September 7 - Between the Lines |
September 7 - Bills Signed |
September 7 - End Page |
September 7 - Public Laws |
September 7 - Status of Appropriations |
September 7 - Status of Major Legislation |
September 7 - Editor's Notebook: Role Reversals |
September 7 - GOP Win in Missouri Senate Race Could Mean Continuing Resolution, Early Recess |
September 7 - Leaders Prepare to Help Draft War Resolution |
September 7 - What's Ahead: Week of Sept. 9 |
September 7 - For Congress, a New World -- And Business as Usual |
September 7 - A Road Show of Solidarity |
September 7 - Lawmakers Struggle to Keep An Eye on Patriot Act |
September 7 - Lawmakers Struggle to Keep An Eye on Patriot Act |
September 7 - Ashcroft Drawing Criticism From Both Sides of the Aisle |
September 7 - Ashcroft Drawing Criticism From Both Sides of the Aisle |
September 7 - Repositioning Separates McCain Further From GOP Mainstream |
September 7 - Workers' Rights Issues Looming Over Homeland Security Debate |
September 7 - Evaporating Terrorism Insurance Makes for Cautious Contractors |
September 7 - Cost to Arm Pilots Questioned |
September 7 - GOP Moderates Call Funding Level Set by Leaders Unworkably Tight |
September 7 - Senate Fine-Tunes Budget Deal |
September 7 - Economic Stimulus Package Quietly Leaves Priority List For Bush, Many Republicans |
September 7 - Provider Giveback Bill Suffering From Link to Prescription Measure |
September 7 - Democrats Escalate Fight As Senate Judiciary Committee Defeats Second Bush Nominee |
September 7 - Bipartisan Push to Defeat Bankruptcy Overhaul Bill Is Eleventh-Hour Long Shot |
September 7 - Amtrak Supporters Push For Speedy Vote on Appropriation |
September 7 - Energy Bill: Key Issues for Conference |
September 7 - Lawmakers Hope a Few Agreements Will Get Scaled-Back Energy Bill Through Contentious Conference |
September 7 - Senate to Consider Bush's Call To Thin Forests of Fire Hazards |
September 7 - Bill Would Credit School Expenses |
September 7 - Energy, Water Appropriations Approved |
September 7 - Bill Would Standardize Rules On Rent-to-Own Transactions |
September 7 - Measure Seeks to Attract Teachers to Poor Districts |
September 7 - Bush Makes the Rounds To Build His Case Against Iraq |
September 7 - Voters, Candidates Unclear About Impact of Iraq Vote |
September 7 - Though Neither Party Is Crying 'Politics,' Election Year Puts War Vote on Fast Track |
September 7 - House Panel Adds $350 Million To Foreign Aid Spending |
September 7 - Stalled State Bill Means No Cash for U.N. |
September 7 - Missile Defense Money Pivotal For House and Senate Conferees |
September 7 - Intelligence Oversight Panel: CIA Has Failed to Change Since Terror Attacks of 9/11 |
September 7 - Bills Signed |
September 14 - Between the Lines |
September 14 - End Page |
September 14 - House and Senate Votes |
September 14 - Status of Appropriations |
September 14 - Status of Major Legislation |
September 14 - Editor's Notebook: Room to Move |
September 14 - Fifty Senators Push for Welfare Overhaul, But That May Not Be Enough |
September 14 - Florida Miscue May Spark New Push for Election Bill |
September 14 - Lawmakers Brace for Backlash Of Proposed Medicare Cost Increase |
September 14 - Prime-Time Thompson Still Holding a Day Job |
September 14 - What's Ahead: Week of Sept. 16 |
September 14 - Lawmakers Pushing Back From Quick Vote on Iraq |
September 14 - Hearings Will Address Preparedness, Long-Term Scenario for Iraq Invasion |
September 14 - Rahall Goes to Iraq |
September 14 - The Seasoned Speaker: Still Hastert, but Harder |
September 14 - They Wear Friendly Faces Now, But Stay Separated by Political Chasm |
September 14 - EU Threat of Punitive Tariffs Forces Congress to Act on Taxes |
September 14 - Thomas' Style and Controversial Bill Come Under Fire From His Own Party |
September 14 - Other Disputed Issues |
September 14 - Senators Band Together to Reconcile Labor Rules and Homeland Security |
September 14 - Lawmakers Try to Balance Security And the Public's Right to Know |
September 14 - Smith's Loss in New Hampshire Primary Reflects Both His Own Missteps And GOP Struggle for Senate Control |
September 14 - Education Tax Break Vote Canceled |
September 14 - Spending Bills Likely to Wait For Lame Duck |
September 14 - Hearings May Be as Mighty As the Legislative Pen |
September 14 - Union Priorities Get Short Shrift In Press to Move Senate Pension Bill |
September 14 - Baucus, Grassley Take New Approach To Small-Business Tax Breaks |
September 14 - Abortion Provision Has House Republicans Lying Low On Bankruptcy Overhaul Measure |
September 14 - Rival Plans for Clearing Deadwood Roil Senate Debate on Interior Bill |
September 14 - Senate Vote on $6 Billion in Farm Aid Will Complicate Interior Conference |
September 14 - Tauzin's Determined Orchestration Keeps Energy Conference Alive |
September 14 - Conference on Maritime Security Bill Bogged Down by Plan to Offset Costs Through Port User Fees and Surcharges |
September 14 - Armey Holds Conservative Line Against Volunteerism Measure |
September 14 - House Panel Approves Some Caps on Malpractice Damages, Fees |
September 14 - Panel OKs Medical Error Data Bill |
September 14 - Banking Committee Approves Housing Bills, Backs Nominee |
September 14 - Overseas Spending Bill Moves, With Family Planning on Hold |
September 14 - UNESCO Supporters Say U.S. Membership Could Aid Fight Against Terrorism |
September 14 - The New Defense Priorities |
September 14 - Bush Catalogs Iraq's Offenses, Proposes Future Actions In Address to United Nations |
September 15 - Florida Miscue May Spark New Push for Election Bill |
September 21 - Between the Lines |
September 21 - End Page |
September 21 - House and Senate Votes |
September 21 - Status of Appropriations |
September 21 - Status of Major Legislation |
September 21 - Editor's Notebook: Losing to Win |
September 21 - Castro Opponents Deride Investments in Cuba |
September 21 - McCain-Gephardt Generic Drug Bill Overshadowed by House GOP Measure |
September 21 - Permanent Residency Bill Appears Stalled for Now |
September 21 - Senate Races in Midwest Prompt $750 Million Jackpot for Farmers |
September 21 - What's Ahead: Week of Sept. 23 |
September 21 - Bush Takes Page From Clinton In Appropriation Showdown |
September 21 - Cacophony Surrounding Iraq Drowns Out Domestic Issues |
September 21 - Key Players in Spending Showdown |
September 21 - Prospect of Continuing Resolution Means Uncertainty for Programs |
September 21 - Chafee Holds Key to Decision on Union Rights for Homeland Staff |
September 21 - Stall of Key Tax, Economic Measures May Have Cost Senate Democrats One of Their Best Campaign Weapons |
September 21 - Electricity Deregulation on Agenda Despite Lack of House Action |
September 21 - House Passes Bill Regulating Rent-To-Own Companies' Disclosure |
September 21 - Logjam Over National Forests Could Force Interior Spending Into End-of-Session Omnibus Measure |
September 21 - Extension of Screening Security Deadline at Some Airports Approved by Senate Panel |
September 21 - Democrats Likely to Confirm Pair of Bush Nominations For Slots on Federal Bench |
September 21 - Judgeships and Drug Program Proposal Could Stall Conference Committee on Justice Department Reauthorization |
September 21 - Malpractice Suit Limits Get OK |
September 21 - Welfare Fight Could Extend Into Next Year |
September 21 - 'Faith-Based Initiative' Stalled Despite Deal With Sen. Lincoln |
September 21 - House Panel Approves Bill Aimed at Curbing Medical Errors |
September 21 - Lawmakers Keeping Close Watch On Bush-Security Council Conflict |
September 21 - State Department Bill Negotiators Agree to Pay Overdue U.N. Debts |
September 21 - Rumsfeld Says Troop Strength Is Sufficient To Conduct Military Operations in Iraq |
September 21 - Intelligence Panel Says Probe Into Failures Needs Independent Commission, More Time |
September 28 - Between the Lines |
September 28 - End Page |
September 28 - House and Senate Votes |
September 28 - Status of Appropriations |
September 28 - Status of Major Legislation |
September 28 - Editor's Notebook: Placing Markers |
September 28 - Cheney's Lawyer Claims Lawmakers Have Plenty of Ammo in Hunt for Information |
September 28 - Getting a Quorum If Congress Is Attacked |
September 28 - What's Ahead: Week of Sept. 30 |
September 28 - 'One Voice' Lost in Debate Over Iraq War Resolution |
September 28 - Democratic Group Finds Tough Sell In Go-Slow Approach to War |
September 28 - Gore's Rallying Cry Against Bush Clouds Issue for Fellow Democrats |
September 28 - Causes and Consequences |
September 28 - The Ghosts of Tonkin: Questions and Resolutions |
September 28 - The High Cost of Might |
September 28 - Guns and Butter, Again |
September 28 - Potential Allies View Trade and Aid As Compensation for Cooperation |
September 28 - War May Not Hurt Economy |
September 28 - Personnel Differences for Homeland Security Plan |
September 28 - Personnel Issues Have Senate Stumbling on Homeland Security |
September 28 - Independent Intelligence Commission Caught in Hill-White House Wrangling |
September 28 - Senate Finance Chairman's Agenda Trumped by Democratic Leader |
September 28 - Budget Conservatives, Appropriators Square Off on First Continuing Resolution, Auguring Worse Conflicts Ahead |
September 28 - Energy Conferees Optimistic Despite Intractable Issues |
September 28 - Logging Debate Holding Up Interior Bill |
September 28 - Panel Approves Draft Spending Plan for D.C. |
September 28 - Lawmakers Likely to Increase 'Givebacks' to Medicare Providers Even if a Prescription Plan for Seniors Fails |
September 28 - Bush Nominee To Head FDA Widely Backed |
September 28 - House Passes Malpractice Limits Bill |
September 28 - Congress Gives Itself Three Months To Update 1996 Welfare Law, But a Deal Seems a Long Way Off |
September 28 - House Appropriations Committee Considering Hard-Line Tactics With Amtrak Funding |
September 28 - House Nears Floor Fight on Water Projects |
September 28 - Small-Scale Airline Aid Bill In Discussion |
September 28 - Justice Department Reauthorization Losing Steam After Conferees Load On Extra Baggage |
September 28 - House Abortion Bill Provides Both Sides of Issue With Stage For Pre-Election Debate |
September 28 - Estrada May Sway Some Democrats |
September 28 - Gun Lawsuit Restrictions OK'd in House |
September 28 - House Energy and Commerce Approves Patient Safety Bill |
September 28 - House Republican Blocking Child-Abduction Measure |
September 28 - Senate Committee OKs Allergen Bill |
September 28 - Senate Passes Omnibus Benefits Bill for Veterans |
September 28 - Stalled Bankruptcy Measure Could Spark Separate Farm Bill |
September 28 - Loan Incentive for Teachers Set for House Floor Action |
September 28 - State Department Bill Includes Final Payoff of U.N. Arrears |
September 28 - Intelligence Bill Advances To Conference |