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February 10 - GOP, With Bush's Tacit Support, Puts Bankruptcy Bill on Fast Track, Hoping to Stave Off Amendments

February 17 - Measure to Revamp Bankruptcy Law Heads for Action in House, Senate

February 24 - Business-Related Provisions

February 24 - Deadlines in Bankruptcy Bill Splinter Business' Support

February 24 - This Week in Congress

March 3 - Bankruptcy Bill Has Momentum As Senate Floor Action Nears

March 3 - Lloyd's Has a Lot at Stake

March 3 - Senate Panel Approves Bill To Slash Fees Collected by SEC; Pay Raise Issue Remains to Be Settled

March 10 - Senate GOP Leaders Try to Keep Bankruptcy Bill Free of Amendments To Avoid Conference With House

March 17 - Bankruptcy Bill Conference Likely to Focus On Abortion Protesters, Home Exemptions

March 24 - A New Watchdog for Fannie and Freddie?

March 24 - Need for a Conference Committee On Bankruptcy Bill May Bring Senate's Power-Sharing Issues to a Head

March 24 - Package to Cut Securities Fees And Increase SEC Pay Gains in House and Senate

April 7 - Baker Makes Headway on Bill to Tighten Regulation of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

April 7 - House Passes Banking Bill With Controversial Provision To Let Federal Reserve Pay Interest

April 14 - Cuts in Business Breaks Resisted

May 5 - Impatient Grassley May Offer Senate Bankruptcy Overhaul A Ride on Unrelated Legislation

May 5 - Panel Chairmen's Dispute Over Agency Pay Raises Holds Up Cut in SEC Fees

May 26 - Banking: Siding With Consumers

June 16 - House Passes SEC Fee Reduction Similar to Senate's Version After Ending Agency Pay Impasse

June 23 - Bankruptcy Law Rewrite Remains at an Impasse Despite Senate Power Shift

June 30 - House Committee Adds Privacy Protections To Insurance Fraud Bill

June 30 - Wellstone Vows to Resist Action on Bankruptcy Bill

July 14 - Bankruptcy Rewrite Poised For Passage

July 21 - Senate Clears Way for Conference On Bankruptcy Overhaul Bill; Timetable Remains Uncertain

August 4 - Fund Industry Divided Over Privatizing Social Security

September 8 - Senate Conservatives Lose Another Powerful Nonconformist

September 15 - Cautious on the Economy

October 6 - Brandishing Bush Letter, Lawmakers Close In on Seven Appropriations Bills

October 6 - Money-Laundering Bill Gets New Life As Financial Tool Against Terrorists

October 6 - Particulars of Fiscal Rescue Plan Strain Parties' Tenuous Truce

October 13 - Bill to Enhance SEC Powers Approved

October 13 - Chambers' Divergent Actions On Money-Laundering Laws Complicate Anti-Terrorism Bill

November 17 - House Passes Bill Allowing Investment Advice for Workers

November 17 - House Passes Bill to Extend SECs Emergency Powers

November 17 - House to Hit the Ground Running With Insurance Bill After Holiday

November 17 - LAW & JUDICIARY: As Economy Sags, So Do Prospects For Bankruptcy Bills Prompt Enactment

December 22 - Lower SEC Fees Bill Clears Congress