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January 17 - Defense: A Deficit Driver

January 31 - Election-Year Politics Plays Into Sept. 11 Commission Deadline

January 31 - Overworked Ports Hope for Relief in This Year's Transportation Bills

February 7 - Fiscal 2005 Budget: Homeland Security

February 7 - Fiscal 2005 Budget: Justice

February 28 - A Little Leverage, a Lot of Satisfaction

March 13 - House Panel Boosts Funds For Deepwater

March 20 - Post-Madrid Calls for Action Do Not Change Hard Reality Of Elusive U.S. Rail Security

March 27 - Turf Wars Revisited: House Chairmen Comment on Need, or Lack Thereof, For Separate Homeland Security Panel

April 3 - House GOP Says No to Change in Citizenship Oath

April 10 - Localities Get the Bill for Beefed-Up Security

April 10 - Political Pendulum Swings Back to ‘Unfunded Mandates’

April 10 - Unfunded Mandates: Homeland Security

April 17 - Lawmakers Eager to Weigh In on Overhaul of Intelligence

April 17 - Release of Sept. 11 Panel Final Report Up in Air

April 17 - Requests of CIA, FBI Went Unfilled

April 24 - Airport Screeners Report Highlights

April 24 - America's Uneasy Mandate For Domestic Intelligence

April 24 - Coast Guard Bill Conferees Expected to Debate Procedures For Vessel Safety Certifications

April 24 - Hostettler Tests Airport Screeners With a Personal Touch

April 24 - House Rises Above Discord To Pass Continuity of Congress Bill, Though Logistical Problems Remain

April 24 - Intelligence: Taking Steps to Improve Coordination

April 24 - Legislating Security: Some Ideas

April 24 - Panel Moves Bush-Backed Measure To Expand Terrorism Death Penalty

April 24 - Report Says Airport Screeners, Whether Federal or Private, Perform 'Equally Poorly'

April 24 - The Lesson of MI5

May 1 - Bill Expediting Process to Combat Shoulder-Launched Missile Attacks Approved by Aviation Subcommittee

May 1 - Calamity Scenario Proposals Prompt More Questions On Congressional Continuity

May 1 - GOP Criticism of Gorelick's Participation On Sept. 11 Panel Could Have Fallout

May 8 - Committee Moves to Toughen Homeland Security Oversight

May 8 - Continuity Bill Headed for House Floor

May 8 - Editor's Notebook: The T-Word

May 8 - Senate Intelligence Committee Advances Authorization Bill, Removes Its Own Term Limits

May 8 - Senate Moves On Transit Security Bill

May 15 - Conference Members Consider Bill Adding To Coast Guard Duties

May 15 - Continuity of Congress Bill Moves Forward

May 15 - Judiciary Panel Seeks Stiff Penalties for Terrorism Hoaxes

May 15 - Missile Defense for Commercial Aircraft Widely Backed, but Cost Is Crushing

May 15 - Rep. Don Young Opposes DHS Headquarters Bill

May 22 - Bioshield Bill Breaks Free in Senate, Expected to Reach President's Desk Soon After Memorial Day Recess

June 5 - Allocation of Security Grants Takes a Long, Bumpy Route Through Four House Panels

June 5 - First-Responder Debate Replays In House Draft

June 5 - Homeland Security Still a High Priority for Appropriators

June 12 - Homeland Bill Bars Offshore Company Bids

June 19 - Accenture Keeps Contract, but House May Bar Deals With Offshore Firms

June 19 - House Passes Homeland HQ Authorization

June 19 - No Argument on Homeland Money In Principle -- Just in Parceling It Out

June 19 - Panels Amend Homeland Bill; Rules Is Next

June 19 - Visa Waiver Program Extended an Extra Year

June 26 - Appropriations: House Panel Moves C-J-S Bill, Setting Stage for Floor Debate On Gun Ownership Records

June 26 - Private Planes Await Clearance at Reagan

June 26 - Senate Clears Bill Establishing Homeland Security Headquarters

July 10 - Commerce-Justice-State House Vote: As Time Goes By

July 10 - Upmanship Delays Senate Resolution Of Homeland Spending Bill

July 17 - Coast Guard Authorization Increases

July 17 - House Clears 10-Year Bioshield Authorization Bill

July 24 - Cox Blames 'Political Season,' Recalcitrant House Members for Homeland Panel's Problems

July 24 - Expanded, Updated Coast Guard Ready for Post-Sept. 11 Missions Is Aim of Senate-Cleared Bill

July 31 - Congress Prepares to Confront Calls For More Port, Rail Security Funding

July 31 - Federal Terrorism Insurance 'Backstop' to Expire

July 31 - Homeland Security: Money for Non-Aviation Transit Systems

July 31 - Lawmakers Scramble to Act On Report Recommendations

July 31 - Research Groups Ask for More Money To Combat Agriculture Terrorism

July 31 - Sept. 11 Commission Details Several Alternative Options For Congressional Oversight

July 31 - Terrorism Insurance Renewal Complicated By Partisan Tension on House Panel

August 7 - Highway Fund Controversy Quelled in Compromise

August 7 - Police Vehicle Checkpoints Surround Capitol Hill

September 4 - McCain Parlays Bipartisan Clout For Sept. 11 Panel Recommendations

September 4 - Waiting Game on Appropriations Bills Has Risks for Democrats and Republicans

September 11 - Democratic Determination For Higher Homeland Security Spending Gets Foiled Again

September 18 - Homeland Security Funding Bill Wins Unanimous Senate Passage After Democratic Add-Ons Fail

September 18 - Some GOP Leaders Avert Their Eyes as Drought Aid Added to Hurricane Bill

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

September 25 - Next Presidency: A Long War on Terrorism

September 25 - Next Presidency: The Judicial Nomination Wars

October 2 - Bid to End Visa Lottery Program Advances in House

October 2 - House Leaders Take the Reins on Intelligence Overhaul

October 2 - More Funding Approved For Public Transit Programs

October 2 - Senate Votes to Free Up Spectrum For First Responders

October 9 - High-Priority Homeland Security Bill Stalemated by Parochial Add-Ons

October 9 - In 'Farce,' Senators Pick Apart Oversight Restructuring Plan

October 16 - Lawmakers Overcome Obstacles, Complete Homeland Security Bill

October 16 - Senators Fight Over Turf in Revamp Of Homeland Security Oversight

October 30 - Vaccines: What's in Development

November 20 - Homeland Oversight Unclear

November 27 - Uproar Over Intelligence Bill Puts Hunter in the Bull's-Eye

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Broadcast Spectrum for Police and Firefighters

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Coast Guard Reauthorization

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Homeland Security Appropriations

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Project Bioshield Authorization

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Reauthorization Redux

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Senate Committee Restructuring

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Transportation Security Enhancements

December 11 - GOP Weighs a Bit More Turf for Cox