 January 4 - GOP Faces Turning Point In Handling Race Relations |
| January 4 - Lott Remark Could Intensify Focus on Civil Rights Record Of Future Judicial Nominees |
| January 11 - Bush Challenges Senate Democrats With Judicial Renominations |
| January 11 - Frist Starts Up Steep Learning Curve In Taking Unpredictable Senate's Reins |
| January 18 - Ginsburg on Eldred v. Ashcroft |
| January 18 - Long Wait for 'Aimee's Law' Yields Little Except Frustration |
| January 18 - Supreme Court's Copyright Ruling Could Mean Broad Powers for Congress |
| January 25 - Illinois Death Row Release Stirs Hill Debate on Scope Of Post-Conviction DNA Testing |
| January 25 - President's 5-Percent Gesture Reignites Battle Over Black College Funding |
| February 1 - AMA Renews Ties to GOP |
| February 1 - No Letup in Judiciary Wars As Party-Line Vote Advances Disputed Estrada Nomination |
| February 8 - Estrada Debate Evokes History of Fortas Filibuster |
| February 8 - Fiscal 2004 Budget: Branches of Government |
| February 8 - Fiscal 2004 Budget: Justice |
| February 8 - Lack of Democratic Commitment Could Give Estrada a Leg Up |
| February 8 - Parties' Different Approaches To Medical Liability Crisis Make Quick Fix Unlikely |
| February 15 - Adding a New Veil of Secrecy |
| February 15 - Estrada Battle Just Part of the War Over Who Controls U.S. Judiciary |
| February 15 - Fiscal 2003 Omnibus: Commerce, Justice, State |
| February 15 - Tough 'Son of Patriot' Draft Raises Hackles of Civil Libertarians |
| February 22 - Democrats' Anti-War Lawsuit Faces Daunting Legal Precedent |
| February 22 - Making a Case Against War |
| March 1 - A Fourth Democrat Lines Up Behind Estrada Nomination As GOP Senators Push for a Vote |
| March 1 - California Malpractice Limits Have Kept Premiums in Check |
| March 1 - Cloning Issue a Welcome Pulpit For One Crusading Senator |
| March 1 - For First Time, Fighting Odds For Malpractice Awards Cap |
| March 1 - Long Road for Liability Limits |
| March 1 - Parties Spar Over 'Voluntary' Program for Reporting Errors |
| March 8 - Bill Targets 'Lone Wolf' Terrorists |
| March 8 - Bill Would Close Book on Book Borrowing |
| March 8 - Concealed-Weapons Legislation Moved by Senate Judiciary |
| March 8 - Contentious Estrada Vote Not Likely to Set Precedent |
| March 8 - Ideological Turnabout Surfaces Over Medical Malpractice Legislation |
| March 8 - Partisan Feud Over Estrada Tests Resolve, Unity of Parties in the Senate |
| March 15 - Backers Vow to Keep Abortion Provision Off Battle-Worn Bankruptcy Rewrite |
| March 15 - Doctors Paying the Price For Progress |
| March 15 - Doctors Protest Rising Insurance Rates |
| March 15 - GOP Leaders Speed Up Pace on Debate of Judicial Nominees, With More Cloture Votes to Come |
| March 15 - House-Passed Cap on Malpractice Awards Returns to Historically Harsh Senate |
| March 15 - Medical Malpractice: Are Lawsuits Out of Control? |
| March 15 - Santorum Taking Advantage Of His High-Visibility Position |
| March 15 - Utah Dad Faces Off With Sensenbrenner |
| March 22 - Bankruptcy Overhaul Measure Shows Most Promising Odds Ever Despite Resistance in Senate |
| March 22 - Despite Criticism, GOP Leaders Stand Firm On AMBER Bill Strategy |
| March 22 - House Action Redux on Pledge of Allegiance |
| March 22 - Third Vote Can't Charm Lawmakers |
| March 29 - Owen Judicial Nod Moves Forward, But War Quiets Estrada Debate for Now |
| March 29 - Sensenbrenner's Strategy on AMBER Alert Could Pay Other Legislative Dividends |
| April 5 - Growing List of Critics Challenge Expansion of Foreign Surveillance Law |
| April 5 - No Waiting Period: Firearm Lawsuits Bill Keeps a Speedy Pace to the House Floor |
| April 5 - Surveillance Court: Too Secret for Comfort? |
| April 12 - AMBER Child Crimes Bill Clears, Propelled by News and Strategy |
| April 12 - Amendments Threats Put FISA on Hold |
| April 12 - Bush Nominee for Appeals Court Faces Senate Democrats Poised To Play Filibuster Card Again |
| April 12 - Class Action Lawsuit Measure Advances Amid Heavy Lobbying, Concern Over State Law |
| April 12 - Gun Lobby Recharged by House Victory |
| April 19 - House Ethics Committee Sets Sights on Regulations To Curtail Gift, Travel Abuses |
| April 19 - Interest Groups Make Sure Lawmakers Know the 'Score' |
| April 19 - Irish Musicians Will Receive Royalties Thanks to Settlement of EU Dispute |
| April 19 - Judiciary Committee Agenda Disrupted by Partisan Acrimony |
| April 19 - Supreme Court Vacancy Rumor Adds Stress to Judiciary Panel |
| May 3 - Budget Amendment Revived |
| May 3 - More Judicial Nominee Battles Likely As Wins Fuel Both Parties' Resolve |
| May 10 - A New Level of Acrimony in Parties' War of Procedure |
| May 10 - A Non-Precedent Precedent on Filibusters |
| May 10 - Democrats Take Careful Aim When Attacking Nominees |
| May 10 - Flag Protection Amendment Stirs Again |
| May 10 - House Bill Hits Web Gambling Through Credit Card Companies |
| May 10 - Senate OKs Expanded Power To Spy on Foreign Terrorists; Critics Call Scope Too Broad |
| May 17 - Bid to Curb Nominee Filibusters Tests Limits of GOP Risk-Taking |
| May 17 - DeLay Causes Stir on Gun Bill |
| May 17 - Drug Office Reauthorization Includes Homeland Security |
| May 17 - Senate Bill Would Prevent Genetic Discrimination |
| May 24 - Capitol Takes Cautious Approach To Filtering Lawmakers' E-Mail |
| May 24 - Child Abuse Prevention Bill Approved |
| May 24 - Class Action Bill Moves to Uncertainty |
| May 24 - Drug Office Reauthorization Delayed by Advertising Dispute |
| May 24 - Hatch May Lose on Risky Move to Push Through Asbestos Legislation |
| May 24 - House to Vote On Desecration Amendment |
| May 24 - Is 'There Oughta Be a Law' a Real Answer to 'Spam'? |
| May 24 - Judiciary Panel Votes to Boost Patent and Trademark Fees |
| May 24 - Misuse of Genetic Information Is Target of Senate Privacy Bill |
| May 24 - Pay Raise for Federal Judges, Optional Courtroom Cameras Approved by Senate Judiciary |
| May 24 - Prohibitions on Mass Mailings |
| May 31 - Liberals, Conservatives Both Bracing for a Supreme Court Vacancy |
| June 7 - Ashcroft Urges Expanded Power To Prosecute as He Mends Fences With House Judiciary Members |
| June 7 - Campaign Finance Case On Fast Track |
| June 7 - Court Challenge a Sure Thing For 'Partial Birth' Abortion Ban |
| June 7 - Flag Desecration Amendment Provokes Patriotic Fervor But Little Senate Action |
| June 7 - Judicial Nominations Fight Moves to Senate Rules Panel as Frist Takes On the Filibuster |
| June 7 - Roe Provision Likely to Go |
| June 7 - Rulings on Congressional Power |
| June 7 - Souder's Crusade for the Kids |
| June 14 - Appeals Court Nominee Pryor Leaves Democrats Respecting His Frankness, Not His Views |
| June 14 - Class Action Bill Stands Chance For Passage, But Differences Remain Between House, Senate Versions |
| June 14 - Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary: Contentious Topics Have Gone Away |
| June 14 - Legislation Delves Into Thorny Question: States' Immunity vs. Intellectual Property |
| June 14 - Senate Judiciary Approves Crime Victims' Rights Proposal |
| June 21 - 'Spam' on Senate Floor Menu |
| June 21 - Child Abuse, Adoption Measure Cleared for Bush Signature |
| June 21 - Democratic Ad Bytes Bush On Supreme Court Vacancy |
| June 21 - Hatch Has Tough Job Ahead of Him To Gain Understanding and Support For Asbestos Compensation Bill |
| June 28 - Hatch Pushes Hard for Accord On What Claimants Would Get From No-Fault Asbestos Fund |
| June 28 - High Court Ruling on Internet Filters Acknowledges Power of the Purse |
| June 28 - Senators Uneasy With Proposal to Alter Filibuster Rule on Judicial Nominations |
| July 5 - Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage In the News, But Not (Yet) on a Fast Track |
| July 5 - Court of Federal Claims Is 'Off the Radar' |
| July 5 - Feinstein Compromises on Asbestos Legislation -- But She Has Her Limits |
| July 5 - Making Law Is Job No. 1 For California's Thomas |
| July 5 - Senate Critics Question Need To Fill Court of Federal Claims |
| July 5 - Supreme Court to Review Charge of Gerrymandering In GOP Pennsylvania Remap |
| July 12 - Blue Slips Seen in New Light |
| July 12 - Hatch's Deal-Cutting on Asbestos Claims Bill Could Be Deal-Breaker |
| July 12 - House C-J-S Bill Glides Through Appropriations Subcommittee, But Tougher Decisions to Come |
| July 12 - National Drug Control Office Reauthorized by Panel |
| July 12 - Nominations Stalled by Senators |
| July 12 - Patent and Trademark Fees Increase Bill Approved |
| July 12 - Prison Rape Measure Advances Through House Judiciary Panel |
| July 12 - Senate GOP Sees Political Mileage in Failed Medical Malpractice Vote |
| July 12 - Senate Traditions a Casualty in Judicial Nominees Spat |
| July 19 - Abortion Foes' Busy Agenda |
| July 19 - Abortion Rights Advocates Spurn Fetus Protection Bill |
| July 19 - Nominee Pryor Becomes Secondary In Partisan Fight Over His Nomination |
| July 19 - Opposition to FCC Media Ruling Thwarts C-J-S Bill's Easy Passage Through Spending Panels |
| July 26 - C-J-S Spending Bill Becomes Venue For Wide Range of Policy Disputes |
| July 26 - Despite Lack of Direction, Forestry Bill Gains Approval From Senate Committee |
| July 26 - Frist Keeps Microphone in Easy Reach Before No-Chance Consent Request |
| July 26 - House Moves to Eliminate Search and Seizure Portion of Anti-Terrorism Law |
| July 26 - Partisan Ire at Boiling Point In Judicial Nominations Battle After Senate Panel Approves Pryor |
| July 26 - Senate Panel Moves Bill to Make Video Voyeurism a Federal Crime |
| August 2 - Religion Takes Center Stage In Fight Over Judicial Nominees |
| August 2 - Tobacco Tax Evasion Ban Advances |
| August 9 - Bill Covers 'Narco-Terrorism' |
| August 9 - Tobacco Company Protests Farmer Buyout Bill |
| August 30 - Fall Agenda: Bankruptcy Overhaul |
| August 30 - Fall Agenda: Civil Justice Overhaul |
| August 30 - Fall Agenda: Unborn Victims |
| August 30 - Justices Revisit Campaign Finance |
| August 30 - Management of Asbestos Legislation Slipping Away From Judiciary Chairman |
| August 30 - Pending Constitutional Amendments in the 108th Congress |
| August 30 - Players in Asbestos Debate |
| August 30 - Same Bench, but McCain-Feingold Law Still Faces Uncertain Fate in High Court |
| August 30 - Senate Judiciary Next Stop For Victims' Rights Debate |
| September 6 - Bush Threat to Veto Reversal Of New Media Ownership Rules Has Few Lawmakers Quaking |
| September 6 - Estrada's Exit Renews GOP's Judicial Resolve |
| September 6 - Senate Aims to Press for Torts Amid Spending Bill Crush |
| September 6 - Stall Expected On Victims' Rights Bill |
| September 13 - Bill Threatens California Privacy Law |
| September 13 - Campaign Finance Law's Future Uncertain After Day in Court |
| September 13 - House Judiciary Panel Approves Justice Department Reauthorization |
| September 13 - House Panel Moves to Stop Punitive Bail Practices |
| September 13 - Legislators Hesitant to Expand Law Enforcement Authority as Comity Wanes on the Hill |
| September 27 - Despite Congress' Best Efforts, Separate Court Rulings Put 'Do Not Call' Registry on Hold |
| September 27 - Locals Only, Please: Maryland's Senators Take On Bush Pick for Circuit Court |
| September 27 - New Copyright Royalty Regulation Established in Bill |
| September 27 - Runaway Children's Center Subject of Reauthorization Bill |
| September 27 - Traditional Gun Issue Opponents Join on Background Check Bill |
| September 27 - White House Pushes Increased Prosecution of Crimes Despite Apprehension on Hill |
| October 4 - Both Parties Find Political Benefit From Battle Over Judicial Nominees |
| October 4 - Legislation to Expand Genetic Testing Illustrates Success of Bipartisan Spirit |
| October 11 - Adoption Incentives Bill Passes by Voice Vote in House |
| October 11 - House Panel Gives Quick Nod to Bill To Increase Inmates' Access to DNA Tests |
| October 18 - Database Piracy Bill Approved By Judiciary Subcommittee |
| October 18 - High Court to Revisit Internet Pornography Law |
| October 18 - Hostettler's Play to Limit Courts' Scope A Tough Sell in Room Full of Lawyers |
| October 18 - Scaled Back Trust Fund Likely To Aid Asbestos Measure |
| October 25 - 'Partial Birth' Abortion: A Long Legislative History |
| October 25 - Aggrieved Senate Democrats Waylay Class Action Measure |
| October 25 - As Senate Passes Anti-Spam Bill, House Continues Its Battle Over Definition and Enforcement |
| October 25 - Cleared 'Partial Birth' Ban on Fast Track to Court |
| October 25 - Senate Judiciary Narrows Bill Focusing on Legal Citizenship |
| November 1 - Citing Privacy, House Rejects Job Status Bill |
| November 1 - Crafting an Omnibus Spending Bill: Power Trumps Popular Will |
| November 1 - GOP Leaders Ponder Payback For Democrats' Blocking Of Bush Judicial Nominees |
| November 8 - Conservatives Balk at Cost, Impact on Death Penalty Of Senate's DNA Testing Bill |
| November 8 - House Moves to End Practice That Gives Preferential Treatment to Prison-Produced Goods |
| November 8 - Senate GOP Risks Backlash With 30-Hour 'Talkathon ' On Judicial Nominees |
| November 15 - Judicial War Far From Over |
| November 15 - Senate Takes Page From P.T. Barnum, With Santorum in Center Ring |
| November 15 - Strategies on Judicial Nominations for 2004 |
| November 15 - Talkathon a Practice for 2004 |
| November 29 - Ban Extended On Firearms Made of Plastic |
| November 29 - Measure Closing Loophole For Officers' Benefits Clears |
| December 6 - Islamic Group Sues Rep. Ballenger For His Remarks About Terrorism |
| December 6 - Policy Riders Slow C-J-S Bill |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Asbestos Liability |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Bankruptcy Overhaul |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Class Action Overhaul |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Counterterrorism |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Crimes Against Children |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: DNA Testing |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Fetal Protection |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Flag Desecration |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Gunmaker Liability |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Intelligence Authorization |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Judicial Selection Process |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Medical Malpractice Limits |
| December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Victims' Rights Constitutional Amendment |
| December 13 - Senate Tightens State Tax Laws For Certain Tobacco Retailers |
| December 13 - Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Core Campaign Finance Provisions |
