 January 3 - RECESS NOTES: Federal Judge Rules in Favor Of Regional Bells' Challenge |
| January 3 - RECESS NOTES: Rehnquist Assails Congress For Judicial Vacancies |
| January 10 - COMMUNICATIONS: Judge's Decision Casts Doubt On Telecommunications Act |
| January 10 - Hill Feels the Big Clout Of Small Business |
| January 10 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Looking for Confirmation From His Peers |
| January 10 - PROVISIONS: Changes to FDA Rules, Procedures |
| January 10 - RECESS NOTES: Judges Head to Court For Raises |
| January 10 - REPUBLICAN PARTY: 'Big Tent' Advocates Look Likely To Defeat Abortion Measure |
| January 10 - SEPARATION OF POWERS: Administration Admits Loss In Line-Item Veto Lawsuit |
| January 10 - TOBACCO: No Solution in Sight as Congress Prepares To Tackle Settlement |
| January 10 - TRANSPORTATION: Budget Surplus Whets Debate On More Highway Spending |
| January 17 - ABORTION: Roe v. Wade's Challenge at 25: Hang On to the Votes |
| January 17 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: House GOP Casts a Wide Net In Renewed Scandal Hunt |
| January 17 - CORRECTION |
| January 17 - House Investigating Committees |
| January 17 - Incremental Shifts in Immigration Law Value Job Skills Above Family Ties |
| January 17 - RECESS NOTES: Political Advocacy Case Reaches High Court |
| January 17 - REGULATION: RJR Papers Cast Further Doubt On Settlement Prospects |
| January 17 - SECTION NOTES: Virginia Legislature Revisiting House Dstrict Map |
| January 17 - SEPARATION OF POWERS: Federal Judge To Rule Soon On Line-Item Veto Lawsuits |
| January 17 - THE CENSUS: Departure of Bureau's Director Deepens Census Controversy |
| January 24 - COMMERCE: Politically Charged Task Faces Gambling Panel |
| January 24 - Editor's Note |
| January 24 - ETHICS: Rostenkowski Hopes To Set Forth On the Road to Redemption |
| January 24 - FOREIGN POLICY: Papal Visit Highlights Divisions Over Cuban Embargo |
| January 24 - RECESS NOTES: Former Rep. Oakar Sentenced In Campaign Finance Case |
| January 24 - RETIREMENTS: Stokes' Departure Recalls Career of Firsts |
| January 24 - Rostenkowsi: In His Own Words |
| January 24 - SCIENCE: Groups Fear Cloning Legislation Could Ban Significant Research |
| January 24 - THE PRESIDENCY: Clinton's Latest, Worst Troubles Put His Whole Agenda on Hold |
| January 31 - Alliance Demands 'Right To Choose' |
| January 31 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: If the Furor Subsides, Will There Be a Case? |
| January 31 - ETHICS: House Panel Gets Back to Business, Hoping To Put Rancor Aside |
| January 31 - Executives Vow To Cooperate |
| January 31 - FOREIGN POLICY: Cleland Warns Against Repeating Tonkin Gulf Mistake |
| January 31 - Impeachment: How It Would Work |
| January 31 - INVESTIGATIONS: Long List of Its Own Trespasses Tempers Congress' Judgment |
| January 31 - REDISTRICTING: High Court OKs Illinois 4th |
| January 31 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Unveiled on States' Systems of Child Support Enforcement |
| January 31 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Confirms Three For Judgeships |
| January 31 - SECTION NOTES: Supreme Court to Hear Telephone Cases |
| January 31 - TECHNOLOGY: Congress Finds No Easy Answers To Internet Controversies |
| January 31 - THE PRESIDENCY: Starr's Inquiry Prompts Questions On Independent Counsel Law |
| January 31 - Three Probes Are Pending |
| January 31 - TOBACCO: Anti-Smoking Drive's New Target: Tobacco Marketing Overseas |
| February 7 - ETHICS: Sentence Delayed For Rep. Kim |
| February 7 - How Each Agency and Department Would Fare Under Clinton Budget |
| February 7 - IMF Request Hits Snag |
| February 7 - INVESTIGATIONS: Proof of Illegal Voters Falls Short, Keeping Sanchez in House |
| February 7 - MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: Senate Nears Climactic Vote On Line-Item Vetoes |
| February 7 - REGULATION: White House Says Immunity For Tobacco Is an Option |
| February 7 - SECTION NOTES: Workplace Safety Bill Advances Despite Democrats' Objections |
| February 14 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Probe Reports Decry Abuses, But Overhaul Still Unlikely |
| February 14 - COMMERCE: Tobacco Industry Pushing Hard For Liability Protection |
| February 14 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Oversight at Its Best Was Off Center Stage |
| February 14 - Early Task for '98 Candidates Is To Find New Political Footing |
| February 14 - ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Battle Over IMF Funding Looms As Business Steps Up Pressure |
| February 14 - Education Moves to Head of Class As Crime, Unemployment Recede |
| February 14 - Excerpts From Panel's Reports |
| February 14 - FOREIGN POLICY: Key Measures Still Hostage To Abortion Dispute |
| February 14 - From Arm's Length to Joined Hands |
| February 14 - IMMIGRATION: Backlog, Management Woes Fuel GOP Drive To Dismantle Agency |
| February 14 - INTELLIGENCE: Senate Panel Votes To Protect Spy Agency Whistleblowers |
| February 14 - Issue Ads Often More Burden Than Blessing for Candidates |
| February 14 - Key Points of Hogan's Ruling |
| February 14 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Late Objections Stall Nominee; Confirmations Could Slow Again |
| February 14 - SECTION NOTES: Federal Judge Stays Decision On Long-Distance Markets |
| February 14 - SECTION NOTES: Group Files Suit To Challenge Use of Sampling in Census |
| February 14 - SECTION NOTES: House Ends Investigation Of Sanchez's Election |
| February 14 - SECTION NOTES: House Judiciary Committee Adds New Members, Staff |
| February 14 - SECTION NOTES: Reno Seeks Special Counsel To Investigate Babbitt |
| February 14 - SEPARATION OF POWERS: Line-Item Veto Struck Down Again; Appeal to High Court Imminent |
| February 14 - Sioeng Sizzle Turns to Fizzle |
| February 14 - TECHNOLOGY: Panel Again Looks To Limit Internet Porn to Children |
| February 21 - HEALTH: Lobbyists Intensifying Debate Over Health Care Regulation |
| February 21 - Lawmakers Look for Ways To Make Health Plans Liable for Errors |
| February 28 - A Farm-Friendly Chapter |
| February 28 - APPROPRIATIONS: $287 Million in Projects Restored to 1998 Bill |
| February 28 - BANKING: High Court Says Credit Unions Overstepped Their Authority |
| February 28 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Money Woes Leave FEC Watchdog With More Bark Than Bite |
| February 28 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Overhaul Gridlock on the Hill Contrasts With Action in States |
| February 28 - COMMERCE: Governors Offer Alternative To Hill's Internet Tax Bills |
| February 28 - COVER STORY: Congress Looks to Kentucky For Lessons on Education |
| February 28 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Paying Full Attention To the Presidency |
| February 28 - ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Overhaul of Bankruptcy Law Has Real Chance This Year |
| February 28 - ENVIRONMENT: Politics Poisons the Debate Over Superfund Rewrite |
| February 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: Members Assail Clinton's Waiver Of Drug Sanctions for Mexico |
| February 28 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Panel Moves Copyright Bills As Debate Escalates |
| February 28 - PROPERTY RIGHTS: Stiff Opposition Greets Bill On Local Zoning Cases |
| February 28 - SECTION NOTES: Contentious Hearings Dim Hope For Private Contracting Bill |
| February 28 - SECTION NOTES: House Passes Bill Clarifying Gun-Crimes Law |
| February 28 - SECTION NOTES: Liggett Talks May Interfere With Tobacco Legislation |
| February 28 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Approves Child Support Enforcement Measure |
| February 28 - SECURITIES: Bills Seek To Close Loophole In 1995 Lawsuits Law |
| February 28 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS: House Passes Bill On Cell Phones |
| March 7 - An Alternative to Impeachment |
| March 7 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Panel Releases 'Dueling' Reports, Remaining Partisan to the End |
| March 7 - Drunken-Driving Plan Stirs Controversy |
| March 7 - FOREIGN POLICY: Congress Finds Its Resolve As Iraq Crisis Cools Off |
| March 7 - FOREIGN POLICY: Opponents of Certifying Mexico As Drug Ally Face Uphill Battle |
| March 7 - HUMAN SERVICES: House Bill Reduces Penalties For Child Support Systems |
| March 7 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Hyde Staying Above Clinton Fray But Tries To Raise Panel Profile |
| March 7 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Prayer Amendment Advances Toward Floor Vote |
| March 7 - LAW/JUDICIARY: When Congress Decides a President's 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors' |
| March 7 - LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK: Productivity Likely To Be Low As GOP Sets Slow Pace |
| March 7 - Puerto Rico: Bill on Island's Political Status Skirts Trouble in House |
| March 7 - Rough Going for Supplemental Bill |
| March 7 - SECTION NOTES: House Passes Stricter Penalties For Cell Phone Eavesdropping |
| March 7 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Approves Extension Of Copyright Protections |
| March 7 - STATE DEPARTMENT: GOP Leaders Seek Showdown Over Abortion, Aid Money |
| March 7 - TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Hearing Explores Whether Antitrust Laws Need Upgrade |
| March 14 - Abortion Fight Puts IMF Bill on Veto Path |
| March 14 - ENVIRONMENT: House Passes Bill To Ease Property 'Takings' Claims |
| March 14 - First Tobacco Bill Gets Praise |
| March 14 - FOREIGN POLICY: Senate Urges Trial Of Saddam |
| March 14 - From the Family Tobacco Fields, They Eye the Hill With Unease |
| March 14 - Highlights of House Banking Bill |
| March 14 - INVESTIGATIONS: GOP Struggles To Find Strategy To Deal With Starr Fallout |
| March 14 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Measures Would Limit Minors' Access to 'Cyberporn' |
| March 14 - REGULATION: Ball Is Rolling as Leaders Consider Prospects for Tobacco Legislation |
| March 14 - Regulatory Overhaul Provisions |
| March 14 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Calls for U.N. Resolution To Criticize China on Rights |
| March 14 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS: V-Chip, TV Ratings Approved by FCC |
| March 14 - Thank You for Smoking: Livelihoods Depend on an Industry Under Siege |
| March 21 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Burton's Request for Funds Stalls As Investigations Fatigue Hits GOP |
| March 21 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Having Something for Everyone Spells Trouble for Overhaul Bill |
| March 21 - COVER STORY: Surface Racial Harmony on Hill Hides Simmering Tensions |
| March 21 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Where Does the Public Draw the Line? |
| March 21 - DEFENSE: Hill Critics of Mixed-Sex Training Find Ammunition in Report |
| March 21 - GOP Initiatives Hamper Efforts To Reach Out To Minority Groups |
| March 21 - Juvenile and Adult Arrest Rates |
| March 21 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Massiah-Jackson's Journey Ends in Withdrawal |
| March 21 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Panel Tries Putting the Bite Back Into the Juvenile Crime Bill |
| March 21 - REGULATION: Less-Than-Sweeping OSHA Bills Pass Muster in the House |
| March 21 - REGULATION: McCain's Panel Hunkers Down To Work on Tobacco Bill |
| March 21 - THE BUDGET: Tobacco Revenue Drives Debate As GOP Champions Medicare |
| March 28 - A Look at the National Labor Relations Board |
| March 28 - BANKING: House Credit Union Bill Responds To Court's 'Common Bond' Ruling |
| March 28 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Despite Leadership Opposition, Overhaul Issue Remains Potent |
| March 28 - Conference Report Highlights |
| March 28 - COVER STORY: Labor Wants Out of the Limelight After Glare of Probes, Backlash |
| March 28 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Tobacco Deal Is Simply Too Juicy To Resolve |
| March 28 - ELECTION '98: Clinton Scandal, Starr Probe Trickle Down Into Elections |
| March 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: GOP's Abortion Curb Advances As House Democrats Fall Back |
| March 28 - FOREIGN POLICY: Senate Rejects Effort To Impose Drug Sanctions on Mexico |
| March 28 - HEALTH: For Some Hard-To-Pass Bills, Smaller Can Be Better |
| March 28 - HUMAN SERVICES: Congress To Debate Restoring Food Stamps to Immigrants |
| March 28 - INVESTIGATIONS: Starr Report May Create Legal, Political Minefield in House |
| March 28 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Seeking Some Control Over Federal Judges |
| March 28 - SECTION NOTES: House Passes Paperwork Bill As Clinton Threatens Veto |
| March 28 - SECTION NOTES: Science Subcommittee OKs Invention Licensing Bill |
| March 28 - SECTION NOTES: U.S. Copyrights Extended For Another 20 Years |
| March 28 - TOBACCO: McCain Optimistic Measure Will Get Panel Approval |
| April 4 - CALIFORNIA: Rep. Kim Must Remain East For Most of Campaign |
| April 4 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: All-But-Doomed Overhaul Bill Meets Its Expected End |
| April 4 - Correction: Religious Persecution |
| April 4 - COURT RULING: Excerpts From Judge's Opinion Dismissing Paula Jones Case |
| April 4 - COVER STORY: Environmental Bills Hitch a Ride Through the Legislative Gantlet |
| April 4 - ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Tighter Bankruptcy Laws Win Senate Panel Approval |
| April 4 - EDUCATION: Senate Panel Follows House On Higher Education Act |
| April 4 - HUMAN SERVICES: Senate Shifts Food Stamp Aid To Increase Road Spending |
| April 4 - INVESTIGATIONS: Decision in Paula Jones Case Leaves Starr Determined, Congress Uneasy |
| April 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Panel Approves Update Of Copyright Liability Laws |
| April 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Visas for Skilled Immigrants Finds Home in the Senate |
| April 4 - REGULATION: GOP Likely To Sidestep Overhaul, Fearing Environmental Showdown |
| April 4 - REGULATION: Heat Intensifies as McCain's Panel Raises the Stakes for Tobacco |
| April 4 - Restructuring the INS |
| April 4 - SECTION NOTES: Panel Approves Protections For Biomaterials Suppliers |
| April 4 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Clears Bill To Toughen Laws on Cell Phone Fraud |
| April 4 - The Settlement, McCain Bill Compared |
| April 11 - Is Lott's Tobacco Recusal for Real? |
| April 11 - RECESS NOTES: Child Support Enforcement Bill Heads to Conference |
| April 11 - RECESS NOTES: Ex-Shuster Aide Indicted On Bribery Charges |
| April 11 - REDISTRICTING: Federal Panel Throws a Curve To North Carolina With Remap |
| April 11 - REGULATION: Industry Exit From Tobacco Talks May Incur Further Hostility |
| April 18 - COMMERCE: Big Tobacco, Big Government And the Senate's Nicotine Plan |
| April 18 - COMMERCE: Illinois Town Uses the Force of Law To Snuff Out Youth Smoking |
| April 18 - FDA Power Could Be a Puff |
| April 18 - FOREIGN POLICY: Agencies Targeted for Consolidation Stew on Congress' Back Burner |
| April 18 - POLITICS: North Carolina To Postpone Elections |
| April 18 - When Business Tells Washington: 'A Little More Regulation, Please' |
| April 25 - Both Parties Court the Public As Rift Widens Over Tobacco Legislation |
| April 25 - COMMERCE: Bankruptcy Overhaul Bill Faces House Democratic Blockade; Senate Takes Up Narrower Measure |
| April 25 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: House Oversight May Get Clinton Fundraising Probe After Burton Brouhaha |
| April 25 - Federal Panel OKs Schedule For North Carolina Vote |
| April 25 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Bork Lends Help To Coalition Challenging Microsoft Dominance |
| April 25 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Striking Controversial Provisions, House Waters Down Bill Limiting Federal Judges' Powers |
| April 25 - Panel Approves Bill To Weaken Immigration Law |
| April 25 - TAXES: Amendment On Tax Hikes Fails Again |
| April 25 - TECHNOLOGY: Copyright Bill Would Protect Those Who Publish Data In Public Domain |
| April 25 - TECHNOLOGY: Hatch Sets Deadline For Settling Differences On Digital Copyright Bill |
| May 2 - 'Commuter Murder' Proposal Hits Snag |
| May 2 - Correction |
| May 2 - ENVIRONMENT: Law Sparks Another Round In Pesticides Battle |
| May 2 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Court Appears Ready To Send Line-Item Veto Power To the Chopping Block |
| May 2 - FINANCE: Loophole Fix Would Move Class-Action Securities Lawsuits From State to Federal Courts |
| May 2 - FINANCE: One Firm's Litigation Habit Drives Hill's Search for a Cure |
| May 2 - FOREIGN POLICY: Clinton and Other Critics Make Headway Against Religious Persecution Bill |
| May 2 - FOREIGN POLICY: Clinton Uncaps Veto Pen As State Department Bill Clears |
| May 2 - House Panel Votes To Subpoena Former Gore Aide |
| May 2 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Immigration Bill's Fine Print Sends Industry Into High-Tech Turmoil |
| May 2 - Panel Would Search Records For Holocaust Victims' Assets |
| May 2 - REGULATION: Critics Warn of Black Market Despite Efforts To Include Safeguards in Tobacco Bill |
| May 2 - RNC Fighting Restrictions On Issue Ad Limits |
| May 2 - TECHNOLOGY: Digital Copyright Draft Bill Gets Boost From Intense Senate Panel Negotiations |
| May 2 - Tobacco Foes Look for Support |
| May 9 - COMMERCE: Fact of Fear: Seeking Truth in the Tobacco Liability Debate |
| May 9 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Hubbell Tapes Imbroglio Puts GOP Finance Probe on the Defensive |
| May 9 - EDUCATION: Higher Education Reauthorization Gets the Go-Ahead From House |
| May 9 - From the Editor |
| May 9 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Agreement on Judgeships No Guarantee Of Quick Confirmations |
| May 9 - POLITICS: Trial Lawyers Take Skills From Court to Campaigns |
| May 9 - TECHNOLOGY: Bill May Curb Internet Use By Pedophiles |
| May 9 - TECHNOLOGY: Satellite Organization Pins Hopes on Senate To Stop Privatization Bill |
| May 9 - The Religious Right's Foreign Policy Revival |
| May 9 - The Webster Hubbell Tapes: Comparing Versions |
| May 9 - Tobacco Liability Proposals |
| May 16 - BANKING & FINANCE: Bankruptcy Bill Would Make Erasing Debt Tougher for Consumers |
| May 16 - BANKING & FINANCE: Senate Passes Bill To Move Class Action Securities Suits From State Courts to Federal |
| May 16 - Committee Approves Bill to Ease Licensing for Inventions |
| May 16 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: House GOP Struggles To Salvage Campaign Finance Probe |
| May 16 - ELECTIONS: Breaux, Tauzin Aim To Regain Open Primary |
| May 16 - ENVIRONMENT: Maelstrom of Opposition Hurts 'Heritage Rivers' Plan |
| May 16 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Religious Persecution Bill Passes House by Strong Margin |
| May 16 - House Passes Tougher Penalties For Neglecting Child Support |
| May 16 - REGULATIONS: As Government Delays Action, Hatch Leads Microsoft's Critics In Urging Antitrust Scrutiny |
| May 16 - Senate Passes Bill to Protect Digital Copyrights |
| May 16 - Tobacco Legislation's Rapid Pace Emboldens Backers, Confounds Foes |
| May 23 - ABORTION: Testimony by Parents Gives an Emotional Edge to Hearings on Abortion Bills |
| May 23 - CORRECTION: TRIAL LAWYERS |
| May 23 - FINANCE: Bankruptcy Bill Wins Bipartisan Approval, But Coalition Shows Signs of Weakness |
| May 23 - House Passes Limits on Judges' Influence in State Prisons |
| May 23 - House Passes Reauthorization Of Customs Service |
| May 23 - INDUSTRY & REGULATION: Microsoft Lawsuits Leave Lawmakers Divided Over Continued Hearings |
| May 23 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House-Passed Measure Would Punish Misuse Of Data Collections |
| May 23 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Shortage of Skilled Workers Fuels Immigration Bills |
| May 23 - POLITICS: North Carolina Redistricting Plan Advances |
| May 23 - REGULATION: Defeat of Liability Limits Hits Tobacco Bill Hard |
| May 23 - Reps May Nix Clicks' Dirty Tricks |
| May 23 - Senate Judiciary Approves Fletcher Nomination |
| May 23 - SOCIAL POLICY: Agriculture Reauthorization Fizzles As House Republicans Split Over Food Stamps for Immigrants |
| May 23 - TECHNOLOGY: Alarm but No Answers At Senate Hearing on Threats To Nation's Computer Networks |
| May 30 - Parents Want Expanded Ratings Information on TV, Survey Says |
| May 30 - Testimony Privilege Extends to Town Hall Meetings |
| June 6 - BANKING: Donations To Be Shielded From Creditors |
| June 6 - Commission To Seek Assets Stolen From Holocaust Victims |
| June 6 - CORRECTION |
| June 6 - LAW & JUDICIARY: With Barely a Prayer of Ratification, Religious Freedom Amendment Opens Perennial Election-Year Debate |
| June 6 - REGULATION: Tobacco Foes Hope Loaded Bill Will Be Hard To Say 'No' To |
| June 6 - Teaming Up Against Hoekstra |
| June 6 - What's Ahead |
| June 13 - ABORTION: Bill Bolsters States' Parental Consent Laws |
| June 13 - Arguments Begin in Court Fight Over Statistical Sampling |
| June 13 - BANKING & FINANCE: House-Passed Bankruptcy Rewrite Demands More From Debtors |
| June 13 - COMMERCE: Senate's Product Liability Deal Has Strong Prospects For Avoiding Clinton Veto |
| June 13 - FINANCE: Panel Acts On Class-Action Securities Suits |
| June 13 - Flag-Waving: Congress' Summertime Ritual |
| June 13 - House Judiciary Panel Approves INS Enforcement Bill |
| June 13 - POLITICS & ELECTIONS: Missouri Democrat's Senate Drive Is Clouded by Desegregation Case |
| June 13 - POLITICS & ELECTIONS: Parties' Suit Over Issue Ads Shapes Up as a Key Test Of Campaign Finance Rules |
| June 13 - TECHNOLOGY: Mixed Signals in the Debate Over Encryption Technology |
| June 20 - A Gallery of Controversial Judges |
| June 20 - ABORTION: Emotions Flare In House Over Abortion Bill |
| June 20 - Clinton Expected To Sign Holocaust Assets Bill |
| June 20 - ETHICS: Campaign Finance Proposal Survives a Key Vote As House Debate Continues |
| June 20 - ETHICS: House Members Remain In the Dark About Progress of Starr Probe |
| June 20 - Flag Protection Amendment Advances |
| June 20 - From Reagan to Clinton, Interest Groups Refocus |
| June 20 - From the Editor |
| June 20 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Indicting the Courts: Congress' Feud With Judges |
| June 20 - REGULATION: Amendments and Ads Bury 'Inviolable' Tobacco Bill |
| June 27 - ABORTION: Panel Approves Out-of-State Abortion Curb |
| June 27 - APPROPRIATIONS: Clinton Raises the Stakes In Dispute With Republicans Over Census-Taking Method |
| June 27 - Bill on Medical Device Liability Heads to House |
| June 27 - BUDGET: Few in Congress Grieve as Justices Give Line-Item Veto the Ax |
| June 27 - Correction: Sessions Nomination |
| June 27 - Excerpts From the Opinions |
| June 27 - JUDICIARY: Doubts Linger As Securities Fraud Bill OK'd |
| June 27 - JUSTICE: House Passes Rare Justice Authorization |
| June 27 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Flag Protection Amendment Backers Prepare to Unfurl Drive for Senate Approval |
| June 27 - Senate Panel Votes To Expand Laws on Bribery |
| July 4 - IMPACT OF COURT RULING: Demise of Line-Item Veto Leaves Projects in Limbo |
| July 4 - POLITICS: Parties Appeal Judge's Ruling On Issue Ads |
| July 11 - Congress Calls For Tighter Restrictions On Encryption |
| July 11 - Identity Theft Measure Sails Through Senate Panel |
| July 11 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Crime Victims Amendment Has Steadfast Support, But Little Chance of Floor Time |
| July 11 - LESSONS IN DEMOCRACY: Just When You Thought It Was Dead, Immigration Program Leaps Back to Life |
| July 11 - REGULATION: Latest Senate Vote Idles Republican Hopes For Product Liability Legislation |
| July 11 - Spare Senate Panel Attendance Slows Abortion Amendment |
| July 18 - ABORTION: GOP Refuses To Tone Down Bill That Would Criminalize Abortion Aid to Minors |
| July 18 - APPROPRIATIONS: Decision on Census Money Provides a Sample Of the Brinksmanship Ahead |
| July 18 - COMMERCE: House Commerce Approves Digital Copyright Protections, With Assurances for Lawful Use |
| July 18 - Computer Security Proposal 'Falls Short,' Says Kyl |
| July 18 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Who's in Charge When Terror Strikes? |
| July 18 - Postponement at a Price? |
| July 18 - Property Rights Proponents Concede Defeat This Year But Say Victory Is in Sight |
| July 18 - REGULATION: Tobacco Issue Still Smolders Despite Evidence That Voters Have Other Priorities |
| July 18 - SOCIAL POLICY: GOP Leaders' Tougher Stand Against Homosexual Rights Concerns Some in Party |
| July 18 - TECHNOLOGY: 13 Companies Offer Proposal On Encryption |
| July 25 - ABORTION: House Votes To Override Veto Of 'Partial-Birth' Ban, Setting Up Pre-Election Showdown in Senate |
| July 25 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate's Commerce-Justice Bill Attracts a Swarm of Amendments |
| July 25 - COMMERCE: Microsoft Again in Hot Seat After New Allegations Of Anti-Competitive Practices |
| July 25 - FINANCE: Securities Suits Bill Moves To Conference |
| July 25 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Hyde Tries To Reverse Reno In Suicide Bill |
| July 25 - TECHNOLOGY: Who's Minding Whose Business on the Internet? |
| August 1 - An Illusion at the Library Door |
| August 1 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: 'Soft Money' Restrictions Near Passage in House, But Senate Still Unreceptive |
| August 1 - Congress Clears Bill To Protect Biomaterials Suppliers |
| August 1 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Congress Grapples With Question Of Security in the 'People's House' |
| August 1 - Judge Dismisses Boehner's Lawsuit Against McDermott |
| August 1 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Concern for U.S. Workers Keeps Veto Threat Alive for Bill To Boost High-Tech Visas |
| August 1 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Starr Probe's Sudden Progress Makes Congress Apprehensive, As Timing Is Everything |
| August 1 - Senate Passes Bill To Criminalize 'Identity Theft' |
| August 1 - Senate Votes To End Baseball's Antitrust Exemption |
| August 8 - APPROPRIATIONS: House Throws Book at Prosecutors, Passing Tough Rules on Conduct |
| August 8 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Judiciary Panel Backs Penalties On Suicide Aid |
| August 8 - LAW AND JUDICIARY: Panel Steps Up Confrontation Over Campaign Finance Memos, Voting To Cite Reno for Contempt |
| August 8 - Library of Congress Plans To Tighten Security |
| August 8 - Panel Approves Bill To Relax Laws on Gun Transport |
| August 8 - PAST AS PROLOGUE: Not Always Contemptible |
| August 8 - TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS: House Passes Protections Against Digital and On-Line Theft; Conference Faces New Issues |
| August 15 - Baseball's Exemption: Striking Out? |
| August 15 - Bork, Longtime Critic of Counsels, Takes a New Contrarian Stand |
| August 15 - From the Editor |
| August 15 - LAW: Clinton's Legal Setbacks Tip Balance of Power To Congress -- Starr Power: What the Probe Means for the Presidency |
| August 22 - 'A Critical Lapse in Judgment' |
| August 22 - FINANCE: Bankruptcy Overhaul: Seeking an Elusive Balance |
| August 22 - LAW: Clinton's Address Fails To Defuse Ticking Time Bomb of Starr Report |
| August 22 - Passion and Compassion From Bankruptcy Trustees |
| August 22 - REGULATION: FDA Jurisdiction Over Tobacco Thrown Into Doubt by Ruling |
| September 5 - CORRECTION: Special Counsel |
| September 5 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Alleged Trading Of Ads, Votes May Be Probed |
| September 5 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Along Clinton's Political Gantlet: A Panel Noted for Both Partisanship, Civility |
| September 5 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Reno Still Faces Citation for Contempt |
| September 5 - Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: A Partial 'Contract' Success |
| September 12 - 'Reaping the Whirlwind' |
| September 12 - ABORTION: Senate Votes To Take Up Abortion Bill |
| September 12 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Promises of Bipartisanship Will Be Put to an Early Test |
| September 12 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Will Congress' Hand Be Stayed By Fear of 'Glass Houses'? |
| September 12 - EXCERPTS: Independent Counsel's Report: 'The President Lied Under Oath And Obstructed Justice' |
| September 12 - EXCERPTS: The White House Response: 'This Private Mistake Does Not Amount to an Impeachable Action' |
| September 12 - Falling by the Wayside? |
| September 12 - From the Editor |
| September 12 - Gingrich Calls for Decorum |
| September 12 - House Panel Approves Bill To Sharply Restrict Gambling on the Internet |
| September 12 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Starr Report Hits Capitol Hill, Drawing Outrage and Trepidation |
| September 12 - LAW & JUDICIARY: The Weighty Why and How Of Punishing a President |
| September 12 - Scandal Chronology |
| September 19 - EXCERPTS: Clinton's Rebuttal to Starr Report: 'Its Principal Purpose Is To Damage the President' |
| September 19 - FINANCE: Burton Moves To Cite Reno For Contempt |
| September 19 - From the Editor |
| September 19 - HEALTH: Senate Narrowly Sustains Veto Of 'Partial Birth' Abortion Ban; Alternative Bill Introduced |
| September 19 - House Enables Harsher Methamphetamine Sentences |
| September 19 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Panel Backs Internet Gambling Bill |
| September 19 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Pushes Juvenile Crime Legislation |
| September 19 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Panel Votes to Release Clinton Video After 'Vigorously Partisan' Debate |
| September 19 - Legal Experts Say Perjury Charge Poses Greatest Peril to Clinton |
| September 19 - Points of Contention |
| September 19 - POLITICS: Clinton Scandal Is Scarcely Visible On Campaign Trail So Far |
| September 19 - Scandal Chronology |
| September 19 - TECHNOLOGY: Senate Bill Seeks To Promote 'Year 2000' Information-Sharing |
| September 19 - Ten Worth Watching on the Judiciary Committee |
| September 19 - WIC Reauthorization Gets Unanimous Senate Approval |
| September 26 - ABORTION: Bill To Punish Abortion Aid to Minors Stalls |
| September 26 - EXCERPTS: Clinton's Testimony About His Relationship With White House Intern |
| September 26 - FINANCE: Chambers' Differing Bankruptcy Bills Promise No Coasting for Conferees |
| September 26 - INDUSTRY & REGULATION: Internet Pornography Bill Advances |
| September 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Braced for Impeachment Inquiry, Democrats Still Lobby for a Deal |
| September 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: House Passes Bill To Increase Visas for High-Tech Workers, Adds Safeguards for Americans |
| September 26 - LAW & JUDICIARY: Witness List Could Be a Minefield If Impeachment Hearings Begin |
| September 26 - PAST AS PROLOGUE: Can Turnabout Be Fair Play For Democrats? |
| September 26 - Public Opinion Is Steering Congress In No Clear Direction |
| September 26 - Scandal Chronology |
| September 26 - SOCIAL POLICY: Prospects Fade For Passage Of Suicide Bill |
| October 3 - Anti-Terrorism Bill Expands Authority for Executive Agencies |
| October 3 - Comparing the Resolutions |
| October 3 - Compromise Improves Chances For Religious Persecution Bill |
| October 3 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Clinton Case Overshadows 105th's Legislative Legacy |
| October 3 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Impeachment Inquiry Vote May Signal Level of Partisanship To Come |
| October 3 - House and Senate Pass Bills To Delay New Border Checks |
| October 3 - Impeachment Vote Has Extra Weight For Incumbents in Tough Races |
| October 3 - Independent Counsel Law Then and Now: Enough Irony for Both Parties |
| October 3 - Scandal Chronology |
| October 10 - Baseball Antitrust Exemption Bill Cleared to Clinton |
| October 10 - Both Sides Invoke History's Mandate In Contentious Floor Debate |
| October 10 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Partisan Year Concludes With Impeachment 'Excursion' -- GOP's Next Task: Managing The Impeachment Juggernaut |
| October 10 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Politically Charged Vote Sets Tone For Impeachment Inquiry |
| October 10 - EXCERPTS: Considering Impeachment: 'Do We Have a Duty To Look Further or To Look Away?' |
| October 10 - EXCERPTS: GOP Cites 15 Possible Felonies By Clinton; Democrats Say Case Is 'Overstated' and 'Strained' |
| October 10 - JUSTICE DENIED: A Fight To Extradite |
| October 10 - Long-Delayed Nomination To 9th Circuit Court Confirmed |
| October 10 - Music Copyright Measure Clears After Compromise on Royalties |
| October 10 - Prison Sentences Toughened For Methamphetamine Dealers |
| October 10 - Scandal Chronology |
| October 10 - Senate Clears Bill To Delay New Border Checks |
| October 10 - Senators View Proceedings With Cautious Anticipation |
| October 10 - TECHNOLOGY: House Passes Internet Smut Restrictions |
| October 10 - The 15 Charges |
| October 10 - The House Resolution |
| October 17 - 20 MORE YEARS: Hold That Mouse |
| October 17 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce-Justice-State Money Could Be Suspended Next June Unless Census Dispute Is Settled |
| October 17 - Congress Clears Bill To Reduce Securities Suits |
| October 17 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Clinton Probe Assumes Low Profile As Lawmakers Await Election Returns |
| October 17 - Correction: Impeachment Inquiry |
| October 17 - House Clears Bill To Keep Tabs On Diplomats Linked to Crimes |
| October 17 - House Clears Measure To Combat Money Laundering |
| October 17 - Popular Anti-Bribery Bill Snagged in Satellite Dispute |
| October 17 - Scandal Chronology |
| October 24 - ACLU, Other Groups File Suit Over Internet Smut Legislation |
| October 24 - APPROPRIATIONS: Volley of Last-Minute Spending Signals Shift in War on Drugs |
| October 24 - Clinton Expected To Sign Identity Fraud Bill |
| October 24 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Lawyers Spar Over Rules for Clinton Probe |
| October 24 - Digital Copyright Protection Treaties Approved in Senate |
| October 24 - INDUSTRY & REGULATION: Congress May Sharpen Scrutiny Of Giant Corporations |
| October 24 - POLITICS: The Impeachment Factor |
| October 24 - Satellite Provision Resolved, Anti-Bribery Bill Clears |
| October 24 - Scandal Chronology |
| October 31 - ABORTION: The Abortion Rights Battle: Energizing for the Next Session |
| October 31 - Clinton Signs Bill To Combat Religious Persecution |
| October 31 - COMMERCE: Action in the War on Tobacco Moves Away From Capitol Hill |
| October 31 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Parties Resume Positioning for Clinton Probe |
| October 31 - Scandal Chronology |
| November 7 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Impeachment: Seeking Closure? |
| November 7 - Hyde: A Farewell to Arms? |
| November 14 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: GOP Looks for Impeachment Course By the Light of a Single Starr |
| November 14 - Heading Into Impeachment Hearings, Parties Rely on Contrasting Counsels |
| November 14 - Legislative Summary: Business and Society |
| November 14 - Legislative Summary: Governmental Regulations |
| November 14 - Legislative Summary: Washington Focus |
| November 14 - Scandal Chronology |
| November 14 - Specter's Alternative |
| November 21 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: 105th's Final Vote May Be Against Impeachment |
| November 21 - Corrections |
| November 21 - Impeachment Hearing Excerpts: Hyde Launches 'Search for Truth'; Conyers Denounces 'Obsession' |
| November 21 - Members Focus Less on Clinton's Guilt Than on the Appropriate Punishment |
| November 21 - Not Banned in Philadelphia |
| November 21 - Scandal Chronology |
| November 21 - TOBACCO: Multi-State Agreement Renews Democrats' Interest In Pushing Tobacco Legislation |
| November 28 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: GOP Pushes Toward a Vote On Articles of Impeachment |
| November 28 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: High Court Gets the Final Shot In Battle Over Census Sampling |
| December 5 - AN 'UNDECIDED' PREROGATIVE: Impeachment: One Man, Two Votes? |
| December 5 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Campaign Finance Overhaul's Supporters Hope for a Boost From Clinton-Dole Audits |
| December 5 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Hyde Leads Impeachment Drive In Growing Isolation |
| December 5 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Leaders Provide Little Guidance On Next Phase of Impeachment |
| December 5 - ETHICS: Shuster's Ties to Developer Raise Questions of Favoritism |
| December 5 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: Supreme Court Questions Its Role In Debate Over Census Sampling |
| December 5 - Radical Republicans, Then and Now |
| December 5 - Search for an Alternative Punishment Continues Behind the Scenes |
| December 12 - 'William Jefferson Clinton . . . Warrants Impeachment and Trial' |
| December 12 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: An Aggressive Defense |
| December 12 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: House Opens Historic Drama Of Morality, Law and Politics |
| December 12 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Judiciary's 'Fateful Leap' |
| December 12 - Democrats Offer Censure Resolution |
| December 12 - Floor Procedures |
| December 19 - Bonfire of Conflicting Moralities Engulfs the Capitol |
| December 19 - CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Impeachment Day: Tiring, Unpredictable |
| December 19 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: 'William Jefferson Clinton . . . Is Impeached for High Crimes And Misdemeanors' |
| December 19 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Democrats Rally to Clinton's Side; President Vows To Stay in Office 'Until the Last Hour of the Last Day' |
| December 19 - CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Principle of Equal Justice Under Law 'Lies at the Heart of This Matter,' Judiciary Panel Report Says |
| December 19 - From the Editor |
| December 19 - House Accuses Clinton Of Perjury, Obstruction |
| December 19 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: A Conservative Juggernaut |
| December 19 - IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: Senate's Uncertain Course |
| December 19 - Senate Rules for Impeachment Trials Are Alternately Precise and Vague |
| December 19 - The Articles of Impeachment Considered by the House |
| December 19 - The Politics of Prosperity |
| December 19 - The Presidency in the Balance |
| December 19 - Would the Case Against Clinton Hold Up in Court? |
