 January 3 - St Germain Faces Possible Challenge at Banking |
| January 10 - A Glossary of Budget Terms |
| January 10 - Agriculture: President Urges Congress to Overhaul Farm Programs |
| January 10 - Baseline Budget Projections (chart) |
| January 10 - Budget and Deficit Targets (chart) |
| January 10 - Budget Authority and Outlays by Agency (chart) |
| January 10 - Budget Authority by Function (chart) |
| January 10 - Budget Proposes $18.7 Billion in Spending Cuts... |
| January 10 - Congress Opens With Partisan Skirmishing |
| January 10 - Contained in His 1988 Budget Proposal: Text of President Reagan's Fiscal 1988 Budget Message |
| January 10 - Cutting the Deficit: Most Administration Proposals Are Hardy Perennials |
| January 10 - Defense Money: Where Does It Go? (chart) |
| January 10 - Defense: Debate Centers Not on Size of Pie, but How to Divide It |
| January 10 - Education: Reagan Targets Student Aid for Deep Spending Cuts |
| January 10 - Energy/Environment: Familiar Refrain: Reagan Proposes, Congress Opposes |
| January 10 - Federal Salaries: Pay Raise Proposed for Congress, Other Top Officials |
| January 10 - Foreign Affairs: Military Aid - Including Contra Money - Is Priority |
| January 10 - Health/Human Services: Budget Cuts in Health and Welfare Raise Hackles on Hill |
| January 10 - Hill Experts Dispute Fiscal 1988 Deficit Estimate |
| January 10 - Housing: HUD Budget Would Be Slashed by 28 Percent |
| January 10 - Law/Judiciary: More Funds Sought for Immigration Law, Prisons |
| January 10 - Little New in $1 Trillion 1988 Budget Request |
| January 10 - Proposed Top-Level Salaries (chart) |
| January 10 - Reagan Administration Economic Assumptions (chart) |
| January 10 - Reagan Proposes Merit Pay System |
| January 10 - Research and Development: Reagan Requests More Funds for Military, Space, AIDS |
| January 10 - Transportation/Commerce: Amtrak Sale, Mass Transit Funding Cuts Proposed |
| January 10 - Weariness Over Budget Impasse Leads... Leads Some to Speak Aloud About Tax Hikes |
| January 17 - 'Security Aid' Totals, Fiscal 1986-88 |
| January 17 - Democrats Want Quick Action: Party Unity, Not Bipartisanship, Sets Tone for Budget Debate |
| January 17 - IRS Says No Changes Likely in W-4 Tax Form |
| January 24 - Court Rejects Administration Deferral Authority |
| January 24 - IRS Now Plans Overhaul of W-4 Tax Form |
| January 24 - Members' Desire for a Deficit 'Summit' May Lead to a Debt-Limit Confrontation |
| January 24 - S and L Group Has Own Plan: Fight Brews Over Bailing Out Ailing Savings Insurance Fund |
| January 31 - Economic Forecast Counts on Trade Improvement |
| January 31 - Fiscal 1988 Budget by Function: $1.024 Trillion In |
| January 31 - Newest Budget Panel Members Confront Jargon, Turf Battles and a Looming Deficit |
| January 31 - President Reagan's Message to Congress Accompanying His Economic Report -- Jan. 29, 1987 |
| January 31 - Prospects Good for Bill Limiting Check Holds |
| February 7 - Congress Aims at Minimum Benefit Package |
| February 7 - House Banking Delays Action on FSLIC Bill |
| February 7 - House Passes Garn-St Germain Extender |
| February 14 - Democrats Put Budget Action on a Fast Track |
| February 21 - Democrats Reintroduce Plant Closing Bill |
| February 28 - Reagan, Big Business Opposed: Labor, Health Groups Push Bill To Notify Workers of Hazards |
| February 28 - Trimmed Gramm-Rudman Goals on the Table |
| March 7 - After Years of Laying Low, Labor Seizes Initiative |
| March 7 - Minimum Wage Getting Maximum Attention |
| March 7 - Supplemental Spending Bill Advances: As a Way to Cut Budget Deficit |
| March 14 - House Passes Bank Regulator Bills |
| March 14 - Long, Hard Struggle Facing Budget Writers |
| March 14 - Reagan Asks Congress to Overhaul Credit Programs |
| March 21 - House Panel Abandons Public Budget Sessions |
| March 28 - Democrats on Hill Draft Fiscal 1988 Budget |
| March 28 - Major Provisions of the Highway/Mass Transit Bill |
| March 28 - Minimum Wage Increase Introduced |
| March 28 - Senate Budget Proposal (chart) |
| March 28 - Senate Votes to Restrict Banks, Rescue FSLIC |
| April 4 - Bill Barring 'Double Breasting' Approved |
| April 4 - Budget Moves to Full House Amid Partisan Flak |
| April 4 - Major Assumptions of House Committee Budget |
| April 4 - Uphill Fight for Passage: Labor, Business Square Off On Plant Closing Legislation |
| April 11 - Analysis in Billions of Dollars (chart) |
| April 11 - House Adopts Democrats-Only FY '88 Budget |
| April 11 - Labor Charges Dole Is Anti-Union |
| April 11 - Labor, Business Edge Closer on Notification Bill |
| April 11 - Peace Offers Floated by Budget Camps... ...May Signal Only a Pause in the Fighting |
| April 18 - Budget Battles to Multiply in Coming Days |
| April 18 - Fiscal 1988 Budget by Function (chart) |
| April 18 - Labor's Menu Whets Chamber's Appetite |
| April 18 - Major Assumptions of Senate Committee Budget |
| April 18 - Senate Passes Temporary Legislation: Retiree Benefit Protection Sought in Bankruptcy Cases |
| April 18 - Virulent Tone Marks Debate On 'Double-Breasting' Bill |
| April 25 - Democrats Optimistic: Job Risk Bill Moved Forward Despite Protest From Business |
| April 25 - Lawmakers Seeking to Halt Abuse of Taxpayers |
| April 25 - Senate Delays Action on Budget Resolution |
| May 2 - Another Step Forward for Labor's Job Risk Bill |
| May 2 - House Panel Votes to Restrict Use of Polygraphs |
| May 2 - Senate Progress on 1988 Spending Plan Slows |
| May 9 - Fiscal 1988 Budgets by Function Compared (chart) |
| May 9 - House Agrees to Limit Check Holds |
| May 9 - Major Assumptions of Senate-Passed Budget |
| May 9 - Senate Adopts Democrats' Fiscal 1988 Budget |
| May 9 - Senate Budget Summary (chart) |
| May 9 - Showdown Looms Over Increasing Federal Debt Ceiling |
| May 16 - 'Family Leave' Bill Moves Forward in House |
| May 16 - Budget Talks Set as Congress Raises Debt Limit |
| May 16 - Conferees Debate Defense and Taxes, Decide Nothing |
| May 16 - Signal of Fiscal Restraint From Democrats... ...May Presage New Strength for the Budget |
| May 23 - Anticipated Revenue Gains From Selected Tax Increases (chart) |
| May 23 - Floor Fight Certain: Job Risk, Double-Breasting Bills Approved by House Labor Panel |
| May 23 - Tax Questions Tie Up Conference on Budget |
| May 30 - Major Provisions, 1987 Supplemental Funding Bill |
| May 30 - Spending Panels Will Start Work Without Budget |
| June 6 - Aiming for a Mid-July Showdown: Budget Process: Reform Keeps Congress Talking |
| June 6 - Defense, Tax Issues Derail Budget Agreement |
| June 6 - Framework of Post-Reagan Budgeting Seen... ...In Early Jockeying for House Committee Job |
| June 6 - Greenspan Named to Replace Volcker at Fed |
| June 13 - Fiscal 1988 Budget Conference Remains Stalled |
| June 13 - Panel Adopts 'Truth in Savings' Bill |
| June 13 - Republicans Charge Anti-Business Bias: Plant Closing, Polygraph Bills OK'd by House Labor Panel |
| June 13 - Timetable for Passage Uncertain: Tax Writers Release Measure To Fix 1986 Tax Overhaul Bill |
| June 20 - Budget Highlights |
| June 20 - Deficit Reduction in the FY 1988 Budget (chart) |
| June 20 - Democrats Agree on $1 Trillion 1988 Budget |
| June 20 - Fiscal 1988 Budget by Function... |
| June 20 - House Passes Bill Aiding Construction Unions |
| June 20 - Major Assumptions of FY 1988 Budget Agreement |
| June 27 - Bankruptcy Rules Clarified: Senate Panel Moves to Protect Insurance Benefits of Retirees |
| June 27 - Conferees Agree to Limit Holds on Checks Tough Banking Issues Are Left Unresolved |
| June 27 - Democrats Discuss Moving a 'Mega-Bill' Budget, Now Adopted, Is Political Ammunition |
| June 27 - Panel OKs Changes to Davis-Bacon Act |
| June 27 - Reconciliation by House Committees (chart) |
| June 27 - Reconciliation by Senate Committees (chart) |
| June 27 - Ways and Means Chairman Decries Reagan And Expresses Doubt About a Tax Increase |
| July 4 - Senate Labor Considers Risk Assessment Bill |
| July 4 - Trouble After the Elections: Economy Will Remain Healthy Through 1988, Experts Predict |
| July 11 - 'Don't Break the Compact': Tax Panel Gets Little Guidance On Ways, Means to Raise Taxes |
| July 11 - Gramm-Rudman Fight Looms Again on Debt-Limit Bill |
| July 11 - Trade Bill Includes a Labor Priority: Plant Closing |
| July 18 - Consequences for Some Federal Programs... |
| July 18 - House Appropriations Panel Reins Itself In... ...As Ranks of Budget-Cutters Gain Strength |
| July 18 - Leadership Wins on Second Vote: Treasury, Postal Funding Bill Passes House, Escapes Big Cut |
| July 18 - Politics Drives Gramm-Rudman Restoration Plan |
| July 25 - Committee Approves Occupational Risks Bill |
| July 25 - Curbs Adopted on Lobbying by Charities |
| July 25 - Debt Limit a Victim of Senate Budget Debate |
| July 25 - Greenspan Vows to Be Apolitical: 'Independent' Fed Has Shifted With Political Winds of the Past |
| July 25 - PBGC Premium Boost, Higher Plan Funding: Major Pension-Law Revisions Adopted by Two House Panels |
| July 25 - Senate Panel OKs 'Double-Breasting' Bill |
| July 25 - Social Security, User Fees, Health Cuts: House Committees Start Work On 'Reconciliation' Process |
| August 1 - A $10.8 Billion Bailout for FSLIC: Deal Struck on Banking Bill Smooths Way for Enactment |
| August 1 - Appropriations Bills Stalled in Senate |
| August 1 - Disputes Remain Over Premiums, Funding Rules: Second House Panel OKs Pension Proposals |
| August 1 - Incentives Added to Ease Pain: Panel Adds Nuclear-Waste Plan To Budget Reconciliation Plan |
| August 1 - Judge Orders Revenue-Sharing Funds Released |
| August 1 - Labor/HHS/Education Funding (chart) |
| August 1 - Panel Approves Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill |
| August 1 - Regional Split Over Hospital Payments: More Deep Cuts in Medicare Approved by Ways and Means |
| August 1 - Senate Adopts Gramm-Rudman Modifications |
| August 1 - Senate Panel OKs Greenspan, Ruder Nominations |
| August 8 - Fight Over Davis-Bacon Deferred to House Floor |
| August 8 - House Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill |
| August 8 - Mine-Safety Nominee Rejected |
| August 8 - Recess Rush Slowed by Debt-Limit Measure |
| August 15 - Hill Reports at Odds Over Economic Outlook |
| August 15 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Banking |
| August 15 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Economic Affairs |
| August 15 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Labor |
| August 22 - Gramm-Rudman 'Sequester': Nothing Doing |
| August 22 - Senate Orders Study of CPI for Elderly: Measuring Inflation: Is a New Index Needed? |
| August 22 - Televangelists: Temptations of Tax-Free Status |
| August 22 - The Charity Business: A Taxing Question |
| September 5 - Congress Faces Backlog of Economic Decisions |
| September 5 - Markup Promised for Mail-Order Sales Tax Bill |
| September 12 - Gramm-Rudman Changes Loom |
| September 19 - $15.1 Billion Voted for Treasury, Postal Service |
| September 19 - Gramm-Rudman: Domenici Has His Doubts |
| September 19 - Labor-HHS Bill OK'd by Senate Panel |
| September 19 - Panel Votes Stopgap Funds for FY '88 |
| September 26 - After Gramm-Rudman: Now What? |
| September 26 - Doubtful Congress Clears Gramm-Rudman Fix |
| September 26 - Senate Passes Treasury-Postal Bill |
| September 26 - Senators Berate Budget Scorekeeping: Panel Uses 'Phony' Savings To Meet Reconciliation Target |
| October 3 - Abortion Fight Could Flare on Floor: Labor-HHS Funding Measure Approved by Senate Panel |
| October 3 - Democrats: Snared in a Gramm-Rudman Trap? |
| October 3 - Fiscal 1988 Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations (chart) |
| October 10 - Democrats Take Tentative Steps Toward Taxes |
| October 10 - Even Liberals Might Find Defense Cuts Too Deep: Members Get a Look at Impact Of Gramm-Rudman Buzz Saw |
| October 10 - Impact of Fiscal 1988 Automatic Budget Cuts (chart) |
| October 10 - Senate Labor OKs Pension-Law Overhaul |
| October 10 - To Repay Debt to Retirement Account: Railroad Unemployment Tax Is Adjusted by House Panel |
| October 17 - After AIDS Debate, Senate OKs Labor-HHS Bill |
| October 17 - Anything Not to Tax Recreational Boaters: Panel Would Charge 'User Fee' for Gulf Escort |
| October 17 - Deficit Bill Rests on Risky $12 Billion Tax Hike |
| October 17 - Departure Could Affect Trade Bill Talks: Brock Resigning Labor Post To Join Dole's 1988 Campaign |
| October 17 - Highlights of House Reconciliation Bill |
| October 17 - Labor/HHS/Education Funding (chart) |
| October 17 - New Savings Needed to Void Automatic Cuts |
| October 17 - Risk-Notification Legislation Passed by House |
| October 17 - Southern Democrats Dislike Tax-Welfare Mix |
| October 24 - Boosting Payments by Employers: Legislation Seeks to Shore Up Debt-Ridden Pension System |
| October 24 - Budget Standoffs Characterize Reagan Years |
| October 24 - Crippled Market Spurs Budget Breakthrough |
| October 24 - Cuts Take Effect; Reconciliation Bill OK'd |
| October 24 - Highlights of Senate Reconciliation Bill |
| October 24 - Memories of the 1929 Crash Evoke Myths... ...But the Fallout for Republicans Was Real |
| October 31 - Cordial Talks on Deficit Belie Hardball Politics |
| October 31 - Fiscal 1987 Deficit: $148 Billion |
| October 31 - House Panel Backs $597 Billion Spending Bill |
| October 31 - House Will Try Again on Welfare Overhaul |
| October 31 - Reconciliation Deficit Reduction (chart) |
| October 31 - Republicans Cry 'Foul' Over Floor Tactics: Wright Finds a Vote to Pass Reconciliation Bill |
| November 7 - Budget Negotiators Report Only Small Shifts |
| November 7 - Exceptions OK'd for Security-Related Jobs: House Bars Private Employers From Using Lie-Detector Tests |
| November 7 - House Panel OKs Mail-Order Sales-Tax Bill |
| November 7 - Multiple Flash Points: Leaders Delay Battles on Omnibus Appropriations Bills |
| November 7 - No Trouble Seen for McLaughlin Nomination |
| November 7 - Problems Within Parties: Selling a Deal May Be as Difficult as Reaching One |
| November 7 - Sen. Proxmire Outlines Banking Overhaul |
| November 7 - Tax-and-Spending Trade: Reagan's Memory of 1982 'Deal' Haunts Budget Talks |
| November 14 - Deficit Agreement Eludes Summit Negotiators |
| November 14 - Lobbying the Summit: Indirect but Vigorous |
| November 14 - Revised Family-Leave Bill Ready for Action |
| November 14 - Tax Rates Linked to Layoff Experience: House Passes Bill to Shore Up Deficit-Plagued Rail Funds |
| November 21 - 'Compromise' Wins Few Republican Friends: Revised Family-Leave Measure OK'd by Divided House Panel |
| November 21 - Budget Summit Agreement (chart) |
| November 21 - Greenspan Urges Repeal of Glass-Steagall Act |
| November 21 - Summit Deal Fails to Forestall Automatic Cuts |
| November 28 - First Test for Summit Plan: Budget Deal Adds to Problems Facing Omnibus Funding Bill |
| November 28 - Rostenkowski on GOP Role: Never Again |
| November 28 - Senate Panel Prepares to Debate Bank Powers |
| November 28 - Senate to Start Action on Tax-Raising Bill... ...While House Will Wait for Conference |
| November 28 - Turning Budget Pact Into Law Won't Be Easy |
| December 5 - Despite Obstacles, Leaders Predict Floor Passage: Senate Panels Near Completion On Deficit-Reduction Package |
| December 5 - House Passes All-in-One Appropriations Bill |
| December 5 - Kassebaum: Testing Support for Wider Cuts |
| December 5 - Senate Panel OKs Credit-Card Disclosure Bill |
| December 5 - The Advantage of Writing the (House) Rules |
| December 12 - As Others Demur, Sasser Eyes Budget Chair |
| December 12 - Deficit-Reduction Package Passes the Senate |
| December 12 - Fairness Doctrine Dropped, Fees Rejected: Broadcasting Changes Spark Heated Debate |
| December 12 - McLaughlin Confirmed for Labor Post |
| December 12 - Senate Labor Votes to Curb 'Double-Breasting' |
| December 12 - Taxes, Medicare Among Key Disputes... ...As Reconciliation Bills Go to Conference |
| December 12 - Vehicle for Major Policy Fights: Senate Works Against Deadline To Finish Catchall Spending Bill |
| December 19 - Conferees Push to Finish Deficit-Reduction Bill |
| December 19 - Fights on Contra Aid, Fairness Doctrine: Big Spending Decisions Go Down to the Wire |
| December 19 - Immigration Items Kept Off Spending Bill |
| December 26 - As Dust Settles From Battle to Cut Deficit... ...Second Thoughts on Budget Summitry |
| December 26 - Budget Deal Enacted at Last, Congress Adjourns |
| December 26 - Final Appropriations Levels (chart) |
| December 26 - Highlights of Fiscal 1988 Reconciliation Bill |
| December 26 - Reagan Signs Reconciliation Measure: A Weary Congress Clears Bill To Raise Taxes, Cut Spending |
| December 26 - Reagan Wins Concessions in Final Funding Bill |
| December 26 - Senate Passes Credit-Card Bill |
| December 26 - The 100th Congress: A Productive First Session (chart) |
| December 26 - The 100th Congress: Banking |
| December 26 - The 100th Congress: Economic Affairs |
| December 26 - The 100th Congress: Labor |
