January 15 - COMMERCE: Debate Over Internet Regulation Rekindled by AOL Mega-Merger |
January 15 - DEFENSE: Gays in Military Resurfaces As Issue for Gore, Bradley |
January 15 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Clinton's Billion-Dollar Proposal For Colombian Anti-Drug Aid Is a Good Beginning, Hastert Says |
January 15 - LAW JUDICIARY: Supreme Court Favors States In Age Bias, Gender Cases |
January 15 - Overruling Congress |
January 15 - Patient Liability Gets an Armey on Its Side |
January 22 - ELIAN'S ODYSSEY: GOP to Push Citizenship Bill In Behalf of Cuban Boy |
January 22 - HEALTH: Managed Care Showdown |
January 22 - SOCIAL POLICY: Guns and 'Roots' of Violence |
January 29 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Mansfield on Leadership, Teamwork And 'Individualism' In Congress |
January 29 - Frustrated by Gridlock in Congress, Groups Take Their Causes to the Courts |
January 29 - HATCH GETS BACK TO BUSINESS: No Rest for a Former Presidential Candidate |
January 29 - LAW JUDICIARY: Citizenship Plan for Cuban Boy Meets Unexpected Resistance Among Republican Lawmakers |
January 29 - LAW JUDICIARY: Supreme Court's Ruling Heartens Supporters Of Campaign Finance Overhaul |
February 5 - BANKING: Conference-Unfriendly Riders Trail Senate Bankruptcy Bill |
February 5 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Traficant Says He'll Take On Justice Probe |
February 5 - LAW JUDICIARY: Panel Approves Liability Curbs For Busineses |
February 5 - NOTEWORTHY: Clinton Expected to Sign Ban on 'Date Rape Drug' Possession |
February 5 - NOTEWORTHY: House Passes Liability Limits for Makers of Durable Goods |
February 12 - JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS: GOP Blocking en Bloc? |
February 19 - LAW JUDICIARY: House Passes Bill to Limit Damages Against Businesses, Drawing Sharp Veto Threat |
February 26 - HEALTH: Case Before Supreme Court Is Likely to Influence Debate On Managed Care Overhaul |
February 26 - LAW JUDICIARY: Bill to Federalize Asbestos Cases Pits GOP and Industry Against Democrats and Trial Lawyers |
February 26 - LAW JUDICIARY: Clemency Notification Bill Approved |
March 4 - LAW JUDICIARY: 4-Year Impasse On Judgeship Appears Over |
March 4 - LAW JUDICIARY: Bill Would Curb Online Alcohol Sales |
March 11 - : GAO Probes FBI Official's Actions In Wen Ho Lee Case |
March 11 - IMMIGRATION: Foreign Tech Worker Bill Readied for Senate Floor; Kennedy Amendments Rejected |
March 11 - LAW JUDICIARY: Congress Urged to Do More To Combat Identity Theft And Ensure Victims' Rights |
March 11 - LAW JUDICIARY: Longstanding Judicial Vacancies Revive 'Smaller Is Better' Crusade |
March 11 - LAW JUDICIARY: Senate Confirms Paez and Berzon To 9th Circuit After Years of Impasse |
March 11 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Asbestos Bill's Racial Aspect Halts Progress |
March 11 - REGULATION: 'Takings' Bill Braces Rights Of Landowners |
March 18 - Gun Laws Gain Prominence In Campaigns as Democrats Seek To Regain Control of Congress |
March 18 - LAW JUDICIARY: House Panel Approves Bill To Federalize Asbestos Cases, But Floor Action Is Unlikely |
March 18 - LAW JUDICIARY: Private Property Rights Bill Passes in House Despite Democrats' Objections to 'Federalization' |
March 18 - LAW JUDICIARY: Secret Service's Authority May Be Broadened |
March 25 - Senate Committee Backs Limits On Federal Power to Seize Private Property Used in Crimes |
April 1 - Asbestos Bill Cools Off |
April 1 - Gore Supports Residency Bill For Cuban Boy |
April 1 - Physician Unionization Measure Gets House Judiciary Approval But Could Face Jurisdictional Hurdles |
April 1 - Senate Passes Asset Seizure Overhaul Bill |
April 1 - Senate Vote Falls Four Short, Killing Flag Amendment For 106th Congress |
April 8 - Artists' Anthem |
April 8 - COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY |
April 8 - Committee OKs Visa-Free Travel Measure |
April 8 - House Panel Approves Bill To Punish Trafficking of Humans and Assist Victims |
April 15 - Bill Requires Government to Show Seized Property Was Used in Crime |
April 15 - Bills Would Make No-Visa Travel Permanent With 29 Industrial Nations |
April 15 - House Clears Asset Seizure Bill to Clinton |
April 15 - House Passes Incentives For States to Strengthen Penalties for Gun Crimes |
April 29 - GAO Unable to Substantiate Many '98 Stories of IRS Abuses |
April 29 - Likely Questions At Elian Hearings |
April 29 - Panel Approves Easing Rule on Small Mergers |
April 29 - Subdued GOP Prepares to Probe Handling of Elian Custody Case |
April 29 - Victims' Rights Amendment Supporters Beat a Tactical Retreat |
May 13 - House Passes Sanctions on Sex Trafficking |
May 13 - Judiciary Panel Set to Approve H-1B Visa Bill |
May 13 - Panel Votes to Reauthorize Grant Programs Under Violence Against Women Act |
May 20 - High Court Further Circumscribes Congress' Power in Ruling On Violence Against Women Act |
May 20 - Senate Panel's Effort to Set Stage For Electric Deregulation Focuses on Reliability, Efficiency |
May 27 - Danner Leaves Missouri Race; Scramble Starts |
May 27 - House Votes to Expand Federal Judges' Gun Rights, Use of Cameras in Court |
June 3 - Congress Considers Taking a Role In Improving Quality of Counsel |
June 3 - Federal Convicts on Death Row |
June 3 - The Death Penalty: Shifting Perspectives |
June 10 - Panel's Controversial Report Is Expected to Galvanize Anti-Terrorism Policy Debate |
June 24 - Aid Backed For Victimized Women |
June 24 - Senate Votes to Expand Federal Hate Crimes; Similar House Action Unlikely |
July 1 - By Reaffirming Miranda Ruling, Supreme Court Underscores Its Willingness to Police Congress |
July 1 - Class Action Lawsuit Overhaul Heads for Senate Floor With Democratic Filibuster Likely |
July 1 - Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Complicates GOP Efforts To Craft 'Partial Birth' Ban |
July 8 - Supreme Court Term Dominated By Confident Rulings Limiting Scope Of Federal and State Governments |
July 15 - Internet Gambling Restrictions Edge Toward House Vote; States' Rights Remain a Concern |
July 15 - Panel OKs Bill to Revamp Antitrust Law |
July 15 - Weary of Juvenile Justice Logjam, Members Move Provisions Separately |
July 22 - A Million for Pets |
July 22 - Bill to Fight Social Security Fraud Given House Panel Approval |
July 22 - House Passes Bill to Authorize More Charity Postal Stamps |
July 22 - Resistance From Three Sides Slows Internet Gambling Ban, But Goodlatte to Seek Another Vote |
July 29 - Bill to Increase Sentences For Smuggling Illegal Aliens Wins House Panel's Backing |
July 29 - Charity Postal Stamps Bill Passed by Senate |
July 29 - House Panel Advances Measure To Better Analyze Criminals' DNA |
July 29 - House Passes Bill to Toughen Penalties for Child Molesters |
July 29 - House Votes to Require Review Of Regulations' Economic Effect |
July 29 - Panel Approves Bill to Subject OPEC to Antitrust Laws |
July 29 - Senate Passes Bill To Combat Sex Trafficking |
September 2 - Bill to Protect Religious Groups In Land-Use Disputes Is Cleared for Clinton's Signature |
September 9 - Liberals Play Up Election's Impact on Supreme Court |
September 16 - House Subcommittee Moves Bill Raising Threshold for Permission To Tap E-Mail, Cell Phones |
September 16 - Panel OKs Bill To Ban College Sports Betting |
September 16 - Vote to Expand Hate Crimes Law May Back House GOP Leaders Into Politically Uncomfortable Corner |
September 23 - Bill to Protect Electronic Privacy Sparks Panel Debate on the Scope Of Surveillance Conducted by Police |
September 23 - Commerce Panel Approves Bill To Curb Violent TV Shows During Family Viewing Hours |
September 23 - Drive for H-1B Visas Could Provide Vehicle for Other Immigration Bills |
September 23 - House Votes To Repeal Music Measure |
September 23 - Juggling Business' Agenda And Immigrants' Interests |
September 30 - Limits Voted On Tracking Of E-Mail |
September 30 - Partisan Wrangling Over Immigration Unlikely to Block Senate Passage Of High-Tech Worker Visa Bill |
September 30 - Senators Pan Entertainment Industry's Plan to Shield Children From Violence, But Legislation in Doubt This Year |
October 7 - Bill Calls for GAO Review Of New Federal Rules |
October 7 - CJS Conferees Haggle Over Peacekeeping, Tobacco, Immigration; Ban on Honoraria for Judges Retained |
October 7 - House Backs HIV Testing of Alleged Rapists |
October 7 - House Passes Measure To Help States Process Backlog of DNA Evidence |
October 7 - Internet Privacy Protection Bill Appears Dead for the Year |
October 7 - Panel Likens Missing E-Mail To Watergate |
October 14 - Commerce, Justice, State Spending Remains Hung Up on Immigration, Tobacco, FCC Licensing Proposals |
October 14 - Move to Raise H-1B Visa Fees Heading to President |
October 14 - Panel's Limited Immunity Grant May Not Shield Shuster From Federal Prosecution |
October 14 - Senate Clears Crime Bill Reauthorizing Violence Against Women Act and Criminalizing Trafficking in Persons |
October 21 - Baucus Sued By His Former Chief of Staff |
October 21 - Supreme Court Refuses to Hear D.C. Congressional Rights Case |
November 4 - Central American Immigration Remains Central Sticking Point In Negotiations on C-J-S Bill |
November 4 - Treasury-Postal Bill in Play Following Veto |
December 9 - Commodities Law Rewrite Still Alive |
December 9 - House Passes Bill to Speed Testing of DNA Evidence |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Anti-Crime Package |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Asbestos |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Assisted Suicide |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Civil Asset Forfeiture |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Class Action Lawsuits |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Commerce, Justice, State |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Flag Desecration |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Gun Control |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: H-1B Visas |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Hate Crimes |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Judicial Appointments |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Methamphetamine |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Other Immigration Issues |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Religious Expression |
December 16 - 2000 Legislative Summary: Victims' Rights |
December 16 - Immigration Deal Frees CJS Bill |