 October 4 - Much Talk, Little Action - No Adjournment |
| October 4 - Leaders Fight Off Non-Germane Riders: Senate Slogs Through Debate, Finally Passing Spending Bill |
| October 4 - Deadline to Meet Gramm-Rudman Target Missed: Congress Fails to Clear Deficit-Cutting Measure |
| October 4 - Debt-Limit Deadline Passes; No Action |
| October 4 - New Farm Credit Bookkeeping Plan Proposed |
| October 4 - 'Pre-Summit' Snags Hill Arms Control Efforts |
| October 4 - Dividing the Difference on Funding |
| October 4 - Hill Overrides Veto of South Africa Sanctions |
| October 4 - The Next Step: Sanctions Take Effect |
| October 4 - 'Less Than Brilliant' Administration Role Contributed to Momentum for Sanctions |
| October 4 - Intelligence Authorization Bill: Congress Moves to Keep Lid On Aid to Nicaraguan Rebels |
| October 4 - Senate Clears Massive Tax Overhaul Measure, Technical Corrections Pose Minor Hang-up |
| October 4 - From Renters to Business Deductions: Deficit May Give Tax Lobbyists A Chance to Press Their Cases |
| October 4 - Evolution of Proposals to Overhaul the Tax Code From Existing Law Through HR3838 as Cleared |
| October 4 - Major Provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 |
| October 4 - Tax Liability by Income Class (chart) |
| October 4 - Winners and Losers: How Many Pay More, How Many Less (chart) |
| October 4 - Reagan, Gorbachev Set Surprise 'Pre-Summit' |
| October 4 - House Leadership: Power Shift Is Under Way |
| October 4 - House Leadership Contenders Seek Votes |
| October 4 - House Approves Package of Immigration Bills |
| October 4 - House Tries to Clarify Bankruptcy Law |
| October 4 - Gramm-Rudman Exemptions Passed |
| October 4 - Link With Housing Bill Broken: Congress OKs FHA Extension After Brief Delay in the House |
| October 4 - Bill Renewing Bank Purchase Powers Cleared |
| October 4 - Credit Card Bill Approved |
| October 4 - Credit Union Bill OK'd |
| October 4 - House Seeks to Speed Debt Collection |
| October 4 - Reagan Vetoes Bill to Renew Indian Programs |
| October 4 - Job Training for Handicapped: Congress Expected to Clear Vocational Rehabilitation Bill |
| October 4 - School Asbestos Cleanups to Be Mandatory |
| October 4 - Breaux's Bid Earns a Second Look in Louisiana |
| October 4 - Reagan Message on South Africa Sanctions Veto -- Sept. 26, 1986 |
| October 4 - Text of Reagan's Veto Message on Indian Programs Bill -- Sept. 26, 1986 |
| October 4 - Sent by President Reagan Sept. 29: Reagan Letter on South Africa Executive Order |
| October 4 - Death Penalty, Other Disputes Unresolved: Senate Passes Anti-Drug Bill, House Weighing Its Options |
| October 4 - Express Legislative Vehicle Picks Up Riders |
| October 4 - Claiborne Impeachment Trial Delayed |
| October 4 - High-Tech Communications Covered: Congress Clears Legislation Extending Privacy Protection |
| October 4 - Senate Moves Quickly to Adopt 'Superfund' |
| October 4 - Politics Help Fuel Drive to Aid Oil Industry |
| October 4 - Congress Misses Charter Deadline: Reauthorization of Ex-Im Bank Moves After Last-Minute Snafu |
| October 4 - Settlement Prospects Uncertain: Conrail-Sale Conferees Stall Over House Labor Protection |
| October 4 - Bills Differ on Drunk Driving Standard: Members Call for National Trucker's License |
| October 4 - Highway Conference Progresses |
| October 4 - Oil Spill Liability Legislation Stalled |
| October 4 - Omnibus Banking, Housing Bill Delayed |
| October 4 - Alabama: Gubernatorial Dispute Continues |
| October 4 - FHA Insurance for Indians |
| October 4 - Florida GOP Runoff: Martinez Tops Frey |
| October 4 - House Passes SSI Amendments |
| October 4 - Maryland 3rd: Pierpont Edges Keilson |
| October 4 - Sheltered Workshop Bill Cleared |
| October 4 - ACTION Conference Report Passed by House |
| October 4 - Bankruptcy Court Expansion Bill Moves Forward |
| October 4 - House Votes Down FEMA Disaster Rule |
| October 4 - Senate OKs Veterans' Compensation Bill |
| October 4 - Talks Continue on Immigration Bill |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: '86 Still a Puzzle, But GOP Sees Warning Signs |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Wrap-up of 1986 Senate Contests (chart) |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: House and Senate Departures (chart) |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Summary of House Outlooks (chart) |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Alabama |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Alaska |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Arizona |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Arkansas |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: California |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Colorado |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Connecticut |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Delaware |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Florida |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Georgia |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Hawaii |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Idaho |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Illinois |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Indiana |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Iowa |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Kansas |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Kentucky |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Louisiana |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Maine |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Maryland |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Massachusetts |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Michigan |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Minnesota |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Mississippi |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Missouri |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Montana |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Nebraska |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Nevada |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: New Hampshire |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: New Jersey |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: New Mexico |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: New York |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: North Carolina |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: North Dakota |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Ohio |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Oklahoma |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Oregon |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Pennsylvania |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Rhode Island |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: South Carolina |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: South Dakota |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Tennessee |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Texas |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Utah |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Vermont |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Virginia |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Washington |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: West Virginia |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Wisconsin |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: Wyoming |
| October 11 - The 1986 Elections: 1986 Candidates for Senate and House |
| October 11 - Fidgety Congress Inches Toward Adjournment, One Impasse Broken But Others Remain |
| October 11 - Conferees Work to Finish Spending Package, Arms Control Accord May Break Impasse |
| October 11 - $13 Billion Foreign Assistance Appropriation Hits Snag |
| October 11 - Democrats Back Off for Now: Impasse Over Arms Control Issues Resolved |
| October 11 - Senate Approves U.S.-Iceland Treaty |
| October 11 - Fiscal 1987 Funding: Conferees Agree on $53.6 Billion for HUD Bill |
| October 11 - Resolution Seen on Other Issues: Deficit-Cutting Measure Stalls Over House Welfare Provision |
| October 11 - Gramm-Rudman-Hollings: Forgotten, But Not Yet Gone |
| October 11 - 'Uncorrected' Tax Bill May Go to President, House GOP Presses To Protect New Rates |
| October 11 - Negotiators Agree On $2 Billion Sale, Conferees Drop Labor Plan From Conrail Pact |
| October 11 - Airport Plan Hits Major Block |
| October 11 - New Senate Offer Made: Speed Limit, Special Projects Separate Highway Conferees |
| October 11 - Agreement Seems Likely Before Adjournment House, Senate Move to Wrap Up Pesticide Bill |
| October 11 - Reagan Urged to Sign: Congress Clears 'Superfund,' Awaits President's Decision |
| October 11 - Major Provisions of 'Superfund' Authorization Bill |
| October 11 - From Georgia to Nevada: House, Senate Move to Protect Environment |
| October 11 - But No Punishment Recommended: Weaver Broke House Rules, Ethics Committee Concludes |
| October 11 - With New Vigor, Court Opens 1986-87 Term |
| October 11 - Sugar Quotas Out, Leverage Deals In: Senate Bows to House Views On Contentious CFTC Issues |
| October 11 - House Acts to Avert Bailout of Farm Banks |
| October 11 - House OKs Interest Rate Disclosure |
| October 11 - Housing Provisions Attached: Banking Bill Passed by House May Face Senate Controversy |
| October 11 - Most Provisions Secret: Intelligence Measure Clears; Spending Increased Over 1986 |
| October 11 - Panel Puts Espionage Damage in Billions And Urges Measures to Tighten Security |
| October 11 - Panel Endorses Perkins: Congress to Keep Close Watch On Reagan South Africa Moves |
| October 11 - $10 Million Research Project: Connecticut Institute Cited In Veto of SBA Pilot Programs |
| October 11 - Senate Clears Pipeline Safety Bill |
| October 11 - Automobile Imports |
| October 11 - House Clears Insurance Risk-Retention Bill |
| October 11 - Odometer Tampering |
| October 11 - Passenger Ships |
| October 11 - Congress Reauthorizes Volunteer Programs |
| October 11 - Renewal of SSI Work Program OK'd |
| October 11 - Indian Health Bill Passed by Senate: Asbestos, Rehabilitation Bills Sent to President by Congress |
| October 11 - Indian Health Programs |
| October 11 - Vocational Rehabilitation |
| October 11 - Congress Puts More Teeth in Anti-Fraud Law, Bill Would Overhaul False Claims Act |
| October 11 - Major Provisions of 1986 Electronic Privacy Act |
| October 11 - Computer Tampering Bill Cleared |
| October 11 - Congress Clears Veterans' Disability COLA Bill |
| October 11 - At National Bureau of Standards: Senate Approves Limited Test Of Federal Pay-Overhaul Plan |
| October 11 - Debt Collection Measure Cleared |
| October 11 - Convicted on Three Articles: Senate Finds Claiborne Guilty, Strips Him of Federal Judgeship |
| October 11 - New Compromise on Farm Workers: Immigration Bill Resurrected; Conferees Begin Negotiations |
| October 11 - Refusal to Give Up Brings Dead Bill Back to Life |
| October 11 - House Acts a Second Time: Death Penalty Filibuster Threat Snags Anti-Drug Bill in Senate |
| October 11 - Credibility Issue Raised Once Again New Questions About U.S. Role in Nicaragua |
| October 11 - Congress Clears Regulation of Securities Dealers |
| October 11 - House Acts on Gay Head, Mass., Indian Land Claim |
| October 11 - Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Cleared |
| October 11 - House Panel Faults NASA, Hill, White House |
| October 11 - Senate Doles Out Its Mail Allowances for FY 1987 |
| October 11 - Senate Votes Grants for Organ Transplant Drugs |
| October 11 - Congress and the Country: Where Is Spiro Agnew When We Need Him? |
| October 18 - 'The Congress That Wouldn't Sine Die': With All Its Deliberate Speed, Congress Nears 1986 Wrap-up |
| October 18 - Congress Clears $576 Billion Spending Measure |
| October 18 - Partisan Differences Over Foreign Aid Resolved With Another Package of Cuts |
| October 18 - Debt-Limit Hike Added to Deficit Bill |
| October 18 - Major Health Program Changes Included: Negotiators Adopt $12 Billion Deficit-Reduction Measure |
| October 18 - In the Wake of the Summit: Proposals, Politics |
| October 18 - Authorization Bill: Hill Clears $291.8 Billion for Defense Programs |
| October 18 - A Floor 'Fly-Off' Over Training Plane Funds |
| October 18 - Senate Accepts House Farm Payment Ceiling |
| October 18 - Filibuster Averted: With Death Penalty Removed, Anti-Drug Bill Near Enactment |
| October 18 - Combination of Penalties, Amnesty: Congress Clears Overhaul of Immigration Law |
| October 18 - Major Provisions of the Immigration Bill |
| October 18 - Election Overview: Four Key Issues Playing a Role In '86 Congressional Contests |
| October 18 - 'Contra' Aid Coincides With Incident |
| October 18 - Senate Breaks Logjam Over Nominations |
| October 18 - Continuing Constitutional Challenges: Court Revisits Familiar Issues, Abortion and Death Penalty |
| October 18 - Congress Puts Brakes on Prized Federal Perk |
| October 18 - Aimed at Government Subcontractors: Congress Clears Anti-Kickback Legislation |
| October 18 - Korean War Veterans Memorial |
| October 18 - Pay-Overhaul Experiment OK'd |
| October 18 - Text of Reagan's Speech on Iceland Summit -- Oct. 13, 1986 |
| October 18 - Reagan Message on Appropriations Veto -- Oct. 9, 1986 |
| October 18 - Dispute Over Tax Bill 'Corrections' Persists, Measure Would Make Substantive Changes |
| October 18 - Who Pays Income Taxes and How Much Less They Will Pay (chart) |
| October 18 - Grants, Loans for Sewage Treatment: Congress Votes Unanimously For $20 Billion Water Cleanup |
| October 18 - Cites Need to Accelerate Cleanup: President Signs 'Superfund' After Pleas From Capitol Hill |
| October 18 - Water Projects Bill Advances |
| October 18 - House Agrees to Revised Bill: New Compromise Advanced on Pesticide Law |
| October 18 - House OKs Malpractice Data Base |
| October 18 - House Passes Vaccine-Injury Compensation Bill |
| October 18 - Agreement Set on Airport Transfer |
| October 18 - Mass Transit, Road Funding: Highway Conferees Continue To Struggle Over Key Issues |
| October 18 - Congress OKs Bill Regulating Securities Dealers |
| October 18 - Late Efforts to Remove Block to Banking Bills |
| October 18 - Small-Business Pilot Programs Cleared |
| October 18 - Commodity Trading Commission Bill Advances |
| October 18 - House Acts on Export Administration Renewal |
| October 18 - Maritime Authorization Clears |
| October 18 - NASA Authorization Bill Bogged Down |
| October 25 - The Year Of Underground House Campaigns |
| October 25 - Texas 14: Sweeney vs. Laughlin: A Style at Odds With Tradition |
| October 25 - Ohio 19: Feighan vs. Suhadolnik: Dollars, Not Doors, Count Most |
| October 25 - Maryland 4: McMillen vs. Neall: Well-Laid Plan Is Put to the Test |
| October 25 - Utah 2: Owens vs. Shimizu: A Battle With the 'Hiss Word' |
| October 25 - Tennessee 3: Lloyd vs. Golden: A Newcomer Stirs Hope, Fear |
| October 25 - Minnesota 7: Stangeland vs. Peterson: A Storm of Farm Rage Looming? |
| October 25 - Nevada 1: Bilbray vs. Ryan Dealing With a New Dimension |
| October 25 - Mississippi 2: Franklin vs. Espy: A Quest for a Breakthrough |
| October 25 - New York 30: Eckert vs. Slaughter: Personality Fuels a Challenger |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress: A Mixed Record of Success |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Agriculture |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Appropriations |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Banking |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Commerce |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Inside Congress |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Defense |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Economic Affairs |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Education |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Energy |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Environment |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Foreign Policy |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: General Government |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Health |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Housing/Community Development |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Human Services |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Labor |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Law/Judiciary |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Science/Technology |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Trade |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Transportation |
| October 25 - The 99th Congress Legislative Summary: Veterans' Affairs |
| October 25 - Foreign Aid Cutbacks: Minimizing the Pain |
| October 25 - Legislation Enacted to Expand Retraining for Workers |
| October 25 - Mandatory Retirement Ages Barred: Legislation Enacted to Protect The Jobs of Older Workers |
| October 25 - Defense Bill: 'Gimmicks' Made Some of the Cuts |
| October 25 - 'Homeport' Plan Gets the Go-Ahead |
| October 25 - Congress OKs $7.8 Billion NASA Authorization |
| October 25 - Court to Review Reagan's Use of Pocket Veto |
| October 25 - President Reagan's Veto Record |
| October 25 - Voting Participation Approaches Record High |
| October 25 - Authorizes $1.7 Billion in Fiscal 1987: Massive Anti-Drug Measure Ready for Reagan's Signature |
| October 25 - Major Provisions of Omnibus Anti-Drug Measure |
| October 25 - Major Provisions of Omnibus Anti-Drug Measure |
| October 25 - Anti-Racketeering Law |
| October 25 - Marriage Fraud |
| October 25 - Pornography Penalties |
| October 25 - RICO Revisions Stalled: Bills Cleared on Pornography, Refugees and Sham Marriages |
| October 25 - Budget Measure Helps Congress Hit Deficit Goal |
| October 25 - Key Provisions of Fiscal 1987 Reconciliation Bill |
| October 25 - Credited With Agency's Integrity, Continuity: CBO Chief Penner Stepping Down Next Year |
| October 25 - Omnibus Health Bill May Face Reagan Veto |
| October 25 - South Dakota At Large: The Combat Is Hand-to-Hand |
| October 25 - Congress and the Country: A Legislative Record: A Boon or a Bane? |
