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January 13 - Tackling Social Security

January 13 - Talking Points: Social Security

January 27 - Chao Hearing Examines Wages, Safety

January 27 - This Week in Congress

February 3 - Ergonomics Raised in Chao Confirmation

February 10 - GOP, With Bush's Tacit Support, Puts Bankruptcy Bill on Fast Track, Hoping to Stave Off Amendments

February 10 - Intense Lobbying Gets Under Way Over Whether to Block Ergonomics Rules

February 10 - Managed-Care Overhaul Back on the Front Burner

February 10 - Norwood's Reticence Buys Bush Time, But Georgian Warns Clock Is Ticking

February 17 - Measure to Revamp Bankruptcy Law Heads for Action in House, Senate

February 24 - Bush's Trade Agenda Starts Out Between Big Steel and a Hard Place

February 24 - Byrd Law Bogs Down

February 24 - One Section of Disability Law Struck Down

March 3 - Agency by Agency: Where the Money Would Go

March 10 - 'New Consensus' Mired in Old Arguments Over Trade Negotiating Authority

March 10 - GOP-Business Alliance Yields Swift Reversal of Ergonomics Rule

March 10 - Lobbyists Lionize Nickles

March 10 - Senate GOP Leaders Try to Keep Bankruptcy Bill Free of Amendments To Avoid Conference With House

March 10 - With Ergonomics Standards Overturned, Will GOP Target Other Clinton Rules?

March 17 - Private Group Tries to Ease Toughest Welfare-to-Work Cases

March 17 - Welfare Overhaul's Next Wave

April 7 - Senate to Hold Up-or-Down Votes On Rival Minimum Wage Bills

April 14 - Bush to Attend Trade Talks Without Fast-Track Nod From Congress

April 14 - Compromising on Tax Cuts

April 28 - Retirement Savings Tax Measure Gets a Solid Relaunch in House

May 5 - Panel Chairmen's Dispute Over Agency Pay Raises Holds Up Cut in SEC Fees

May 5 - Scaled-Down Version of Bush Tax Plan Taking Bipartisan Form at Senate Finance

May 12 - 'New Democrats' May Hold the Key To Deal on Fast-Track Trade Authority

May 12 - House Panel Moves Railroad Pension Bill

May 12 - Signed, but Not Yet Sealed

May 19 - Labor-HHS: Focus on Education

May 19 - Railroad Pension Shift Approved

May 19 - Senate Tax Bill Trade-Offs Leave a Fragile Coalition

June 2 - A Top High-Tech Tax Wish

June 2 - Tax Debate Assured a Long Life As Bush, GOP Press for New Cuts

June 2 - Tax Package's Timetable

June 16 - GOP Lawmakers Target Bills On Patients' Rights, Minimum Wage As Vehicles for More Tax Cuts

June 16 - House Passes SEC Fee Reduction Similar to Senate's Version After Ending Agency Pay Impasse

June 30 - Faith-Based Charity Bill Advances in House With Little Democratic Support

June 30 - House Committee Adds Privacy Protections To Insurance Fraud Bill

June 30 - Push for 'Fast Track' Falters As Backers Fear Influence Of WTO on U.S. Farm Policy

July 21 - Panel Backs Normal Trade With Vietnam

July 21 - Partisan Stances Mold Fast-Track Debate, Hold Up Action on Jordan Trade Bill

July 28 - Bipartisan Hopes Pinned on Jordan Pact As GOP Takes New Approach In Campaign for Fast-Track Legislation

August 4 - House Passes Jordan Trade Bill But GOP Delays 'Fast-Track' Vote For Lack of Bipartisan Support

August 4 - Railroad Bill Passes House, Budget Hurdle

August 11 - 'Extenders' Could Be Up Next

August 11 - Bush Upsets Unions by Choosing Scalia

August 11 - Pressure Building for Congress To Tackle Tax Simplification

August 11 - Rewriting Business Depreciation Rules: Economic Stimulus vs. Budgetary Cost

September 1 - Fresh From a Set of Hill Victories, Can Labor Keep the Momentum?

September 1 - Hoffa Seeks End to Oversight

September 1 - Trade and Consequences: Taking 'Fast Track' Debate on the Road

September 22 - A Cautious Start for Stimulus

September 22 - Insurers Seek Protection

September 22 - Markets Survive Shocks

October 6 - Bills to Build Momentum

October 6 - Bush Calls for IDEA Rewrite

October 6 - Panel Clears Way for Labor-HHS Bill Despite Ongoing Split Over Education Funds

October 6 - Seeking Wider Support, Thomas Delays Barely Bipartisan Fast-Track Measure

October 13 - Debate Over 'Fast Track' Authority Refocused on Domestic Concerns

October 13 - Senate-Passed Aviation Security Bill Declared a No-Go by House GOP

October 27 - House to Vote on Whether Federalization Of Airport Security Workers Should Be an Option or a Mandate

October 27 - Polarizing Social Issues Resurface In Debate Over Jobless Benefits

October 27 - Rising Unemployment Claims Drive Policy Debate

November 3 - A Deep Partisan Schism

November 3 - Bush's Appeal Gives GOP Victory on Airline Security Bill

November 3 - Labor-HHS Spending Bill Hits Snag As Policy Disputes Erupt in Senate

November 10 - Labor-HHS Conferees to Contend With Mental Health Benefit Dispute, Education Overhaul Bill Delay

November 10 - TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: White House, Aviation Safety Conferees Grope Their Way Toward Compromise

November 17 - APPROPRIATIONS: Republicans Repel Efforts To Add to $40 Billion Emergency Fund

November 17 - House Passes Bill Allowing Investment Advice for Workers

November 17 - Labor-HHS Bill Could Be Used By Lawmakers to Pry Funds Loose For Energy Assistance Program

November 17 - TRADE: Andean Trade Legislation Passes House

November 17 - TRADE: House Leaders Postpone Vote On Fast Track

November 17 - TRANSPORTATION: Cleared Aviation Security Bill Is Crippled Industrys Best Hope

November 24 - Bush-Daschle Summit May Be Only Hope for Stimulus Bill

November 24 - GOP Misjudged Public Sentiment With Hard Line on Aviation Bill

November 24 - Provisions of the Aviation Security Law

November 24 - Transportation Security Office Has a Broad Mandate And a Tight Timetable

December 1 - APPROPRIATIONS: Transportation Bill Set to Clear As Bush Wins Key Provision Opening U.S. to Mexican Trucks

December 1 - EMPLOYMENT & LABOR: Two Cloture Votes Will Determine Whether Railroad Retirement Bill Can Win Enactment This Session

December 8 - Rivals' Missteps Help Daschle

December 8 - Senate Passes House Bill Allowing Railroad Pension Fund To Invest in Stocks and Bonds

December 15 - Finance Panel Moves Gingerly On Fast-Track Trade Bill, Scheduling Second Markup

December 15 - Railroad Pension Overhaul Clears by Veto-Proof Margins; President Is Expected to Sign

December 15 - Social Security Overhaul Panel's Report Lands With a Thud

December 15 - Tentative Deal Reached on Brownfields

December 15 - The Commission's Options

December 22 - 2001 Legislative Summary: Airline Bailout

December 22 - 2001 Legislative Summary: Aviation Security

December 22 - 2001 Legislative Summary: Brownfields

December 22 - 2001 Legislative Summary: Ergonomics

December 22 - 2001 Legislative Summary: Railroad Retirement

December 22 - 2001 Legislative Summary: Social Security Overhaul

December 22 - 2001 Legislative Summary: Transportation Appropriations

December 22 - Fast-Track Opponents All but Throw in the Towel As Bill Advances in Senate

December 22 - House Key Vote: Aviation Security (Vote 423)

December 22 - House Key Vote: Drilling in ANWR (Vote 317)

December 22 - House Key Vote: Ergonomics Rules (Vote 33)

December 22 - Senate Key Vote: Ergonomics Rules (Vote 15)

December 22 - The 1997 AMTRAK Rescue