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January 24 - Mad Cow Case in Washington State Pushes Labeling Issue to Fore

February 14 - Bill to Avert Trade Sanctions, Aid Film Industry Still at a Stalemate

February 14 - Film Industry Warms to GOP As Best Bet for Tax Breaks

February 14 - Free Trade Takes Necessary Blow To Preserve Australia Deal

February 14 - GOP Says Hooray for Hollywood

February 14 - Sugar Trade Not Sweet for Some

March 13 - For Democrats Blasting Bush on Jobs, Outsourcing Is In

March 13 - Senate Limits Grant Authority Of U.S.-Mexico Bank

March 20 - Thomas Blends Ethanol Into Effort To Move Corporate Tax Overhaul

March 27 - Corporate Tax Bill Stalls in Senate; House Mulls Altering Its Version

March 27 - Tax Treatment on Sweeteners Hits a Sour Note with Grassley

April 3 - WTO Rule on Gambling Ban Draws Fire

April 10 - Sweeteners Fail to Serve Purpose, Likely to Stay in Tax Bill Anyway

April 24 - Corporate Tax Bill Remains Stalled As Tariffs Begin Taking Their Toll

April 24 - European Tariffs Target U.S. Goods

April 24 - Lawmakers Promise Close Watch On China Policy Despite Successes

May 1 - Cotton Ruling Alarms Lawmakers

May 8 - Business Lobby Storms Senate to Shape Corporate Tax Bill

May 8 - Lawmakers Say Politics Hinders U.S. Competitiveness

May 15 - House Thickets Await Tax Bill After Solid Senate Victory

May 22 - Free-Trade Accords Could Be A Tough Sell to Congress Amid Anxiety About U.S. Jobs

June 5 - Short of a Magic Act, Thomas Tries to Expand Corporate Tax Bill's Appeal

June 12 - Thomas Trades Pure for Practical to Move Much-Altered Tax Bill

June 19 - African Trade Extensions Await Senate

June 19 - House Democrats Provide Edge for Super-Sweetened Tax Bill

June 26 - Corporate Tax Bills Stuffed, Scorned -- And Supported

June 26 - Corporate Taxes: Caterpillar's All-Out Lobbyfest Leaves Thomas on the Ropes

June 26 - Draft of Australia Free-Trade Pact Rejected by Senate Finance Panel, Tripped Up by Conrad Amendment

June 26 - Frist Support Leads Senate to Clear Africa Trade Bill

June 26 - Myanmar Trade Bill Cleared

July 10 - Both Chambers Put Trade Deals With Morocco and Australia On Track for Pre-Recess Passage

July 17 - 'Mock' Markups in Committees Advance Morocco Trade Pact

July 17 - Corporate Tax Bill Inches Closer to Law With Senate Consensus on Tobacco; Though Cost Remains a Divisive Issue

July 17 - House and Senate Overwhelmingly Pass Australia Free-Trade Agreement

July 24 - Easy Passage of Morocco Accord Caps Bush Trade Agenda in 108th; CAFTA Looms in Next Session

July 31 - Once Again, It's Trade Bill Deja Vu for Congress

August 7 - CAFTA Still a Possibility

August 7 - Outcome of November Election Key to 109th's Trade Agenda

August 7 - Working on Free-Trade Pacts

September 4 - President's Redeployment Plan Fuels Debate Over Base Closures

September 11 - Provisions in Agriculture Spending Measure To Ease Trade With Cuba Sets Up Battle Between Midwest, Florida Voters

September 25 - Lawmaker Urges Bush to Quit Sweating the Small Trade Stuff

October 2 - Corporate Tax Cut Bill's Math Faces Electoral Calculations

October 9 - Highlights of Corporate Tax Bill

October 9 - Steelmaking States May Remind Bush on Nov. 2 That His Removal of Tariffs Still Hurts

October 9 - Sweeteners to Ease Passage of Corporate Tax Bill

October 9 - Tax Writers' Winning Formula: Billions in Targeted Provisions

October 16 - How Companies Would Benefit From Trade Bill

October 16 - Lame-Duck Session Is Last Chance for Miscellaneous Trade Legislation

October 16 - Special Interests Strike Gold in Richly Targeted Tax Bill

October 23 - GOP Splits Over Liberalization Of Military Technology Rules

November 6 - Lame-Duck Session May Offer a Crystal Ball Into Next Year

November 20 - Housekeeping Trade Bill Clears, But a Dispute Over Socks Thwarts Haiti Legislation

November 27 - Delegation Explores Trade With Mideast

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Australia

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Central America

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Corporate Tax Overhaul

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Miscellaneous Tariff and Trade Rules

December 4 - 2004 Legislative Summary: Morocco

December 4 - CAFTA Puts Labor Money on the Table

December 11 - Archery Tax Correction Pleases Retailers, But New Fee Will Target Consumers