ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

Addresses

Balanced Approach to LDC Debt Problem: E. Gerald Corrigan, 17786 [12JY]

Challenge of Debt Crisis That Has Engulfed Latin America and Caribbean Region: Enrique V. Iglesias, 29423-29426 [7OC]

Challenges Facing Developing Countries: Barber B. Conable, Jr., 28255-28258 [4OC]

Condition of the Banking Industry: Spencer F. Eccles, 15480-15482 [21JN]

Constitutional Amendment To Balance the Budget: Clifford E. Sanders, 443 [28JA]

Economic Opportunities for Arkansas: Representative Alexander, 12554-12556 [26MY]

Foreign Assistance: John F. Kennedy, 24848 [22SE]

Free the Children Program: William N. Morris, Jr., 5955-5957 [30MR]

Mutual Accord for Economic Growth: Senator Baucus, 5297-5298 [25MR]

U.S. as an Economic Power: Felix G. Rohatyn, 3494 [4MR]

Agreements

Enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 4848), unanimous-consent on H.R. 4848, 19933 [2AU]

Amendments

Business: develop applications of superconductivity (H.R. 3048), 28384 [5OC]

Foreign trade: enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (S. 2558), 15777 [23JN]

Indians: funding for economic growth (S. 1360), 23132 [9SE]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), 19926, 19955 [2AU], 20030, 20046, 20061, 20074, 20099, 20147, 20148 [3AU]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), enrollment correction (S. Con. Res. 135), 20105 [3AU]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 23948, 23961 [15SE], 24204 [16SE], 24449, 24457 [19SE], 24481, 24547-24551, 24569-24573 [20SE], 24733, 24773, 24833-24846 [22SE], 25239, 25242 [23SE]

———enact (H.R. 1834), 6788 [13AP], 11339 [17MY]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (S. 430), 15220 [20JN], 15393 [21JN], 16334, 16336, 16385, 16386 [29JN], 16728 [6JY], 23172 [9SE], 23756 [14SE], 25241 [23SE], 28338, 28343, 28375 [5OC]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 23110, 23172, 23174, 23177, 23178-23278 [9SE], 23547 [13SE], 25092-25094 [23SE]

Analyses

Cost Estimate of H.R. 1834: CBO, 9897, 9898 [4MY]

Objectional Provisions of Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations: White House, 14796 [16JN]

Tax Indexing of Capital Gains: Senator Armstrong, 6839 [14AP]

Truth in Federal Spending Act (H.R. 4376), 6800 [13AP]

Appointments

National Economic Council, 442 [28JA]

Articles and editorials

After 45 Years, Vindication for Scholar, 33552 [21OC]

All Dressed Up and No Place To Go?, 28287 [5OC]

America's Third World, 20012-20013 [2AU]

Area Residents Join Coalition to ``Stop Raid'', 11949 [23MY]

Asking for Protection Is Asking for Trouble, 3667 [10MR]

At Last—A Rational United States Policy Toward Mexico!, 10386 [10MY]

Bad-News Trade Bill, 24339 [16SE]

Bailing Out Moscow, 2642 [29FE], 8864 [26AP]

Balanced Budget Isn't the Top Fiscal Issue, 20350 [3AU]

Bankers' Lament, 1896 [22FE]

Battle of the Banks, 1896 [22FE]

Behind the Rosy Numbers Lurks Decline, 32002 [19OC]

Better Than $3.35, $4.25 or Even $5.05, 31980 [19OC]

Big, Costlier Homes Fill the Market—Builders Aim New Houses at ``Move-Up'' Buyers, 3019 [2MR]

Birth of a Movement—Czech Suppression Spurred Moscow Dissent, 22576 [7SE]

Black's Slim Gains Mask Deeper Pain, 17582 [12JY]

Bloc Tests Limits on Another ``Spring''—Gorbachev's Plans, Recalling Dubcek's, Put Old Bounds in Doubt, 22577 [7SE]

Bonn Protests Refusal of Aid to Romania, 671 [2FE]

Breaking Faith, 13682 [8JN]

Bringing Chile's Economy Back, 21194 [9AU]

Bureaucratic Tangles Hinder Soviet Industry, 1458 [16FE]

But Not Lesotho, 17836 [12JY]

Carter, Ford Join Group To Help Next President Avoid Some Pitfalls, 10856 [12MY]

Casino Works, 15757 [23JN]

CBO's Unwelcome Cost Estimate Vanishes, 8566 [25AP]

Charade—Corporate Raiders Can't Continue Unchecked, 11949 [23MY]

Child Care Revisited, 22758 [7SE]

Common Enemy, 5072 [23MR]

Concept of a Central Bank Gains Support in Europe, 14847 [16JN]

Congress To Begin Overdue Look at Hostile Corporate Raiders, 11948 [23MY]

Congressional Theatrics vs. Real Market Reform, 12320 [25MY]

Corporate Raids Hurt Economy, 12783 [27MY]

Cost of Living in Tokyo Takes Toll on Embassies, 13299 [2JN]

Credit Cards Play on Affinity Theme, 1696 [18FE]

Dairy Decline—Federal Changes Spark Concern, 6598 [13AP]

Dairy Decline—Western Farms Put the Squeeze on Northeast, 6597 [13AP]

Debtor Nation Nonsense, 18386 [14JY]

Debunking the Myth That We're a Debtor Nation, 32143 [20OC]

Discounters Say Supplies Have Been Cut Since Supreme Court Ruling, 28335 [5OC]

Discounting the Market, 15354 [21JN]

Discovery of Rural Area Hikes Housing, 3962 [15MR]

Distribution of Income, 14294 [13JN]

``Dollars and Cents'' of Power—for Latino Entrepreneurs, Sharing Can Be Way To Gain, 29600 [7OC]

Don't Knock Reaganomics, 18956 [27JY]

Don't Raise That Minimum Wage, 9893 [4MY]

Drifting Sands, 6967 [14AP]

Dukakis Sees Line-Item Veto as a Tool for Pruning Deficit—Questions of Which Programs To Cut, How To Lower Interest Rates Still Linger, 31994 [19OC]

East Buys West—Foreign Ownership on Rise, 13300, 13301 [2JN]

Eastern Idaho Employers Wary of Increases in Minimum Wage, 24773 [22SE]

Economic Record Says That Voters, Especially Women, Should Be Supporting Bush, 22342 [11AU]

Economist—Jobs Go if Pay Rises, 24491 [20SE]

ECU's Growing Role in Private Transactions—European Currency Unit Is Gaining Acceptance, 31217 [18OC]

Education and the American Worker, 6793 [13AP]

El Salvador—Policy of Deceit, 33480 [21OC]

European With Mission—A More Perfect Union, 19545 [28JY]

Europeans Adopt Plan to End Curbs on Capital Flows, 14847 [16JN]

Even With Good Pay, Many Americans Are Unable To Buy a Home, 2610 [26FE]

Ex-Aide Hits U.S. Trade Stance—Negotiator Says Administration Ignored Early Problems, 4493 [21MR]

Extending the Reagan Revolution, 16168 [28JN]

Fact and Comment, 1945 [22FE]

Farm Belt Gamble, 14811 [16JN]

Fictitious Issue of the ``Jobs Gap''—And the Damage It Can Cause, 23895 [15SE]

Fighting Corporate Raiders, 11948 [23MY]

Financial Reform? Not in This Life, 315 [27JA]

FmHA Bailout, 14810 [16JN]

Foreign Money, U.S. Fears, 63-65 [25JA]

Foreign Trade Competition, 3671 [10MR]

Forgiveness on the Farm, 14811 [16JN]

Four Years After Crisis, Fisk University Thrives, 3010 [2MR]

Future Permanent, 15756 [23JN]

Glaring Exception, 9980 [5MY]

Gold Coast Becoming Tarnished as Real Estate Prices Soar, 3961 [15MR]

Grain Sales Boosted Kansas Farm Income, 25641 [27SE]

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings—An Imperfect Law That Works, 32153-32155 [20OC]

Greatness of Taiwan, 29172 [6OC]

Hard Times, Harder Hearts, 31247 [18OC]

Has America Lost Its Commitment to Housing?, 1181 [4FE]

Helping Small Firms Afford Health Insurance, 32146 [20OC]

Higher Capital-Gains Taxes Offer Yet Another Reason Not To Invest, 12744 [26MY]

Higher Minimum Wage Unfair to Small Business, 24771 [22SE]

Higher Wage May Not Help, 24771 [22SE]

Home Prices Still Climbing—Average for State Reached $165,000 This Year, 3960 [15MR]

Homelessness, 1181 [4FE]

Hope Fades for Panama's Economy, 10562 [11MY]

How the Media Slight Pinochet, 22758 [7SE]

Humboldt Man's Background in 4-H Is Used in Vietnam, 4430 [18MR]

Idaho Small-Business Owners Oppose Minimum Wage Hike, 24772 [22SE]

Imagine Everyone in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago Changing Jobs, 12976 [27MY]

Independence Breeds Dependence, 16572 [30JN]

Indisputable Victory of Supply-Side Economics, 1209 [8FE]

Industry Owes Its Troubles to Congress Regulators—And Itself, 14211-14213 [13JN]

Institutional ``Investor'' or ``Speculator''?, 16082 [28JN]

Irish Applaud Austerity Policies—Political Risk Pays as Economy Gains, 23064 [9SE]

Is Gramm-Rudman-Hollings an Exercise in Legislative Futility?, 29701-29703 [11OC]

Issue for `88—America's Competitiveness, 1165 [4FE]

It's All the Cards You'll Never Need, 17427 [11JY]

Japan Grapples With Threat of New Trade Blocs in West, 25155 [23SE]

Japan's New Goal U.S. Companies, 9597 [29AP]

Jubilee Time at Farmers Home Administration, 14809 [16JN]

Kansas Farm Economy Improves Over Last Year's Figures, 25640 [27SE]

KC Southern Is Too Good To Lose, 11948 [23MY]

Kohl Urges Cooperation on Debt, Environment, 29904 [12OC]

Komori's Pact With AM International Shows New Muscle of Japanese Firms, 9597 [29AP]

Laundered Data From CBO, 9898 [4MY]

Leapfrogging America—A Tsunami of Japanese Technology To Deluge U.S., 15016 [16JN]

Let the Retail Price Be Right, 15358 [21JN]

Let's Stop Complaining About Roadblocks and Get to Work!, 20000 [2AU], 26836 [29SE]

Let's Wake Up on Trade—Tokyo Knows We're Suckers—Why Don't We, 14733 [15JN]

Looking Ahead, 14292 [13JN]

Main St. Versus Wall St., 12783 [27MY]

Military Alliances—Fiscal Squeeze Renews Debate on Arms Burden, 12702 [26MY]

Milk Marketing Orders—Time for a Change, 15735 [22JN]

Minimum Decency, 14486 [14JN]

Minimum Wage, 9898 [4MY], 24770 [22SE]

Minimum Wage Bill Would Cost Carolinas 75,000 Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum Wage, Maximum Cover-Up, 9899 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Politics and Economics, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Cost Jobs, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Employers, Marginal Employees, 24771 [22SE]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9895 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Increase Is Dangerous Legislation, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Increase Unnecessary, 24491 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Kills Jobs, 24486 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Politicking—A Big Increase Will Mostly Raise Inflation and Joblessness Without Much Helping the Poor, 31980 [19OC]

Minimum Wage Versus Training, 13615 [9JN]

Minimum Wage Will Cost Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum Wage—A Better Way, 25292 [26SE], 31980 [19OC]

Minimum Wage—A Perverse Policy, 24770 [22SE]

Minimum Wage—Good Intentions, Bad Idea, 24493 [20SE]

Money Birds of Prey, 11949 [23MY]

Myth of the Minimum Wage, 17301 [7JY], 22764 [7SE]

N.D. Could Lose a Quarter of Its Farmers, 19296 [28JY]

Nation's Trade Deficit, 3696 [10MR]

1988 Election—U.S. Foreign Policy at a Watershed, 3760-3764 [14MR]

No, Cut the Capital Gains Tax, 6313 [11AP]

North Carolina Jobs Lost if a Proposal Becomes Law, 24490 [20SE]

Notice Where Notice Is Due, 11354 [17MY]

Official Says U.S. Firms Fear EEC Will Become Protectionist, 29483 [7OC]

Official Warns Against Raising Minimum Wage, 24491 [20SE]

On Trade—Wrong From the Start, 13693 [8JN]

Other Side of Minimum Wage Argument, 9618 [29AP]

Out of Luck—Unemployment Tops 25 Percent in Some Regions Mired in Deep Poverty, 8537 [22AP]

Out on the Farm, 3007 [2MR]

Petri Gaining Support for Tax Credit Changes, 9896 [4MY]

Pipeline to Vietnam—Refugees in Orange County Often Violate U.S. Trade Embargo by Shipping Parcels to Relative Overseas (series), 28961-28969 [6OC]

Plan To Reduce World Debt, 25832 [27SE]

Plant Closing Issue in Trade Bill, 8902 [27AP]

Plant Closings, 8618 [25AP]

Plant Closings and the Veto, 8490 [22AP]

Plant Closings Quarrel Distorts a Modest Idea, 8609 [25AP], 8882, 8974 [27AP]

Politics vs. Reality, 8976 [27AP]

Positive Enterprise, 19245 [27JY]

Prague `68 to Moscow `88 (series), 22574-22579 [7SE]

Proposal to Boost Minimum Wage Has Overwhelming Public Support, 23946 [15SE]

Protectionist Measures Hurt, Not Help, U.S. Businesses, 937 [3FE]

Pursuing an Economic Grail, 19958 [2AU]

Race Is Now a Class Issue, 15293 [20JN]

Raiding Party, 11950 [23MY]

Raising Minimum Wage Helps Poor Very Little, Professor Argues, 9892, 9895 [4MY]

Raising Minimum Wage May Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9896 [4MY]

Really a Christmas Tree, 13693 [8JN]

Rebuilding an International Monetary System, 2478-2480 [24FE]

Reforming the Bank Laws, 1896 [22FE]

Revenge of the Metzenbomb, 8156 [21AP]

Right Minimum Wage—$0.00, 24773 [22SE]

Rising Foreclosure Rate Worries FHA, 6498 [12AP]

Romania Reportedly Rejects Private West German Shipment of Food and Supplies to Ethnic Germans Suffering from Severe Shortages, 671 [2FE]

Rome Proves That Downtowns Can Survive Malls, 10857 [12MY]

Seed Money, Congress Comes to the Rescue of the Failing Farm Credit System, 14811 [16JN]

Senate Trade Vote, 9675 [2MY]

Shaky Statistics Pose Peril for Forecasters, 11550 [19MY]

Shuffling Back to Prosperity, 16731 [6JY]

Silent Boom, 20597-20600 [4AU]

Slashing Price-Slashers, 15349 [21JN]

S&L's—The Price of Prevarication, 32101 [20OC]

Smoot-Hawley Tariff and Stock Market Crash of 1929, 20033-20040 [3AU]

Soak the Rich, Again, 13607 [7JN]

Social Security Surpluses Said To Mask Size of Deficit, 6410 [12AP]

Sorting Out the Economics of a Higher Minimum Wage, 31981 [19OC]

Soviet Economy—Joint Ventures, Way To Make Perestroika Work, 18527 [14JY]

Streamlining Reaganomics for the 1990's, 19241 [27JY]

Study Says Minimum Wage Increases Tied to Poverty, 9892, 9895 [4MY]

Supply-Side Tide Sweeps On and On, 14154 [10JN]

Takeover Fever Strikes Here—No Wisconsin Firm Is Immune From Attack, 21799, 21800 [11AU]

Textile Bill Rhetoric Shades Real Issue, 23514 [13SE]

Textile Giveaway, 23514 [13SE], 24339 [16SE]

Textile Protection—Why and How, 23514 [13SE]

Textile Worship, 24339 [16SE]

They Missed the Boat, 12553 [26MY]

To Finish the Tax Revolution, Cut the Rate on Capital Gains, 1209 [8FE]

Too Expensive, 9684 [2MY]

Tough So-and-So Who Saved Sherwin Williams—Jack Breen Fired Hundreds of Executives When He Took Charge—Now the Paintmaker Is Riding High, 9685 [2MY]

Trade Bill Crafted To Hold Something for Everyone—Including President, 10564 [11MY]

Trade Bill Proves It—A Little Pressure Goes a Long Way, 25602 [26SE]

Trade Law Atrocity, 13682 [8JN]

Trade Law's Potential, 21658 [10AU]

Trade Powers Act, 9925 [4MY]

Triple Whammy, 4804 [22MR]

Troubled Family Put in Spotlight, 9979 [5MY]

Twisting the Discounters' Arms, 28335 [5OC]

Two Decades Later, Roles Are Reversed—Crushers of Change Now Lead the Way, 22574-22576 [7SE]

Two Mercedes for Each Farmer? Farm Subsidies Stifle Agriculture, 14809 [16JN]

U.S. Can't Be Ostrich-Like in Face of Fiscal Problems, 82 [25JA]

U.S. Deficits Pulling Down World Economies, Could Cause Crash, 19546 [28JY]

U.S. Economy Suffering From Russian Disease, 4160 [16MR]

U.S. Industry's Unfinished Struggle, 2463-2465 [24FE]

Unemployment in Western Europe, 200 [27JA]

Unfavorable Trends Seen in World Food Production, 27369 [3OC]

Using Medical Markets To Stimulate the Rural Economy, 3021 [2MR]

Venice Clinic Given Heart Drug Coupons—Company Offers Free Medication, 10555 [11MY]

Vermont Dairymen Struggle for Livelihood, 6598 [13AP]

Vetoed, 27991 [3OC]

Warning to the Nation, 18928 [26JY]

Washington Fails to Rejuvenate Honduran Economy, 30178 [12OC]

What Ever Happened to Full Employment, 4994 [23MR]

Who'll Pay to Fatten Textile Profits, 23513 [13SE]

``Why Are They Trying to Take Our Freedom Away?'', 24493 [20SE]

Why We're Slipping—And What's To Be Done, 28105 [4OC]

Working, but Still Poor, 33445-33447 [21OC]

Yen, Pesos, and Manifest Destiny, 4609 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act: enact (see S. 2298)

Banks and banking: authorize U.S. Government institutions to forgive the outstanding debt of certain sub-Saharan nations (see H.R. 4978)

———insolvent thrift institutions (see S. Res. 452)

BLS: examine inflation relative to spending by Social Security beneficiaries (see S. 2832)

Budget: operating and capital budget and distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 4744)

Business: discourage employers from relocating overseas (see S. 2712)

Business Incubator Review Act: enact (see S. 2877)

Caribbean nations: promote economic development, food security, and self-reliance (see H.R. 4943)

Central America: economic development (see S. 2252)

Consumer Price Index: determination of certain cost of living increases and benefits (see S. 2831)

———determining cost of living adjustments in benefits and allowances of Federal employees (see H.R. 5457)

Consumers: purchase of domestic products and services (see S.J. Res. 258)

Dept. of Agriculture: advanced deficiency payments for the 1987 crop of corn and sorghum (see H.R. 4877)

———disaster payments for 1988 crops of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4878)

———waive collection and refund of advance deficiency payments for the 1988 crop of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4876)

Dept. of Commerce: study methods to enhance interstate and foreign commerce in portions of New York and New Jersey (see H.R. 4429)

Economic Development Act: enact (see H.R. 3968)

EEC: support bicontinental dialogue on integration of economies (see S. Res. 491)

Employment: encourage advance notification of major reductions (see H.R. 4652)

Families: honoring (see S. Con. Res. 115)

Federal aid programs: assistance to areas affected by defense base closures and termination of major defense contracts (see H.R. 3983)

Hazelton, PA: economic development projects funding (see H.R. 4047)

Housing: apply maximum economic rents to residents of public housing (see H.R. 5351)

Indians: economic development (see H.R. 4248)

———grants for vocational and technical training, and tribal economic development (see H.R. 5296)

Industry: enhance competitiveness (see S. 2613; H.R. 4848)

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), correct enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 135)

———notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), consideration (see H. Res. 491)

International monetary system: ensure soundness (see H.R. 4130)

National Economic Commission: preservation of Social Security benefits (see S. Res. 477, 478)

National Indian Center for Research in Vocational-Technical Training: designate to promote education and economic development (see S. 2834)

National Right to Work Bill: enact (see S. 2817)

National Thrift Institutions Commission: establish (see H.R. 4894)

Panama: impose trade and other economic sanctions against (see S. 2121)

Public Housing Gateway Act: enact (see H.R. 4899)

Rural areas: acquisition by municipal corporations of rural water systems through eminent domain (see S. 2891; H.R. 5559)

———offset economic losses of small business and agricultural cooperatives relative to certain reductions in farm cropland (see H.R. 3937)

———promote economic development (see H.R. 4409)

Rural Regeneration Act: enact (see S. 2281)

Small business: encourage competition in trade by modification of antitrust laws (see H.R. 5519)

Taxation: withdrawal of funds from individual retirement accounts for purpose of job training (see H.R. 4506)

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (see H.R. 4904)

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report—correcting the enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 293; H. Res. 438)

Truth in Federal Spending Act: enact (see H.R. 4376)

Unemployment: extended compensation benefits (see S. 2175; H.R. 4595)

Broadcasts

Romanian workers demonstrate against wage cuts and chronic food shortages, 671 [2FE]

Cloture motions

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 24458 [19SE], 24482 [20SE], 25194 [23SE]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 23112 [9SE]

Compendiums

Representative Kemp's legislative initiatives, 30501-30503 [13OC]

Descriptions

Technical amendments to conference report on Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), 15773 [23JN]

World Trade Expansion, Development and Financial Stability Act (H.R. 4130), 3703 [10MR]

Essays

Don't Kill the Revolutionary—A New Role for Leadership: Proctor Jones, 24114 [15SE]

Factsheets

Competitiveness Policy Council, 17674 [12JY]

Guide

State and Federal Resources Economic Development, Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 24111 [15SE]

Letters

Atlantic Financial Savings and Loan: Stuart D. Root, 16290 [28JN]

Budget deficit: James F. Welborn, 14310 [13JN]

Closing of Tom Thumb Glove Co.: several Members of Congress, 24494 [20SE]

Displaced workers, Mike Stout, 21992 [11AU]

Employment in homes: North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, 24494 [20SE]

Ethyl alcohol provision of Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: several Senators, 9517 [29AP]

Homeless in Williamstown, NJ: Representative Florio, 9979 [5MY]

Massachusetts Industrial Services Program: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 13700 [8JN]

———Patricia Hanratty, 13701 [8JN]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: Jack Doak, 10563 [11MY]

———James C. Miller III, 9889 [4MY]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act: National Association of Manufacturers, 20028 [3AU]

Plant closings, 8903 [27AP]

Report on rural development: Senator Durenberger, 17371 [8JY]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: Daniel Oliver, FTC, 15351 [21JN]

———Diane P. Wood, 16327 [29JN]

———Harry First, 16328 [29JN]

———several companies and trade associations, 15351 [21JN]

Textile industry problems and growth: John F. Kennedy, 23512 [13SE]

———Joseph P. O'Nell, 23518 [13SE]

———President Reagan, 23115 [9SE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: President Reagan, 8202 [21AP], 8717, 8729 [26AP]

———Representative Green, 12147 [24MY]

———several Secretaries and Government officials, 5957 [30MR]

———several Senators, 8908 [27AP]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 8612 [25AP]

Trade Readjustment Assistance Program: several Senators, 17318 [8JY], 20557 [4AU]

Lists

Economic data—change—quarter-to-quarter annual rates, 8899 [27AP]

National Advisory Council to the Senate Committee on Small Business: participants, 13477 [6JN]

New agencies, offices and commissions, 8897 [27AP]

Memorandums

Recommendations To Reduce Federal Deficit: Barbara Keating-Edh, Consumer Alert, 23861 [14SE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: several industrial representatives, 8612 [25AP]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 759 [3FE], 7502 [19AP]

Idaho, 14018 [9JN]

Maine, 3162 [3MR], 11946 [23MY]

New Hampshire, 14019 [9JN]

Messages

Economic Report: President Reagan, 1862-1865 [19FE]

State of Small Business: President Reagan, 10149 [9MY]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act—Veto (H.R. 3): President Reagan, 12130 [24MY]

Veto of Textile and Apparel Trade Act, President Reagan, 26416 [28SE]

Motions

Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), recommit, 18054 [13JY]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 8198 [21AP]

Newsletters

New Plan Helps Families Make Ends Meet, Representative Nancy L. Johnson, 9896 [4MY]

Pamphlets

Minnesota Export Finance Authority, 23060 [8SE]

Papers

Folly of Trade Retaliation, 20078 [3AU]

Helping People in Place: Thomas F. Stinson, 30991-30994 [14OC]

October 1st the Deadline: Kendra Larson, 1193 [4FE]

Petitions

Mississippi Choctaw Indians economic conditions: Neshoba County, MS, 23951 [15SE]

Polls of opinion

California: 23d District, 25060 [22SE]

Here's how the American people would deal with the budget deficit: People, the Press and Politics (publication), 29697 [11OC]

Presidential elections and agricultural economy: Farm Journal, 28062 [4OC]

Press releases

Petri announces legislation for working poor, 5847 [30MR]

Questions and answers

Retail Competition Enforcement Act (S. 430), 16058 [27JN]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: U.S. sugar program, 5684 [29MR]

Banks and banking: anticompetitive barriers between sectors of financial markets, 11355 [17MY]

———credit, 15882, 15883 [23JN]

———failures, 10583 [12MY]

———role in U.S. standard of living, 14844-14852 [16JN]

———securities, 11782 [19MY]

Blacks: rate of poverty, 33427 [21OC]

Brazil: elimination of wheat subsidy, 9684 [2MY]

———repayment of external debt, 5421 [28MR]

Budget: operating and capital budget and distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (H.R. 4744), 13393 [3JN]

———deficit, 9550 [29AP]

———Federal process, 1193 [4FE]

Bush, Vice President: economic policies, 23296 [9SE], 25070 [23SE]

———minimum wage policy, 25071 [23SE]

Caribbean nations: promote economic development, food security, and self-reliance (H.R. 4943), 16515 [29JN]

———public debt, 29623 [7OC]

CBO: report on minimum wage, 7088 [18AP]

Chester, PA: economic development, 9548 [29AP]

Colombia: financial condition, 13321 [2JN]

Communications Act: amend (H.R. 1885), 1805, 1814 [18FE], 4742, 4747, 4795 [22MR], 6259 [31MR]

Congressional Drought Task Force: establish, 14782 [16JN]

Consumer Alert: advice on budget deficit, 23861 [14SE]

Consumer Price Index: determining cost of living adjustments in benefits and allowances of Federal employees (H.R. 5457), 28266 [4OC]

Continued growth, 21751 [10AU]

Credit cards: promotion of use, 1695 [18FE], 17426 [11JY]

Current status: analysis, 10285 [10MY], 16540 [29JN], 19540-19545 [28JY], 23047 [8SE], 28991 [6OC], 29679-29686 [11OC], 31215-31220 [18OC]

———historical trends, 3528-3533 [8MR]

Dept. of Commerce: study methods to enhance interstate and foreign commerce in portions of New York and New Jersey (H.R. 4429), 8417 [21AP]

Dept. of Defense: treatment of Japanese firms, 15876, 15879-15881 [23JN]

Developing countries: public debt, 2747 [1MR], 17786 [12JY], 25832 [27SE]

Dukakis, Michael S.: policies, 19798 [2AU]

Economic Development Act: enact (H.R. 3968), 1695 [18FE]

El Salvador: effects of civil war, 33480 [21OC]

Employment: cooperation between cities and companies, 11353 [17MY]

———jobless rate and low wages, 22397 [11AU]

Enterprise zones: benefit to employment, 19245 [27JY]

FCC: consumer prices for telecommunications services, 18519 [14JY]

Federal Asset Disposition Association: review of progress, 8445 [21AP]

Federal Housing Administration: rise in foreclosure rate, 6498 [12AP]

Financial services: restructuring, 315 [27JA]

Foreign investments, 63 [25JA]

———international monetary policy, 2478 [24FE]

Foreign trade: competition in world marketplace, 2463 [24FE]

———deficit, 973 [4FE], 1944 [22FE], 11262 [17MY], 16546 [30JN], 24724 [20SE]

———effect of protectionism, 10285 [10MY]

———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry, 14490 [14JN]

———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 4848), 19857-19859 [2AU]

———U.S. policy, 25152, 25157 [23SE]

FRS: interest rates, 21688 [10AU]

FSLIC: erroneous inclusion of Atlantic Financial in list of troubled thrift institutions, 16290 [28JN]

G.D. Searle & Co.: Patients in Need Program, 10555 [11MY]

Health care: increasing costs, 26848 [29SE]

Homeless, 1181 [4FE]

———consequences for families, 13189 [1JN]

Housing: impact of low-income home buyers, 12481 [25MY]

IMF: meeting in Berlin, 28255 [4OC]

Indians: assistance to business enterprises (H.R. 2455), 5094 [23MR]

———funding for economic growth (S. 1360), 20954 [8AU]

———grants for vocational and technical training and tribal economic development (H.R. 5296), 23812 [14SE], 23866 [14SE], 24722 [20SE]

Industry: advance notice of plant closing to employees, 12231, 12233 [25MY]

———advance notification of major employment reductions (H.R. 4652), 8794 [26AP], 11744 [19MY]

———enhance competitiveness, 13895 [9JN]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), 1434-1436 [16FE], 3667-3672 [10MR], 4360 [17MR], 5662 [29MR], 5957 [30MR], 10407 [10MY]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), conference report, 6608, 6766 [13AP], 7011 [14AP], 7666, 8066 [20AP], 8102 [21AP], 8189 [25AP], 8190 [26AP]-8203 [21AP], 8794 [26AP], 9144-9146 [27AP], 9186, 9190 [28AP], 9490 [28AP], 9613 [29AP], 9675, 9688 [2MY], 9702 [3MY], 9796, 9810 [3MY], 9819, 9820, 9822, 9824-9826 [4MY], 9869 [5MY], 9925 [4MY], 9980 [5MY], 10364-10366 [10MY], 10385 [10MY], 10489-10492 [11MY], 10564, 10568 [11MY], 10582, 10583, 10584, 10585 [12MY], 11261 [17MY], 11375 [18MY]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), veto, 12104-12108, 12132 [24MY], 12135 [25MY], 12150-12152 [24MY], 12197 [24MY], 12231, 12233 [25MY], 12471, 12473 [25MY], 13225 [2JN]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), 14837 [16JN], 17880 [13JY], 17908, 17909, 18054-18063 [13JY], 18494, 18521, 18539 [14JY], 22058 [11AU], 25602 [26SE]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), consideration (H. Res. 491), 17848-17857 [13JY]

International monetary system: ensure soundness (H.R. 4130), 3703 [10MR]

Jackson County, TX: relief for Lavaca Navidad River Authority, 22772 [7SE]

Japan: effect of high cost of living in Tokyo on foreign embassies, 13299 [2JN]

———involvement in U.S. economy, 29150-29151 [6OC]

———restrictive trade practices, 1404 [16FE], 9972 [5MY]

———U.S. trade deficit, 10285 [10MY], 10654-10656 [12MY]

Job Corps: budget, 23305, 23314 [9SE]

Job Enhancement for Families Act: improve economic incentives, 2506 [25FE]

Labor: plant closings, 9819, 9820, 9822, 9824-9826 [4MY]

Latin American nations: public debt, 29623 [7OC]

———report on economic conditions, 15485 [21JN]

Literacy: work force, 32371 [20OC]

Massachusetts: budget, 20350 [3AU]

———Michael S. Dukakis' budget experience, 29657 [7OC]

Mexico: border crossing with U.S., 3002 [2MR]

———study of implications of Maquila Program, 21430-21431 [9AU]

———U.S. policy, 10385 [10MY], 24604 [20SE]

Minimum wage level, 17300 [7JY], 20354 [3AU], 24351 [16SE], 26682 [29SE], 26835 [29SE]

———establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 3008 [2MR], 3574 [9MR], 4178 [17MR], 8438 [21AP], 9493 [28AP], 9549 [29AP], 9618 [29AP], 9804 [3MY], 9820, 9891, 9892, 9897 [4MY], 10004 [5MY], 10488 [11MY], 10581 [12MY], 11260 [17MY], 11375, 11376 [18MY], 11525 [18MY], 11776 [19MY], 26853 [29SE]

———establish fair and equitable (S. 837), 2790 [1MR], 25364 [26SE], 27290 [30SE]

National Academy of Sciences: report on homelessness, 24721 [20SE]

National Economic Commission: importance of findings, 20334 [3AU]

National Thrift Institutions Commission: establish (H.R. 4894), 15746 [22JN]

Naugatuck Valley, CT: tribute, 11769 [19MY]

Nebraska: agriculture, 3007 [2MR]

New Jersey: economic development and job creation, 23685 [13SE]

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: release of Guide to State and Federal Resources for Economic Development, 22602 [7SE], 22770 [7SE], 23038, 23060 [8SE], 23695 [13SE], 24132 [15SE]

Panama: economic recovery program, 10562 [11MY]

Poland: economic and political reform, 9703, 9766 [3MY]

Political campaigns: poverty issue, 7491-7495 [19AP], 23296 [9SE]

Power resources: U.S. policy, 9548 [29AP]

Public debt: explanation, 24259 [16SE]

Public Housing Gateway Act: enact (H.R. 4899), 15890 [23JN]

Puerto Rico: economic development, 23412 [9SE]

Reagan, President: policy assessment, 1209 [8FE], 14154 [10JN], 15991 [27JN], 24717 [20SE], 28497 [5OC]

———submission of past budgets to Congress, 24256 [16SE]

Republican Party: strategy to attract minority voters, 19573 [28JY]

Richmond Hill, NY: tribute to Shop Richmond Hill—Free Savings Bond Program, 13195 [1JN]

Rural areas: economic conditions, 20011 [2AU]

———importance of telecommunications to economic development, 14162 [10JN]

———offset economic losses of small business and agricultural cooperatives relative to certain reductions in farm cropland (H.R. 3937), 1335 [9FE]

———promote economic development (H.R. 4409), 7532 [19AP]

Savings and loan associations: state of industry, 11742 [19MY]

Shelby County, TN: Free the Children Program, 5955 [30MR]

Small business: encourage competition in trade by modification of antitrust laws (H.R. 5519), 30621 [13OC]

Social Security: surpluses, 20348 [3AU]

———use of surplus as means to reduce public debt, 25065 [22SE]

Soviet Union: contradictions in Socialist economy, 1458 [16FE]

Springfield, IL: assistance to the homeless, 9979 [5MY]

Stock market: anniversary of crash, 31214 [18OC], 31794 [19OC], 31992 [19OC]

Taxation: amend certain laws (H.R. 111), 6803 [13AP]

———financial burden, 9968 [5MY]

———incentives to provide affordable housing, 28982 [6OC]

———permanent extension of the employee educational assistance deduction, 6793 [13AP]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (H.R. 4904), 15909 [23JN], 20930 [8AU]

Texas: economic conditions, 6967 [14AP]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), agreeing to the Senate amendment (H. Res. 540), 24339 [16SE], 25074 [23SE], 25075-25094 [23SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), agreeing to the Senate amendment (H. Res. 540), privileged report, 24926 [22SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), veto, 27991 [3OC], 28117, 28152 [4OC], 28162 [5OC], 28208, 29602 [7OC]

Thrift institutions: economic trends, 13363-13367 [3JN]

Toronto Economic Summit: issues of importance to U.S., 14726 [15JN]

Tourist trade: economic impact, 10392 [10MY]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 1434-1436 [16FE], 3667-3672 [10MR], 4360 [17MR], 5662 [29MR], 5957 [30MR], 10407 [10MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 6608, 6766 [13AP], 6969, 7011 [14AP], 7666, 8066 [20AP], 8102 [21AP], 8189 [25AP], 8190 [26AP]-8203 [21AP], 8794 [26AP], 9144-9146 [27AP], 9186, 9190 [28AP], 9490 [28AP], 9548 [29AP], 9613 [29AP], 9675, 9688 [2MY], 9702 [3MY], 9796, 9810 [3MY], 9819, 9820, 9822, 9824-9826 [4MY], 9869 [5MY], 9925 [4MY], 9980 [5MY], 10364-10366 [10MY], 10385 [10MY], 10489, 10490, 10491, 10492 [11MY], 10564, 10568 [11MY], 10582, 10583, 10584, 10585 [12MY], 11261 [17MY], 11375 [18MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), conference report—waiving points of order, 8014 [20AP]

———enact (H.R. 3), correcting the enrollment (H. Res. 438), 9822, 9865-9875 [4MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), veto, 12104-12108, 12132 [24MY], 12135 [25MY], 12150-12152 [24MY], 12197 [24MY], 12231, 12233 [25MY], 12471, 12473 [25MY], 13225 [2JN]

Truth in Federal Spending Act: enact (H.R. 4376), 6799 [13AP]

U.S. expansion, 19241 [27JY]

Unemployment: formula for extended compensation benefits (H.R. 4595), 10859 [12MY]

Williamstown, NJ: assistance to the homeless, 9979 [5MY]

Women: recognize importance to economy (H. Res. 224), 14201, 14202 [13JN]

World Bank: meeting in Berlin, 28253, 28255 [4OC]

———U.S. contribution, 12552 [26MY]

World Home Economics Day: observance, 5248 [24MR]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: hunger and disease in southern region, 6199 [31MR]

Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act: enact (S. 2298), 7647 [20AP], 21564 [10AU]

Agriculture: dairy farm decline, 6597 [13AP]

———enhance competitiveness, 28069, 28070 [4OC]

———exports, 31185 [17OC]

Banks and banking: insolvent thrift institutions (S. Res. 452), 18374-18375 [14JY]

———insurance, 28672-28677 [6OC]

———interest rates, 5433 [29MR]

———reform, 1896 [22FE]

Blacks: unemployment, 17582 [12JY]

BLS: examine inflation relative to spending by Social Security beneficiaries (S. 2832), 25328 [26SE]

Budget: impact of deficit, 1851-1854 [19FE], 8572 [25AP]

———long-term effects of deficits, 21133 [9AU]

———OMB estimates, 2702 [1MR]

———tax increase policy, 17436 [11JY]

Buffalo, NY: revitalization, 16731 [6JY]

Bush, Vice President: assessment of economic policies, 10881 [13MY], 22787 [8SE]

Business: discourage employers from relocating overseas (S. 2712), 21598 [10AU]

———resale price-fixing principles (S. 430), 15346-15359 [21JN], 16058 [27JN], 16326-16338 [29JN], 23756 [14SE], 24014 [15SE]

Business Incubator Review Act: enact (S. 2877), 29375 [7OC]

Central America: economic development and recovery program (S. Con. Res. 63), 20654 [5AU], 20658, 20659 [5AU]

———economic development (S. 2252), 6195 [31MR]

Child Care Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 1678), 2400 [23FE]

Committee on Small Business: meeting of the National Advisory Council, 13476 [6JN]

Competitiveness Policy Council: funding, 17674 [12JY]

Consumers: purchase of domestic products and services (S.J. Res. 258), 1540 [17FE]

Corporations: effects of takeovers, 5835 [30MR], 21798 [11AU]

———growth of business debt, 28286 [5OC]

Current status, 11549 [19MY], 25282 [26SE]

Czechoslovakia: ecosystems, 22574 [7SE]

Democratic Party: election issues, 12040 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: report on impact of forward contracting and associated margin requirements for wheat, feed grains, and soybeans on producers and grain marketers, 19321 [28JY]

Dept. of Labor: returning displaced workers to meaningful employment, 1880 [19FE]

Economic indicators: possible recession, 9509 [29AP], 11791 [20MY], 29873 [12OC]

EEC: support bicontinental dialogue on integration of economies (S. Res. 491), 29482-29484 [7OC]

Elections: campaign issues, 20597 [4AU], 28289 [5OC]

Employment: effects of economic growth, 20524 [4AU]

———Job Training Partnership Act, 22460 [7SE]

———quality of available jobs, 23894 [15SE]

———Work Incentive Program budget, 6856 [14AP]

Family Security Act: enact (S. 1511), 10279 [10MY]

Faribault County, MN: economic development, 19957 [2AU]

Foreign investments: calculating asset based on current value, 18386 [14JY]

Foreign trade: effects of deficit, 6955 [14AP], 7277 [19AP], 11211 [17MY], 14412 [14JN], 32143 [20OC]

———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry, 14082, 14123, 14148 [10JN], 14219 [13JN]

———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (S. 2558), 15773-15777 [23JN]

———export promotion policy, 4492 [21MR], 24197 [16SE]

———trade adjustment assistance, 20557 [4AU]

———trade with Japan, 1081 [4FE]

FRS: discount rate policy, 22417 [7SE], 24363 [19SE]

FSLIC: budget implications of financial status, 29426-29428 [7OC]

———extend moratorium, 17733 [12JY]

Housing: affordability, 2610 [26FE], 31246 [18OC]

Income: report by Senate Committee on the Budget, 25635 [27SE]

Indians: funding for economic growth (S. 1360), 23131 [9SE]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), conference report, 7194 [19AP], 8308 [21AP], 8452, 8460-8473, 8485-8491 [22AP], 8570, 8601-8632 [25AP], 8683-8689, 8697-8699, 8701-8738 [26AP], 8873, 8880, 8979, 8980 [27AP], 9288 [28AP], 9517 [29AP], 10206-10207 [10MY], 10846 [12MY], 11085 [16MY], 11193 [17MY]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), veto, 12287 [25MY], 12976 [27MY], 13527, 13554, 13567 [7JN], 13668-13717 [8JN], 14030 [9JN]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), 19911 [2AU], 20026-20104 [3AU], 21658 [10AU], 21800 [11AU], 30442 [13OC]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), enrollment correction (S. Con. Res. 135), 20104-20110 [3AU]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), unanimous-consent agreement, 19909, 19931 [2AU]

———enhance competitiveness (S. 2613), 16743 [6JY], 17125 [7JY], 20023-20025 [3AU]

———international competition, 14856 [16JN]

———notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 13446 [6JN], 19867, 19870 [2AU]

———retraining laid-off employees, 21992 [11AU]

Investments: importance of private saving, 8770 [26AP], 11947 [23MY]

Ireland, Republic of: Cobh Center for Investment and Enterprise, 23123 [9SE]

———economic conditions, 23063 [9SE]

ITC: report on impact of import restraints, 20098 [3AU]

Japan: foreign trade, 5297 [25MR]

Kansas: agricultural economy, 25640 [27SE]

Minimum wage level, 24795 [22SE]

———status for Puerto Rico, 4326 [17MR]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 14030 [9JN], 23942-23948 [15SE], 24158, 24159-24176, 24187-24197 [16SE], 24457 [19SE], 24481-24505 [20SE], 24733, 24752, 24762, 24764-24773, 24794, 24795 [22SE], 25189-25195, 25196-25202, 25210 [23SE], 25290-25300, 25305-25315 [26SE], 25628 [27SE], 26027 [28SE]

———establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 14030 [9JN]

Minorities: participation in U.S. prosperity, 14291 [13JN]

Mora County, NM: unemployment, 8536 [22AP]

Motor vehicles: U.S. production capacity, 1078 [4FE]

National Economic Commission: preservation of Social Security benefits (S. Res. 478), 24833 [22SE]

———study of budget deficit, 2640 [29FE]

———support open meetings, no increase in taxes, and preserve Social Security benefits (S. Res. 477), 24833 [22SE]

National Indian Center for Research in Vocational-Technical Training: designate to promote education and economic development (S. 2834), 25687 [27SE]

National Right to Work Bill: enact (S. 2817), 24816 [22SE]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act: enact (H.R. 4848), 21800 [11AU]

Panama: democracy and free enterprise, 27113, 27115 [30SE]

Petroleum: price impact of unregulated market, 8350 [21AP]

Public debt: budget and trade deficit, 20021 [3AU], 23716 [14SE]

———earnings from U.S. investments abroad, 18386 [14JY]

Public opinion polls: priority, 11085 [16MY]

———tax increase, 29696 [11OC]

Public welfare: reform, 1392 [16FE]

Reagan, President: assessment of policies, 4222 [17MR], 16168 [28JN], 18955 [27JY]

———joint session of Congress to receive State of the Union Message (H. Con. Res. 236), 95 [26JA]

Recession: monetary policy, 32005 [20OC]

———role of economic indicators, 12782 [27MY]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (S. 430), 15346-15359 [21JN], 16058 [27JN], 16326-16338 [29JN], 23756 [14SE], 24014 [15SE], 28324, 28332-28336, 28337, 28354 [5OC], 28679 [6OC], 30841, 30981 [14OC]

Romania: economic and political plight, 670 [2FE]

Rural areas: acquisition by municipal corporations of rural water systems through eminent domain (S. 2891), 30322 [13OC]

———development of economic and social, 30991 [14OC]

———unemployment and decline in economies, 28455 [5OC]

Rural Regeneration Act: enact (S. 2281), 6589-6591 [13AP], 7020 [15AP]

Securities: limit speculative investments, 16082 [28JN]

———market stability, 15755, 15757 [23JN]

———stock market crash, 9349 [28AP], 14217 [13JN]

Small business: importance to the economy, 2568 [26FE]

Social conditions: civil rights legislation, 24730 [22SE]

———domestic improvements, 25172 [23SE]

Social Security: budget surplus, 7101 [18AP]

———exclude surplus from definition of the Federal budget deficit, 6395-6421 [12AP]

Soviet Union: credit by Western banks, 31538 [18OC]

———status of economy, 9251 [28AP], 13402 [6JN]

Stock exchange: response to hypothetical crash, 12566 [26MY]

Taxation: capital gains, 6313 [11AP], 6837-6850 [14AP], 13606 [7JN]

———effects of Economic Recovery Tax Act, 7102 [18AP]

———public opinion polls, 29696 [11OC]

Technology: U.S. competition in global economy, 28105 [4OC]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 23108-23114 [9SE], 23506, 23511 [13SE], 23722-23726, 23745 [14SE], 23896, 23931 [15SE]

Thrift institutions: agenda for next Congress, 32101 [20OC]

Toronto, Canada: annual economic summit, 14412 [14JN]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 7194 [19AP], 8308 [21AP], 8452, 8460-8473, 8485-8491 [22AP], 8570, 8601-8632 [25AP], 8683-8689, 8697-8699, 8701-8738 [26AP], 8873, 8880, 8979, 8980 [27AP], 9288 [28AP], 9517 [29AP], 10206, 10207 [10MY], 10846 [12MY], 11085 [16MY], 11193 [17MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), veto, 12287, 12335 [25MY], 12976 [27MY], 13527, 13554, 13567 [7JN], 13668-13717 [8JN], 14030 [9JN]

Turkey: implementation of Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement, 2640 [29FE]

Unemployment: extended compensation benefits (S. 2175), 4055 [16MR], 17317 [8JY]

———rate decrease, 10191 [10MY]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: budget authority, 405 [28JA]

Vietnam: economic problems, 4430 [18MR]

West Virginia Humanities Foundation: tribute, 12741 [26MY]

World bank: merits of general capital increase, 30843 [14OC]

World economy: U.S. position, 29236 [7OC]

Reports

Advanced Notification of Plant Closings: Task Force on Plant Closings, 8491 [22AP]

Benefits of Economic and Employment Growth—Even More Full-Time Higher Paying Jobs: Christopher Frenze, 20525 [4AU]

Colorado—Work and Welfare: Wayne Allard, 14912 [16JN]

Decent Place to Live: National Housing Task Force, 15635 [22JN]

Distribution of Individual Income Tax Burden: Christopher Frenzel, 7103 [18AP]

Federal Asset Disposition Association: Harold Seidman, 8445 [21AP]

Homelessness: National Academy of Sciences, 24721 [20SE]

Industrial Services Program and the Massachusetts Social Compact, 13701 [8JN]

Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R Commercial Commission: Business America (Dept. of Commerce publication), 20028 [3AU]

Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness: Hewlett-Packard Co., 25332 [26SE]

Paying the Bill—Manufacturing and America's Trade Deficit: OTA, 20087-20089 [3AU]

People-to-People Mission to China: William Gunter, 2395-2397 [23FE]

Politics of U.S. Textile Trade Policy—Two Centuries Plus 2 Years of Temporary Protection: Retail Industry Trade Action Coalition, 23518-23521 [13SE]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: ABA, 15355-15357 [21JN]

Shareholders and Public Oppose Hostile Takeovers, 1459 [16FE]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget, 3263 [3MR]

Still Far From the Dream—Recent Developments in Black Income, Employment, and Poverty, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 33428 [21OC]

Supply Crisis and Resistance in Romania Are Mounting, 672 [2FE]

Tools for Coping With Change: Senator Durenberger, 17371-17377 [8JY]

U.S. Competitiveness Index: Council on Competitiveness, 13705-13707 [8JN]

Reports by conference committees

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), 7671-7984 [20AP]

Reports filed

Central American Economic Development and Recovery Program: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Con. Res. 63), 19063 [27JY]

Enhancing Competitiveness of Domestic Industry (S. 2527), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17811 [12JY]

Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 100-321), 8502 [22AP]

Effect of Technology Policy on National Economy: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H. Rept. 100-1093), 31974 [19OC]

Enhancing Competitiveness of Domestic Industry (S. 2527), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17811 [12JY]

Funding for Indian Economic Growth: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (S. 1360 ) (H. Rept. 100-838), 21028 [8AU]

Monetary Policy Report for 1988: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. Rept. 100-496), 22464 [7SE]

New Economic Realities—Rise of Women Entrepreneurs Report: Committee on Small Business (H. Rept. 100-736), 16273 [28JN]

Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs (H.R. 4848), Consideration of S. 2527: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17811 [12JY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4352) (H. Rept. 100-718), 15721 [22JN]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 4904) (H. Rept. 100-819), 20521 [4AU]

Textile Imports Injury Remedy (H.R. 1154), Agreement to the Senate Amendment: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 540) (H. Rept. 100-949), 25021 [22SE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), Correcting Enrollment: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 100-595), 9764 [3MY]

Reports to constituents

Gradison, Willis D.: Kicking the Protectionism Habit, 6969 [14AP]

Hamilton, Lee H.: Housing Policy in the Nineties, 12752 [26MY]

———Legacy of the Reagan Years, 32381 [20OC]

———U.S. Savings Rate, 5101 [23MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Selected subjects: National Advisory Council to the Senate Committee on Small Business, 13463-13480 [6JN]

Statements

Bank Reform Policy: National Association of Manufacturers, 11355 [17MY]

Deficit: David A. Stockman, 24717 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations: White House, 14795 [16JN]

Foreign Aid Reviewed: International Executive Service Corps, 24848 [22SE]

Foreign Trade Competition: Hudson Institute, 3669 [10MR]

———Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 3669 [10MR]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 3669 [10MR]

Importance of Telecommunications to Rural Economic Development: John L. Clendenin, 14163 [10JN]

Internal Situation in Panama Under Noriega: Gabriel Lewis, 27114 [30SE]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: Jacob Clayman, 15358 [21JN]

Taxation and Economic Growth: Representative Kemp, 30509 [13OC]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 8171 [21AP]

Winning in Rural America: James Abdnor, 2864 [2MR]

Studies

Connecticut Product Development Corp.: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 24132 [15SE]

Cost Analysis for Mandatory Notice of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs: Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc., 16673 [6JY]

Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Program: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 22771 [7SE]

New Jersey Business Retention and Expansion Program: Charles Bartsch, 23685 [13SE]

New York Regional Economic Development Partnership Program, 23868 [14SE]

Pennsylvania Business Infrastructure Development Program, 23039 [8SE]

Saving, Investment Incentives and Economic Growth: Timothy P. Roth, 8770-8773 [26AP]

State and Federal Resources for Economic Development—Minnesota Export Finance Authority, 23060 [8SE]

Turnaround in Family Income, 1977-87: Christopher Frenze, 25629, 25630 [27SE]

Summaries

Minimum Wage, Economic Impact, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Impact on Poverty, 9894 [4MY]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act (H.R. 3), conference agreement, 7195-7209 [19AP]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act (Title IV) (H.R. 4848), 17902 [13JY]

Report on Competitiveness and Campaign '88: John A. Young, Council on Competitiveness, 1163-1164 [4FE]

Rural Regeneration Act (S. 2281), 6591 [13AP]

Tighten Economic Sanctions Against Haiti (H.R. 4152), 3978 [15MR]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act Conference Agreement: Committee on Foreign Relations, 8731 [26AP]

Tables

Budget funds and the public debt, 1851 [19FE]

Drought relief options (sundry), 19296-19300 [28JY]

Election-year economies, 25283 [26SE]

Employment loss in selected congressional districts due to passage of minimum wage legislation, 9821 [4MY]

Estimated costs of Southwest Plan resolutions actions through Sept. 30, 1988, 29432 [7OC]

1988 comparison, 13416 [6JN]

Outlays and receipts of trust funds, 1853 [19FE]

Public deficit and Social Security trust funds, 6398, 6402, 6405 [12AP]

Real per capita disposable income and consumption, 25628 [27SE]

Receipts and outlays of the Government, December 1987 and other periods, 1852 [19FE]

Revenue estimate and distributional impact of delaying inflation adjustments for tax brackets, standard deduction, and exemption, 28846 [6OC]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act—differences between H.R. 3 and H.R. 1616, 8171 [21AP]

Testimonies

Combining Equitable Deficit Reduction With Economic Growth: Representative Upton, 22349 [11AU]

Competitiveness Policy Council: Alexander Trowbridge, 20062 [3AU]

East-West Economic Relations: Senator Bradley, 31538-31541 [18OC]

Economic and Financial Burden Sharing: Roger W. Robinson, Jr., 15914-15916 [24JN]

Foreign Trade: Harry L. Freeman, American Express Co., 12219 [24MY]

Iron and Steel Industry: Thomas C. Graham, 21405 [9AU]

———Walter F. Williams, 21406 [9AU]

Need for Mandated Health Insurance and Other Reforms in National Health Care System: E. Richard Brown, 26841 [29SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 430, waiving all points of order against H.R. 3, the Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act conference report, 8102 [21AP]

H. Res. 491, consideration of S. 2527, notification of plant closings and mass layoffs and H.R. 4848, enhance competitiveness of domestic industry, 17848 [13JY]

H. Res. 540, agreeing to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1154, Textile and Apparel Trade Act, 25075 [23SE]

H.R. 3048, develop applications of superconductivity, 24668 [20SE]

H.R. 4376, Truth in Federal Spending Act, 6799 [13AP]

H.R. 4595, formula for extended unemployment compensation benefits, 10860 [12MY]

H.R. 4848, Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act, 17909-18054 [13JY]

H.R. 4899, Public Housing Gateway Act, 15890 [23JN]

H.R. 5564, Fair Share Rural Development Act, 32393-32394 [20OC]

S. 430, Retail Competition Enforcement Act, 16326 [29JN]

S. 837, Minimum Wage Restoration Act, 23942 [15SE]

S. 1360, funding for Indian economic growth, 20954 [8AU]

S. 2175, unemployment extended compensation benefits availability, 4056 [16MR]

S. 2298, Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act, 7647 [20AP]

S. 2834, National Indian Center for Research in Vocational-Technical Training, 25688 [27SE]

S. 2877, Business Incubator Review Act, 29375 [7OC]

S. Con. Res. 63, Central American economic development and recovery program, 20660 [5AU]

S. Con. Res. 135, enhance competitiveness of domestic industry, correct enrollment of H.R. 4848, 20147 [3AU]

S. Res. 452, insolvent thrift institutions, 18373 [14JY]

S. Res. 477, support for open meetings, no increase in taxes and preservation of Social Security benefits in meeting of National Economic Commission, 24832 [22SE]

S. Res. 491, support bicontinental dialogue on integration of EEC economies, 29484 [7OC]

Transcripts

Osgood File, CBS News, 6241 [31MR]