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January 4 - Bush Environmental 'Streamlining' Ignites Heated Debate Over Land Use

January 11 - New House Resources Committee Chairman: Richard W. Pombo, R-Calif.

January 18 - Even Shedding of Hot-Button Issues Won't Buy Energy Bill Smooth Passage

January 18 - Sticking Points on an Energy Bill

January 25 - Democrats' Environmental Bills May Find Floor Time Elusive In Pro-Business Chambers

January 25 - Principals in Broadband Debate In No Hurry to Rejoin Battle

February 8 - Fiscal 2004 Budget: EPA

February 8 - Fiscal 2004 Budget: Other Agencies

February 8 - Senate Panel Applauds Pledge of Bush Nominee Donaldson To Shake Up SEC, Wall Street

February 15 - Fiscal 2003 Omnibus: Commerce, Justice, State

February 15 - Not During Dinner: Sen. Johnson Seeks Telemarketing Hours Restrictions

March 15 - New Electricity Production Standards Dominate Debate on Energy Bill

March 22 - House Energy Bill Reshapes Electricity Regulation

March 22 - House Panel Advances Measure To Ease Hiring Rules at SEC

March 29 - Domenici's Efforts to Build New Energy Bill Could Use a Few Escape Valves

April 5 - Congress Ponders Wisdom of Providing Airlines With Assistance Package

April 5 - Hard-Fought Utility Deals Power Omnibus Energy Bill

April 12 - Flash Points in Energy Bill Versions Threaten Another Fatal Conference

April 12 - Georgia Serves as Template for Airline Industry's Economic Problems

April 12 - Lawmakers Face Airline Dilemma: Bailout Now, Crowded Skies Later

April 19 - Overhaul of Medical Privacy Regulations Sought Days After They Take Effect

May 3 - Senate Braces for Floor Battle Over Omnibus Energy Bill

May 3 - Yet to Be Determined: Political Value Of Spitzer's Victory Over Wall Street

May 17 - Battle Over Washington Airport Dominates Aviation Bill Debate

May 24 - Capitol Takes Cautious Approach To Filtering Lawmakers' E-Mail

May 24 - Hatch May Lose on Risky Move to Push Through Asbestos Legislation

May 24 - House Judiciary Approves Regulation of Sports Agents

May 24 - House Panels' Turf Battle Drops Internet Gambling Bill In Rules Committee's Court

May 24 - House Take on Forest-Thinning Bill Has No Chance, Say Senate Foes

May 24 - Is 'There Oughta Be a Law' a Real Answer to 'Spam'?

May 24 - OMB Nominee Bolten Eyed as a Repairman Of Bush-Appropriator Rift

May 24 - Plan Changes States' Cut of Highway Fund

May 24 - Prohibitions on Mass Mailings

May 24 - Republicans Aim to Stiffen Fraud Law

May 31 - Aviation Bill's Charter Provision Would Improve Rural Access

June 7 - Clean Air: Going the Regulatory Route

June 7 - Gambling Bill: House Decides To Hold 'em

June 7 - Prospects Dim for 'Clear Skies' as Industry Joins List of Foes

June 14 - Hotly Challenged Exemption For State-Regulated Wagering Still in Internet Gambling Bill

June 14 - Medicare Prescription Bill May Take On a Passenger In Capitol Hill Journey

June 14 - Outsourcing of Flight Control, Expanded D.C. Airport Slots Headline FAA Bill Conference

June 14 - Regulation of Health Plans Approved by House Panel

June 14 - Senate Vote on New Reactor Policy Is a Big Win for Nuclear Industry

June 21 - 'Spam' on Senate Floor Menu

June 21 - Surprise Reversal of Ownership Ruling Leaves FCC Chief in Uneasy Position

June 28 - House Bill Calls for Creation of New Regulating Agency for Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae

June 28 - NHTSA Reauthorization Bill Includes Rollover Standards

June 28 - Senate Committee Toughens Media Ownership Restrictions in Second Swipe at FCC

July 12 - Broadcasting Bills Compared

July 12 - Focus on Media Ownership Issue Takes Lawmakers by Surprise

July 12 - House Panel Bill Limits State Securities Regulators

July 19 - Tongass Is Environmental Test

August 2 - Elements of the Tobacco Deal

August 2 - Global Warming Bill Wins a Slot On Senate's Fall Floor Schedule

August 2 - Lawmakers Walk a Tightrope On Economic, Security Issues

August 2 - Laws Passed and Pending Bills

August 2 - Old Becomes New Again As Senate Passes Energy Bill

August 2 - Tobacco Producers Offering Once Unheard-Of Concessions

August 9 - Private Foundations Crying Foul Over Move to Force More Giving

August 30 - Fall Agenda: Media Ownership

August 30 - Fall Agenda: Tobacco Buyout/FDA Regulation of Tobacco

September 6 - Many Approaches to Homeland Security

September 6 - New Laws for a Safer Nation: Much Done, Much to Do

September 13 - Bank-Friendly Credit Reporting Bill Passes House; on Fast Track in Senate

September 13 - Domenici Pushing to Create Energy Bill That Stands a Chance

September 13 - End to Tobacco Subsidy Finalized

September 13 - Senate Will Take Up FCC's Media Ownership Rules

September 20 - Pension Woes Push Lawmakers Into Legislative Trade-Offs

September 20 - Stay Tuned: FCC Deregulation Temporarily Thwarted By Dorgan Amendment, Senate

September 27 - Companies Differ on FDA Guidelines for New Products

September 27 - Financial Privacy Legislation Approved by Senate Committee After Shelby Changes Course

September 27 - Fraudulent Spammers Penalized In Latest Senate Judiciary Bill

September 27 - New Copyright Royalty Regulation Established in Bill

September 27 - Senate Tobacco Alliance May Go Up in Smoke

October 4 - Thicket of Unsettled Issues Delays Energy Conference

October 11 - Bill to Regulate Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Sputters After White House Demands Stronger Hand for Treasury

October 11 - Energy Bill Conference Becoming a Powder Keg

October 18 - Highway Signs a Tempting Target In Challenge to Clinton-Era Rule

October 25 - Democrats Blast Chemical Plant Bill

October 25 - Hot Button Energy Issues for Democrats

October 25 - Ominous Forecast Predicted for Greenhouse Emissions Bill in Upcoming Senate Debate

November 1 - Defeat of Senate Global Warming Bill Highlights Worries Over Economic Impact

November 8 - Electricity Deregulation Still a Live Wire for Some

November 8 - Energy Issues and Where They Stand

November 8 - Energy Overhaul: Not Much Difference After a Decade

November 22 - Airlines, Others Find Pension Relief in Bill

November 22 - GOP Squabbling Nearly Derails Year-Ending Omnibus Bill

November 22 - House Passes Flood Claim Reduction Bill

November 22 - Legislation Refracts Larger View On Contact Lens Purchases

November 29 - Bill to Ban Interstate Transport Of Large Cats Advances

November 29 - GOP Fast-Tracks Its Own Agenda; Stalls All That's Left for Democrats

November 29 - Senate Clears Credit Report Blocking Bill

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: 'Clear Skies'

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: 'Do Not Call' Telemarketing List

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Energy Policy

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: FCC Media Ownership Rules

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Junk E-Mail Limits

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Prescription Drug Importation

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Tobacco Quota Buyout/FDA Regulation

December 13 - 2003 Legislative Summary: Workplace Rules

December 13 - Senate Tightens State Tax Laws For Certain Tobacco Retailers

December 13 - Wild and Exotic Cats Trafficking Barred in House-Cleared Bill