 January 2 - Funding Breakdown for Commerce/Justice/State (Chart) |
| January 2 - Immigration Controversy Avoided: Commerce, Justice, State Get $13.9 Billion |
| January 9 - Major Provisions of the Fiscal 1988 Reconciliation Bill |
| January 16 - Appeals Court Reversed: School Officials Get Clearance To Censor Student Newspapers |
| January 16 - Judge Bork Resigns From Appeals Court |
| January 23 - Deaver Conviction Now in Doubt: Court Strikes Down Special-Prosecutor Law |
| January 23 - Judge Nixon Says He Won't Resign |
| January 23 - North Investigation Will Continue |
| January 23 - Right to Bar Handicapped Students Limited |
| January 23 - The Post-Bork Civil Rights Agenda: Sponsors Plan Early 1988 Push For Grove City, Housing Bills |
| January 30 - Bid to Help Murdoch Keep New York Post Fails |
| January 30 - Panel Gives Kennedy Unanimous Endorsement |
| January 30 - Reverses Supreme Court Decision: Senate Passes Civil Rights Bill That Repeals Abortion Rules |
| February 6 - Critics Say Too Few Minorities: Reagan's Record on Judges Under Scrutiny |
| February 6 - Despite Setback, Push Still On for Civil Rights Bill |
| February 6 - In Its Last Act, Congress Clears Anti-Drug Bill |
| February 6 - Kennedy Confirmed on Unanimous Senate Vote |
| February 13 - Congress Re-examining Immigration Priorities |
| February 13 - Nofziger Convicted of Illegal Lobbying |
| February 13 - Plan to Extend Amnesty Program for Aliens Runs Into Strong Opposition From the INS |
| February 20 - Appeal to Supreme Court Expected: Judges Strike Down Sentencing Guidelines |
| February 20 - Bill of Attainder: Rare but Not Unheard Of |
| February 20 - Law/Judiciary Notes: House Bill Would Let Military File Medical Malpractice Suits |
| February 20 - Major Proposals in Reagan's Fiscal 1989 Budget |
| February 20 - Says Law Was Unconstitutional: Murdoch Takes FCC to Court In Bid to Keep New York Post |
| February 27 - Impeachment of Judge Nixon Recommended |
| February 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Supreme Court to Review Special-Prosecutor Law |
| February 27 - Panel OKs Kennedy-Simpson Immigration Bill |
| February 27 - Political Motivation Denied: FBI Tells Congress CISPES Probe Was Justified |
| February 27 - Siegan Defends Qualifications: Another Reagan Court Nominee Runs Into Opposition in Senate |
| March 5 - Fair-Housing Debate Postponed |
| March 5 - Ignoring Reagan, House Passes Grove City Bill |
| March 5 - Sentencing Commission Looks to Supreme Court |
| March 12 - Argument Over Reach of the Bill: Echoes From Past Punctuate Grove City Debate |
| March 12 - Change Sought in Low-Income Housing Credit |
| March 12 - Court Puts Off Resolution of Trademark Issue |
| March 12 - Trade Views Imperil Reagan Judicial Nominee |
| March 19 - Annual Cap on Visas: Senate Passes Immigration Bill, But House Unlikely to Go Along |
| March 19 - INS Revises Amnesty Rules for Illegal Aiens |
| March 19 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: House to Consider Impeachment of Judge Nixon |
| March 19 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Judiciary Committee Action |
| March 19 - President Offers Alternative: Reagan Vetoes Grove City Bill; Override Vote Set for March 22 |
| March 26 - Congress Overrides Reagan's Grove City Veto |
| March 26 - Court Upholds Ban on Food Stamps for Strikers |
| March 26 - House Panel OKs Genocide-Treaty Bill |
| March 26 - Members Plan New Assault in War on Drugs |
| March 26 - Senate Confirms Trott for Appeals Court |
| March 26 - Senate Judiciary OKs Three Bills |
| April 2 - Committee OKs Bill to Implement Genocide Treaty |
| April 2 - Congress Extends Deadline for Age-Bias Claims |
| April 2 - House OKs Child-Abduction Remedies |
| April 2 - Members Worry About Meese Staying On |
| April 2 - Push Is On for Seven-Month Amnesty Extension |
| April 9 - Meese Names New Aides at Justice Department |
| April 9 - NRA Draws Bead on Plastic-Gun Compromise |
| April 16 - Berne-Convention Bill Approved: United States Getting Closer To Signing Copyright Treaty |
| April 16 - Bill to Implement Genocide Treaty Passed |
| April 16 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES Trademark-Protection Bill Approved |
| April 16 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Panel Favors Limits on Exclusion of Foreigners |
| April 16 - Senate Passes Bill on Child Abductions |
| April 23 - House Panel Backs Plastic-Gun Ban |
| April 23 - INS's Nelson Adamant: No Amnesty Extension |
| April 23 - Longer Amnesty in Doubt Despite House OK |
| April 23 - Making Amends: World War II Internees to Get Cash, Apology |
| April 23 - Markup Slow and Contentious: Fair-Housing Bill Begins Uncertain Journey |
| April 23 - SUPREME COURT NOTES Bond Interest Taxation |
| April 23 - SUPREME COURT NOTES Hastings Impeachment Case |
| April 23 - SUPREME COURT NOTES: Veterans and Alcoholism |
| April 30 - Fish Plays Pivotal But Difficult Judiciary Role |
| April 30 - Floor Fight Likely Over Amendments: Fair-Housing Bill Approved By House Judiciary Committee |
| April 30 - House Clears Child-Abduction Bill |
| April 30 - House Panel OKs Juvenile Justice Reauthorization |
| April 30 - House Passes Bill to Implement Genocide Treaty |
| April 30 - Justices Hear Oral Arguments: Court Moves Toward Ruling On Special-Prosecutor Law |
| April 30 - Key Civil Rights Law Questioned: Decision to Review Ruling Raises Concern |
| April 30 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES Berne Convention Bill Advances |
| April 30 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES Compromise Reached on Plastic Guns |
| April 30 - Legalization Program to End May 4: Senate Blocks House Move To Extend Amnesty for Aliens |
| April 30 - Trial Lawyers Opposed: Liability Limits for Plane Makers Approved by Senate Commerce |
| May 7 - Application Period Ends: Congress, INS Turn to Next Phase in Amnesty |
| May 7 - House Panel Approves 'Safe Haven' Plan |
| May 7 - Panel Takes Aim at Defense-Contractor Fraud |
| May 7 - Ruling Goes Against Discounters: Congress Moving to Overturn Court Decision on Price Fixing |
| May 14 - Both Parties Eager to Act: Election-Year Drug Bill Shaping Up in House |
| May 14 - Business Abuse Prompts Action: Senate Committee Moves to Limit RICO Suits |
| May 14 - House Asks Court to Take Libel Case |
| May 14 - House Judiciary Feels Burden of Impeachments |
| May 14 - House Subcommittee OKs Record-Rentals Bill |
| May 14 - JUDICIAL COMPLAINTS (chart) |
| May 14 - Measure on Gambling Advertising Fails: House Passes Bills on Firearms, Copyrights and Contract Fraud |
| May 14 - Senate Judiciary Tightens Trademark Protections |
| May 21 - Bill Would Outlaw Religious Violence |
| May 21 - But House Action Uncertain: Senate Votes to Overhaul Trademark Laws |
| May 21 - Hastings Tells Impeachment Panel He's Innocent |
| May 21 - Quick Review Sought for Sentencing Guidelines |
| May 21 - Senate Democrats Name Anti-Drug Group |
| May 28 - Bill to Protect Retirees' Benefits Sent to Reagan |
| May 28 - Law/Judiciary House OKs Limited Gambling Advertising |
| May 28 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Reagan Names Justice Nominees |
| May 28 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Stage Set for Conference on Plastic-Gun Ban |
| May 28 - Obey Takes 'Garbage' Drug Plan to Extreme |
| May 28 - Parties' Proposals Begin to Emerge: Drug Issue Ignites Partisan Bickering in House |
| May 28 - RICO Revision Advances, but Trouble Looms |
| May 28 - Wiretap Leak Alleged: More Charges Against Hastings Aired at Impeachment Hearings |
| June 4 - Broadcasters Seek Hill Action on Cable Rules |
| June 4 - Court Says Reagan Can Require Secrecy Pledges |
| June 4 - House Passes Juvenile-Justice Bill |
| June 4 - Impeachment Hearings Continue: FBI Agents Say Hastings Revealed Wiretap Data |
| June 4 - Linked to Juvenile-Justice Grants: Weaker Anti-Drug Provision Wins Unanimous House Vote |
| June 4 - Supreme Court Allows 'Gray-Market' Imports |
| June 4 - Upholds Congressional Pay-Raise Law |
| June 11 - Court to Get More Freedom to Pick Cases |
| June 11 - First Committees Act: House Getting Down to Business on Drug Bill |
| June 11 - Hastings Hearings End; Nixon Hearings Begin |
| June 11 - Outlook in House Uncertain: Senate Supports Death Penalty For 'Drug Kingpins' Who Kill |
| June 11 - Renewed Ban on Record Rentals Advances |
| June 11 - Senate Says 'No' to Drug Amendment |
| June 18 - Commerce, Justice, State Funding (chart) |
| June 18 - Congress Clears Ban on Religious Vandalism |
| June 18 - Floor Action Expected This Month: Fair-Housing Protagonists May Have a Deal |
| June 18 - High Court Agrees to Hear Sentencing Case |
| June 18 - House Passes Incomplete Bill: Commerce, Justice, State Funding Bill Advances |
| June 18 - Panel Reviewing Nixon Impeachment Testimony |
| June 18 - Parties Fighting Hard for Lead on Drug Issue |
| June 25 - Clear Sailing Forecast for Fair-Housing Bill |
| June 25 - Court Urged to Uphold Landmark Decision |
| June 25 - Panel OKs Record-Rental Ban, Help for Victims |
| June 25 - PLO Officials Barred as Terrorists: Panel Approves Tighter Limits For the Exclusion of Foreigners |
| July 2 - Big Losers in Decision Include Nofziger, Deaver |
| July 2 - Court Rules Against Reagan in Power Clash |
| July 2 - Framers Made Conflict Between Branches Part of the Natural Constitutional Order |
| July 2 - NRA Promises a Battle: Handgun Waiting Period Added to Drug Bill |
| July 2 - Prognosis Good as Housing Bill Goes to Senate |
| July 2 - PUBLIC LAWS: (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 1477) |
| July 2 - SUPREME COURT NOTES: Abortion Statute Upheld |
| July 2 - SUPREME COURT NOTES: Congress Rebuffed on Libel Suit |
| July 2 - Text of the Opinion: Supreme Court Upholds Independent-Counsel Law |
| July 9 - 17 Counts Cited: Panel Calls for Impeachment, But Hastings Vows to Fight On |
| July 9 - Congress Sheds Few Tears: Meese's Resignation Marks End of an Era |
| July 9 - Gun Lobbies Take Aim at Drug-Bill Provision |
| July 9 - Nixon Impeachment Hearings to Continue |
| July 9 - Senate Republicans Offer Anti-Drug Proposal |
| July 16 - House Panel OKs Animal Patent Bill |
| July 16 - Judge Nixon Testifies at Impeachment Inquiry |
| July 16 - Senate Judiciary Rejects Siegan Nomination |
| July 16 - Thornburgh Nominated to Succeed Meese |
| July 23 - McKay's Verdict on Meese Cuts Both Ways |
| July 23 - PUBLIC LAWS (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 1854) |
| July 30 - Amendments Held for Second Measure: House OKs 'Dire Emergency' Supplemental Bill |
| July 30 - Appropriations Set at $15 Billion: Commerce, Justice, State Funding Approved |
| July 30 - Conyers Hears Echoes of Civil Rights Struggle |
| July 30 - House Votes to Extend Anti-Drug Programs |
| July 30 - Judiciary Committee Votes to Impeach Hastings |
| July 30 - Ways and Means Voices Reservations on Drug Bill |
| August 6 - Backed by Reagan, Senate OKs Fair-Housing Law |
| August 6 - House Passes Record-Rental Bill |
| August 6 - Panel to Recommend Confirmation of Thornburgh |
| August 6 - Stage Set for Senate Trial: By Wide Margin, House Impeaches Hastings |
| August 13 - Congress Clears Fair-Housing Bill |
| August 13 - Floor Debate Set for September: Drug-Bill Battle Previewed in Fight Over Rule |
| August 13 - Hate-Crimes Bill Advances in Senate |
| August 13 - House Passes Refugee-Help Measure |
| August 13 - Senate Panel OKs Bill to Punish Contract Fraud |
| August 13 - Senate to Postpone Hastings Impeachment Trial |
| August 13 - Thornburgh Confirmed to Replace Meese |
| August 20 - Major Provisions of Fair-Housing Legislation |
| August 20 - Meese's Parting Shot Strikes Sensitive Nerve: Independent Ethics Probe Needed for Capitol Hill Cases? |
| August 27 - ACLU: From Courtroom to Committee Room |
| August 27 - PUBLIC LAWS: (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 2068) |
| September 3 - 100th Congress Will Finish on a Partisan Note |
| September 3 - Fights Over Death Penalty, Gun Control Likely to Mark House Drug Bill Debate |
| September 3 - Partisan Lines Drawn for Debate on Drug Bill |
| September 10 - House Gets Tough With Drug Dealers, Users |
| September 17 - Bill to Aid Prison Industries Fails in House |
| September 17 - House Maintains 'Get Tough' Approach on Drugs |
| September 17 - Nixon Impeachment Proceedings Delayed |
| September 17 - NRA Shows It Still Has What It Takes To Overcome Gun-Control Advocates |
| September 17 - PUBLIC LAWS (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 2440) |
| September 17 - Rehnquist Welcomes Bill: House Moves to Ease Burden on Federal Courts |
| September 24 - Bill Would Also Protect Consumers: House Panel Splits With Senate on Trademarks |
| September 24 - Conferees Reach Agreement: Funding OK'd For Commerce, Justice, State |
| September 24 - Deaver Sentenced to Probation, Fine |
| September 24 - House-Passed Drug Bill Has Clear GOP Imprint |
| September 24 - Partisan Feuding Over Judges Intensifies |
| September 24 - Use of Committee OK'd: Senate Panel Approves Delay In Hastings Impeachment Trial |
| October 1 - Cities Could Benefit: Panel Moves to Clean Up Bankruptcy Laws |
| October 1 - Fight Over Legal Services: Congress Clears Spending Bill For Commerce, Justice, State |
| October 1 - Funding Breakdown for Commerce/Justice/State (chart) |
| October 1 - House Panel Approves Immigration Bills |
| October 1 - House Panel Approves Legal-Immigration Bills |
| October 1 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Bill Would Give Boost to EPA Enforcement |
| October 1 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: House Passes Record-Rental Ban |
| October 1 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Panel Votes to Raise Claim Limit |
| October 1 - New Rights for Consumers: House Panel OKs Trademark Bill, Prepares for Battle With Senate |
| October 1 - Senate Drug Bill Leaves Controversy for Later |
| October 1 - Senate Panel to Meet on Judicial Nominations |
| October 8 - Drug Bill Becoming This Year's Cliffhanger |
| October 8 - House Passes Bill to Raise Claim Limit |
| October 8 - House Passes Two Bankruptcy Bills |
| October 8 - New Supreme Court Term: Separation-of-Powers Issues Back on Agenda |
| October 8 - Senate Action Uncertain: House Passes Immigration Bill That Would Help Irish Aliens |
| October 8 - United States to Join Berne Convention: Congress to Clear Copyright-Protection Bill |
| October 15 - Congressional Intent Disputed: Court Hears Arguments on Key Civil Rights Case |
| October 15 - Senate Breaks Deadlock, Passes Anti-Drug Bill |
| October 15 - Senate Clears Bill to Raise Claim Limit |
| October 15 - Senate Passes Bill to Protect Workers From Suit |
| October 15 - United States to Join Berne Convention |
| October 22 - 1948 Treaty Goes Into Effect: Congress Clears Bill Making Genocide a Crime |
| October 22 - Bill Sent to President: New Law Imposes Stiff Penalties On Fraud in Defense Contracts |
| October 22 - Bill Will Allow Lottery Advertising |
| October 22 - Consumer Provisions Dropped: Congress Finishes Compromise Trademark Bill |
| October 22 - Death Penalty in Drug Bill Is Limited But May Set Precedent for Expansion |
| October 22 - Detection Standards Set: Drug Bill Includes Ban on Plastic Firearms |
| October 22 - Drug Bill Delays Conclusion of 100th Congress |
| October 22 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Privacy for Video Rentals |
| October 22 - LAW/JUDICIARY NOTES: Protecting Federal Employees |
| October 22 - Liz Taylor's Son Given Resident Status |
| October 22 - PUBLIC LAWS (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 2612) |
| October 22 - Scaled-Back Immigration Bill OK'd |
| October 29 - Bankruptcy Bills Sent to President |
| October 29 - Clarifies 'Patent Misuse' Doctrine: Congress Clears Patent Office Reauthorization |
| October 29 - Courts Package Passed by Congress |
| October 29 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law/Judiciary |
| October 29 - Major Provisions of 1988 Anti-Drug Bill |
| October 29 - Paves Way for Drug Bill Approval: Anti-Obscenity Compromise Targets Pornography Dealers |
| October 29 - Record-Rentals Ban Extended |
| November 5 - Court to Weigh President's Secrecy Powers |
| November 5 - Justices Hear Drug-Testing Cases |
| November 5 - PUBLIC LAWS (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 3074) |
| November 12 - Profiles of the Incoming Senate Freshmen |
| November 12 - Some Races Too Close to Call The House Newcomers: Freshman Profiles |
| November 19 - President Signs Drug Bill |
| November 26 - Bush on Judiciary: The Signals Are Mixed |
| November 26 - PUBLIC LAWS |
| November 26 - Reagan Appointments to Appeals Courts (chart) |
| November 26 - Reagan's Legacy Is Not Only on the Bench |
| December 10 - PUBLIC LAWS (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 3416) |
| December 17 - A 'Tough Guy' Comes to House Judiciary |
| December 24 - Legislative Outlook Law/Judiciary |
| December 24 - PUBLIC LAWS (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 3495) |
| December 24 - Public Laws Statistics (chart) |
