 January 12 - Bush Starts a Strong Record Of Success With the Hill |
| January 12 - Recess Appointments by Bush For Conservatives Reich, Scalia |
| January 12 - The Compassion Campaign |
| January 19 - Dispute May Heat Up Again Over Cheney Energy Task Force |
| January 19 - Hollings Fights Administration Antitrust Plan |
| January 19 - Lieberman Pushes for Bill to Reduce Number of Posts Subject to Confirmation |
| January 26 - Dealmaking Between Bush and Kennedy Galvanizes Managed-Care Lobbying Groups |
| January 26 - Naming of Accountants to Serve on SEC Raises Questions in Light of Enron Woes |
| January 26 - The Duel of Bush and Daschle: Men of Genteel Steel |
| February 2 - 'Secure', but Not Too Far |
| February 2 - A Closer Look at GAO vs. Cheney: Politics and Separation of Powers |
| February 2 - Daniels' Domestic Austerity Drive May Further Strain Relations With Hill |
| February 2 - Some Republicans See Hill Watchdog As Biting the Hand That Nurtured Him |
| February 2 - The Challenges at Home |
| February 2 - Will a New Era of Deficits Be Bush's Budget Legacy? |
| February 9 - GAO's Walker Says He Hopes To Avoid Court Fight With Cheney Over Energy Task Force Documents |
| February 9 - Lawmakers Call Bush Request for Authority To 'Transfer' Appropriations Beyond the Pale |
| February 9 - Parsing the Assumptions |
| February 16 - Another Reagan Alumnus Returns, Welcomed by Old Democratic Critics |
| February 16 - Bush's Private School Tax Credit Reignites the Voucher Debate |
| February 16 - Bush's Private School Tax Credit Reignites the Voucher Debate |
| February 16 - Bush's Selection of Hall For Humanitarian Position Creates Opportunity for GOP |
| February 16 - GAO's Fuller Disclosure |
| February 16 - Lack of Carbon Dioxide Regulation Spurs Criticism of Bush's Clean-Air Plan |
| February 23 - Appellate Courts at Center Of Fight for Control of Judiciary |
| February 23 - Charles W. Pickering Sr. |
| February 23 - Editor's Notebook: It's All Connected |
| February 23 - Lack of Judicial Controversy Belies Tumult Surrounding Pickering |
| February 23 - New Tools to Change Rules |
| February 23 - Regulating the Rule-Makers: John Graham at OIRA |
| February 23 - White House May Try to Broaden President's Privacy Privilege As It Fights GAO Suit Over Papers |
| March 2 - Bush Renominates Controversial State Department Appointee |
| March 2 - Bush's Bipartisan Welfare Proposal Paves Way for Congressional Action |
| March 2 - Editor's Notebook: Domestic Dilemmas |
| March 2 - Either Side Could Prevail On the Legal Merits, Scholars Say |
| March 2 - Judge John D. Bates |
| March 2 - Risk Enough for All In Walker v. Cheney |
| March 9 - Bush Breaks With Position, Moves to Protect Steel Industry |
| March 9 - Hatch Launches Plan B As Democrats Remain Unyielding On Pickering's Judicial Nomination |
| March 9 - Hill Warning: Respect Level From White House Too Low |
| March 9 - In Search of Lost Power |
| March 9 - John Podesta Hired by Nevada To Fight Nuclear Waste Dump |
| March 9 - Parker Loses Corps Post In Battle Over Earmarks |
| March 16 - Editor's Notebook: Assessing Motives |
| March 16 - Past Rows Over Nominees |
| March 16 - Pickering's Defeat Escalates War Over Confirmation Process |
| March 23 - Acrimony Over Judicial Confirmations Begins to Spill Into Other Issues |
| March 23 - Helms Pushing for Arms Deals To Be Exclusive Property of Senate |
| March 23 - Insurance Liability Stalls Talks |
| March 23 - Lawmakers Might Put Some Muscle Behind Call for Ridge Testimony |
| March 23 - OIRA Directs Guidelines on Data Quality |
| March 30 - New Homeland Security Duties Spotlight Service's Juggling Act |
| March 30 - Senate Mum on Bush Nominees |
| April 6 - Bills to Overhaul Beleaguered INS Moving Ahead in Both Houses of Congress |
| April 6 - Daschle: No Fast Track Without TAA |
| April 6 - How to Resurrect Congress After a Debilitating Attack |
| April 6 - Senate Appropriators Dissatisfied That Ridge Will Not Testify Formally; Homeland Security Spending on the Line |
| April 6 - The Heat Is On |
| April 6 - White House Considers 'Unsigning' U.N. Treaty to Create International Court |
| April 13 - Congress Challenged by Soaring Cost Of Transportation Security Agency |
| April 13 - Congress, White House Rift Much in Evidence On Capitol Hill |
| April 13 - GOP Cranks Up Complaint Level In Judicial Confirmations Debate |
| April 13 - Governors Step Up Lobbying Against Bush's Welfare Proposal |
| April 13 - INS Bill Running Afoul Of Bush Administration's Plan |
| April 13 - Security Costs Skyrocket |
| April 20 - New Medical Privacy Rules Blasted as 'Telemarketer's Dream' |
| April 20 - Reich's Role in Handling Venezuela Coup Could Cost Him State Department Post |
| April 20 - White House Silence May Help House Pass Bill to Overhaul INS |
| April 27 - Bush to Call for Mental Health Parity Over Objections from Key Allies |
| April 27 - House Votes to Abolish INS, Re-Create It as Two Bureaus |
| April 27 - Turf Wars Take Toll on Ridge |
| May 4 - Anniversary Score on Judicial Nominees: Three Confirmed, Eight Still in Limbo |
| May 4 - Bill Narrows 'Virtual' Porn Definition |
| May 4 - DeLay Flexes Muscles On Middle East Issue |
| May 4 - House Moves to Boost Numbers In Supplemental Spending Bill |
| May 4 - INS Bills Set House Against Senate With Bipartisan Support for Both Plans |
| May 11 - Crusader Down: First Salvo In Cancellation Wars |
| May 11 - Lawmakers Say Intelligence Network Is 'Slow-Walking' Inquiry Into Lack of Sept. 11 Preparedness |
| May 18 - Dodd Blasts State Dept.'s Reich For Response to Venezuelan Coup |
| May 18 - Editor's Notebook: The Public Interest |
| May 25 - Committee Democrats Cross Over To Advance Smith Judicial Nomination But Remain Committed to Tough Process |
| May 25 - Democrats Not Satisfied With Enron Memo Turned Over by the White House |
| May 25 - Impatient Senate Drafts Its Own Homeland Security Plan |
| May 25 - Senate's Crusader Plans on Hold |
| May 25 - Senators Differ With Powell On Releasing Serbian Aid |
| May 25 - Senators Want to Extend Sept. 11 Fund to Victims of Past Terrorism |
| May 25 - The Next Possible Trade Deals |
| May 25 - White House Pushing Draft Terrorism Insurance Proposal |
| June 8 - Bush's Swift, Sweeping Plan Is Work Order for Congress |
| June 8 - President to U.S. Citizens: Press Congress for New Department Of Homeland Security by Year's End |
| June 15 - Editor's Notebook: Stop Making Sense |
| June 15 - Intelligence Committees Tussle With Task Of Assigning Domestic Spy Responsibilities |
| June 15 - Security Plan Gets Solid Backing But No Rubber Stamps on Hill |
| June 22 - GAO Watches FOIA Suit For Energy Documents |
| June 22 - Judicial Nominees Deal in the Works |
| June 22 - Political Rival, Unlikely Ally |
| June 22 - Proposed Divisions and Duties Of New Security Department |
| June 29 - Burton Renews Quest For Presidential Records |
| June 29 - Fate of INS Remains Uncertain Under Plans for New Department |
| June 29 - Homeland Security Bipartisanship Launches Treasury-Postal Spending Bill, But Tough Issues Remain Unsolved |
| June 29 - Some in GOP Join Democrats In Questioning Homeland Plan |
| July 6 - Burton Resurrects Debate Over Release of Presidential Records |
| July 6 - Corporate America Faces Shift in Legislative Landscape |
| July 6 - GOP Leaders See Some Benefit In Lame-Duck Spending Session |
| July 6 - Homeland Security Revamp Hung Up On 'Dual-Purpose' Agencies |
| July 6 - McHale Tapped For Homeland Security Post |
| July 6 - President Bush Takes Key Issues on the Road |
| July 13 - Editor's Notebook: Backhanded Salute |
| July 13 - Gantlet of House Committees Greets Homeland Security Plan |
| July 13 - Highlights of Panels' Input On New Security Department |
| July 13 - Jeffords Not Satisfied With EPA's Release of Records |
| July 13 - Surgeon General Nominee Vows To Use 'Bully Pulpit' |
| July 13 - Treasury-Postal Service Spending Bill Tempts Veto With Cuba Travel Provision |
| July 20 - Bush's Domestic Security Blueprint Includes Possible Role for Military |
| July 20 - FEC Nomination Snarl Could Ensnare Carmona |
| July 20 - House Bill on Utah Land Swap Called Too Hasty by Democrats |
| July 20 - House GOP Keeps the Faith |
| July 20 - House Homeland Security Bill Bends Strongly Bush's Way |
| July 20 - Intelligence Center to Stay Right Where Murtha Put It |
| July 20 - Key Issues of Security Debate |
| July 20 - Lawmakers Irked as Spy Agencies Move Slowly to Alleviate Problems |
| July 27 - Hall's Confirmation Hits Snag |
| July 27 - Homeland Security's Big Hurdle: Ceding Power to White House |
| July 27 - House Gives Thumbs Up To Normal Trade With Vietnam |
| July 27 - McCain Deal Speeds Up Nominations |
| July 27 - No Opposition as Senate Confirms Carmona as U.S. Surgeon General |
| August 3 - Bush Wins Key Victory Before Recess: Fast-Track Trade Negotiating Authority |
| August 3 - Byrd Prepared to Slow Bill |
| August 3 - Harkin Declares Nomination Of USDA Undersecretary 'Over' |
| August 3 - Intelligence Members Say No Polygraphs |
| August 3 - More Judges Confirmed, But Disputed Nominee On Hold Until After Recess |
| August 3 - No Badge, No Break? Cabinet Secretary Joins the Herd |
| August 3 - Philosophical Conflicts Complicate Iraq Debate |
| August 3 - Rep.Tony Hall Confirmed for U.N. Position |
| August 3 - Work Rules Throw Wrench In Homeland Security Bill |
| August 10 - Duo's Contentious Battle Features Patriotism and Homeland Security |
| August 10 - Federal Regulations Face Assault on Their Foundation |
| August 10 - President Appoints Dorr To Agriculture Post |
| August 10 - Provisions of the Corporate Fraud Bill |
| August 10 - Tiny Rider Has Major Impact on Federal Rules |
| August 31 - Congress Changing Tone Of Homeland Security Debate |
| August 31 - New Department, Old Issues |
| August 31 - The White House vs. the Hill |
| September 7 - Editor's Notebook: Role Reversals |
| September 7 - Evaporating Terrorism Insurance Makes for Cautious Contractors |
| September 7 - For Congress, a New World -- And Business as Usual |
| September 7 - Workers' Rights Issues Looming Over Homeland Security Debate |
| September 14 - Banking Committee Approves Housing Bills, Backs Nominee |
| September 14 - Editor's Notebook: Room to Move |
| September 14 - Lawmakers Try to Balance Security And the Public's Right to Know |
| September 14 - Other Disputed Issues |
| September 14 - Senators Band Together to Reconcile Labor Rules and Homeland Security |
| September 21 - Bush Takes Page From Clinton In Appropriation Showdown |
| September 21 - Chafee Holds Key to Decision on Union Rights for Homeland Staff |
| September 28 - 'One Voice' Lost in Debate Over Iraq War Resolution |
| September 28 - Bush Nominee To Head FDA Widely Backed |
| September 28 - Cheney's Lawyer Claims Lawmakers Have Plenty of Ammo in Hunt for Information |
| September 28 - Independent Intelligence Commission Caught in Hill-White House Wrangling |
| September 28 - Personnel Differences for Homeland Security Plan |
| September 28 - Personnel Issues Have Senate Stumbling on Homeland Security |
| October 5 - Appropriators Parry Bush Move To Bypass Printing Office |
| October 5 - Moderates Vow to Keep Working On Homeland Security Deal |
| October 12 - Bingaman Puts Hold on FDA Nomination |
| October 12 - Broad Resolution Allows Bush To Set Terms of War Without Review |
| October 12 - Concerns Linger for Lawmakers Following Difficult Vote for War |
| October 12 - Editor's Notebook: Anxiety Levels |
| October 12 - Homeland Security Department Adrift in Appropriations Doldrums |
| October 12 - OMB Burns Midnight Oil Trying to Plan For Homeland Security Department |
| October 12 - Senate Judiciary Panel Agenda Hostage to Parties' Showdown Over Bush Appellate Nominees |
| October 12 - White House Communications Aide Joins SEC as Adviser to Embattled Chief |
| October 19 - EPA May Set New Air Pollution Rules During Hill Recess |
| October 19 - Judiciary Chairman Leahy Shrugs Off GOP Barbs |
| October 19 - McClellan Confirmed as Head of Food and Drug Administration |
| October 19 - North Korea Presents Congress With New 'Axis of Evil' Issues |
| October 19 - Parties Use Judicial Standoff To Play to Core Constituents |
| October 19 - Senate's Failure to Resolve Personnel Management Issue Stalls Homeland Security Bill |
| October 19 - Thinking Outside the House: Democrats Guess at Gephardt's Plans |
| October 19 - Thomas Wants to Halt Medicare Cuts for Doctors |
| November 16 - Bush Team in Driver's Seat on Fiscal Policy |
| November 16 - Homeland Security Department Another Victory for Administration |
| November 16 - Intelligence Authorization Clears, Creating Independent Panel To Probe Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks |
| November 16 - Nuances Run Deep in Homeland Bill |
| November 23 - Conclusion of 107th Congress Does Not Put an End To Judicial Nomination Woes |
| November 23 - Fielding the Possible Candidates For Homeland Undersecretaries |
| November 23 - Iraqi Scientists Visa Bill on Hold |
| November 23 - McSlarrow, Adelstein Confirmations End Bickering |
| November 30 - Homeland Security Department Details Continue Unresolved |
| November 30 - Kissinger, Mitchell Tapped for Panel |
| November 30 - Trade Proposal Draws Fire From Steel, Textile States |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Faith-Based Initiatives |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Fiscal 2003 Budget Resolution |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: GAO Lawsuit Against Vice President Cheney |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Homeland Security Department |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Nuclear Waste Repository |
| December 7 - O'Neill's Departure Signals Change of Style, Not Policy |
| December 14 - Calio's Assertive Style Moves Legislation, But Hill Republicans Have Paid a Price |
| December 14 - Court Ruling for Cheney In Lawsuit Seeking Records Threatens GAO's Stature |
| December 14 - President Bush's Hill-Savvy Lobbying Team |
| December 14 - Presidential Support Vote Study: Bush Readies Strategies for Legislative Success in 2003 |
