January 5 - Constitution's Conflicting Clauses Underscored by Iraq Crisis |
January 5 - Framers Were Wary of War Powers |
January 19 - Bush Boosts Bench Strength Of Conservative Judges |
January 19 - Female and Minority Appointees (chart) |
January 19 - Imprints on the Bench (chart) |
January 19 - Judge Ryskamp: Round 2 |
January 19 - Law and Judiciary: New Year, Old Battles with Bush |
January 19 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Supreme Court Looks at FIFRA, Rules on School Busing |
February 2 - CORRECTIONS: Judicial nominees. |
February 2 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Democrats Fight To Take Lead In Anticrime Initiatives |
February 2 - Public Laws |
February 9 - AGRICULTURE: Judge Restores Farm Payments |
February 9 - Losing a Bit of Luster |
February 9 - New Struggle Over Civil Rights Brings Shift in Strategy |
February 9 - Successful Passage of Civil Rights Bill Could be Political Plus for Both Parties |
February 16 - McDade Continues Long Ordeal As Grand Jury Keeps Digging |
February 23 - ETHICS: Grand Jury Looks At Durenberger |
February 23 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Panel Weighs Tightening Ban On Vertical Price Fixing |
February 23 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Votes Death Penalty For Terrorist Killers |
February 23 - SECTION NOTES: Veterans' Appeals Court Bill Wins House Approval |
March 2 - BASE CLOSINGS: Commission May Help Ease Members' Unsavory Task |
March 2 - CIVIL RIGHTS: Antibias Proposal Leaves Democrats, GOP at Odds |
March 2 - ETHICS: Committee Singles Out Cranston For Strongest Criticism |
March 9 - Letter-Writing and Campaigns |
March 9 - NRA, Gun-Control Supporters Take Aim at Swing Votes |
March 9 - SECTION NOTES: Balanced-Budget Amendment Gets Subcommittee Nod |
March 16 - CRIME: Democrats, Bush Face Off In Gun Control Duel |
March 16 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Protections Pushed On Campus Speech |
March 16 - Public Laws (Previous public laws, Weekly Report, p. 312) |
March 16 - Supporters of Anti-Job-Bias Bill Need a Winning Strategy |
March 23 - Backers Want Wavering Votes Lined Up for Antibias Bill |
March 23 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: The Supreme Court's Passive Policy Role |
March 23 - Going in Different Directions |
March 23 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Judiciary Moves Antitrust Bill Closer to Senate Floor |
March 23 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Ryskamp Fails To Dispel Race Bias Concerns |
March 23 - SUPREME COURT: Members Gratified by Decision On 'Fetal Protection' Law |
March 30 - SUPREME COURT: Lawmakers Seek Bias Shield For Workers Overseas |
April 6 - HEALTH: Family Planning Is Catalyst To a Simmering Feud |
April 6 - Weighing the Price of Enforcement Against the Record of Treatment |
April 13 - Abortion Dispute Entangles Religious Freedom Bill |
April 13 - In Brief |
April 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Bush's Support for Brady Bill Tied to Crime Proposal |
April 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Home-State Senator's Opposition Marked End for Court Nominee |
April 13 - The Pressure's On |
April 13 - When State Challenges Church On Hats, Food and Names |
April 20 - Job Discrimination Legislation Roils Business Community |
April 20 - What HR1 Would Do |
April 27 - CIVIL RIGHTS: With Business Talks Stalled, Bush Holds Best Hand |
April 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Panel OKs Legal Aid Bill |
April 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Swing Voters Under Pressure As Gun Lobbies Rev Up |
April 27 - Negotiators' Legacy |
May 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: A Look at Each Spending Bill -- Commerce-Justice-State |
May 4 - RICO: Perennial Legislation, Perennial Roadblocks |
May 4 - Sponsors of Gun-Control Bills Vie for Procedural Edge |
May 11 - Brady's Solid House Victory Is Gun-Control Milestone |
May 11 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Biden Delays Action on Measure To Curb Crimes Against Women |
May 11 - Metzenbaum Musters Support To Pass Price-Fixing Bill |
May 11 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Trade, Civil Rights Move to Forefront |
May 11 - Where the Votes Fell (chart) |
May 25 - Court, House Abortion Votes Revive Emotional Debate |
May 25 - Democrats Scramble for Cover Under GOP 'Quota' Attacks |
May 25 - Power of the Purse |
May 25 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Deny Prisoners Payment for Testifying |
May 25 - WHAT'S AHEAD: First 1992 Spending Bills Move to House Floor |
June 1 - Behind the Fight Over Quotas Lie Divisive Racial Issues |
June 1 - Civil Rights Milestones |
June 1 - Polls Apart |
June 1 - SECTION NOTES: Court Ruling Revives Debate Over Iran-Contra Hearings |
June 1 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Congress Prepares For a Busy June |
June 8 - 'Civil Rights and Women's Equity' Act A Look at Its Major Provisions |
June 8 - Bill Passes House, not Muster; Next Chance Is in Senate |
June 8 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: The Miranda Ruling: Equality of Justice |
June 8 - Holding the Line - Barely |
June 8 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Mitchell's Role Ups Chances For Gun-Control Proposal |
June 15 - Abortion Counseling Stalled By Parental Notification |
June 15 - ABORTION: AuCoin's Challenge of Packwood Divides Rights Activists |
June 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Bill Eliminates Funding For Democracy Endowment |
June 15 - Blurring Lines |
June 15 - Commerce, Justice, State Spending (chart) |
June 15 - Crime Bills: A Comparison |
June 15 - Feud Over Planned Parenthood |
June 15 - Parties Try To Best Each Other On Tough Stand on Crime |
June 15 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Competing Crime Bills On Senate Floor |
June 22 - CIVIL RIGHTS: Danforth Revises Legislation In Quest for a Compromise |
June 22 - In Crimebuster Sweepstakes High Court Flexes Muscle |
June 22 - SECTION NOTES: Caller-ID Blocking Approved by Panels |
June 22 - SECTION NOTES: House Judiciary Votes To Give Salvadorans More Time |
June 22 - SECTION NOTES: Joint-Production Bill OK'd by House Panel |
June 22 - Senate Begins Annual Ritual Of Toughening Crime Law |
June 29 - A Legacy Imperiled |
June 29 - Another Round on 'Quotas' |
June 29 - Giving the Brady Bill a Try |
June 29 - SECTION NOTES: High Court to Review Timber Agreement |
June 29 - SECTION NOTES: Price-Fixing Measure Advances in House |
June 29 - Senate Wrestles With Crime Bill, Approves Brady Compromise |
June 29 - THE SUPREME COURT: New Justice Likely To Solidify Conservative Grip on Bench |
July 6 - 1990-91 Term Marked by Surge In Conservative Activism |
July 6 - Clarence Thomas |
July 6 - Democrats To Push Thomas On Abortion, Other Views |
July 6 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Bush Announces the Nomination Of Thomas to Supreme Court |
July 6 - The Term's Major Rulings |
July 6 - The Words of Clarence Thomas |
July 13 - Congress Divided Over Repeal Of 1986 Trade Sanctions |
July 13 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Legislative Choices Will Guide Nation |
July 13 - Crime Bill Faces House Fight Over Penalties, Appeals |
July 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Nixon's Appeal Is Rejected |
July 13 - Lifting the Sanctions |
July 13 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Bush Lifts U.S. Sanctions Against South Africa |
July 13 - Public Laws |
July 13 - Senate Crime Bill Features Provisions On Death Penalty, Handguns and Drugs |
July 13 - Status of Major Legislation: 102nd Congress |
July 13 - Thomas Makes Rounds on Hill As Critics Scour Record |
July 20 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Legal Services Bill Advances As Controversy Fades |
July 20 - Public Laws |
July 20 - SECTION NOTES: Tougher Penalties Are Sought For Crimes Against Women |
July 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Panel Challenges Thornburgh Over Right to Documents |
July 27 - PROVISIONS: Senate-Passed Crime Bill |
July 27 - Public Laws |
July 27 - SECTION NOTES: Computer Software, Patent Bills OK'd by Senate Panel |
July 27 - SECTION NOTES: Tougher Drunken-Driving Sentences Sought |
July 27 - TELCOMMUNICATIONS: Panel Promises Quick Action After Baby Bells Ruling |
August 3 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Favors Law Enforcement, Condemns Moscow Embassy |
August 3 - Civil Rights: No Deal |
August 3 - Commerce, Justice, State Spending (chart) |
August 3 - How the Thomas Nomination Differs From the Bork Fight |
August 3 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Panel OKs Crime Bill, Extends Death Penalty |
August 3 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Panel Votes To Narrow Reach Of Anti-Racketeering Law |
August 3 - SECTION NOTES: Committee Sees Growing Need For Bankruptcy Judges |
August 3 - SECTION NOTES: Criminal Penalties Endorsed For Stealing Software |
August 3 - SECTION NOTES: Justice Yields to House, Averting Showdown |
August 3 - The Civil Rights Catch |
August 10 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Bill Would Add 32 Bankruptcy Judges |
August 10 - SOCIAL POLICY: Special Report on Legislative Action in the 102nd Congress |
August 17 - Justice and the Courts |
August 17 - Public Laws |
August 17 - REDISTRICTING: Nation Watches as Texas Struggles To Create Minority Districts |
August 31 - 'The Debate Over Racial Preferences Has Missed the Point' |
August 31 - ABA Weighs In |
August 31 - An Elusive Political Target |
August 31 - Search for Definitive Thomas Turns to the Hearings |
August 31 - Talking Points |
September 7 - Public Laws |
September 7 - What's Ahead for Two Nominees |
September 14 - Deflecting Tough Questions, Thomas Stumps Senators |
September 14 - Minuet With Congress |
September 14 - NOMINATION HEARINGS: Thomas Spars With Committee Over Natural Law, Abortion |
September 14 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Approves Bill To Ease Gaining Of Citizenship |
September 21 - GAMBLING: Bill Would Deal Out Sports Lotteries |
September 21 - NOMINATION HEARINGS: Thomas Concludes Testimony Before Judiciary Panel |
September 21 - SECTION NOTES: House OKs Special Status For Aliens in Military |
September 21 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Panel Approves Bill Extending Tribal Authority |
September 21 - Thomas Hearings Illustrate Politics of the Process |
September 21 - Where Thomas Stands On Constitutional Questions |
September 28 - House Panel Bucks Bush, GOP Over Anti-Crime Measure |
September 28 - SECTION NOTES: Military Immigrant Bill Gets Senate Approval |
September 28 - SUPREME COURT: With a Split Vote Over Thomas, Panel Sends Bush a Message |
October 5 - A Case in Point |
October 5 - Commerce, Justice, State Spending (chart) |
October 5 - Congress Keeps Eye on Justices As Court Watches Hill's Words |
October 5 - CORRECTION: House crime bill. |
October 5 - Key Cases This Term |
October 5 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Civil Rights Commission: Rescued and Reprimanded |
October 5 - THE SUPREME COURT: Thomas Picks Up Support As Senate Nears Vote |
October 5 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Senate's Vote on Thomas Set For Oct. 8 |
October 12 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: The Bohlen Episode: A Study in Scandal |
October 12 - NOMINATION HEARINGS: Thomas Turmoil Sends Senate Into Rage and Renegotiation |
October 12 - SECTION NOTES: House Ready To Open Debate On Omnibus Crime Bill |
October 12 - Thomas Controversy Highlights Gender Gulf on Capitol Hill |
October 12 - Thomas Drama Engulfs Nation; Anguished Senate Faces Vote |
October 12 - Thomas, Hill Make Statements As Panel Begins Hearings |
October 12 - Tracking the Unknown Leaker |
October 19 - A Process Under Scrutiny |
October 19 - Behind the Decisions |
October 19 - Close Confirmation Votes |
October 19 - How They Voted |
October 19 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Members Duel on Crime; Assault-Gun Ban Is Rejected |
October 19 - Political Fallout From Thomas Vote Could Cut Any Number of Ways |
October 19 - SECTION NOTES: Bush Nominates Barr As Attorney General |
October 19 - SECTION NOTES: Justices in Oregon Prod Legislators |
October 19 - SECTION NOTES: Three States Await Justice Verdict |
October 19 - Thomas' Victory Puts Icing On Reagan-Bush Court |
October 19 - Thomas, Hill Field Questions Before Judiciary Committee |
October 26 - Benchmarks |
October 26 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Republicans Lead Charge To Toughen Anti-Crime Bill |
October 26 - Major Differences |
October 26 - Overturning Precedents |
October 26 - Powell v. McCormack (1969) |
October 26 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Bush Hails Civil Rights Accord, Sees 'Joyous Day' for Nation |
October 26 - Public Laws: (Previous public laws, Weekly Report, p. 2580) |
October 26 - Rights Bill Rises From the Ashes Of Senate's Thomas Fight |
October 26 - SECTION NOTES: Conflict of Interest Waiver Approved by House Panel |
October 26 - SECTION NOTES: Crime Prosecution Bill Cleared by House |
November 2 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: The Ongoing Enigma Of Divided Power |
November 2 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate OKs 3-Year Compromise For Civil Rights Commission |
November 2 - SECTION NOTES: Immigrant Applicants Rerouted From INS |
November 2 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Backs Limits On Caller ID |
November 2 - Senate Passes Sweeping Measure To Overturn Court Rulings |
November 2 - Skirmish Over Spin |
November 9 - CIVIL RIGHTS: House Clears Job Bias Measure, With Bush Expected To Sign |
November 9 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: District Bid For Autonomy Still Divides Congress |
November 9 - Out in the Cold |
November 16 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Farragut's Example: Risks and Rewards |
November 16 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Lingering Partisan Disputes Bog Down Crime Measure |
November 16 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Nominee for Attorney General Sails Through Senate Panel |
November 16 - SECTION NOTES: Help Under Way for Workers Excluded From Rights Bill |
November 16 - SECTION NOTES: House Would Restrict Power To Naturalize to Judges |
November 16 - SECTION NOTES: Measure To Ease Immigration Wins Subcommittee Approval |
November 23 - CIVIL RIGHTS: Bush Signs Anti-Job Bias Bill Amid Furor Over Preferences |
November 23 - SECTION NOTES: Crime Legislation Conferees Named |
November 23 - SECTION NOTES: Judiciary Panel Approves Bills On Torture, Entertainer Visas |
November 23 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Confirms Barr As Attorney General |
November 30 - Crime Measure Is a Casualty Of Partisan Skirmishing |
November 30 - SECTION NOTES: House Backs Consolidating Certain Kinds of Lawsuits |
November 30 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes Legislation On Suing Over Torture |
November 30 - SECTION NOTES: Immigration Measures Cleared for Bush |
November 30 - Tough Enough or Too Soft? |
December 7 - PROVISIONS: Civil Rights Act of 1991 |
December 7 - SESSION WRAPUP: SOCIAL POLICY |
December 7 - SUPPLEMENT: A BRIDGE TO AMES |
December 7 - SUPPLEMENT: COMMERCE, JUSTICE, |
December 7 - SUPPLEMENT: Justice Rules Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations |
December 7 - Supplement: Where The Money Goes Commerce, Justice, State - FY 1992 |
December 14 - POLITICAL NOTES: High Court To Consider Hawaii Write-In Law |
December 21 - Political Dance Played Out Through Legal Wrangling |
December 21 - The Landmark Cases On Redistricting |