 January 2 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Impeachment's Long Shadow |
| January 2 - IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: Chief Justice May Be Just Another 'Juror' |
| January 9 - A Determined Prosecution |
| January 9 - After Historic Swearing-In, Duty Trumps the Party Line |
| January 9 - Clinton's String of Modest Proposals Softens Focus on Impeachment Trial |
| January 9 - First Impeachment Offers Insight On Framers' Intentions |
| January 9 - Senate Strives for Dignity |
| January 9 - The Articles of Impeachment |
| January 9 - The Ultimate Sanction? |
| January 9 - With Great Difficulty, Senate Devises A Blueprint for Proceedings |
| January 16 - Correction: First Impeachment |
| January 16 - Debate To Decide Clinton's Fate Still Likely To Be Held in Secret |
| January 16 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Another State of the Union Message: Government Not Distracted by Impeachment |
| January 16 - Looking Ahead |
| January 16 - Party Lines Threaten To Prevail Over Pride, Friendship in Senate |
| January 16 - Senate Confronts Two Constituencies: History -- and the Voters in 2000 |
| January 16 - The 13 House Republicans Making The Case Against Clinton |
| January 16 - The Paper Trail, Jan. 11 - 15, 1999 |
| January 16 - Trial Takes On a Hybrid Character When Politicians Are Jurors |
| January 16 - What's Ahead |
| January 23 - A Loquacious Retired Senator And Blue-Chip Lawyers Defend Clinton |
| January 23 - Defense Focuses on Facts |
| January 23 - ETHICS: Smith Assumes Ethics Post As Probe of Shuster Expands To Include 3 Past Campaigns |
| January 23 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Clinton and His Troubles: Equals in Staying Power |
| January 23 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: As Events Buoy Clinton, Senators Seek a Graceful Exit |
| January 23 - IMPEACHMENT: Bumpers' Conclusion: The People 'Are Calling on You To Rise Above Politics . . . Above Partisanship' |
| January 23 - IMPEACHMENT: Hyde's Summation: 'We Must Never Tolerate One Law for the Ruler And Another for the Ruled' |
| January 30 - A Will of Their Own |
| January 30 - Activist President Presses On in Hope Of Tempering History's Judgment |
| January 30 - As the Economy Goes, So Goes The Presidency -- or Vice Versa? |
| January 30 - Challenge for the GOP: Conserve Ideals Without Losing Majority |
| January 30 - Clinton's Woes May Turn 'Character' Into a Hot Campaign Issue |
| January 30 - Democrats Say Foreign Policy Suffers, But GOP Says 'Life Goes On' |
| January 30 - Exit Strategies Divide Senate |
| January 30 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: Supreme Court Ruling Offers Little Hope For Ending Census Sampling Debate |
| January 30 - IMPEACHMENT: House's Rationale for Witnesses: Testimony 'Will Lend Greater Coherence and Understanding' |
| January 30 - Law That Empowers Starr Is Also on Trial This Year |
| January 30 - Looking Beyond the Trial |
| January 30 - Partisan Tensions, Already High, Are Unlikely To End When Trial Does |
| January 30 - Senate Limits Witnesses, Begins Push Toward Finishing Trial |
| January 30 - TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS: Court Ruling on Local Phone Market May Prompt Telecom Law Rewrite, Battle Over FCC Reauthorization |
| January 30 - What's Ahead |
| February 6 - Delay's Financial Disclosures Conflict With His Trial Deposition |
| February 6 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: Senate Gropes for Another Way To Record Disapproval of Clinton |
| February 6 - REGULATION: Judge Blocks Internet Smut Law, Reopening Child-Access Debate |
| February 6 - Sponsors of Gingrich Course Cleared of Tax Law Violations |
| February 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS: As Hill Considers Law's Failings, Companies See Their Opening |
| February 13 - Chart: How Senators Voted |
| February 13 - Clinton's Popularity Up Despite His Plight |
| February 13 - Clinton's Public Reaction: Humility, Regret |
| February 13 - Democrats Vow To Turn Up the Heat In House Managers' Districts |
| February 13 - From the Editor |
| February 13 - HEALTH: Texas' HMO Liability Law: The Jury Is Still Out |
| February 13 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: GOP's Case for Rule of Law Came to a Political End |
| February 13 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: GOP's Recovery Strategy: Get Back to Legislating |
| February 13 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: Impeachment's Future: Just Another Political Weapon? |
| February 13 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: Senate Acquits Clinton |
| February 13 - Investigating the Investigator |
| February 13 - Senate Blocks Censure, Ending Trial Without a 'Unifying Statement' |
| February 13 - Senators Explain Their Votes |
| February 13 - SIDELINE ON IMPEACHMENT: Today's Scandal, Tomorrow's Nostalgia |
| February 13 - Three Besieged 'Minority Presidents' |
| February 20 - Bar Association Finds Shift In Crime-Fighting Authority |
| February 20 - Hatch Reignites Complaints Over Bill Lann Lee Appointment |
| February 20 - IMPEACHMENT WATCH: With the Clinton Case Closed, Whom Might Congress Judge Next? |
| February 20 - INDUSTRY & REGULATION: Microsoft Amasses Forces For Its Next Fight -- In Congress |
| February 20 - Judge in Jones Suit May Hold President in Contempt |
| February 27 - Census Controversy Continues With Plan for Dual Count |
| February 27 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Senators Say Independent Counsel Law Should Lapse if Not Radically Changed |
| March 6 - DEFENSE: 'Homeland Defense': Mobilizing Against Terrorism |
| March 6 - FINANCE: House Bill Would Extend Chapter 12 |
| March 6 - Hearings on Olympic Scandal Scheduled for April in Senate |
| March 6 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Administration Opposes Renewal Of Independent Counsel Act, Citing Diminished Public Trust |
| March 6 - ONE MEMBER'S CRUSADE: Back on the Track Of Wine Warning Labels |
| March 6 - Plane Crash Compensation Bill Passes |
| March 6 - Supreme Court Gratuities Case May Affect Congressional Rules |
| March 13 - House Bill Would Strengthen Trademark Protection Overseas |
| March 13 - House Passes Extension Of Chapter 12 Bankruptcy |
| March 13 - REGULATION: Protecting Medical Records: Privacy vs. 'Progress' |
| March 20 - Reno Latest Witness To Oppose Independent Counsel Law |
| March 27 - BANKING: House Bankruptcy Bill Debate Centers on Credit Card Issuers |
| March 27 - Courts Have Extended Sex Bias Law's Reach |
| March 27 - EDUCATION: Gender Equity in Sports: Will Hastert Go to the Mat? |
| March 27 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Lawmakers Say President Is Doing Little To Carry Out New Religious Freedom Law |
| March 27 - TECHNOLOGY: Senate Panel Approves Bill To Limit Lawsuits Arising From Y2K Computer Problem |
| April 3 - A Guide to the Next Shutdown |
| April 10 - COMMERCE: As Hearings on IOC Gear Up, Senators Call Proposed Reforms For Olympic Selection Inadequate |
| April 10 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Clinton's Deals With GOP on Judgeships Stir Discontent Among Democrats |
| April 10 - Trials of the Unconfirmed: A Look at Stalled Nominations |
| April 17 - Bankruptcy Overhaul Facing House, Senate Markups |
| April 17 - Constitutional Amendment On Tax Increases Is Rejected |
| April 17 - Drive for Flag Desecration Amendment Revs Up Once Again |
| April 17 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Independent Counsel Holds No Brief For the Law That Empowered Him |
| April 24 - 'Obscene' E-mail Ban Upheld |
| April 24 - BANKING & FINANCE: Bankruptcy Bills Move In Partisan Fits and Starts |
| April 24 - Correction: Judicial appointments |
| April 24 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Colorado Rampage Impels A Search for New Methods To Combat Juvenile Crime |
| April 24 - LAW & JUDICIARY: With Senate Prospects Improving, Flag Protection Amendment Moves Through Committees |
| May 1 - BANKING & FINANCE: House, Senate Bankruptcy Bills Leave Showdowns for the Floor |
| May 1 - COMMERCE: Cloture Vote on Y2K Liability Is a Win for Bill Opponents, But No One Is About To Yield |
| May 1 - Correction: Juvenile Crime |
| May 1 - ETHICS: Justices Reject Broad View of Gratuities Law |
| May 1 - Gambling Restrictions To Be Proposed |
| May 1 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Lott, Other Gun Control Foes On Defensive in Aftermath Of Colorado School Killings |
| May 1 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Senate Panel Adopts Flag Amendment |
| May 1 - Lawsuit Dropped After CEO Of Netscape Quits Internet Panel |
| May 1 - REGULATION: Clinton, Tobacco Foes Cheer Court's Decision To Hear Case on FDA's Authority |
| May 8 - BANKING & FINANCE: House Passes Bankruptcy Overhaul Bill |
| May 8 - COMMERCE: House Is Ready To Limit Y2K Suits, But Administration's Opposition, Skepticism in Senate Portend Trouble |
| May 8 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Juvenile Crime Bill Heads Straight To the Senate Floor And a Battle Over Gun Control |
| May 15 - A More Immigrant-Friendly Tone Resounds on the Campaign Trail |
| May 15 - Beyond the V-Chip: New Proposals For Restraining Media Violence |
| May 15 - COMMERCE: White House Seeks To Reshape Y2K Liability Legislation As Battle Moves to Senate |
| May 15 - ENVIRONMENT: Court Voids EPA's Rules On Air Quality |
| May 15 - ETHICS: House Panel Issues Warning To DeLay |
| May 15 - FIRE WHEN READY: NRA More at Home in the House |
| May 15 - LAW & JUDICIARY: GOP Casts a Kinder Eye On 'Huddled Masses' |
| May 15 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Seesaw Struggle Over Gun Control Imperils Senate's Juvenile Crime Bill |
| May 15 - Senate Panel Votes To Ban Most Domestic On-Line Betting; Offshore Operations Spotlighted |
| May 15 - YAKETY YAK (DON'T TALK BACK): It's Not Only Rock and Roll, It's a Living |
| May 22 - High Court Upholds Minority Districts |
| May 22 - House Votes To Put a Check On U.N. Land Programs |
| May 22 - How Tragedy Changed Votes |
| May 22 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Gun Control Backers Get Upper Hand As Senate Passes New Restrictions |
| May 22 - Lott's Tactics Come Under Fire After Gun Control Vote |
| May 22 - News of Georgia School Shootings Undercuts GOP Strategy in House |
| May 22 - Panel Suggests Replacement For Independent Counsel Law |
| May 22 - Panel Votes To Toughen Penalty For Copyright Infringement |
| May 22 - Senate Panel Approves Curbs On Sweepstakes Mailings |
| May 22 - TECHNOLOGY: With Tech Industry's Backing Intact, Y2K Liability Bill Gathers Momentum |
| May 29 - COMMERCE: Internet Copyright Bill Advances But Faces Sudden Challenge From Less Punitive Measure |
| May 29 - Constitutional Amendment On Victims' Rights Advances |
| May 29 - Correction: Juvenile Crime |
| May 29 - Customs Bill Passes After Pay Debate |
| May 29 - HEALTH: Right to Sue, Other Provisions Stall Senate Medical Privacy Bill; Deadline Extension Floated in House |
| May 29 - House Condemns China Rights Abuses |
| May 29 - House Tries Another Tack On Religious Expression |
| May 29 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Flag Burning Amendment Yet Waves |
| May 29 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House GOP Embrace of Gun Curbs Not Yet Lock, Stock and Barrel |
| May 29 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Panel Approves Bill To Speed Up Patent Process, With Tweaks To Protect Inventors' Ideas |
| May 29 - The Speaker's Promise |
| June 5 - BANKING AND FINANCE: Bankruptcy's Platinum Issue: Are Credit Cards To Blame? |
| June 5 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House GOP Goes Own Way On Crime Bill |
| June 12 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce-Justice-State Bill Runs Smoothly Through Panels But Could Slip on Senate Floor |
| June 12 - Chart: Gun Control Provisions Compared |
| June 12 - Judicial Bypass |
| June 12 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Hastert's Gun Control Package Faces Fusillade of Criticism from Both Parties |
| June 12 - TECHNOLOGY: Senate Poised To Pass Compromise Y2K Measure; Hatch Discounts Veto Threat |
| June 19 - COMMERCE: Barton Calls for Action On Electricity Deregulation Despite Daunting Problems |
| June 19 - COMMERCE: Encryption Bill OK'd; Security Still an Issue |
| June 19 - COMMERCE: Web Gambling Is the Target Of Senate Bill |
| June 19 - Democrats' Frantic Maneuvering Ultimately Comes To Naught |
| June 19 - Hatch's Impasse With Clinton On Nominations Seems Over |
| June 19 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Beyond Guns and Violence: A Battle for House Control |
| June 19 - Milestones in Gun Control |
| June 19 - TECHNOLOGY: Failure To Win Veto-Proof Senate Majority Tempers GOP's Triumph on Y2K Bill |
| June 19 - TILTING AT WINDMILLS: Independent Senators |
| June 19 - TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL G: Dreier Steers Gun Bill Around Rules Pitfalls |
| June 26 - 'Everyday Maladies' Excluded From Disabilities Act |
| June 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Treasury-Postal Bill Defends Intellectual Property, Lets Hill Pay Raise Stand |
| June 26 - Correction: Juvenile Crime |
| June 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Again Sends Senate Constitutional Amendment To Outlaw Flag Desecration |
| June 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Backs Hyde's Effort, Passing Bill To Curb Abuse In Federal Property Seizures |
| June 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Latest Supreme Court Rulings Reinforce the Federalist Trend |
| June 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Religious Protection Bill Moves Forward |
| June 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Who Polices Politicians After Counsel Law Expires? |
| June 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: With Crime Bill Ready for Conference, Gun Control Issue Still Hovers And Democrats Try To Regroup |
| June 26 - Liability-Sharing Bill Approved To Help Space Launch Industry |
| June 26 - Senate Votes To Delay Release Of Chemical Accident Scenarios |
| June 26 - SOCIAL POLICY: Panel Votes To Criminalize Aid to Minors in Evading Abortion Notification Laws |
| June 26 - TECHNOLOGY: Encryption Bill Approved As Stevens Appeals for Caution In Era of 'Cyber-Warfare' |
| June 26 - TECHNOLOGY: GOP Sits Down With White House After Businesses' Plea To Avert 'Catastrophe' on Y2K Liability |
| June 26 - TRADE: Textile Industry Torn Over Survival Strategy |
| July 3 - ABORTION: House-Passed Ban on Evasion Of Parental Notification Laws Faces Senate Procedural Hurdles |
| July 3 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Senate Passes Trademark Protection Bill |
| July 3 - Political Maneuvering May Give Campaign Finance Issue a Boost |
| July 3 - Sen. Smith To Block Gun Measures |
| July 3 - Senate Bill Seeks To Accelerate FCC Review of Telecom Mergers |
| July 3 - Senate Confirms Summers At Treasury as Rubin Departs |
| July 3 - Special Counsel Rules Unveiled |
| July 3 - TECHNOLOGY: With Clinton Agreeing to Caps on Damages, Y2K Liability Legislation Clears Senate |
| July 17 - BY THE NUMBERS: Conceding Nothing on Abortion |
| July 17 - FTC Opposes Federal Regulation Of Internet Privacy |
| July 17 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Passes Bill To Limit States' and Localities' Power To Curb Religious Activities |
| July 17 - Rhetoric but Little Action on Gun Control |
| July 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: Austere Commerce-Justice-State Bills Move Through Congress |
| July 24 - COMMERCE: Intended To Protect Minors, Bill on Internet Alcohol Sales Is Stage for Industry Showdown |
| July 24 - Lott Tries To Work Around Obstructions To Youth Crime Bill |
| July 24 - What the Y2K Law Will Do |
| July 31 - APPROPRIATIONS: Republicans Lament Spending Caps, Then Advance an Array of Cuts In Commerce-Justice-State Bill |
| July 31 - Chairman Steps Up Pressure For Documents in Hatch Act Case |
| July 31 - HEALTH: Bill To Tighten Regulation Of 'Date Rape' Drugs Moves Forward in House |
| July 31 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Bill Would Allow TV in Court |
| July 31 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Names Negotiators, But Juvenile Crime Bill Will Lag New School Year |
| July 31 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Senate Poised to Prohibit Misuse Of Brand Names in Web Addresses; Separate Trademark Bill Clears |
| August 7 - 'Date Rape' Drug Penalties Gain House Committee Approval |
| August 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce-Justice-State Bill Passes Despite Long List of Criticisms From Clinton Administration |
| August 7 - Bill Promises Protections For Federal Subcontractors |
| August 7 - Christian Coalition Wins Key Ruling |
| August 7 - COMMERCE: Curb on Sale Of Alcohol On-Line Passes |
| August 7 - Electric Utility Deregulation Won'T See Action Before Fall |
| August 7 - House Bill Would Create Office To Combat Sexual Trafficking |
| August 7 - House Panel Approves Screens To Save Salmon In Northwest |
| August 7 - House Panel, Justice Department Spar Over Huang Testimony |
| August 7 - House Passes Tougher Penalties For Theft Of Intellectual Property |
| August 7 - House Passes Tougher Penalties For Theft Of Intellectual Property |
| August 7 - House Votes To Postpone Ergonomics Rules |
| August 7 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Juvenile Crime Bill Conferees Begin Quest for Middle Ground On Gun Control Proposals |
| August 7 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Senate Passes Penalties For Misuse of Trademarks In Internet Addresses |
| August 7 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Senate To Begin Work on Patent Overhaul Bill |
| August 7 - Methamphetamine Crackdown Approved By Senate Judiciary |
| August 7 - Oil, Steel Loan Guarantees Cleared |
| August 7 - Panel Approves Class-Action Bill That Would Benefit Defendants |
| August 7 - Senate Clears Limits On Access To Chemical Spill Scenarios |
| August 7 - Senate Panel Holds Hearings On Two Ex-Im Bank Nominees |
| August 7 - Senate Passes Bill To Clarify Rules On Sweepstakes Mailings |
| August 14 - Clinton, Hatch Spar Over Judgeships |
| September 4 - LAW & JUDICIARY: FBI Admissions Revive Uproar Over Handling of Waco Standoff; Hyde Won't Join Burton in Hearings |
| September 4 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Lawmakers Rethink Assumptions About Politics of Gun Control |
| September 4 - TECHNOLOGY: Chart: Internet Bills Multiply |
| September 4 - TECHNOLOGY: Regulating the Internet: Congress Asserts Domain |
| September 4 - Washington Notes |
| September 11 - Annals of the Drug War |
| September 11 - Assisted Suicide Measure Slows in House Judiciary |
| September 11 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: McCain-Feingold's Next Move? |
| September 11 - Clinton Presses For Privacy Law |
| September 11 - FOREIGN POLICY: Hastert Leads the Charge In Colombia Drug War |
| September 11 - House Opposes Clemency For Puerto Rican Nationalists |
| September 11 - Interior Lawyer's Opinion Becomes Focus of Debate |
| September 11 - INVESTIGATING THE FBI: Danforth the Senator: A Blend Of the Lawyerly and the Righteous |
| September 11 - LAW & JUDICIARY: GOP Leaders Press Waco Probes Despite Danforth's Appointment To Head Independent Inquiry |
| September 11 - Lawmakers Have Second Thoughts About Drug War 'Certification' Law |
| September 11 - Voices and Stances In Colombia Policy Debate |
| September 18 - Clinton Won't Fully Comply With Clemency Subpoena |
| September 18 - Lott Seeks To Force Action On Stalled Bankruptcy Bill |
| September 18 - SOCIAL POLICY: Assisted-Suicide Ban Approved By House Judiciary Panel; Senate Filibuster Threatened |
| September 18 - White House Misses Deadline For Relinquishing Waco Papers |
| September 25 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Senate GOP Leaders Expand Agenda of Investigations Again, This Time To Bipartisan Annoyance |
| September 25 - House Bill Would Limit Liability Of Machine Tool Manufacturers |
| September 25 - Justice Files Fraud Lawsuit Against Tobacco Industry |
| September 25 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Gun Control Compromise Remains a Distant Prospect, But Hyde Vows To Keep Trying |
| September 25 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Narrow House Passage of Bill To Federalize Many Class Actions Heartens Supporters and Critics |
| September 25 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Partisan Impasse May Block Confirmation Votes on Judges For Remainder of Session |
| October 2 - Business and Society Notes |
| October 2 - Chart: Juvenile Crime Bills Compared |
| October 2 - House Passes Fetal Protection Bill, But Abortion Foes Throw Weight Behind Other Legislative Priorities |
| October 2 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Juvenile Crime Bill Conferees To Meet as Optimism Rises For a Deal on Gun Control |
| October 2 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Victims' Rights Amendment Advances |
| October 2 - Specter Runs Into Resistance Over Attempt To Subpoena Reno |
| October 9 - Bill Orders Safety Board To Aid Train Wreck Victims' Families |
| October 9 - BLILEY VS. COBLE: Dispute Over Database Protection No Love Match |
| October 9 - Conference on Juvenile Crime Awaits House Negotiations |
| October 9 - HEALTH: Liability: Courts in the Lead |
| October 9 - HEALTH: Momentum, for the Moment |
| October 9 - House Clears Farm Bankruptcy Bill |
| October 9 - House Passes Increase in Aid To Victims of Child Abuse |
| October 9 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Uproar Over Rejected Jurist May Doom Other Nominations |
| October 9 - Specter's Subpoena Request Gets Blocked Again |
| October 16 - 'Date Rape' Drugs Targeted In House-Passed Measure |
| October 16 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Senate Task Force Disbanded; Probe of Justice Department Handed to Judiciary Panel |
| October 16 - ENVIRONMENT: House Panel Moves Modest Superfund Bill |
| October 16 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Independent Counsel Closes Babbitt Inquiry |
| October 16 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Leaders' Quest for Compromise On Gun Control Legislation Yields No Breakthroughs |
| October 16 - TECHNOLOGY: Panel Approves E-Signature, Trademark Bills |
| October 23 - 'WE FEEL GOOD': Facing Uncertain Odds, Gambling Industry Draws an Inside Straight |
| October 23 - APPROPRIATIONS: CJS Compromise Speeds Toward A Final Confrontation |
| October 23 - Justice Department Bent Rules On FALN Clemency, Hatch Says |
| October 23 - Product Liability Bill Debated |
| October 23 - Religious Freedom Commission Calls for More Sudan Sanctions |
| October 23 - SOCIAL POLICY: As Senate Passes 'Partial-Birth' Ban, One Side Sees Victory Within Reach, The Other Sees a Campaign Issue |
| October 30 - Child Abuse Prevention Bill Wins Senate Judiciary Approval |
| October 30 - Government Reform Panel Grants Immunity to Huang |
| October 30 - HEALTH: Clinton Issues Medical Privacy Guidelines |
| October 30 - House Bill Attacks Deception In Sweepstakes Mailings |
| October 30 - Judges Dismiss Suit Seeking To Redraw South Florida Districts |
| October 30 - SOCIAL POLICY: Doctor-Assisted Suicide Ban On Sen. Nickles' Priority List Following Passage by House |
| October 30 - Standoff on Nominations Intensifies |
| October 30 - TECHNOLOGY: House Passes Bill To Protect Names on Web |
| November 6 - 'Drug Kingpin' Sanctions Pass House |
| November 6 - BANKING: Bankruptcy Bill Teetering In Senate |
| November 6 - BANKING: Wall Street's Concerns Slow Patent Bill |
| November 6 - Bill To Resolve Asbestos Claims Won't Move Until Next Session |
| November 6 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Federal Probe of Shuster Ends With Ex-Aide's Plea to One Charge |
| November 6 - Crackdown on Deceptive Mailings Wins House Passage |
| November 6 - House Judiciary Committee Approves Stalker Legislation |
| November 6 - INDUSTRY & REGULATION: Panel Works On Two-Part Liability Bill |
| November 6 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Gun Control Compromise Unattainable for This Year; GOP Sees Advantage in Delay |
| November 6 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Panel Approves INS Breakup |
| November 6 - TECHNOLOGY: House Panel Moves Internet Gambling Ban |
| November 6 - What's Ahead |
| November 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: U.N., Abortion Snag CJS Bill |
| November 13 - Bill To Halt Human Trafficking Moves |
| November 13 - Business and Society Notes |
| November 13 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: GOP Concludes Politics Affected Clemency Offer |
| November 13 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Senate Postpones Final Vote On Intelligence Authorization To Clarify Antidrug Provision |
| November 13 - INDUSTRY & REGULATION: Microsoft Antitrust Case Has Hill Weighing Its Role In High-Tech Regulation |
| November 13 - Law and Judiciary Notes |
| November 13 - Parents' Pilgrimage to the Hill Fails To Revive Hate Crimes Measure |
| November 13 - Partisan Standoff Continues In Probe of Justice Department |
| November 13 - Senate Backs Sweeping Drug Curbs |
| November 13 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS: House Passes Bill To Allow E-Signatures |
| November 13 - Witness Trie Given Immunity In 1996 Campaign Finance Probe |
| November 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Clinton, GOP Split Difference On COPS, Other Programs In Commerce-Justice-State Bill |
| November 20 - BANKING: Bankruptcy Rewrite Dead For the Year |
| November 20 - Date Rape Bill Passes In Senate; Expected To Clear Next Year |
| November 20 - GOP Gets Power for Subpoenas In Probe of Justice Department |
| November 20 - Internet Gambling Ban Wins Senate Approval |
| November 20 - Senate Clears Copyright Bill Targeting Software Theft |
| November 20 - Senate Passes E-Signature Bill, Setting Up Tough Conference |
| November 20 - Truth-in-Sweepstakes Bill Ready for Clinton's Signature |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Abortion - 'Partial Birth' Ban |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Abortion - Assistance to Minors |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Appropriations - Commerce-Justice-State |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Executive Branch - Impeachment |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Assault on Fetus |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Assisted Suicide |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Civil Asset Forfeiture |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Class-Action Lawsuits |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Copyright Infringement |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Date Rape Drugs |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Famous Trademarks, Madrid Protocol |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Flag Desecration |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Independent Counsel |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Judges |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Juvenile Crime/Gun Control |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Patent Overhaul |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Religious Expression |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law and Judiciary - Victims' Rights |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Technology and Communications - Electronic Signatures |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Technology and Communications - Encryption |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Technology and Communications - Internet Gambling |
| November 27 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Technology and Communications - Y2K Liability |
| December 4 - Clinton Waives Abortion-Related Restrictions on Foreign Aid |
| December 31 - Bills Signed |
| December 31 - INHOFE PROMISES AN IMPASSE ON JUDGESHIPS: No Rest for the Recess Appointment Combatants |
