 January 27 - Bush's $10.6 Billion Strategy |
| January 27 - Rockefeller Begins To Edge Into Senate Limelight |
| February 17 - Climbing Medigap Premiums Draw Attention on Hill |
| February 17 - State Approval of Increases |
| February 24 - Birth-Control Research Seen As Possible Middle Ground |
| February 24 - RU 486: Tiny Pill With Big Impact |
| March 3 - Fallout From Drug Scandal May Be a Stronger FDA |
| March 3 - HEALTH: Congress Resisting New Medicare Cuts |
| March 3 - HEALTH: Move Afoot on Hill To Restore Selected Medicare Benefits |
| March 3 - HEALTH: Radiation Victims May Gain Aid |
| March 3 - Odds Against User Fees |
| March 3 - Pepper Commission Splinters Over Health Financing |
| March 3 - Senate Labor Committee OKs Trauma Care Plan |
| March 10 - After the Pepper Commission: Now the Real Work Begins |
| March 10 - SECTION NOTES: Indoor Pollution Bill Gets House Panel OK |
| March 10 - The Commission's Recommendations |
| March 24 - NUTRITION: Committee Approves Increases In Food Programs for Poor |
| March 31 - VETERANS: Derwinski Decision Pleases Members |
| April 7 - HEALTH: Senate Committee OKs AIDS Grants |
| April 14 - Anger Grows Over U.S. Limit |
| April 21 - HEALTH: Congress, States Square Off Over Medicaid Mandates |
| April 28 - HEALTH: Senate Committee Approves Nutrition-Labeling Bill |
| April 28 - SECTION NOTES: 'Whistleblower' Extension Approved on Partisan Vote |
| April 28 - SECTION NOTES: VA Nurses', Doctors' Pay Targeted for Increases |
| May 5 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: VA Asks for Time On Agent Orange |
| May 5 - HEALTH: AIDS Testing Bill OK'd by Panel |
| May 5 - SECTION NOTES: Supreme Court Upholds Random Drug Testing |
| May 12 - House Panel OKs Expansion Of Medicare Benefits |
| May 12 - PROVISIONS Senate Clean Air Bill: About This Issue |
| May 12 - PROVISIONS Senate Clean Air Bill: Introduction |
| May 12 - PROVISIONS Senate Clean Air Bill: Title III - Air Toxics |
| May 12 - PROVISIONS Senate Clean Air Bill: Title IV - Acid Rain |
| May 12 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Introduced To Boost Alzheimer's Research |
| May 12 - SECTION NOTES: House Panel OKs Measure To Reduce Disabilities |
| May 19 - Congress Has Numerous Ways To Try To Loosen Tobacco's Grip on Society |
| May 19 - Emergency AIDS Relief Bills Advancing Quickly on Hill |
| May 19 - HEALTH: Antismoking Measure, Others OK'd by Senate Committee |
| May 19 - House Committee Approves Food Labeling Measure |
| May 19 - Tobacco's Clout Stays Strong Through Dollars, Jobs, Ads |
| May 19 - Will Marlboro Man Go 'Tombstone'? (chart) |
| May 26 - HHS's Sullivan Is Criticized For Inaction on Tobacco |
| June 9 - HEALTH: House OKs Radiation Payments For Miners and 'Downwinders' |
| June 9 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Increase Aid For Asbestos Removal |
| June 16 - AIDS Emergency Relief Bill Headed for Conference |
| June 16 - HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES: Child-Care Conferees Quarrel Over ABC Grant Proposal |
| June 16 - Medicaid Ruling Could Bring New Costs to States, Hill |
| June 23 - HEALTH: Orphan Drug Bill Rides Out Storm in House Panel |
| June 23 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Indian Panel Approves Alcohol and Drug Program |
| June 23 - Various Health-Related Bills Move Forward in House |
| June 30 - FOOD SAFETY: Turf Battle Stalls Fish Inspection |
| June 30 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Subcommittee Approves Aid For Children in Crisis |
| June 30 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Authorize Funds For Disease Prevention |
| June 30 - SECTION NOTES: Labor Panel OKs Grants To Detect Cancer |
| June 30 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Approves Homeless And Rural Health-Care Bill |
| June 30 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Panel Approves School Radon Bill |
| July 14 - Labor-HHS Appropriations (chart) |
| July 14 - SECTION NOTES: House Again Takes Aim At Drugs in School |
| July 21 - APPROPRIATIONS: Partisan Sparring Punctuates Passage of Labor-HHS Bill |
| July 21 - COMMERCE: Product Safety Bill Passed by House |
| July 21 - FOOD SAFETY: House Agriculture Approves Bill on Fish Inspection |
| July 21 - HEALTH: Orphan Drug Bill Would Offer Shared Custody to 'Parents' |
| July 21 - HEALTH: Panel OKs Fines For Dumping |
| July 21 - HEALTH: Stark Fires Shot Across Bow On National Medical Care |
| July 21 - Labor-HHS-Education Funding (chart) |
| July 28 - HEALTH: House Takes Steps To Bolster Injury, Illness Prevention |
| July 28 - SECTION NOTES: Cigarette-Safety Bill Sent to House Floor |
| July 28 - VETERANS AFFAIRS: COLA Adjustment OK'd for Disabled |
| August 4 - Congress Clears Bill Promoting Competitive Nursing Salaries |
| August 4 - DRUGS: Cutting the Wait For Treatment |
| August 4 - HEALTH: Hill Puts Finishing Touches On AIDS Relief Measure |
| August 4 - HEALTH: House Gives Stamp of Approval To Food Nutrition Labeling |
| August 4 - HEALTH: House Plan Boosts Rural Services |
| August 4 - HEALTH: Organ Transplant Bill Approved |
| August 4 - HEALTH: Potential Drug-Firm Windfalls Targeted by House Measure |
| August 4 - HEALTH: Senate Passes Aid For Atom Victims |
| August 4 - HEALTH: Stark, Sullivan Square Off On Race and Rhetoric |
| August 4 - Self-Extinguishing-Cigarette Bill Cleared for Bush Signature |
| August 4 - Senate Panel Turns Focus On Women's Programs |
| August 11 - AIDS Bill Clears; Senate Votes A Raft of Other Measures |
| August 11 - HEALTH: Drug Treatment Gets a Boost |
| August 11 - HEALTH: Grants for Cancer Screening Get Green Light on Hill |
| August 18 - PROVISIONS: Emergency AIDS Measure |
| August 18 - Social Policy: Major legislative actions of the 101st Congress |
| August 25 - FETAL RESEARCH: Abortion Issue Clouds Outlook For New Medical Treatment |
| August 25 - HEALTH: President Signs AIDS Measure |
| September 15 - AIDS Programs Get No Increase In Senate's Labor-HHS Bill |
| September 15 - FOOD SAFETY: Senate Would Let Agriculture Give Fish Stamp of Approval |
| September 15 - HEALTH: Drug Treatment Bill Advances |
| September 15 - House Subcommittee Approves Strong Antitobacco Measure |
| September 15 - Issue Entangles Defense Bill, Family Planning Measure |
| September 15 - SECTION NOTES: Minority Health-Care Bill Voted by House Panel |
| September 22 - INDIAN AFFAIRS: Indian Health Bills Take Another Step |
| September 22 - NIH Bill Gets Through Markup But Is Facing Later Fights |
| September 29 - HEALTH: Both Chambers Move on Bills To Regulate Medical Devices |
| September 29 - HEALTH: Panels Approve Bills To Help Minorities, Other Groups |
| September 29 - HEALTH: Radiation Victims Given Redress |
| September 29 - HEALTH: Senate Committee Approves Bill To Update Orphan Drug Act |
| September 29 - NIH: Too Hot to Handle? |
| September 29 - SECTION NOTES: Tighter Rules Sought On Hazardous Waste |
| October 6 - Drug Industry Discount to Medicaid Not the Bitter Pill as Prescribed |
| October 6 - Medicare: Looking for Savings in a Complicated Program |
| October 6 - NUTRITION: House Approves Labeling Plan |
| October 6 - Proposed Cuts in Medicare Provoke Outcry on Hill |
| October 6 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Prevent Mailing Of Hazardous Products |
| October 6 - VETERANS AFFAIRS: Stripped of Expenses, VA Bill Is Sign of the Budget Times |
| October 13 - Hill Walks Sensitive Ground In Seeking Medicare Cuts |
| October 13 - HUMAN SERVICES: Health and Safety Bills Advance |
| October 13 - SECTION NOTES: Nutrition-Monitoring Bill Cleared For Bush |
| October 13 - Side Effects for States |
| October 13 - The Final Treasure Hunt on the Hill |
| October 20 - HEALTH: Vaccine Provision Clears House |
| October 20 - Lawmakers Tack on Extras For Medicare, Medicaid |
| October 20 - Programs: Adding and Subtracting |
| October 20 - SECTION NOTES: Minority Health Bill Cleared for Bush |
| October 20 - SECTION NOTES: Orphan Drug Measure Passed by Senate |
| October 20 - SECTION NOTES: Senate OKs New Rules For Medical Devices |
| October 27 - Congress Nears Final Passage Of Nutrition Labeling Bill |
| October 27 - ENVIRONMENT: Hazardous Materials Agreement Struck |
| October 27 - HEALTH: Conferees Take $43 Billion From Medicare Programs |
| October 27 - Measure for Shared Marketing Of 'Orphan Drugs' Cleared |
| October 27 - SECTION NOTES: Aid for Asbestos Removal Gains Final Approval |
| November 3 - Beneficiaries Spared Big Cuts In Medicare and Medicaid |
| November 3 - Congress Tightens Regulation Of Medigap Insurance Plans |
| November 3 - Families Gain Help From Hill On Child Care, Medicaid |
| November 3 - Fiscal 1991 Appropriations for Labor, |
| November 3 - HEALTH: Congress Clears Flurry of Bills In Finals Days of Session |
| November 3 - Medicare To Cover Mammograms |
| November 3 - SECTION NOTES: Congress OKs Crackdown On Steroid Sales |
| November 3 - VETERANS AFFAIRS: Debate Over Agent Orange Stalls COLA Measure |
| November 17 - Bush Vetoes Amendments To Orphan Drug Act |
| November 17 - Health: Sponsors of Orphan Drug Bill Say They'll Try Again |
| November 24 - PROVISIONS: Clean Air Act Amendments (chart) |
