 September 6 - Controversial Issues To Dominate Week |
| September 6 - COVER STORY: Advocates Setting Own Agenda For Campaign Finance Change |
| September 6 - Soft Money: The Root of All Evil Or a Party-Building Necessity? |
| September 6 - 85 Ways To Fix Campaign Finance |
| September 6 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Temple Nuns, Attorney General Bring News for Gore |
| September 6 - Campaign Finance Hearings: Testimony During the Week of Sept. 1 |
| September 6 - INVESTIGATIONS: Democrats Use Senate Slowdown To Try To End Election Probe |
| September 6 - REGULATION: Effort To Toughen Meat Inspection Again Headed for Likely Defeat |
| September 6 - Transportation Funding |
| September 6 - TRANSPORTATION: A Little Something for Everyone -- Except the Budget Cutters |
| September 6 - Crash Bolsters Alcohol Provision |
| September 6 - REGULATION: Regulatory Bill's Moderation May Be Its Weakness |
| September 6 - Highlights of Regulatory Bill |
| September 6 - REGULATION: Tobacco Settlement Staggers As Hill Looks to Clinton |
| September 6 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Republicans Push School Vouchers |
| September 6 - ENVIRONMENT: Democrats' Dissent Leads GOP To Hold Up Superfund Bill |
| September 6 - IMMIGRATION: Republicans' 1996 Policy Changes Come Back To Haunt Them |
| September 6 - Detailing the Issues |
| September 6 - APPROPRIATIONS: Fetal Tissue Study to Union Vote: Issues May Delay Labor-HHS Bill |
| September 6 - A Testy Response to Clinton's Plan |
| September 6 - HEALTH: Work on Drug-Approval Rules Proceeds Without Kennedy |
| September 6 - FOREIGN POLICY: Backers of Tough Stand in Bosnia Urge Clinton To Rally Public |
| September 6 - Tensions Rise in Bosnia |
| September 6 - APPROPRIATIONS: Abortion Issue Again Promises To Ensnarl Foreign Aid Bill |
| September 6 - A Few Bad Apples? |
| September 6 - Nomination: Three Senators Side With Lugar, Demand Meeting on Weld |
| September 6 - DEFENSE: Hope Seen for Compromise On B-2, Bosnia Disputes |
| September 6 - DEPARTURES: Gonzalez Says He'll Resign, Cites Medical Problems |
| September 6 - ARIZONA: Symington Convicted of Fraud; Hull Takes Over as Governor |
| September 6 - Status of Appropriations, Fiscal 1998 |
| September 6 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Tales From Beyond The Beltway |
| September 13 - Dueling Committees Will Keep Up Heat |
| September 13 - Proliferation of Sanctions Creates A Tangle of Good Intentions |
| September 13 - A Sample of Sanctions, From Travel to Tuna |
| September 13 - From Ancient Greece to South Africa Sanctions Have a Spotty Record |
| September 13 - 'Free Burma' Drive Successfully Blends '60s Activism and '90s Technology |
| September 13 - Thinking Globally, Acting Locally |
| September 13 - Congress Enters Uncharted Territory With Bill on Religious Persecution |
| September 13 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Hearings Get Hung Up on Intent As Gore Calls Prove Costly |
| September 13 - Testimony During the Week of Sept. 8 |
| September 13 - ETHICS: House Panel To Resume Watch As Moratorium Is Lifted |
| September 13 - House Ethics Cases Pending |
| September 13 - TRADE: Clinton's Push for Fast Track Risks Deeper Rift in Party |
| September 13 - LINE-ITEM VETO: Effort To Save 'Canceled' Items Moves Tentatively Forward |
| September 13 - SECTION NOTES: House Bill Seeks Termination Of Thrift Oversight Board |
| September 13 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Panel Approves MFN For Mongolia and Laos |
| September 13 - REGULATION: Senate Votes Rev Up Momentum For Tougher Tobacco Deal |
| September 13 - Clinton May Break His Silence With a Few Revisions to the Deal |
| September 13 - TRANSPORTATION: In Both Chambers, Shuster's Battle Is Turning Into All-Out War |
| September 13 - It's All In the Name |
| September 13 - COMMERCE: Fifth Panel Given More Time To Study Encryption Morass |
| September 13 - Many Fingers in the Pie |
| September 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: Final 1998 Spending Measure Gets Off Ground in Senate |
| September 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: Indian Policy Shift To Be Considered |
| September 13 - PRODUCT LIABILITY: Narrow Version of Vetoed Bill Would Aid Medical Suppliers |
| September 13 - HEALTH: Critics: Law Could Be Unhealthful For Elderly -- and for Medicare |
| September 13 - Medicare Options Available |
| September 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Crimes Committed With Guns May Carry Higher Penalties |
| September 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Sex Offender Bill Sparks Debate |
| September 13 - APPROPRIATIONS: Stances on Education Programs Set Up Battle Over Labor Bill |
| September 13 - Teamsters' Ties to Democrats at Issue |
| September 13 - A Surprise All Around |
| September 13 - The Gloves Are on as Republicans Fight For Small Victories |
| September 13 - Souder's Stubborn Stance on Spending |
| September 13 - HEALTH: Cosmetics Labeling Agreement Paves Way for FDA Overhaul |
| September 13 - VETERANS: Burial Changes OK'd by Panel |
| September 13 - NOMINATIONS: Helms Lashes Back at Critics, Holds Firm on Blocking Weld |
| September 13 - Weld's Quest |
| September 13 - DEFENSE: Backers of Global Land Mine Ban Gain Ground in Oslo, Congress |
| September 13 - MILITARY PERSONNEL: Study Finds Sexual Harassment Exists Throughout Army |
| September 13 - MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: Pentagon's Housing Fund Stressed By the Burden of History |
| September 13 - Military Construction: Smooth Sailing |
| September 13 - NOMINATION: Joint Chiefs Nominee on Track For Confirmation |
| September 13 - RETIREMENT: New Opportunities Beckoning Reps. Foglietta, Christensen |
| September 13 - Status of Appropriations (as of Sept. 12, 1997) |
| September 13 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Remembrance of Past Not Spoken Here |
| September 20 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Shift in Political Wind Detected Among Howls Over Dead Deal |
| September 20 - Ex-White House Aide Vividly Recounts Being Pressured on Big Donor's Behalf |
| September 20 - Campaign Finance Hearings: Testimony During the Week of Sept. 15 |
| September 20 - ETHICS: Filing Complaints in House: Now for Members Only? |
| September 20 - House Ethics Panel a Far Cry From Senate's |
| September 20 - APPROPIATIONS: Hurried Treasury-Postal Bill Dodges Ban on Pay Raise |
| September 20 - Appropriations: Legislative Branch Spending Ready for Final Votes |
| September 20 - Spending Bills Top List As Deadline Nears |
| September 20 - TRADE: White House's Fast-Track Bid Takes Hits From Both Sides |
| September 20 - Highlights of Clinton's Proposal |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Progress Remarkably Smooth On Fiscal '98 Spending Bills |
| September 20 - SECTION NOTES: Commemorative Quarters: No Faces Need Apply |
| September 20 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes To Protect Elderly From Reverse Mortgage Scam |
| September 20 - SECTION NOTES: Rubin Rejects Outside Board To Oversee Tax Agency |
| September 20 - TRANSPORTATION: Sen. Chafee Finagles Peace In Transportation Debate |
| September 20 - Shuster's Position May Be Weakening |
| September 20 - COMMERCE: President Punts Tobacco Issue Toward Campaign '98 |
| September 20 - ENVIRONMENT: Bipartisan Proposal To Overhaul Species Act Takes First Steps |
| September 20 - Hot Spots in Species Proposal |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: As Controversies Fade, Bill's Chances Brighten |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Panel OKs D.C. Spending Bill, But Full-Scale Fights Loom |
| September 20 - ENVIRONMENT: Temporary Nuclear Waste Site Wins Strong Panel Vote |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Agree To Fortify FDA's Tobacco Initiative |
| September 20 - Panel Approves Bill on Refuges |
| September 20 - Fiscal 1998 Treasury-Postal Service Spending |
| September 20 - COVER STORY: Conservatives Repackaging Agenda on Social Issues |
| September 20 - The Issues: From Religion to Taxes |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conference Faces Big Divisions On Student Testing, Teamsters |
| September 20 - DRUGS: GOP Prescribes Bipartisanship For Overhaul of FDA |
| September 20 - THE HOUSE: Dornan Barred From Floor After Verbal Altercation |
| September 20 - CORRECTIONS |
| September 20 - DEFENSE: Supporters of a Bigger B-2 Fleet Nearing End of the Runway |
| September 20 - Stealth Holds a Conspicuous Place In Pentagon's Future Arsenal |
| September 20 - A Surgical Strike on B-2 Critics |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Defense Conferees Shake Hands |
| September 20 - FOREIGN POLICY: Panel Backs Controversial Bill To Fight Religious Persecution |
| September 20 - APPROPRIATIONS: Military Construction Add-Ons Could Prompt Line-Item Veto |
| September 20 - Fiscal 1998 Military Construction Spending |
| September 20 - NOMINATION: Weld Blows Bitter Kisses As Curtain Comes Down |
| September 20 - INTELLIGENCE: Whistleblower Provision Out As Conferees OK Funding |
| September 20 - SECTION NOTES: Clinton Says U.S. Won't Sign Land Mine Treaty |
| September 20 - SECTION NOTES: Helms Schedules Hearings On NATO Expansion |
| September 20 - SECTION NOTES: Shelton Confirmed as Chairman Of Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| September 20 - THE ELECTORATE: America's Heartland: Neither One Mind nor One Heart |
| September 20 - Decline in Rural Congressional Districts |
| September 20 - The Traits of Madison County |
| September 20 - Members From Rural Districts |
| September 20 - In Virginia, Suburbs Come Calling |
| September 20 - Prisons on the Range |
| September 20 - REDISTRICTING: Texas, North Carolina Maps Upheld by Federal Panels |
| September 20 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Clinton Details Five Key Elements For Teen Smoking Legislation |
| September 20 - Status of Major Legislation (as of Sept. 19, 1997) |
| September 20 - Status of Appropriations (as of Sept. 19, 1997) |
| September 20 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Revelations Chip Away At Gore's Image |
| September 27 - Appropriations Process: Down to the Wire |
| September 27 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Overhaul Bills Head to a Vote, But Obstacles Remain |
| September 27 - McCain, McConnell Turn to Hardball As Campaign Finance Cools Camaraderie |
| September 27 - Testimony During the Week of Sept. 22 |
| September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Members Poised To Take Pay Raise For First Time in Five Years |
| September 27 - LOUISIANA: Landrieu Election Probe Yields Little Besides Partisan Animosity |
| September 27 - Dornan Election Challenge Drags On |
| September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Congressional Budget Reflects Desire To Show Self-Discipline |
| September 27 - COVER STORY: Paralyzed Congress on Sidelines In Financial Services Evolution |
| September 27 - Champion for New Bank Powers |
| September 27 - A Decade of Key Rulings |
| September 27 - SEPARATION OF POWERS: House Measure Seeks Override Of Clinton's Tax Break Vetoes |
| September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Members Press Side Issues, Cushioned by Stopgap CR |
| September 27 - Battles With the IRS |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: Commemorative Quarters To Be Designed by States |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: GOP Calls for Clinton Push On Fast-Track Legislation |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes To Abolish Thrift Oversight Board |
| September 27 - TRANSPORTATION: House Backs Six-Month Delay In Highway-Transit Rewrite |
| September 27 - ENVIRONMENT: Coalition Behind Species Bill Faces Pressure All Around |
| September 27 - ENVIRONMENT: House Clears Bill On Refuges |
| September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: TVA Funding Intact for a Year, But This May Be Its Last |
| September 27 - Power Outage at the TVA |
| September 27 - COMMERCE: Encryption Bill May Be Stalled Over 'Power To Peek' at Data |
| September 27 - PUBLIC LANDS: Grazing Bill Gets Panel's Nod; Administration Disapproves |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: Alaska Land Development Bill Advances in Senate |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: Value of Tobacco Settlement Is Overstated, Agency Says |
| September 27 - DRUGS: FDA Overhaul One Step Closer; Democrats Say Fight Isn't Over |
| September 27 - Senate Bill Aims to Speed Review of Drugs, Medical Devices by FDA |
| September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Showdown Over Census Still in the Offing |
| September 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Bill Expands Offender Registry |
| September 27 - HOUSING: Public Housing Overhaul Bill Heads for Tough Conference |
| September 27 - VA-HUD Bill Hits Unexpected Obstacles |
| September 27 - LABOR: Senate Jobs Bill Heads to Floor; Enactment Unlikely This Year |
| September 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Congress Gives Clinton Leeway To Extend Bosnia Mission |
| September 27 - Correction |
| September 27 - TREATY: President Submits Nuclear Test Ban, Seeks Critical Mass of Senate Votes |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: Bill To Pay Off U.N. Dues Stalls in Conference |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: House Panel Takes Up China Sanctions |
| September 27 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Approves Nominations Of Foglietta, Boggs |
| September 27 - SPECIAL ELECTION: Parochialism and Personality May Decide New York's 13th |
| September 27 - RETIREMENT: Rep. Kennelly Sees Future In Governor's Race |
| September 27 - PROVISIONS: Inside the Tax-Cutting Bill |
| September 27 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Clinton Calls for 'New Era' of Peace And Economic Opportunity |
| September 27 - Status of Appropriations Fiscal 1998 |
| September 27 - Status of Major Legislation 105th Congress |
| September 27 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Reform Party Aspires To the Big Time |
