January 2 - 103rd CONGRESS: Committee Rosters Judiciary - 21:14 |
January 16 - ETHICS: Legal Cloud Lifted From Robb: Grand Jurors Say 'No' |
January 16 - ETHICS: McDade Cites Constitution In Dismissal Motion |
January 16 - ETHICS: Rostenkowski Asks To Plug Leaks |
January 16 - Ruling Favors Blockaders |
January 16 - SECTION NOTES: Clinton Seeks To Avert Influx of Haitians |
January 16 - SUPREME COURT: Senate Impeachment Powers Upheld by Justices |
January 23 - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: Baird's Wrenching Withdrawal Mars the Inaugural Week |
January 23 - What the Law Says |
January 23 - What They Said |
January 30 - SECTION NOTES: Clinton Contacts Biden About Attorney General |
January 30 - SECTION NOTES: Supreme Court Denies Death Row Appeals |
January 30 - SECTION NOTES: Thurgood Marshall Honored In Congress' First Bill |
February 6 - ETHICS: New Trial Begins For Rep. Ford |
February 6 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Still More Baby Sitter Problems In Attorney General Search |
February 13 - Clinton's New Choice Is Reno; Search Din Dies Down |
February 13 - District Court Hears Argument Over Letting Delegates Vote |
February 13 - Female and Minority Appointments |
February 13 - IRAN-CONTRA: Walsh Says Pardon Thwarted New Evidence on Arms Deals |
February 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Clinton's Unexpected Bequest: Judgeships Bush Did Not Fill |
February 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Downsizing of Drug Czar Office Draws Mixed Reviews |
February 13 - SECTION NOTE: Rostenkowski Loses Motion on Leaks |
February 20 - Special Report: Clinton's Program -- Law Enforcement |
February 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Controversy Over Ford's Trial Could Have Repercussions |
February 27 - REDISTRICTING: High Court Says State Courts Get First Shot at Remaps |
February 27 - SUPREME COURT: Administration Holds to Policy Of Haitian Repatriation |
March 6 - CIVIL RIGHTS: Hate-Crimes Bill Drawing Reluctant Opposition |
March 6 - REDISTRICTING: Court's Redistricting Ruling Draws Mixed Reaction |
March 6 - SUPREME COURT: At Issue: 1991 Law On Civil Rights |
March 13 - Hush-Hush Ruled a No-No |
March 13 - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: Reno's Confirmation Was Easy; The Hard Work Lies Ahead |
March 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Independent Counsel Revision Gets Panel's Approval |
March 13 - Senate Shares the Risk In Packwood Probe |
March 13 - SUPREME COURT: Louisiana Law Invalidated |
March 13 - THE HOUSE: Partial Victory for Democrats On Delegate Voting |
March 20 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Immigration Bridge's Ups and Downs |
March 20 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Religious Freedom Bill Wins Subcommittee Approval |
March 20 - SECTION NOTES: Anti-Discrimination Bill Tailored to Wards Cove |
March 20 - SECTION NOTES: FBI Would Be Aided By Two Bills |
March 20 - The Justice in Retrospect |
March 20 - White's Exit Gives Democrats 1st Appointment in 26 Years |
March 27 - Debating 'Special Treatment' |
March 27 - ETHICS: Post Office Probe Moves Ahead; U.S. Attorneys Nearly Gone |
March 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Independent Counsel Revision Survives Partisan Fight |
March 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Nominee Expected Before Summer |
March 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Panel Approves Bill To Limit State Curbs on Religion |
March 27 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Strongly Reiterates Support for Yeltsin |
March 27 - SECTION NOTES: FBI Phone Access Bill Approved by Panel |
April 3 - ABORTION: Clinton's Funding Ban Repeal May Leave States in Charge |
April 3 - ETHICS: Rostenkowski Material Sought; Ex-Kolter Aide Pleads Guilty |
April 3 - ETHICS: Sen. Durenberger Indicted In Condo Rental Deal |
April 3 - FEDERAL EMPLOYEES: Court Says Honoraria Ban Violates Free Speech |
April 3 - SUPREME COURT: Fight for Funds Shifts to Hill |
April 3 - SUPREME COURT: N.D. Abortion Law Goes into Effect |
April 10 - THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET: Justice |
April 17 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Advice and Consent: Senate's High Duty |
April 17 - REDISTRICTING: Census Undercount Allowed To Stand |
April 24 - Gun Rights and Restrictions: The Territory Reconfigured |
April 24 - How Americans Feel About |
April 24 - Pending Bills |
April 24 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Defends Action In Waco, Orders Probe |
April 24 - REDISTRICTING: Supreme Court Considers Racially Conscious Map |
April 24 - SECTION NOTES: Armored Guards' Gun Permits Would Be Simplified |
April 24 - TAXES: Court: Writeoff On Lists OK |
April 24 - The Brady Bill and Beyond |
April 24 - The Shift at the Local Level |
April 24 - Waco Ricochet |
May 1 - ETHICS: Bank Users Didn't Check Behavior |
May 1 - First Issue for Packwood Case: Can Senators Lie To Win? |
May 1 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Drug Czar Brown Is Welcomed Amid Criticism of Clinton |
May 1 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Waco Tragedy Sparks New Look At Guns and Law Enforcement |
May 1 - Overlapping Jurisdictions |
May 8 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Judiciary Endorses Religious Freedom Bill |
May 8 - SECTION NOTES: House Counsel Ross To Join Law Firm |
May 8 - SECTION NOTES: Judge Upholds Indictment Of Rep. McDade |
May 8 - VOTING REGISTRATION: House OKs 'Motor Voter' For Final Senate Vote |
May 15 - CORRECTION: Confederate Group. |
May 15 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Religious Freedom Bill On Way to Passage |
May 15 - Much-Maligned 'Soft Money' |
May 22 - CLARIFICATION: 'Soft Money' |
May 22 - HEALTH: NIH Bill Codifies Alien HIV Ban |
May 22 - Hubbell, Nominee for No. 3 Job, Quizzed About All-White Club |
May 22 - Public Laws |
May 22 - PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: The Court Up Close |
May 22 - SECTION NOTES: Two Bills Set New Rules For Foreign Residents |
May 29 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Bill Would Combat Sex Crimes |
May 29 - SECTION NOTES: Refugee Resettlement Office Authorized Through FY 1994 |
May 29 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Confirms Hubbell, Other Justice Officials |
May 29 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Clinton Reported Ready To Nominate Justice |
June 5 - Clinton: Differing Views Led Him to Pull Drop Guinier |
June 5 - Guinier's Excerpts and Quotes |
June 5 - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: Withdrawing Guinier Nomination A No-Win Situation for Clinton |
June 12 - Clinton Closes In on a Nominee; Choices Winnowed to Two |
June 12 - Judges Not - Till They Be Judged |
June 12 - Putting Politicians on the Court |
June 12 - SECTION NOTES: Effort To Knock Down Insurance Law Fails |
June 12 - SECTION NOTES: High Court Rules in Favor Of Religious Activities |
June 12 - SECTION NOTES: Judge Rules Haitian Detainees Must Be Released |
June 12 - SECTION NOTES: Supreme Court Upholds Hate Crimes Law |
June 19 - A Constitutional Question |
June 19 - Clinton Nominates Ginsburg To Supreme Court |
June 19 - Clinton's Choice of Ginsburg Signals Moderation |
June 19 - In Her Words: Ginsburg on Abortion Confirmation Process, Equal Rights |
June 19 - INDIAN AFFAIRS: Bill Would Aid Tribal Courts |
June 19 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Ginsburg, Economy, Budget Encourage Upbeat Clinton |
June 19 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court nominee |
June 19 - SECTION NOTES: Georgia Runoff Law Upheld by Court |
June 19 - SECTION NOTES: High Court Favors Religion In Church-State Case |
June 19 - SECTION NOTES: Supreme Court To Decide Abortion Clinic Case |
June 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Panel Cuts Spending In Commerce, Justice Bill |
June 26 - Commerce, Justice, State Spending (chart) |
June 26 - Despite Republican Concerns, Panel OKs Clinic Protections |
June 26 - LABOR: Pension Law Bill To Aid States |
June 26 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Panel Approves Revival Of Independent Counsel Law |
June 26 - SECTION NOTES: Impeachment Process Set For Convicted Judge |
June 26 - SUPREME COURT: Haitian Policy Sanctioned; Refugee Groups Object |
July 3 - APPROPRIATIONS: Border Patrol Gets Increase; Other Law Programs Cut |
July 3 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Judge Ginsburg's Role On a Divided Court |
July 3 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Harris an Advocate For Prison Moms |
July 3 - SECTION NOTES: High Court Shifts Direction On Asset Forfeiture |
July 3 - TRADE: Court Ruling Jeopardizes Approval of NAFTA |
July 10 - REDISTRICTING: Ruling Leads To Action In Louisiana Case |
July 10 - Some Answer, Some Don't |
July 10 - THE SUPREME COURT: Ginsburg Hearings Pose Test: How Far Can Questions Go? |
July 17 - Ginsburg's Abortion Anomaly: Support for Rights, Not Roe |
July 17 - Judiciary Committee Rejects White House Travel Inquiry |
July 17 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Acheson Questions To Be Aired Later |
July 17 - Quiet Confirmation Expected |
July 17 - Ruth Ginsburg: Carving a Career Path Through Male-Dominated Legal World |
July 17 - The Likely Questions |
July 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: Overseas Programs Fare Poorly In Commerce, Justice Bill |
July 24 - COVER STORY: The Rostenkowski Powerhouse Groomed No Heirs Apparent |
July 24 - ETHICS: Bustamante Guilty Of Taking Bribe |
July 24 - Ginsburg Marches Past Hearings On Near-Certain Path to Court |
July 24 - History of Stamps for Cash |
July 24 - HOUSE POST OFFICE: Former Postmaster Pleads Guilty; Documents Detail Alleged Scam |
July 24 - Identifying 'A' and 'B' |
July 24 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Clinton Picks Freeh for FBI After Ousting Sessions |
July 24 - NOMINATION HEARINGS: Ginsburg Adroit, Amiable But Avoids Specifics |
July 24 - Probe Hasn't Slowed Rosty |
July 24 - Public Laws |
July 24 - Stamp Embezzlement Scheme Points to at Rostenkowski |
July 31 - Battle Over Gay Ban Policy Moves Into the Courts |
July 31 - Commerce, Justice, State Spending (chart) |
July 31 - ETHICS: Rostenkowski's Postage Buys Rose After 'Cash-outs' Ended |
July 31 - Ginsburg and Freeh Cruise Through Senate Panel |
July 31 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Measure Would Increase Hate-Crimes Sentence |
July 31 - NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Announces Policy On Illegal Immigration |
July 31 - REFUGEES: Clinton's Immigration Changes Aim To Stop Abuses |
August 7 - ETHICS: Durenberger Says Tests Clear Him |
August 7 - ETHICS: Republicans Demand Probe Of Post Office Charges |
August 7 - ETHICS: Senate Panel Delays Report On Revising Case Review |
August 7 - GOP Bars Indicted Leaders |
August 7 - INDIAN AFFAIRS: Bills on Tribal Courts Go to Conference |
August 7 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Mavroules Serving; Smith Sentenced |
August 7 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Moves Fast On FBI Nominee |
August 7 - SECTION NOTES: D.C. Statehood Measure Advances in House |
August 7 - SUPREME COURT: Ginsburg's Easy Confirmation Means More Time To Prepare |
August 14 - Constitutional Doubts Bedevil Hasty Campaign Finance Bill |
August 14 - CRIME: Democrats' New Proposal Seeks Consensus by Compromise |
August 14 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Subcommittee Votes Against Civil Procedure Changes |
August 14 - PROVISIONS: Campaign Finance Provisions |
August 14 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Confirms Freeh As FBI Director |
September 11 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Panel OKs Torture Suits |
September 18 - ABORTION: Blockades and Violence Propel Clinic Access Bill Forward |
September 18 - Congress Prepares To Close Legal Loopholes for Itself |
September 18 - Key Legislation That Doesn't Apply In Full to Congress or Its Employees |
September 18 - SECTION NOTES: Bankruptcy Code Overhaul Would Speed Process |
September 18 - SECTION NOTES: Independence Is Advanced For Administrative Judges |
September 25 - IMMIGRATION: Refugee Ceiling About the Same |
September 25 - LAW ENFORCEMENT: House Hate Crimes Measure Would Increase Sentences |
September 25 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Brooks, Biden Offer Crime Measures |
September 25 - SECTION NOTES: Clinton's Judge Nominees Begin To Began to Face Congress |
September 25 - SECTION NOTES: House Approves Grants To Prosecute DWIs |
October 2 - On the Docket |
October 2 - SECTION NOTES: INS Nominee Meissner Gets Warm Welcome |
October 2 - SECTION NOTES: Judiciary Antitrust Hearings Go Into Extra Innings |
October 2 - SUPREME COURT: Tension Between Court, Congress Reflected in Civil Rights Cases |
October 2 - Voting Rights v. Redistricting |
October 9 - Fourth and Last |
October 9 - INVESTIGATIONS: Former Sergeant at Arms Guilty of Embezzlement |
October 9 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Despite New GOP Interest, Counsel Bill Languishes |
October 9 - Public Laws |
October 9 - SECTION NOTES: Dellinger Near Confirmation For Legal Counsel Job |
October 9 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Strikes Trial Changes, Approves Arbitration Bill |
October 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Restore Funding For D.C. Crime Initiative |
October 16 - Crime Bill Comparison |
October 16 - CRIME: Work Expected To Begin On Anti-Crime Bills |
October 16 - SECTION NOTES: Pentagon Suspends Gay Ban Under Judge's Order |
October 16 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Approves Meissner As INS Commissioner |
October 16 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Confirms Dellinger; Napolitano Still on Hold |
October 23 - Commerce, Justice, |
October 23 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Taming the Watchdog: A New Role For Inspectors General? |
October 23 - IMMIGRATION: House Panel Would Curtail Political Asylum Claims |
October 23 - INVESTIGATIONS: Prosecutors To Continue Rostenkowski Probe |
October 23 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Measure Aims to Prevent Gun Sales to Minors |
October 23 - Packwood Rebuffs Subpoena For Private Diary Entries |
October 23 - SECTION NOTES: Early Retirement Bill Targets Police and Firefighters |
October 23 - SECTION NOTES: Lawmakers Give Drug Czar Lukewarm Response |
October 23 - SECTION NOTES: Reno Warns TV Industry To Curb Violence |
October 23 - SECTION NOTES: Supreme Court To Review Base-Closing Law |
October 23 - SECTION NOTES: Whistleblower Bill Renews Office of Special Counsel |
October 23 - TEXAS: Hutchison Trial Faces Delay Over Flawed Indictment |
October 30 - Anti-Crime Bill Chronology |
October 30 - INDIAN AFFAIRS: House Approves Lumbee Bill |
October 30 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Brooks Puts Six Easier Pieces On Anti-Crime Program |
October 30 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Passes Bill Strengthening Religious Freedom Protections |
October 30 - Packwood Subpoena Arguments |
October 30 - Public Laws |
October 30 - SECTION NOTES: After Delay, House Appoints Inspector General |
October 30 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Reinstate Redress In Pension Fund Lawsuits |
October 30 - The Brady Bill Goes It Alone |
November 6 - Brady Bill Goes to House Floor |
November 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Panel Approves Bill To Ease Copyright Requirements |
November 6 - Lining Up Legal Arguments |
November 6 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Broaden Access Of FBI to Phone Records |
November 6 - SECTION NOTES: House Adopts Senate Language On Religious Freedom Bill |
November 6 - SECTION NOTES: Thumbs Down From House On Civil Rules Changes |
November 6 - Voters, Weary of Violence, Prompt Crime Bill Action |
November 13 - Congress Responds to Violence; Tackles Guns, Criminals |
November 13 - Hitting Back at Youth Crime |
November 13 - Judge Orders Payment In Lawsuit Over Data |
November 13 - PRODUCT LIABILITY: Measure Protecting Sellers Advances |
November 13 - TRANSPORTATION: Senate Commerce Approves Bill Aimed at Teen Drunk Drivers |
November 20 - ABORTION: Bills To Criminalize Intimidation At Abortion Clinics Approved |
November 20 - AUTHORIZATION: Congress Reinforces Gay Ban As Court Assaults Continue |
November 20 - ETHICS: Packwood Eyeing Resignation |
November 20 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senators Set Aside Suspicions, Vote for Counsel Law Renewal |
November 20 - SECTION NOTES: Tribal Self-Governance Program Approved by Senate Panel |
November 20 - The Brady Bill Push in the Senate |
November 20 - Tough-Minded Senate Adopts Crime Crackdown Package |
November 27 - Brady Bill Goes to the Brink, But Senate Finally Clears It |
November 27 - COMMERCE: Congress Clears Two Measures Updating Copyright Laws |
November 27 - ETHICS: Court Hearing Set for Dec. 16 On Packwood Subpoena |
November 27 - House Passes Anti-Crime Bills; More Debate in the Offing |
November 27 - Plans Abound for Savings |
November 27 - SESSION WRAP-UP NOTES: Bill Would Allow Grants For Arson Control |
November 27 - SESSION WRAP-UP NOTES: Cleared Tribal Justice Bill Quadruples Payment |
November 27 - SESSION WRAP-UP NOTES: Federal Court Arbitration Likely To Be Extended |
November 27 - SESSION WRAP-UP NOTES: Senate Confirms Napolitano As Arizona's U.S. Attorney |
November 27 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Health Care to the Fore Upon Congress' Return |
December 4 - RECESS NOTES: Packwood Fires Lawyer, Hires Criminal Defense Attorney |
December 4 - WHAT'S AHEAD: Packwood, Agriculture, Families on Agenda |
December 11 - ETHICS: Justice Department May Seek New Durenberger Indictment |
December 11 - ETHICS: Packwood Invokes Fifth Amendment |
December 11 - SUPPLEMENT: WHERE THE MONEY GOES |
December 11 - SUPPLEMENT: WHERE THE MONEY GOES Commerce, Justice, State -- Fiscal Year 1994 |
December 11 - SUPPLEMENT: WHERE THE MONEY GOES CRIME AND PEACE -- Fiscal Year 1994 |
December 11 - SUPPLEMENT: WHERE THE MONEY GOES Spotlight on Academic Earmarks -- Fiscal Year 1994 |
December 18 - 1993 KEY SENATE VOTE 14: Crime Bill/Assault Weapons |
December 18 - 1993 KEY SENATE VOTE 15: Handgun Control |
December 18 - 1993 KEY SENATE VOTE 6: Supreme Court Nomination |
December 18 - Judge Seizes Packwood Diaries As Panel Expands Probe |
December 18 - KEY HOUSE VOTE 12: Handgun Control |