 January 12 - Recess Appointments by Bush For Conservatives Reich, Scalia |
| January 12 - Senate to Give High Priority To Overhauling Voting System |
| January 12 - Tug of War to Continue Over Judicial Confirmations |
| January 19 - Dispute May Heat Up Again Over Cheney Energy Task Force |
| January 19 - Hollings Fights Administration Antitrust Plan |
| January 26 - Court to Hear Utah's Census Case |
| January 26 - Two More Judges Confirmed; GOP Says Senate Still Too Slow |
| February 2 - A Closer Look at GAO vs. Cheney: Politics and Separation of Powers |
| February 2 - Baseball Owners Signaling Senate To Slide on Antitrust Exemption |
| February 2 - Provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Bill |
| February 2 - Some Republicans See Hill Watchdog As Biting the Hand That Nurtured Him |
| February 9 - Battle over Pickering's Nomination Dredges Up Bitter Times for South |
| February 9 - Clubs Come Out Swinging Again |
| February 9 - GAO's Walker Says He Hopes To Avoid Court Fight With Cheney Over Energy Task Force Documents |
| February 16 - GAO's Fuller Disclosure |
| February 16 - The Harrisburg Senators Have a Say Over Antitrust Law? |
| February 16 - The Harrisburg Senators Have a Say Over Antitrust Law? |
| 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 - High Court's Review of Copyright Law Could Have Broad Repercussions For Web Publishing, Consumer Electronics |
| February 23 - Lack of Judicial Controversy Belies Tumult Surrounding Pickering |
| March 2 - 'Two Strikes' Bill Would Impose Life Sentence for Molestation |
| March 2 - Bill to Broaden Police Access To E-Mail Advances in House |
| March 2 - Either Side Could Prevail On the Legal Merits, Scholars Say |
| March 2 - Judge John D. Bates |
| March 2 - Lott Secures Delay of Pickering Vote As Foes of Circuit Court Nominee Appear to Have the Edge |
| March 2 - Risk Enough for All In Walker v. Cheney |
| March 9 - Balloting System Revamp Sags in Senate Over I.D.'s; Chances Dim for Fall Potency |
| March 9 - Class Action Limits Face Difficult Trial |
| March 9 - Hatch Launches Plan B As Democrats Remain Unyielding On Pickering's Judicial Nomination |
| March 9 - House Panel OKs Plan to Shift Utah Town Into Nevada |
| March 9 - Life Term for Second Offense In Child Sex Crime Measure |
| March 16 - 'Born Alive' Bill Would Protect Babies Born at Any Stage |
| March 16 - Bill to Extend Residency Program Passes House After Six-Month Wait |
| March 16 - House Passes 'Two Strikes' Law For Repeat Child Molesters |
| March 16 - House Passes Class Action Curbs, But Uncertain Future Awaits Hotly Partisan Issue in Senate |
| March 16 - Past Rows Over Nominees |
| March 16 - Pickering's Defeat Escalates War Over Confirmation Process |
| March 16 - Sensenbrenner Leading the Charge For Immediate INS Overhaul |
| March 23 - Acrimony Over Judicial Confirmations Begins to Spill Into Other Issues |
| March 23 - Bill Says Its Own Provisions May Be Challenged in Court Right Away |
| March 23 - Byrd Holding Up Visa Bill |
| March 23 - Editor's Notebook: Our Preoccupations |
| March 23 - Hearing on INS Restructuring Yields Few Agreements |
| March 23 - Insurance Liability Stalls Talks |
| March 23 - Lawmakers Might Put Some Muscle Behind Call for Ridge Testimony |
| March 30 - New Homeland Security Duties Spotlight Service's Juggling Act |
| March 30 - Port Legislation Tries to Balance Tight Security and Smooth Commerce |
| March 30 - Silicon Valley Marketing High-Tech Solutions For the Nation's Embarrassing Security Lapses |
| April 6 - Bills to Overhaul Beleaguered INS Moving Ahead in Both Houses of Congress |
| April 6 - Hill Contemplates Copyrights: Does Innovation Trump Piracy? |
| April 6 - How to Resurrect Congress After a Debilitating Attack |
| April 13 - 'Comma Bill' Held Hostage |
| April 13 - Democrats Resolved to Extend Popular Police Program, But GOP Still a Hard Sell |
| April 13 - GOP Cranks Up Complaint Level In Judicial Confirmations Debate |
| April 13 - Immigration Provision Dropped |
| April 13 - INS Bill Running Afoul Of Bush Administration's Plan |
| April 13 - Traficant Refuses to Go Quietly Despite Calls for His Resignation |
| April 20 - Bankruptcy Conference Heats Up |
| April 20 - Both Houses Seem Intent on Aiding Nuclear Energy Comeback |
| April 20 - Critics of National ID Cards Line Up Against Encoded Driver's Licenses |
| April 20 - Foes of 'Virtual' Child Pornography Seeking a Very Real Remedy After Court Strikes Down Ban |
| April 20 - Prison Bill Creates Unusual Alliances |
| April 20 - Senate Passes Border-Security Bill Without 245(i) Immigrant Program |
| April 20 - White House Silence May Help House Pass Bill to Overhaul INS |
| April 27 - Campaign Finance Court Date Set |
| April 27 - House Committee Approves Bill That Would Halt Preferential Treatment For Prisons in Federal Purchases |
| April 27 - House Votes to Abolish INS, Re-Create It as Two Bureaus |
| April 27 - Senate Panel OKs FBI Bill Requiring Greater Oversight For Troubled Agency |
| April 27 - Shredding Bill Would Add New Penalties |
| April 27 - The Name Game: In Court, It'll Be McConnell v. FEC |
| May 4 - Anniversary Score on Judicial Nominees: Three Confirmed, Eight Still in Limbo |
| May 4 - Bill Narrows 'Virtual' Porn Definition |
| May 4 - Cabinet-Level Status for Security Office Gets Push From Bipartisan Measure |
| May 4 - Congress Expected to Clear Border Security Bill |
| May 4 - Diverse Three-Judge Panel Will Hear Challenge to Campaign Finance Law |
| May 4 - INS Bills Set House Against Senate With Bipartisan Support for Both Plans |
| May 4 - The Campaign Finance Judges |
| May 11 - Bill to Rewrite Ban on Virtual Porn Gets Panel Approval |
| May 11 - Congress Clears Border Security Measure But Wants to Protect Legal Immigration |
| May 11 - Focusing on Law Enforcement, Judiciary Committee Sends Cybercrime Bill to House Floor |
| May 11 - Key Border Security Provisions |
| May 11 - Letter From Sept. 11 Families Used as Weapon In Hyde-Schumer Feud Over Bankruptcy Overhaul |
| May 11 - Supplemental Bill a Vehicle For Fights Over Policies, Not Money |
| May 11 - With White House's Blessing, DeLay Picks Vehicle to Block U.S. Role in International Court |
| May 18 - Bankruptcy Bill Snags Again On Hyde-Schumer Duel Over Abortion Protesters |
| May 18 - Bio-Terror Bill, Near Final Accord, Will Include Drug Plan |
| May 18 - GOP Vows to Hold Up FEC Nomination Until Senate Votes on Pending Judges |
| May 18 - Many Divisions Yield Gloomy Forecast For Upcoming Appropriations Season |
| May 18 - Pro-Death Penalty Lawmakers Want Inmates' Access to DNA Tests |
| May 25 - Bankruptcy Revamp Held Up By Fight Over Abortion Provision |
| May 25 - Committee Democrats Cross Over To Advance Smith Judicial Nomination But Remain Committed to Tough Process |
| May 25 - Customs Bills Passed |
| May 25 - Impatient Senate Drafts Its Own Homeland Security Plan |
| June 1 - Changing the Focus of the FBI |
| June 1 - Court Overrules Internet Filters |
| June 1 - FBI Director Seeks Hill's Support As Hearings Get Under Way |
| June 1 - GOP and Justice Department Concerned Victims' Benefits Bill Is Too Broad |
| June 1 - What's Ahead: Week of June 3 |
| June 8 - Congress Vows FBI Oversight |
| June 8 - House Bill Would Ban Grocery Box Break-Ins |
| June 15 - Amendment On Tax Hikes Fails in House |
| June 15 - Commerce, Justice, State: Local Cuts Could Offset Security Plan |
| June 15 - Democrats Reconsider Strategy On Hate Crimes Bill |
| June 15 - Treasury, Postal Service: Friction Expected With Agency Shuffle |
| June 22 - GAO Watches FOIA Suit For Energy Documents |
| June 22 - Homeland Security Debate: Balancing Swift and Sure |
| June 22 - House Takes Another Shot At Ban on Virtual Child Porn |
| June 22 - Judicial Nominees Deal in the Works |
| June 22 - Supreme Court Ruling on HMO Reviews Undercuts Patients' Rights Momentum |
| June 22 - Supreme Court Settles Census Dispute; No Extra Seat for Utah |
| June 29 - Court Ruling Renews School Voucher Issue |
| June 29 - Cybercrime: Congress Addresses the Breach In Online Security |
| June 29 - Fate of INS Remains Uncertain Under Plans for New Department |
| June 29 - House Again Passes Virtual Porn Ban |
| June 29 - Pledge Flap Ruffles Hill: Are Amendments Ahead? |
| July 13 - Biden's Copyright Protection Bill Wins Broad Industry Support |
| July 13 - House Panel Approves Bill To Ban Late-Term Abortions |
| July 13 - McCain's Hold on Nominations Spurs Bush and Senate Leaders To Agree on Timely Action Plan |
| July 20 - Ban on 'Partial Birth' Abortions Nears Vote on House Floor |
| July 20 - Infant Protection Bill Cleared |
| July 20 - Intelligence Center to Stay Right Where Murtha Put It |
| July 20 - Panel OKs DNA Testing Of Suspects |
| July 20 - Senate Panel Approves Bill To Combat Entertainment Piracy |
| July 20 - Senate Panel Puts Off Tough Decisions To Pass Commerce-Justice-State Bill |
| July 27 - Bankruptcy Bill Set to Clear |
| July 27 - Democrats Say Conservative Bent Of Circuit Court Nominee Owen Is Too Far Out of Mainstream |
| August 3 - Abortion Provision Again Delays Widely Backed Bankruptcy Rewrite |
| August 3 - More Judges Confirmed, But Disputed Nominee On Hold Until After Recess |
| August 10 - Provisions of the Corporate Fraud Bill |
| August 31 - Congress Changing Tone Of Homeland Security Debate |
| August 31 - House GOP Set to Move Bankruptcy Bill Despite Contentious Abortion Issue |
| September 7 - Ashcroft Drawing Criticism From Both Sides of the Aisle |
| September 7 - Ashcroft Drawing Criticism From Both Sides of the Aisle |
| September 7 - Bipartisan Push to Defeat Bankruptcy Overhaul Bill Is Eleventh-Hour Long Shot |
| September 7 - Democrats Escalate Fight As Senate Judiciary Committee Defeats Second Bush Nominee |
| September 7 - Lawmakers Struggle to Keep An Eye on Patriot Act |
| September 7 - Lawmakers Struggle to Keep An Eye on Patriot Act |
| September 14 - Abortion Provision Has House Republicans Lying Low On Bankruptcy Overhaul Measure |
| September 14 - Hearings May Be as Mighty As the Legislative Pen |
| September 14 - House Panel Approves Some Caps on Malpractice Damages, Fees |
| September 21 - Democrats Likely to Confirm Pair of Bush Nominations For Slots on Federal Bench |
| September 21 - Judgeships and Drug Program Proposal Could Stall Conference Committee on Justice Department Reauthorization |
| September 21 - Malpractice Suit Limits Get OK |
| September 21 - Permanent Residency Bill Appears Stalled for Now |
| September 28 - Estrada May Sway Some Democrats |
| September 28 - Gun Lawsuit Restrictions OK'd in House |
| September 28 - House Passes Malpractice Limits Bill |
| September 28 - Justice Department Reauthorization Losing Steam After Conferees Load On Extra Baggage |
| October 3 - House Backs Justice Authorization |
| October 5 - Gun Lawsuit Restrictions Spurned by Panel Democrats |
| October 5 - House OKs Temporary Renewal Of Farmer Bankruptcy Protection |
| October 5 - Justice Department Authorization Signals 'New Era of Oversight,' Tighter Control of FBI Security |
| October 5 - Kidnapping Prevention Bill Goes to House |
| October 5 - Punitive Damages Issue Leaves Terrorism Insurance Bill Teetering |
| October 12 - 'Webcaster' Royalty Bill Passes in House |
| October 12 - Gumaker Lawsuit Bill Postponed |
| October 12 - High Court Examines Copyright Law |
| October 12 - House Child Abduction Bill Absorbs Related Measures |
| October 12 - Senate Judiciary Panel Agenda Hostage to Parties' Showdown Over Bush Appellate Nominees |
| October 19 - Bill Would Give Agents Power To Stop More Drivers at Border |
| October 19 - Judiciary Chairman Leahy Shrugs Off GOP Barbs |
| October 19 - New Commuter Student Visa Bill Expected to Be Signed by Bush |
| October 19 - Parties Use Judicial Standoff To Play to Core Constituents |
| October 19 - Washington-Area Sniper Shootings Prompt Lawmakers, White House To Consider Weapon 'Fingerprinting' |
| October 26 - Hatch Substitute Amendment To 'Virtual' Pornography Bill Pushes Constitutional Envelope |
| October 26 - Homeland Bill Deadlock Fails to Derail Restructuring of Immigration Agency |
| November 2 - Faith-Based Grants Available Now |
| November 2 - Legions of Lawyers Watching To Ensure Fair Voting on Nov. 5 |
| November 2 - Senate Unlikely to Embrace Bush Plan to Accelerate Judicial Nomination Process |
| November 9 - Accelerated Pace on Judicial Nominees |
| November 9 - Voting Upgrades Paid Off on Nov. 5 |
| November 16 - Child Porn, Concealed Weapons Measures Advance in Senate |
| November 16 - Don't Count These Judges Out Just Yet |
| November 16 - High Court Looks at Another Law Aimed at Online Pornography |
| November 16 - House Membership of Mostly Lawyers and Veterans Now Giving Way to Bankers, Executives |
| November 16 - Past First Amendment Challenges |
| November 16 - Senate Democrats Say GOP Majority Will Not Mute Objections to Nominees |
| November 16 - Two Bureaus to Replace INS |
| November 16 - Yet Another Blow To Bankruptcy Rewrite |
| November 23 - Conclusion of 107th Congress Does Not Put an End To Judicial Nomination Woes |
| November 23 - New Privacy Concerns |
| November 23 - Persistence, Lobbying Pay Off In Terrorism Insurance Victory |
| November 30 - Campaign Finance Debate Turns to Courts for Closure |
| November 30 - The Long Political Life of a Man of the South |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Bankruptcy Code Overhaul |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Border Security |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Crimes Against Children |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Faith-Based Initiatives |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Hate Crimes |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: INS Reorganization |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Judicial Nominations |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Justice Department Reauthorization |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Pension Plan Regulation |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Royalties and Copyrights |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Unemployment Insurance Benefits |
| December 7 - 2002 Legislative Summary: Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations |
| December 7 - Three-Judge Panel Poses Tough Constitutional Questions In First Test of Campaign Finance Law |
| December 14 - Lott's Civil Rights Votes |
