January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Appropriations: Commerce-Justice-Science |
January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Executive Branch: Cabinet Nominations |
January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Legal Affairs: Freedom of Information Act Rewrite |
January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Legal Affairs: Judicial Nominees |
January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Legal Affairs: Patent Law Overhaul |
January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Legal Affairs: Rights of Military Detainees |
January 14 - Baseball Brandishes Lobbying Clout on Eve of Steroids Hearings |
January 21 - Major League Baseball Officials Agree To a Congressional Antidrug Proposal |
January 21 - Savafian's Case Gets Some Fresh Scrutiny |
January 28 - Courts & the Law: The Balloter's New Burden |
February 4 - Lack of Answers From Mukasey Prompts Delay of Deputy Job Vote |
February 4 - Senators Debate Judges' Salaries, Outside Earnings |
February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Justice |
February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: The Judiciary |
February 18 - Five Questions for Kathryn Kolbert, President for People for the American Way |
February 18 - House Holds Bush Aides in Contempt, Readies Civil Lawsuit for Compliance |
February 18 - Looking for A Last Best Day in Court |
February 18 - Rolling the Dice on Internet Gambling |
February 25 - Courts & the Law: The World Is Watching |
February 25 - Justice Bites Watchdog Group |
February 25 - Reps. Renzi and Shadegg Give Arizona a Wild Week |
February 25 - Sorting Out Settlements In Terrorism Suits |
March 3 - Bidders Avoiding Auction of Spectrum for First-Responder Network |
March 3 - Democrats Pull Housing Bill Over Gun Vote |
March 3 - Domestic Surveillance Timeline |
March 3 - Homeowner Relief Measure StallsOver Bankruptcy Restructuring Plan |
March 3 - House Dismisses Challenge to Buchanan Election |
March 3 - House Panel Subpoenas Former Ohio Election Official |
March 3 - Lawmakers Want Investigation of Clemens' Steroid Testimony |
March 10 - Coast Guard Rethinks Its 'Can Do' Spirit |
March 10 - Senate Panel OKs Bill That Would Allow Cameras in Federal Court |
March 10 - Trial Lawyers and Tort Reforms Can't Be Friends |
March 17 - House Democrats Sue White House Over Bolten, Miers Subpoenas |
March 17 - House Panel Backs R1 Visa Program Bill |
March 17 - Intelligence Reauthorization Stalls in House Over Interrogation |
March 17 - Media: High Court, Low Profile |
March 17 - Revised FISA Bill Sneaks Through House |
March 24 - Courts & the Law: Campaigning on the Court |
March 24 - Lobbying Firm Tied to Abramoff Scandal |
March 24 - Where the Law Can't Reach |
March 31 - Bush Officials Brace for a Day in Court |
March 31 - Law Firms Go for the Green |
March 31 - Lobbyists Get Lawyered Up |
April 14 - AIPAC Lobbyist Case Proves a Headache |
April 14 - Democrats File Summary Judgment Motion in Suit Against Miers, Bolten |
April 21 - Courts & the Law: Stones Left Unturned |
April 28 - Action on Wage Discrimination Bill Held Up in Senate After Cloture Fails |
April 28 - Robocalls Causing Static for Politicians |
April 28 - Senate Bill Responds to Heavy Use of State Secrets Privilege by Bush |
May 5 - House Passes Bill Making Permanent Antitrust Exemption for Financial Aid |
May 5 - Intel: Lost in the Reshuffle |
May 5 - New Intellectual Property Czar Is Centerpiece of Copyright Measure |
May 5 - Rail Antitrust Break Would End Under Bill |
May 12 - Cheney's Chief of Staff Subpoenaed As Panel Probes Interrogation Policy |
May 12 - House Panel Keeps Torture Language Out of Intelligence Authorization Bill |
May 12 - The Role of 'Judicial Activism' |
May 12 - War Zone Crimes: Accountability MIA |
May 19 - Bill to Fight Drug Trafficking in Mexico, Central America Approved by Panel |
May 19 - Courts & the Law: On Its Face, as Applied |
May 26 - Card Traffic Flying Under Regulatory Radar |
May 26 - DEA Museum Features 'Drug Kingpins Across the Decades' |
May 26 - House Judiciary Subpoenas Rove in Probe of Siegelman Prosecution |
May 26 - Justice Under Mukasey: Gonzales, Take Two |
June 16 - Byrne Law Enforcement Program Is Approved in House Judiciary Panel |
June 16 - Courts & the Law: Liberty, Equality, Matrimony |
June 16 - Deal on FISA Immunity Issue Reportedly Reached |
June 16 - DNA Collecting, Processing Program Wins House Judiciary Panel Support |
June 16 - Executive Privilege: See You in Court |
June 16 - Kucinich Resolution to Impeach President BushIs Sent to Committee, Where It Is Likely to Be Ignored |
June 16 - Panel Devises 'Comprehensive Plan' to Protect Elderly From Abuse |
June 16 - Some Progress Made on Stalled Judicial Picks |
June 23 - House Panels Move to Protect Disabled |
June 23 - Major Supreme Court Rulings on ADA |
June 23 - Reauthorization of Byrne Grants Moves in House |
June 23 - Senate Panel Ups Ante on Byrne Grants |
June 30 - 'Millionaire's Amendment' in Finance Law Struck Down by Supreme Court |
June 30 - C-J-S Bill Keeps Census Bureau Waiting |
June 30 - Guns Ruling Augurs Barrage of Lawsuits |
June 30 - House Bill Seeks Better Oversight of Teen Facilities |
June 30 - House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Justice Records |
June 30 - House Solidly Backs Byrne Grants Over White House Resistance |
June 30 - House Takes Aim at 'Illegal Catch-22' in Americans With Disabilities Act |
June 30 - Judicial Votes Likely to Be It for the Year |
June 30 - Leatherman Gifts Too Sharp for ATF |
June 30 - Panel Seeks to Curb 'National Security' Letters |
June 30 - Senate FISA Debate Delayed Until Next Week |
June 30 - Subcommittee Authorizes Subpoena for Ex-Official |
July 7 - Obama Friendly Fire at NRA |
July 14 - Bill Protecting E-mail Records Passes |
July 14 - Courts & the Law: Damage Controlled |
July 21 - Byrne Law Enforcement Grants Bill Cleared With $1.1 Billion Annually |
July 21 - House Oversight Panel Delays Vote on Mukasey Contempt Citation |
July 21 - Impeachment Resolution Sent to Judiciary Panel |
July 21 - Measure to Update Fraud Law Approved by House Judiciary |
August 4 - Commerce Chief To Get Appointing Power |
August 4 - Five Questions for Mary Batchelor, Director Principle Voices |
August 4 - Judge Supports Subpoenas for Bolten, Miers |
August 4 - Panel Votes to Cite Rove With Contempt |
August 4 - Senate GOP Holds Media Shield Bill at Bay |
September 1 - Sin in the Twin Cities |
September 8 - Abramoff Sentenced to Four Years in Prison |
September 8 - Appeals Court Stays Judge's Order On Subpoenas for Bolten and Miers |
September 8 - Immigration Courts Struggling to Keep Up |
September 8 - Judge Rules Stevens' Trial Will Take Place in Washington |
September 8 - New FOIA Office Stuck in Washington Gridlock |
September 15 - Finance Committee Approves Adoption Incentives |
September 15 - House Oversight Panel Approves Gun Regulations Rewrite for D.C. |
September 15 - Judge Won't Dismiss Charges Against Alaska's Sen. Stevens |
September 15 - Measure to Redefine 'Disability' Under ADA Nears Completion |
September 15 - Panel Approves Protection Measures for Elderly |
September 15 - Second Chance Programs Quietly Gain Acceptance |
September 22 - Committee Agrees to Consider Impeachment of Judge |
September 22 - Courts & the Law: Pols at the Poles |
September 22 - House Clears Bill Clarifying Disabilities Act |
September 22 - House Clears Bill Targeting Identity Theft |
September 22 - House Votes to Let Former POWs Sue Iraq for Gulf War Torture |
September 22 - House Votes to Revise D.C. Gun Law |
September 29 - Bill Would Simplify Child Pornography Prosecutions |
September 29 - Choppy Waters for Anti-Piracy Pact |
September 29 - Judiciary Panel OKs Subpoena for Mukasey |
September 29 - Senate Clears Bill to Probe Unsolved Civil Rights Cases |
September 29 - Senate Majority Whip Objects to D.C. Gun Legislation |
October 6 - Mukasey Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate U.S. Attorney Firings |
October 13 - Prosecution Rests in Stevens Trial |
October 20 - The Brethren Get the Bill |
November 3 - Alaska's Legal Problem |
November 10 - 111th House Committees: Judiciary |
November 10 - 111th Senate Committees: Judiciary |
November 10 - No Rush to Tackle Torts |
November 10 - Victory May Not Save Stevens' Seat |
November 24 - Lawyers Busy in Close Congressional Races |
November 24 - Obama's Cabinet Starts to Take Shape |
December 15 - Salary Rollback for Secretary of State Cleared to Allow Clinton Appointment |