 January 11 - ADVISORY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS |
| January 11 - ENTITLEMENTS |
| January 11 - Putting Stock in Social Security |
| January 11 - SPEAKERSHIP |
| January 25 - COMMERCE |
| January 25 - HOUSING |
| January 25 - Legislative Outlook |
| February 1 - NOMINATIONS |
| February 1 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE |
| February 1 - Social Security Trust Funds At Center of Sound and Fury |
| February 8 - Budget: Commerce/Community Development |
| February 8 - GOP Balks at Reopening Welfare |
| February 15 - COMMUNICATIONS |
| February 15 - VETERANS AFFAIRS |
| March 1 - HOUSING |
| March 1 - Program Gets High Marks in Maryland |
| March 1 - Programs in the Cross Hairs |
| March 8 - IDEA Key Issues Remain the Same |
| March 15 - Jeffords Treads Carefully in New Post |
| March 15 - SECTION NOTES |
| March 22 - COMMITTEES: House Education and The Workforce |
| March 22 - COMMITTEES: House Ways and Means |
| March 22 - COMMITTEES: Senate Aging |
| March 22 - COMMITTEES: Senate Indian Affairs |
| March 22 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
| March 22 - SECTION NOTES |
| March 29 - HOUSING |
| March 29 - Six Decades of Housing Policy |
| April 5 - COMMUNICATIONS |
| April 19 - HOUSING |
| April 19 - HUMAN SERVICES |
| April 19 - HUMAN SERVICES |
| April 19 - VETERANS AFFAIRS |
| April 26 - APPROPRIATIONS |
| April 26 - Balanced-Budget Plan At Critical Stage |
| April 26 - Crime |
| April 26 - Focus on Floods and Farmland |
| April 26 - Human Services |
| April 26 - Labor |
| April 26 - PUBLIC HOUSING |
| May 3 - COVER STORY: Clinton, GOP Congress Strike Historic Budget Agreement |
| May 3 - HOMEOWNERS: Protection Sought Against 'Reverse Mortgage' Scams |
| May 3 - HOUSING: Local Discretion Emphasized As Debate on Overhaul Begins |
| May 3 - HUMAN SERVICES: House Overwhelmingly Passes Foster Care Adoption Bill |
| May 10 - Backtracking on Benefits |
| May 10 - FOREIGN AID: Clinton Wins First Round in House On Money for Programs Abroad |
| May 10 - Heated Debate in Store for Senate Bill |
| May 10 - HOUSING: Sweeping Overhaul of Program Heading Toward Showdown |
| May 10 - Overhaul Bill Shifts More Authority To Local Public Housing Officials |
| May 10 - Recess Clock Ticking For Spending Bill |
| May 10 - SECTION NOTES: American Indian Senate Panel Approves Grant Programs |
| May 10 - SECTION NOTES: House Passes Bill To Deny Prisoners Social Security |
| May 17 - COVER STORY: Republicans Feeling the Heat As Policy Becomes Reality |
| May 17 - HOUSING: Democrats' Support Boosts Hope For Success of Overhaul Effort |
| May 17 - SECTION NOTES: Protection for Volunteers Approved by Judiciary |
| May 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: Divided Republicans Go Home Without Passing Disaster Aid |
| May 24 - Defining Congressional Districts: What Makes a Suburb a Suburb? |
| May 24 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Volunteer Liability Limit Heads to President |
| May 24 - SECTION NOTES: Resources Committee OKs Wildfire Prevention Bill |
| May 31 - Chairmen Disagree Over City's Request |
| May 31 - Housing Programs Top Full Agenda |
| June 14 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Juvenile Crime Bill Has Bumpy Road |
| June 14 - RECONCILIATION: Banking Committee Approves $1.6 Billion Housing Package |
| June 14 - RECONCILIATION: Food Stamps Get New Funding |
| June 14 - RECONCILIATION: Panel's Democrats Lose Effort To Change Welfare Proposal |
| June 14 - Roth Proposes Compromise on SSI |
| June 14 - Status of Major Legislation |
| June 14 - Welfare Highlights |
| June 21 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Panel Approves Plan To Put Services in Federal Hands |
| June 21 - Plans on SSI Eligibility |
| June 21 - RECONCILIATION: Panel Votes To Avert Crisis While Saving $2 Billion |
| June 21 - RECONCILIATION: Welfare Package OK'd By Senate Finance |
| June 21 - SECTION NOTES: Juvenile Crime Block Grants Given Panel Approval |
| June 21 - Status of Major Legislation: 105th Congress |
| June 28 - APPROPRIATIONS: Military Construction Bill Rolls Toward Passage |
| June 28 - APPROPRIATIONS: Spending on Housing, Veterans Boosted by Subcommittee |
| June 28 - Status of Major Legislation: 105th Congress |
| July 5 - Highlights of Clinton's Proposal |
| July 12 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Committee Approves VA-HUD Spending Bill |
| July 12 - COVER STORY: Cities: Decidedly Democratic, Declining in Population |
| July 12 - SECTION NOTES: House OKs Restriction On Relocation Help |
| July 12 - Status of Major Legislation |
| July 12 - VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Spending |
| July 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Passes VA-HUD Spending With Deep Cut to AmeriCorps |
| July 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Lawmakers Urged To Keep Bill Free of Extraneous Items |
| July 19 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Passes Bill To Reverse Long Decline in Foreign Aid |
| July 19 - Status of Major Legislation (105th Congress) |
| July 19 - THE BUDGET: Internal Divisions, White House Frustrate GOP's Tax Agenda |
| July 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Budget Allocation Quiets Rancor As Labor Bills Move to Floor |
| July 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Panel Sets New Hurdles For Interior Spending Bill |
| July 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Passes Bill With Focus On Military 'Quality of Life' |
| July 26 - APPROPRIATIONS: Veterans, Housing Measure Gets Strong Senate Vote |
| July 26 - Comparison of Key Tax Bill Provisions |
| July 26 - Status of Legislation (105th Congress) |
| July 26 - VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Spending |
| August 2 - APPROPRIATIONS: Community Fund Recipients Have Ties to the Clintons |
| August 2 - Highlights of the Agreement |
| August 2 - INDIAN AFFAIRS: Panel Endorses Adoption Bill |
| August 2 - Key Cuts and Revenue Raisers In Tax Cut Package |
| August 2 - Welfare Highlights |
| August 2 - WELFARE: Worker Protections Remain For Welfare Recipients |
| August 9 - APPROPRIATIONS: Resignation of Fund Officials May Smooth Way on Spending |
| August 9 - Fiscal 1998 Labor-HHS-Education Spending |
| August 9 - LABOR: Possible Pension Crisis Sparks Calls for System Overhaul |
| August 9 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Reviews Accomplishments, Details Next Round of Goals |
| August 9 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| August 16 - Annual Fall Tasks Top Post-Break Agenda |
| August 16 - Status of Major Legislation |
| August 30 - LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK: Economics and Finance |
| August 30 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Budget Agreement Overshadows Congress' Autumn Agenda |
| August 30 - WELFARE: Gingrich Vows Fight Over Labor As Clinton Stands Firm |
| September 6 - Controversial Issues To Dominate Week |
| September 6 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Republicans Push School Vouchers |
| September 6 - IMMIGRATION: Republicans' 1996 Policy Changes Come Back To Haunt Them |
| September 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Sex Offender Bill Sparks Debate |
| September 13 - SECTION NOTES: House Bill Seeks Termination Of Thrift Oversight Board |
| September 13 - The Gloves Are on as Republicans Fight For Small Victories |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Military Construction Add-Ons Could Prompt Line-Item Veto |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Panel OKs D.C. Spending Bill, But Full-Scale Fights Loom |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Progress Remarkably Smooth On Fiscal '98 Spending Bills |
| September 20 - Fiscal 1998 Military Construction Spending |
| September 20 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes To Protect Elderly From Reverse Mortgage Scam |
| September 20 - Status of Major Legislation (as of Sept. 19, 1997) |
| September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Members Press Side Issues, Cushioned by Stopgap CR |
| September 27 - DRUGS: FDA Overhaul One Step Closer; Democrats Say Fight Isn't Over |
| September 27 - HOUSING: Public Housing Overhaul Bill Heads for Tough Conference |
| September 27 - LABOR: Senate Jobs Bill Heads to Floor; Enactment Unlikely This Year |
| September 27 - PROVISIONS: Inside the Tax-Cutting Bill |
| September 27 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| September 27 - VA-HUD Bill Hits Unexpected Obstacles |
| October 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Settle Differences Over VA-HUD Funding |
| October 4 - CHART: Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| October 4 - Defense Spending |
| October 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Affirmative Action Issues Top High Court's Docket |
| October 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Approves $49.8 Billion Agriculture Spending Bill |
| October 11 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| October 11 - VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Spending |
| October 18 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| October 18 - VETO MESSAGE: Clinton: Cuts Won't Harm Nation's Defense |
| October 25 - COVER STORY: Long-Term Challenges Temper Cheers for Welfare Successes |
| October 25 - REGULATION: Property Rights Advocates Climb the Hill to Success |
| October 25 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Would Let Homeowners Cancel Mortgage Insurance |
| October 25 - States Use Innovative Methods To Keep Federal Funds Flowing |
| October 25 - Thompson's Welfare Revolution |
| October 25 - Welfare History |
| October 25 - Welfare on the Web |
| October 25 - Welfare Trends |
| November 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Clinton Veto Pen Is Ready As He Signs VA-HUD Bill |
| November 1 - SECTION NOTES: House Passes COLA For Veterans |
| November 1 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| November 8 - APPROPRIATIONS: Opposition Growing as Clinton Cuts More Home-State Items |
| November 8 - Countdown to Adjournment |
| November 8 - Goodling's Obsessions Test Cohorts |
| November 8 - HOUSING: Seven Programs for Homeless Merged Into Block Grants |
| November 15 - Fiscal 1998 Labor-HHS-Education Spending |
| November 15 - HUMAN SERVICES: President Expected To Sign Foster Care Adoption Bill |
| November 15 - SECTION NOTES: 'Reverse Mortgage' Scam Bill Fails To Beat Deadline |
| November 15 - SECTION NOTES: Mortgage Insurance Measure Will Wait for Next Session |
| November 15 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| November 22 - CLARIFICATION |
| November 22 - RECESS NOTES: Foster Care Adoption Bill Signed Into Law |
| November 22 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| December 6 - 105th Congress, 1st Session: Social Policy |
| December 6 - 105th Congress, First Session: Appropriations |
| December 6 - First Session Highlights |
| December 6 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| December 13 - GOP Finds Issue Cuts Both Ways |
| December 13 - Hill Warms to Idea of Budget Surplus |
| December 13 - PROVISIONS: What the Budget Bill Does |
| December 13 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| December 20 - Key Senate and House Votes |
| December 20 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Focuses on Preparing For Next Century |
| December 20 - RECESS NOTES: Compromise on Coverage For Mentally Ill Reached |
| December 20 - RECESS NOTES: Senate Panel To Probe Denial Of Social Security Payments |
