January 7 - Court Voids Federal Personnel Regulations |
January 21 - Summary of Major Issues Facing Congress in 1984: GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
January 28 - Democrats Contend Reagan Policies Unfair |
January 28 - Government Operations NOAA Authorization |
January 28 - President Reagan Says U.S. 'Much Improved' |
January 28 - State of the Union Highlights |
February 4 - 1985 BUDGET: 3.5% Raise for Federal Civilians: Reagan Again Wants Workers to Kick in More for Pensions |
February 4 - Columbus Quincentenary |
February 4 - Earthquake Hazards Reduction |
February 11 - $53 Billion Requested: Reagan Seeks More Money For Research, Development |
February 11 - End of SBA Loan Program Asked |
February 11 - Inspectors General For Treasury And Justice Departments |
February 11 - Large Funding Increase Proposed for NSF |
February 11 - VA Health Care Costs Also Up: Increase in GI Bill Benefits, Veterans' Pensions Proposed |
February 11 - Veterans' Compensation |
February 18 - 'Disinvestment' Allowed to Stand: District's South Africa Law Ignites Battle |
February 18 - Crime Probe Contempt Charges |
February 18 - National Security Directive |
February 18 - Warns President on Next Increase: Congress Clears Bill Raising COLAs for Disabled Veterans |
March 3 - Grace Commission |
March 3 - Merit Pay |
March 3 - Olympic Checkoff |
March 3 - Rocky Road Seen in House: Freedom of Information Act Changes Approved by Senate |
March 3 - Veterans' Bills |
March 17 - NASA Authorization Approved: Manned Space Station Wins House Panel's Endorsement |
March 17 - NSF Authorization Bill |
March 17 - Small Business Administration |
March 24 - Former Presidents |
March 24 - NSF Authorization Scaled Back |
March 24 - Space Station Funds Included: House Committee Authorizes $7.5 Billion for NASA Programs |
March 31 - Limit on Secret Service Protection: Senate Panel Votes to Curb Benefits of Former Presidents |
March 31 - NASA Authorization |
March 31 - Precedent Worries Opponents: Olympics Checkoff Plan Moving in Congress |
April 7 - Arts and Humanities Endowments |
April 7 - Reagan Letter on U.S. Participation in MNF |
April 7 - Sent March 31: Reagan Report to Congress On ASAT Arms Control |
April 7 - Text of Presidential News Conference: April 4, 1984 |
April 14 - Inadvertent Damage to Small Firms? Small Businesses Object to Bill Raising Contract Competition |
April 14 - Text of Reagan Remarks on Foreign Policy: April 6, 1984 |
April 21 - Senate Confirms 32 Major Reagan Nominees |
April 28 - Bureau of Standards |
May 5 - Bureau of Standards Authorization Passed |
May 5 - Floor Fights Possible on Some: Reagan's Latest Nominations For Legal Services Corporation Ready for Action by Senate |
May 12 - Agent Orange Compensation: Senate Fight Set Over Paying Veterans Exposed to Herbicide |
May 12 - NASA Authorization, Landsat Sale |
May 12 - National Labor Relations Board: Democrats Force a 2nd Look At Reagan's Labor Appointee |
May 12 - Text of Democrats' Response To Central America Speech |
May 12 - Text of Reagan Speech on Central America |
May 19 - Arts, Humanities Authorization Increased |
May 19 - Capital Budget |
May 19 - Committee Bills Differ: Fight Shaping Up on Helping Small Business Get Contracts |
May 19 - Merit Pay, Pay Equity |
May 19 - Panel Kills Nomination: 'Blacklist' Issue Boomerangs On Appointee to Post at USIA |
May 19 - Text of Reagan Question and Answer Session |
May 19 - U.S. Mint Authorization |
May 26 - Anti-Abortion Amendment Added: Panel Approves $12.8 Billion For Treasury, Postal Service |
May 26 - Education Bill Cleared |
May 26 - House OKs VA Health, Housing Bills |
May 26 - Oakar Sets Hearing on Pay Equity Lobbying |
May 26 - Older Americans Act Extended |
May 26 - Senate Approves Arthritis Institute |
May 26 - Senate Passes Compromise Agent Orange Bill |
May 26 - Small Business 'Breakouts' |
May 26 - Special Investigator Sought: House Panel Names Casey in Debate Probe |
May 26 - Text of President Reagan's Press Conference |
June 9 - Committee Approves Legislation: Probe of OPM's Opposition To Pay Equity Bill Requested |
June 9 - Panel OKs Treasury-Post Office Money Bill |
June 16 - Baker, Percy Urge U.S.-Soviet Talks: New Willingness On Summit Voiced by President Reagan |
June 16 - Treasury-Postal Service Funds |
June 16 - Veterans' Organization Dispute |
June 23 - Senate Passes Three: Fiscal '85 Appropriations Bills Pick Up Speed as Recess Nears |
June 23 - Text of Presidential Press Conference |
June 23 - Veterans' Compensation |
June 30 - Across-the-Board Cut Dropped: $1.55 Billion Legislative Appropriation Clears |
June 30 - Democracy Endowment Funding Trimmed: Commerce, Justice, State Bill Passed by Senate |
June 30 - Ethics Briefings Recommended for U.S. Officials |
June 30 - House Committee Votes Polygraph Restrictions |
June 30 - Treasury-Postal Service Bill Passed |
July 7 - Congress at Mid-Year 1984: General Government |
July 7 - Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations: Debate Over Abortion Issue Could Bog Down Funding Bill |
July 14 - Reagan's Recess Appointments Rankle Hill |
July 28 - Abortion Quarrel Avoided: Senate OKs $12.7 Billion Treasury-Postal Bill |
July 28 - Debt Collection |
July 28 - House Approves Holiday Commissions |
July 28 - President Signs NASA Authorization Measure |
July 28 - Text of Reagan Press Conference: July 24, 1984 |
July 28 - Veterans' Compensation |
July 28 - Wins House Subcommittee Approval: Bill Moving to Limit CIA Information Claims |
August 4 - Administration Strongly Opposed: House Votes to Let D.C. Mayor Name Judges |
August 4 - CIA and Freedom of Information |
August 4 - Senators Seeking Compromise: Study of Sex Discrimination In U.S. Jobs Bogs Down Bill |
August 4 - Small Business |
August 4 - Veterans' Job Preference |
August 4 - Wick Calls Prompt Bills: Hill Looks at Ways to Enforce Ban of Secret Taping on Phone |
August 11 - Boost for Small Businesses: Senate Votes Bill to Promote Competition Over Spare Parts |
August 11 - Floor Action After Recess: Conference OKs $12.8 Billion For Treasury, Postal Service |
September 1 - Contract Dispute in Arbitration: Congress Bars Postal Service From Cutting Pay, Benefits |
September 8 - Federal, Congressional Pay Raise Scheduled |
September 15 - Full Committee Review Pending: House Subcommittees Act On Federal Polygraph Legislation |
September 15 - House-Senate Rift Stalls Treasury Bill |
September 15 - Reagan, Mondale: Federal Regulation |
September 22 - House Votes FOIA Exemption for CIA Files |
September 22 - Inequity Seen in Civil Service: Bills Granting Pension Benefits To Divorced Spouses Advance |
September 22 - Panel Votes Whistleblower Awards |
September 22 - Pay Equity Rider Planned for Spending Bill |
September 22 - Presidential Directive Could Be Reissued: Passage of Polygraph Curbs Seems Doubtful |
September 22 - Senate Approves SBA Authorizations |
September 22 - Special Prosecutor Reports: No Basis for Prosecution Found In Probe of Meese Allegations |
September 22 - Text of Reagan Q and A Session With Reporters, Sept. 11, 1984 |
September 29 - Former Spouse Benefits |
September 29 - House Panel Acts to Defend Reorganizations |
September 29 - House Renews Bonuses for Whistleblowers |
September 29 - Indian Aid Bill Clears |
September 29 - Reagan Address to Meeting of World Bank and IMF Delivered September 25, 1984 |
September 29 - Text of Reagan Speech to United Nations Delivered September 24, 1984 |
October 6 - $400 Hammer Provided Impetus: Spare-Parts-Procurement Bill Seeks to Increase Competition |
October 6 - Bill Tells VA to Set Agent Orange Guidelines |
October 6 - Indian Health |
October 6 - Labor Secretary Takes Temporary Leave: Charges Traded Over Donovan Indictment |
October 6 - National Archives |
October 6 - NOAA Authorization |
October 6 - Reagan Shuts Government; Democrats Object |
October 6 - Senate Clears FOIA Exemption Bill |
October 6 - Veterans' Health-Care Bill Clears |
October 13 - High Court Ducks Reorganization Cases: Congress OKs Bill Affirming Reorganizations |
October 13 - Infrastructure Study |
October 13 - Licensing of Commercial Space Launches |
October 13 - Merit Pay In, Pay Equity Out of Pension Bill |
October 13 - Reagan-Mondale Debate on Domestic Issues: Oct. 7, 1984 |
October 13 - Veterans' Benefits |
October 20 - Mail Subsidy Approved: Treasury-Post Office Funding Set At $12.8 Billion for FY '85 |
October 20 - Presidential Leadership the Key to Victory |
October 20 - Reagan Vetoes Indian Reimbursement Bill |
October 20 - Summary of Major 1984 Congressional Action: GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
October 27 - 1984 Partisanship More Rhetoric Than Voting |
October 27 - Brings Total to 31: President Vetoes Four Bills, Including Public Broadcasting |
October 27 - Can Reagan Win With Congress? President's Leadership Style and Split in GOP Ranks Are Key to Second-Term Success |
October 27 - Candidates Debate on Defense, Foreign Policy |
October 27 - Ground Rules for CQ Presidential Support-Opposition |
October 27 - Indian Health, CPB, NOAA: President Vetoes Five Bills Passed by the 98th Congress |
October 27 - Reagan's Relationship With Congress Was Both Up and Down in First Term |
October 27 - Reagan-Mondale, Round 2: No Clear-Cut Win |
October 27 - Scores Up in House: Congress' Backing for Reagan Declines Only Slightly in 1984 |
October 27 - Second-Term Success Has Eluded Presidents |
November 3 - Oct. 30 Vetoes: Reagan Withholds Approval Of Health, Youth Jobs Bills |
November 3 - Reagan Parsimonious in Use of Pardon Power |
November 3 - Whistleblower Protection Program Questioned |
November 10 - Bell Resignation |
November 10 - Carries 49 States: Landslide Victory by Reagan Underscores Democratic Ills |
November 10 - Improvement Over 1980: Polls Varied Widely, But All Called Reagan |
November 17 - Nov. 4 in Minnesota: Reagan Holds Q and A Session With Members of the Press |
November 17 - On Nov. 8: Equal Access Reauthorization Pocket Vetoed by President |
November 17 - Text of Reagan Nov. 7 News Conference, Nov. 7, 1984 |
November 17 - Vetoed 39 Bills in First Term: Reagan Comparatively Frugal In Exercise of His Veto Power |
November 17 - Vetoes Cast by President Reagan |
November 24 - Few Grace Commission Suggestions Adopted |
December 15 - Reagan Considers Trade, Science Departments |
December 15 - Reagan Holds Q and A Session With the Press: Dec. 7, 1984 |
December 22 - Reagan's Choice for Attorney General: Debate on Meese Nomination Will Center on Ethics Issues |
December 22 - Special Report: Congressional Agenda GENERAL GOVERNMENT |