 26 - Appropriators Struggle With Aid Promises |
| January 26 - China Human Rights Monitoring Off to Long-Delayed Start on Hill |
| January 26 - Counterterrorism Hearings Set |
| February 2 - CIA's Role in Afghan War Restores Tenet's Image on Hill |
| February 2 - Goss: Waiting in the Wings? |
| February 2 - Some Lawmakers Unhappy With Bush's Inclusion of Iran, North Korea in 'Axis of Evil' |
| February 2 - The Challenges at Home |
| February 9 - NATO Candidates Use Finesse, Persistence To Cultivate Hill Relationships |
| February 9 - Radio Free Afghanistan Bill Is Passed by Senate |
| February 9 - Senate Foreign Relations Panel Hosts Collision of Cuba Policies |
| February 9 - Sentiment Grows for Ending Cuba Embargo, But Opponents Say Bush Will Stand Firm |
| February 16 - Another Reagan Alumnus Returns, Welcomed by Old Democratic Critics |
| February 16 - Bush Seeks Middle Ground On Pakistani Import Quotas |
| February 16 - Bush's Selection of Hall For Humanitarian Position Creates Opportunity for GOP |
| February 16 - Foes of Reactor Deal With North Korea Look for Tougher Approach From Bush |
| February 16 - House Clears Scaled-Back Bill For Radio Free Afghanistan |
| February 16 - Lawmakers Warn: Bypassing Hill On Iraq Action Is Not an Option |
| February 16 - Powell: Foreign Aid Request Will Grow |
| February 16 - Sudan Sanctions Bill Cools Off As Peace Talks Are Conducted |
| February 16 - Zoellick Sides With Farmers In Dispute With Canada |
| March 2 - AIDS Funding Sharply Debated |
| March 2 - Bush Renominates Controversial State Department Appointee |
| March 2 - Bush Undecided on Funds For U.N. Family Planning Agency |
| March 2 - Daschle's Cautionary War-on-Terrorism Comments Could Energize Disheartened Democrats, Analysts Say |
| March 9 - Colombia Aid Restrictions Reconsidered As Focus Shifts to War on Terrorism |
| March 9 - Dual-Use Export Bill Advances |
| March 9 - Hill Warning: Respect Level From White House Too Low |
| March 9 - Occidental Petroleum Lobbies For Benefits From Both Parties |
| March 16 - Bill to Extend Residency Program Passes House After Six-Month Wait |
| March 16 - Bush Asks for $5 Billion Boost In Aid to Developing Nations |
| March 16 - Mideast Conflict Between Israel, Palestine Has Congress Weighing Aid Options |
| March 16 - Oil Companies Hope for Break in Libyan Sanctions As Bush Asks for Deal on Lockerbie Victims' Claims |
| March 16 - Powell Urges 'Flexible' Colombia Aid |
| March 23 - Bush Pushes To Speed Up Foreign Aid |
| March 23 - Byrd Holding Up Visa Bill |
| March 23 - Church, Not State, Guides Some Lawmakers on Middle East |
| March 23 - Helms Pushing for Arms Deals To Be Exclusive Property of Senate |
| March 23 - House Panel Pushes Afghan Aid Despite White House Opposition And Absence of Action in Senate |
| March 23 - White House Sends Message To N. Korea |
| March 30 - Bush's Fast-Track Agenda |
| March 30 - Conservative Firebrand Helms Tempers His Image in Final Term |
| April 6 - Bush Urges Peace in Middle East, Sends Secretary of State to Region |
| April 6 - Indecision, Disagreements Hamper Bush's Foreign Policy |
| April 6 - Roberts Complains After Reich Refuses Visas for Cuban Leaders |
| April 6 - Serbia Misses War Crimes Deadline; Powell Freezes Aid |
| April 6 - White House Considers 'Unsigning' U.N. Treaty to Create International Court |
| April 13 - As International Issues Heat Up, Foreign Affairs Panels Regain Prestige |
| April 13 - Editor's Notebook: A Thinking Institution |
| April 13 - Powell's Congressional Army Guards His Flank |
| April 20 - Arab-American Groups Step Up Lobbying Effort |
| April 20 - Both Houses Seem Intent on Aiding Nuclear Energy Comeback |
| April 20 - Past Foes of Peacekeeping Operations Call for U.S. Presence Overseas |
| April 20 - Reich's Role in Handling Venezuela Coup Could Cost Him State Department Post |
| April 27 - Ballenger's Rapport With Latin Leaders Makes Him Washington's Point Man On South American Affairs |
| April 27 - House Panel Approves Broadcast Bill |
| April 27 - Senate Committee Approves Helgerson for CIA Post |
| April 27 - Senate Finance Readies Crackdown On Corporate Offshore Tax Avoidance |
| April 27 - White House Persuades DeLay To Hold Off on Resolution Stressing Support for Israel |
| May 4 - Criminal Court Debate Will Keep Conferees Busy On State Department Bill |
| May 4 - DeLay Flexes Muscles On Middle East Issue |
| May 4 - Fast-Track Legislation Could Be Another Weapon in War on Terror |
| May 4 - House and Senate Resolutions Declaring Congress' Solidarity With Israel and Condemning Palestinian Suicide Bombings |
| May 4 - Senate Changes to Fast-Track Bill Could Hurt Long-Term Prospects |
| May 4 - State Department to Send Three-Member Team to China |
| May 4 - The DeLay-Bush Connection |
| May 11 - Activist's Release Deflates Burma Trade Ban Proposal |
| May 11 - Ailing Helms May Be Out Until July or August |
| May 11 - At White House Urging, Lawmakers Hold Off on New Middle East Sanctions |
| May 11 - Conflict in Middle East Could Be Factor In a Michigan Democratic Primary |
| May 11 - Lawmakers Say Intelligence Network Is 'Slow-Walking' Inquiry Into Lack of Sept. 11 Preparedness |
| May 11 - With White House's Blessing, DeLay Picks Vehicle to Block U.S. Role in International Court |
| May 18 - Bush Travels to NATO Summit With Strong Support for Expansion |
| May 18 - Defense Bill May Cover Garb for Military Women |
| May 18 - Dodd Blasts State Dept.'s Reich For Response to Venezuelan Coup |
| May 18 - Lugar Serves Up Strong NATO Fare To Broad-Based Collection of Allies |
| May 18 - Presidents, Lawmakers Alike Caught Up In Cuba Embargo's Power to Polarize |
| May 18 - Some Lawmakers Warn Bush-Putin Pact Will Not Sufficiently Safeguard Weapons |
| May 25 - Attacks and Follow-up Investigations: History Offers Cautionary Tale |
| May 25 - Biden's Usual Warm Relations With Russia Chills Out Over Chicken Crusade |
| May 25 - Lawmakers Worry About Stability, Insist on U.S. Peacekeepers As Part of Afghan Aid Package |
| May 25 - Politics Muddies the Water Around Sept. 11 Investigation |
| May 25 - Sen. Dodd Looks for Middle Ground On Easing Cuban Trade Embargo Following Bush-Carter Clash |
| May 25 - Senate Passes Bill Focusing On Disease Containment |
| May 25 - Senators Differ With Powell On Releasing Serbian Aid |
| May 25 - The Next Possible Trade Deals |
| June 1 - Lawmakers Wary of Taking Sides, With Pakistan and India at Brink |
| June 1 - What's Ahead: Week of June 3 |
| June 8 - Bush's Swift, Sweeping Plan Is Work Order for Congress |
| June 8 - Dodd Plays Hardball With State Department |
| June 8 - Kolbe Predicts 'Long Conference' On Supplemental Foreign Aid |
| June 8 - Lawmakers Are Cautious Critics Of Either Country's Actions In India-Pakistan Standoff |
| June 8 - Senate Prepared to Approve Arms Control Treaty With Russia |
| June 8 - Veto Threat May Bounce Off Supplemental's Momentum |
| June 15 - Agriculture: Farm Bill Disputes Expected to Carry Over |
| June 15 - Commerce, Justice, State: Local Cuts Could Offset Security Plan |
| June 15 - Dutch Left Uneasy With Tribunal Provision |
| June 15 - Foreign Operations: Outcome of Supplemental Could Be Key |
| June 15 - Intelligence Committees Tussle With Task Of Assigning Domestic Spy Responsibilities |
| June 15 - Security Plan Gets Solid Backing But No Rubber Stamps on Hill |
| June 15 - Treasury, Postal Service: Friction Expected With Agency Shuffle |
| June 22 - Amount of HIV Aid Debated |
| June 22 - Foreign Aid Spending Captures Increased Interest on Hill |
| June 22 - Inversions Save Millions in Taxes |
| June 22 - Latest Mideast Violence Bolsters Opposition To Bush's Proposal for Palestinian State |
| June 22 - President Gets Anti-Terrorism Treaties Bill |
| June 29 - Kolbe to White House: Keep Us in the Dark |
| June 29 - Lawmakers Back Outlines Of Bush's Mideast Proposal, But Question Details, Timetable |
| July 6 - Criticism of War on Terrorism No Longer Politically Off Limits |
| July 6 - Lawmakers Echo Bush's Desire to Protect U.S. Peacekeepers From World Court, But Still Support Bosnia Operation |
| July 13 - An Ally in Opposition to ICC |
| July 13 - Highlights of Panels' Input On New Security Department |
| July 13 - Religious Right Flexes Muscles On Foreign Policy Matters |
| July 20 - Consideration of Move Against Iraq Prompts Rumblings From Capitol Hill |
| July 20 - Hearings on Treaty With Russia Highlight Senators' Concerns Over Removal of Nuclear Arms |
| July 20 - Impatient Senate Appropriators Add U.N. Family Planning Funds To Foreign Operations Bill |
| July 20 - Lawmakers Irked as Spy Agencies Move Slowly to Alleviate Problems |
| July 20 - Senate Panel Puts Off Tough Decisions To Pass Commerce-Justice-State Bill |
| July 27 - Democrats Close Ranks to Ensure Ratification Of Women's Equality Treaty |
| July 27 - Hall's Confirmation Hits Snag |
| July 27 - House Gives Thumbs Up To Normal Trade With Vietnam |
| August 3 - Authorizers Double Aid to Afghanistan |
| August 3 - Bush Wins Key Victory Before Recess: Fast-Track Trade Negotiating Authority |
| August 3 - Exemptions to Imported Steel Tariffs Political Tightrope for White House |
| August 3 - Intelligence Members Say No Polygraphs |
| August 3 - Philosophical Conflicts Complicate Iraq Debate |
| August 3 - Rep.Tony Hall Confirmed for U.N. Position |
| August 10 - Broadcasting Back in Vogue |
| August 10 - Congress Pushing for Renewal Of U.S. Overseas Image-Building |
| August 10 - Saddam's Invitation to U.S.: Genuine or 'Playing Games'? |
| August 31 - A New Age of Pre-Emption |
| August 31 - Bush Hopes to Avoid Battle With Congress Over Iraq |
| August 31 - Congress Changing Tone Of Homeland Security Debate |
| August 31 - Helms Expected to Return to Senate Just in Time for Year-End Push |
| August 31 - Ted Turner Bankrolls Uranium Disposal |
| September 7 - Bush Makes the Rounds To Build His Case Against Iraq |
| September 7 - For Congress, a New World -- And Business as Usual |
| September 7 - House Panel Adds $350 Million To Foreign Aid Spending |
| September 7 - Leaders Prepare to Help Draft War Resolution |
| September 7 - Stalled State Bill Means No Cash for U.N. |
| September 7 - Though Neither Party Is Crying 'Politics,' Election Year Puts War Vote on Fast Track |
| September 7 - Voters, Candidates Unclear About Impact of Iraq Vote |
| September 14 - Bush Catalogs Iraq's Offenses, Proposes Future Actions In Address to United Nations |
| September 14 - Editor's Notebook: Room to Move |
| September 14 - Hearings Will Address Preparedness, Long-Term Scenario for Iraq Invasion |
| September 14 - Lawmakers Pushing Back From Quick Vote on Iraq |
| September 14 - Overseas Spending Bill Moves, With Family Planning on Hold |
| September 14 - Rahall Goes to Iraq |
| September 14 - Smith's Loss in New Hampshire Primary Reflects Both His Own Missteps And GOP Struggle for Senate Control |
| September 14 - UNESCO Supporters Say U.S. Membership Could Aid Fight Against Terrorism |
| September 21 - Castro Opponents Deride Investments in Cuba |
| September 21 - Lawmakers Keeping Close Watch On Bush-Security Council Conflict |
| September 21 - State Department Bill Negotiators Agree to Pay Overdue U.N. Debts |
| September 28 - 'One Voice' Lost in Debate Over Iraq War Resolution |
| September 28 - Causes and Consequences |
| September 28 - Democratic Group Finds Tough Sell In Go-Slow Approach to War |
| September 28 - Guns and Butter, Again |
| September 28 - Personnel Issues Have Senate Stumbling on Homeland Security |
| September 28 - Potential Allies View Trade and Aid As Compensation for Cooperation |
| September 28 - State Department Bill Includes Final Payoff of U.N. Arrears |
| September 28 - The High Cost of Might |
| October 5 - Bush Says New Jerusalem Designation Is 'Advisory' |
| October 5 - Daschle's Grip on Majority Could Slip In Tussle Over Iraq, Homeland Votes |
| October 5 - Evolution of the Resolutions |
| October 5 - Not Even Rumblings of War Shake Loose an Energy Policy |
| October 5 - Senate Democrats in Disarray After Gephardt's Deal on Iraq |
| October 12 - Broad Resolution Allows Bush To Set Terms of War Without Review |
| October 12 - Byrd's Beloved Chamber Deaf To His Pleas for Delayed Vote |
| October 12 - Concerns Linger for Lawmakers Following Difficult Vote for War |
| October 12 - Congressional Support May Not Count For Much With U.N. Security Council |
| October 12 - Editor's Notebook: Anxiety Levels |
| October 12 - Goss Tries to Keep Intelligence Bill From Snagging on Sept. 11 Probe |
| October 12 - Joint Resolution to Authorize Use of Military Force Against Iraq |
| October 12 - Peace Corps Funding Bill Advances |
| October 12 - Sudan Bill Clears After Compromise |
| October 19 - Bill Would Give Agents Power To Stop More Drivers at Border |
| October 19 - New Commuter Student Visa Bill Expected to Be Signed by Bush |
| October 19 - North Korea Presents Congress With New 'Axis of Evil' Issues |
| October 19 - Peace Corps Authorization Idle in House |
| October 19 - Rep. Cox Seeks to Create New Office To Ensure Global Access to Online News |
| October 19 - U.N. Resolution a Step Closer |
| October 26 - White House and Kremlin Want End to Cold War Trade Law |
| November 2 - Bill to Beef Up Port Security Becomes Magnet for Maritime Add-Ons |
| November 2 - Lawmakers in Reserves Unlikely to Get Called For Military Service in Iraq |
| November 2 - Satellite TV for Boaters Unlikely |
| November 2 - Second Recess Appointment Could Cost State's Reich |
| November 9 - Lugar Back on Top of Foreign Relations |
| November 9 - Questions Remain on Iraq |
| November 16 - Military Alliance Increasingly Lines Up Behind U.S. Leadership |
| November 16 - Trips Abroad Sharpen Expertise and Prospects |
| November 23 - GOP Holds Block Senate Bill To Fund Attack on Global AIDS |
| November 23 - GOP Leaders Pull Microloan Bill To Punish N.J. Rep. Smith |
| November 23 - Iraqi Scientists Visa Bill on Hold |
| November 23 - Peace Corps Bill Passed Too Late by Senate |
| November 23 - Potential Allies Against Iraq Have a Dollar Figure in Mind |
| November 30 - State Department Bypasses Personnel Catch-22 To Give Assistant Secretary Reich a New Job |
| December 7 - 'Super A' Situation Not Settled for Frist |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Border Security |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Foreign Operations Appropriations |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Income Earned Abroad |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Overseas HIV/AIDS Programs |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: State Department Authorization |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Use of Force Against Iraq |
| December 7 - Democracy in the Middle East: Using Iraq to Chart a Course |
| December 7 - Editor's Notebook: Act Two |
| December 7 - Lugar Ready to Make Up for Lost Time In Restoring Committee's Clout |
| December 7 - Lugar's Passionate Plans For a Regained Chair |
