BUDGET—U.S.

Addresses

Devolution—Revolution in the Third Century: J. Kenneth Blackwell, E97-E99 [25JA]

Amendments

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), conference report, S2951, S2952, S3026, S3027 [27MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 165), H2586 [21MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 175), H3731 [23AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 2880), S403, S419, S439, S516, S520 [26JA]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1670, S1671, S1675, S1678, S1684, S1773, S1779 [11MR], S1811, S1818, S1824, S1837, S1846, S1851, S1870, S1875, S1882, S1883 [12MR], S1912, S1935, S1945, S1954, S1955, S1961, S1962, S1978, S1985, S1986, S1987, S1988 [13MR], S2015, S2029, S2032, S2039, S2040, S2043, S2044, S2055, S2056, S2057, S2059, S2060, S2061, S2062, S2063, S2064, S2065, S2066, S2067, S2068, S2069, S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2076, S2105, S2107, S2108, S2118, S2119, S2120, S2121, S2122, S2123, S2124, S2127 [14MR], S2169, S2172, S2173, S2177, S2182, S2203, S2204, S2206 [15MR], S2233, S2235, S2236, S2245, S2246, S2247, S2248 [18MR], S2264, S2275, S2280, S2283, S2284, S2303, S2332, S2333, S2340 [19MR], H1776 [6MR], H1808, H1942, H1947, H1951 [7MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), consideration (H. Res. 372), H1806 [7MR]

———making continuing (S.J. Res. 63), S11314 [25SE]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3272 [15AP]

Constitutional amendments: balance (H.J. Res. 1), S6408 [18JN]

———balance (S.J. Res. 41) (103d Congress), S6408 [18JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H226 [5JA], H335, H336 [9JA]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), disposition of Senate amendment (H. Res. 336), H239 [5JA]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7820, H7903, H7907 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8081, S8088, S8105, S8109, S8114, S8118, S8120, S8121, S8123, S8126, S8131, S8134, S8136, S8138, S8139, S8141, S8145, S8148, S8149, S8150, S8163, S8167, S8222, S8226, S8227, S8294, S8295, S8296 [18JY], S8336, S8338, S8344, S8347, S8349, S8350, S8357, S8358, S8362, S8363, S8364, S8365, S8375, S8377, S8378, S8379 [19JY], S8396, S8402, S8406, S8407, S8409, S8410, S8414, S8416, S8420, S8421, S8423, S8478, S8479, S8480, S8481, S8483 [22JY], S8495 [23JY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), S5178, S5186 [16MY], H5174, H5178, H5182 [15MY], H5196, H5197, H5204, H5218, H5233 [16MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), consideration (H. Res. 435), H5196 [16MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5049, S5100 [15MY], S5129, S5143, S5151, S5160, S5169, S5194, S5199, S5200, S5201, S5202, S5203 [16MY], S5216, S5219, S5220, S5221, S5224, S5230, S5231, S5232, S5236, S5239, S5241, S5242, S5243, S5248, S5251, S5252, S5256, S5257, S5264, S5270, S5271, S5272, S5273, S5274 [17MY], S5309, S5310, S5312, S5314, S5321, S5322, S5326, S5334, S5335, S5339, S5342, S5352, S5383, S5384, S5385, S5391, S5394, S5395 [20MY], S5399, S5400, S5412, S5424, S5425, S5431, S5439, S5440, S5449, S5450, S5451 [21MY], S5462, S5463, S5465, S5466, S5476, S5477, S5479, S5481, S5482, S5486, S5488, S5500, S5501 [22MY], S5516, S5521, S5533, S5603, S5609, S5610 [23MY]

Federal employees: continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), S31 [3JA]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), H2665 [21MR], H2870 [26MR]

———enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 391), H2973 [28MR]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 412), H3836 [25AP]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 3136), H2665 [21MR], H2870 [26MR]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 391), H2973 [28MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 3021), S1626, S1655 [7MR]

Social Security: payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (H.R. 2924), consideration (H. Res. 355), H1195 [1FE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3489 [16AP], H3533, H3536, H3537, H3538, H3545 [17AP]

Analyses

Examples of Limited Tax Benefits Within the Meaning of the Line Item Veto Act, H3011 [28MR]

Kyl Constitutional Amendment To Require a Two-Thirds Majority on the Passage of Legislation Increasing Revenue: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S5470-S5473 [22MY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178): Committee on the Budget (House), H6248 [12JN]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate), S6172-S6174 [13JN]

Why a Space Station?, S9811-S9813 [4SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, S5550 [23MY], H5732 [30MY]

———H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, S2309 [19MR], H2654 [21MR], H3671 [23AP]

———H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, S8532 [23JY], H8329 [24JY]

Articles and editorials

Ace in the Hole, S5992-S5995 [10JN]

Adult Education for Family Literacy, S2338 [19MR]

Biggest Spender of Them All—Reagan's Bankrupt Budget, S420 [26JA]

Bootstraps for Middle-Aged Children, S56 [4JA]

Budget Scrum, S42 [4JA]

Children's Veto, S9332 [1AU]

Clinton's Budget Game, S5991 [10JN], S6119 [12JN]

Congress Shouldn't Get Paid Either, E14 [4JA]

Consider This Congress the Worst in a Half-Century, S1165 [9FE]

Daily Worries Concern Voters Most, Poll Says, S5433 [21MY]

Day 19—Federal Siege Takes Public, Private Hostages, S42 [4JA]

Day the Senate Died—Budget Measure Weakens Minority, S6135 [12JN]

Dole Calls Public Housing One of `Last Bastions of Socialism', H4186 [30AP]

Dole's Military Card, E1233 [10JY]

Don't Let Rush to Welfare `Reform' Leave Some of Needy Without Help, S9332 [1AU]

Education Rated No. 1 of All State Issues, S5434 [21MY]

End of Welfare as We Know It?, H9389 [31JY]

Experimental Price Index for Elderly Consumers, S5371-S5374 [20MY]

Fact and Fancy—CPI Biases and the Federal Budget, S5407-S5410 [21MY]

Fair Flat Tax To Rally Behind, S4083 [24AP]

Fiddling With the Numbers, S5119 [16MY], S5796, S5828 [5JN]

For Better or Worse?, S9327 [1AU]

From Workhouse to Workfare, S9328 [1AU]

Gingrich on Medicare, E1551 [10SE]

GOP Deficit Trap, H3469 [16AP]

Government as Stage Prop, S11, S15 [3JA]

Hitting the Debt Ceiling, S423 [26JA]

If We Were Serious, S10345 [11SE]

Inconvenience Edges Toward Emergency, S16 [3JA]

Jobless Aid, Toxic Waste Cleanup Halt, S17 [3JA]

Judges' Group Condemns Line-Item Veto Bill, S2946 [27MR]

Line-Item Lunacy, S3150 [28MR], H3009 [28MR]

Line-Item Veto—How It Will Affect Appropriations, Entitlements, and Taxes, H3548 [17AP]

Loosening the Glue of Democracy, S2947, S2990 [27MR]

Madness of Courting Default, S423 [26JA]

Medagogues, S2918 [27MR], S11232 [25SE]

Medagogues Cont'd, S2918 [27MR]

Medicare Outlays Must Have Limit, E5 [3JA]

New Medicare Trust Fund Data Show Unusually Large Shortfall, S3883 [23AP]

Of ``Sons'' and Their ``Grandsons'', S421 [26JA]

On Balance, Budget Deal Could Offer a $1,000 Bonus, H157 [4JA]

104th Congress Is History, E1924 [4OC]

Our 2 Cents' Worth, E79 [24JA]

Paper Balance, S133 [10JA]

Perspective—Cut To Grow, H5125 [15MY]

Platform Diving, E1530 [5SE]

Playing `Gotcha' on Welfare Reform, S9333 [1AU]

Plenty of Blame To Go Around, E5 [3JA]

Possibility of Default Starts To Worry Europe, Especially France, H911 [25JA]

Preview—Government Shutdown Woes a Taste of Things To Come, E31 [5JA]

Reform on the Cheap, S9331 [1AU]

Republicans Threaten To Impeach Rubin if He Borrows Again To Avoid Default, H199 [5JA]

Ripple Effect Could Leave Area Reeling, S16 [3JA]

Sacred Cows of Arms, Prisons Are Milking the U.S. Budget, S389 [25JA]

Shortfall Posted by Medicare Fund Two Years Early, S1174 [9FE]

Showboating on Tax Day, H3301 [15AP]

Shrinking Middle Class, H7146 [9JY]

Silly Season, S5776 [4JN]

Sleeping With the Devil—Bill Clinton Will Lose the 1996 Election Unless He Changes His Economic Strategy. Dumping Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan Would Be a Good Start, S1065 [7FE]

Spy Satellite Agency Heads Are Ousted For Lost Money, H3814 [24AP]

Stop Playing Politics and Fix Medicare Now, E1022 [6JN]

Tax Cut Trap, S6180 [13JN]

Thanks to House Democrats, E1598 [12SE]

Time To End the Shutdown, S79 [5JA]

U.S. Budget Cuts Impact Chicago Schools, S3030 [27MR]

U.S. Loses Rank in Global Giving, S6626 [20JN]

VA, NASA Chiefs Contradict Clinton Plans for Cuts, S6118 [12JN]

Welfare Bill—It Deserves a Forthright Veto, S9331 [1AU]

Welfare Bills Suffer From Politics, S9332 [1AU]

Welfare Reform in Name Only, S8412 [22JY]

What About Social Security?, S184 [22JA]

Why SEC Closure Hurts Tech Firms, H340 [22JA]

Wisconsin Works—Breaking a Covenant, S8452 [22JY]

Worried Republicans Begin Backpedaling on Environmental Issues, S443 [26JA]

Your Turn, Bill, H123 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: extend farm programs (see S. 1523), S313 [23JA]

Appropriations: establish automatic continuing appropriations (see H.R. 2965, 4094), H1241 [13FE], H10524 [17SE]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (see S. 2013), S9428 [1AU]

———establish spending limits for entitlement programs and other mandatory spending programs (see S. 2170), S11973 [30SE]

———making continuing (see S.J. Res. 63; H.R. 2880, 3019; H.J. Res. 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 157, 163, 165, 170, 175), S11169 [24SE], H90 [3JA], H774 [23JA], H912 [25JA], H1716 [5MR], H2224 [13MR], H2558 [20MR], H3230 [29MR], H3730 [23AP]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (see H. Res. 329), H90 [3JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 165), consideration (see H. Res. 386), H2557 [20MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 175), consideration (see H. Res. 411), H3730 [23AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report corrections (see S.J. Res. 53), S4317 [29AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), consideration (see H. Res. 372), H1774 [6MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 415), H4108 [25AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), waiving enrollment requirements (see H.J. Res. 168), H2867 [26MR]

———making omnibus consolidated (see H.R. 4278), H12173 [28SE]

———public disclosure of funding used to conduct field examinations of appropriation estimates (see H.R. 4293), H12173 [28SE]

Balance (see S. Con. Res. 38), S98 [5JA]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 328), H90 [3JA]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 159), H1225 [1FE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see S.J. Res. 49; H.J. Res. 169), S1345 [27FE], H3170 [28MR]

———establish 2-year cycle, reform oversight process, and establish required adjournment date (see S. 2049), S9742 [3SE]

Congressional Budget Act: amend (see H.R. 4142), H11047 [24SE]

Constitutional amendments: balance (see S.J. Res. 54), S4618 [2MY]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see S. 1678), S3384 [16AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: require recommendations for reducing public debt (see S. 1657), S3216 [29MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), disposition of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 336), H330 [5JA]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), transmission procedures relative to balanced budget submission (see H. Con. Res. 131), H330 [5JA]

District of Columbia: making continuing appropriations (see H.J. Res. 153, 154), H90 [3JA]

Ecology and environment: provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (see H.R. 3619), H6285 [12JN]

Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (see S. 1956; H.R. 2903, 3734, 3829), S7887 [16JY], H922 [26JA], H7106 [27JN], H7779 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2530), consideration (see H. Res. 333), H187 [4JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration (see H. Res. 482), H7779 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 492, 495), H8981 [30JY], H9565 [31JY]

———reform process (see H.R. 4285), H12173 [28SE]

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (see H.R. 3379), H4396 [1MY]

———require use of generational accounting information on Presidential and CBO budget submissions (see H.R. 3076), H2223 [13MR]

———sequestration of all budgetary accounts except Social Security, Federal retirement, and interest on the debt (see H.R. 3414), H4646 [8MY]

———setting forth for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 66), consideration (see H. Res. 424), H4423 [2MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (see S. Con. Res. 57; H. Con. Res. 174, 178), S5004 [14MY], H4800 [9MY], H5051 [14MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), consideration (see H. Res. 435), H5173 [15MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 450), H6117 [10JN]

———use of mediators in discussions between Congress and the President to produce a balanced budget (see H. Con. Res. 137), H1138 [31JA]

Federal employees: continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), return to Senate (see H. Res. 331), H187 [4JA]

———provide guaranteed loans for furloughed employees from their thrift savings plans during a Government shutdown (see S. 1576), S1345 [27FE]

———provide interest-free loans to furloughed employees (see H.R. 2842), H187 [4JA]

Foreign aid: reform process for allocating assistance and require Congress to enact domestic appropriations prior to consideration of foreign aid appropriations (see S. 1968), S8013 [17JY]

Government: making certain appropriations and rescissions (see S. 1594), S1598 [6MR]

———reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 193), H7107 [27JN]

———relief for Federal employees, Federal contractors, and employees of Federal contractors for expenses incurred during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2857), H330 [5JA]

———require comparable treatment of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress and certain high-level Government employees with Federal employees during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2882), H912 [25JA]

———require comparable treatment of the President, Vice-President, Cabinet members, and Members of Congress with Federal employees during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2855), H330 [5JA]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (see H.R. 3136), H2664 [21MR]

———enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), consideration (see H. Res. 391), H2949 [27MR]

———enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), waiving enrollment requirements (see H.J. Res. 168), H2867 [26MR]

House Rules: question of privilege relative to public debt ceiling (see H. Res. 354), H1138 [31JA]

———reduce number of programs covered by appropriation bills (see H. Res. 514), H9925 [2AU]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (see H. Res. 412), H3819 [24AP]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 3392), H4430 [6MY]

Medicaid: reward States for collecting funds expended on tobacco-related illnesses (see S. 1892; H.R. 3779), S6517 [19JN], H7260 [10JY]

Medicare: allocate savings from waste, fraud and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see S. 1859), S6082 [11JN]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (see S. 1858), S6082 [11JN]

———contract reform (see H.R. 3132), H2558 [20MR]

———liability waiver for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3678), H6531 [19JN]

———reform (see S. 1926; H.R. 3355), S7302 [28JN], H4302 [30AP]

———waive enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan (see S. 2055; H.R. 4012), S9967 [5SE], H9924 [2AU]

National Commission on Medicare Reform: establish (see S. 1856), S6082 [11JN]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 3992), H9923 [2AU]

National parks and recreation areas: reimburse States, localities, and individuals who donated funds and services during Government shutdown (see S. 1558), S915 [6FE]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 3372, 3384), H4396 [1MY]

Public debt: ceiling (see S. 1546; H.R. 2862, 2896, 2897, 2920, 3136; H. Res. 360), S555 [30JA], H737 [22JA], H913 [25JA], H1138 [31JA], H1226 [1FE], H2664 [21MR]

———ceiling (H.R. 2409), engrossment (see H. Res. 356), H1226 [1FE]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), consideration (see H. Res. 391), H2949 [27MR]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), waiving enrollment requirements (see H.J. Res. 168), H2867 [26MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (see H.R. 3021), H1774 [6MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 3021), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H1774 [6MR]

———reduction (see S. Res. 237), S3216 [29MR]

Public lands: provide disaster assistance loans for small businesses operating within a national park or wildlife refuge that were affected during recent Government shutdown (see H.R. 3044), H1985 [7MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2897), H913 [25JA]

———investment of surplus from trust funds and protection from public debt limit (see H.R. 3636), H6413 [13JN]

———investment of trust funds surplus (see H.R. 2928), H1223 [1FE]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (see S. 1555; S. Res. 214; H.R. 2924), S492 [26JA], S737 [1FE], H1223 [1FE]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (H.R. 2924), consideration (see H. Res. 355), H1223 [1FE]

Taxation: expand definition of limited tax benefits applicable to line-item veto (see S. 1835; H.R. 3566), S5763 [4JN], H5817 [4JN]

———extend certain tax provisions (see S. 1568), S1180 [9FE]

———require income tax instructions provide explanation of laws relative to a balanced budget (see H.R. 2884), H912 [25JA]

———require use of dynamic economic modeling in the preparation of estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S.J. Res. 57; H. Con. Res. 170), S8989 [26JY], H4423 [2MY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), consideration, H3229 [29MR]

Chronologies

Information on past debt ceiling crises and changes: GAO, S1627 [7MR]

Colloquies

Budget reconciliation process: Edmund S. Muskie and Vance Hartke (1975), S5430 [21MY]

Conference reports

Continuing Appropriations (H.R. 3019), H3842-H4043 [25AP], H4187-H4287 [30AP]

Line Item Veto Act (S. 4), H2640-H2652 [21MR]

Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation (H.R. 3734), H8829-H8958 [30JY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget (1976), S5426, S5438 [21MY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H6007-H6039 [7JN]

Cost Estimates

Public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation (H.R. 3734): CBO (Intergovernmental Mandates), S9412 [1AU]

———CBO (Private Sector Mandates), S9413 [1AU]

Public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation (S. 1956): CBO (Intergovernmental Mandates), S7890-S7893 [16JY]

———CBO (Private Sector Mandates), S7893 [16JY]

Descriptions

Government Shutdown Impact, S11 [3JA]

Documents

Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds: U.S. Code, S3308 [15AP], S4051 [24AP]

House Rules Proposal Regarding Martial Law Provisions, H2572 [21MR]

Excerpts

$8.2 Billion Reconciliation Bill Cleared: ``Congressional Quarterly Almanac'' (1980), S5421 [21MY]

Farm legislation's impact on farm income and Federal aid payments, S321 [23JA]

Explanations

Congressional Procedures for Expedited Consideration of Line-Item Vetoes, H2982 [28MR]

How American Families Benefit From a Balanced Budget, S94 [5JA]

Factsheets

Medicare, S5174 [16MY]

Letters

Adult literacy program funding: Elaine W. Randall, S2334 [19MR]

Budget 1996-2002: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S5802 [5JN]

Budget 1997-2002: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S5513 [23MY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H5224 [16MY]

Budget deficit: James L. Blum, CBO, S7880 [16JY]

Budget reconciliation: Donald Boelter, H161 [4JA]

———James Lister, H161 [4JA]

———Margaret Hurt, H161 [4JA]

———Paul Van de Water, CBO, H334 [9JA]

———Rick Schendel, H161 [4JA]

———Senators Exon, Daschle, and Dorgan, S4053 [24AP]

Budget reconciliation process effects on student loan programs: Robert H. Atwell, American Council on Education, S293 [23JA]

———Violet Boyer, Committee for Education Funding, S293 [23JA]

CBO cost estimates of the Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act: James L. Blum, CBO, S3290 [15AP]

Child stranded overseas due to Government shutdown, H133 [4JA]

Clinton administration budget proposal effects on Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: June E. O'Neil, CBO, S5114, S5126 [16MY], S6071 [11JN]

Clinton administration view on the Federal budget for 1997-2002: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S6124 [12JN]

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Bill Graves, Governor of Kansas and Sheila Frahm, Lt. Governor of Kansas, S5934 [6JN]

———David M. Beasley, Governor of South Carolina, S5936 [6JN]

———Edward T. Schafer, Governor of North Dakota, S5935 [6JN]

———Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, S5885, S5936 [6JN]

———Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, S5935 [6JN]

———George Allen, Governor of Virginia, S5936 [6JN]

———George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S5935 [6JN]

———Jim Edgar, Governor of Illinois, S5934 [6JN]

———Jim Geringer, Governor of Wyoming, S5936 [6JN]

———John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S5935 [6JN]

———M.J. Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana, S5935 [6JN]

———Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S5934 [6JN]

———several Republican Members of Congress, S5659 [3JN]

———Stephen Merrill, Governor of New Hampshire, S5935 [6JN]

Consumer Price Index calculation: Harry C. Ballantyne, Social Security Administration, S5357 [20MY]

Continuation of funding for the SEC during periods of lapsed appropriations: Steven M.H. Wallman, SEC, H340 [22JA]

Corporate leaders' advertisement on balanced budget: Representatives Gephardt, Obey, and George Miller, E1 [3JA]

Democratic Party's national agenda: Representative Gephardt, H7147 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense inflation estimates: Jill Lancelot, S5068 [15MY]

———Senators Kohl, Bradley, and Grassley, S5068 [15MY]

Effect of Republican budget proposal on medicaid in Colorado: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, E93 [25JA]

Effects of Government shutdown on Dept. of HHS: June Gibbs Brown, Dept. of HHS, S438 [26JA]

Energy research and development programs funding: several Representatives, E861 [22MY]

Extension of certain expiring governmental appropriations: Senator Specter, S1387 [28FE]

Family farming: Doug Henderson, S6138 [12JN]

FCC funding relative to direct broadcast satellite spectrum: several Republican Members of Congress, H8271 [24JY]

———several organizations, H8270 [24JY]

Impact of Federal Government shutdown, S44 [4JA]

———Brian Rothermel, S7 [3JA]

———Cecelia J. Genge, S6 [3JA]

———James Fulton, S39 [4JA]

———Janet Samuelson, Fairfax Opportunities Unlimited (business), S6 [3JA]

———Margaret P. and T.H. Conway, Jr., S39 [4JA]

———Marlene Siemek, S7 [3JA]

———Mike Holy, S8 [3JA]

———Vern and Mary Ann Bettencourt, S6 [3JA]

Individual retirement account reform: Charles R. Schwab, S130 [10JA]

Limit use of Dept. of Defense funds for programs, projects, and activities not included in future-years defense plan: Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S7952 [17JY]

Line-item veto: Charles A. Bowsher, GAO, S2942 [27MR]

———Gilbert S. Merritt, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S2976 [27MR]

———Leonidas R. Mecham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S2947, S2975 [27MR]

———Michael J. Gerhardt, S2948, S2974 [27MR]

Medicaid and welfare reforms in short-term debt limit legislation: Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of Utah, H1786 [7MR]

Medicare reform: Harlan M. Heald, Nebraska Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, S5171 [16MY]

———several health care associations, S5161, S5171 [16MY]

Medicare trust fund: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S5032 [15MY]

Medicare waste, fraud and abuse: June Gibbs Brown, Dept. of HHS, S9543 [2AU]

Off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds: Alan Greenspan, FRS, H3511 [17AP]

———Allen Schick, Brookings Institution, H3513 [17AP]

———Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution, H3514 [17AP]

———David J. Forkenbrock, University of Iowa, H3510 [17AP]

———David Luberoff, Harvard University, H3511 [17AP]

———G. William Miller, G. William Miller & Co., Inc., H3512 [17AP]

———Hendrick S. Houthakker, Harvard University, H3511 [17AP]

———Herbert Stein, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, H3513 [17AP]

———James A. Dunn, Rutgers University, H3510 [17AP]

———James H. Washington, Dept. of Transportation, H3533 [17AP]

———James L. Blum, CBO, H3509 [17AP]

———Martin Wachs, University of California, H3513 [17AP]

———Michael Bell, Johns Hopkins University, H3508 [17AP]

———Michael J. Boskin, Stanford University, H3510 [17AP]

———Murray Weidenbaum, Center for the Study of American Business, H3514 [17AP]

———Paul A. Volcker, James D. Wolfensohn, Inc., H3513 [17AP]

———Pete du Pont, National Center for Policy Analysis, H3510 [17AP]

———Philip C. Jackson Jr., Birmingham-Southern College, H3511 [17AP]

———Raymond J. Saulnier, H3513 [17AP]

———Sherman J. Maisel, Sherman J. Maisel Associates, H3512 [17AP]

———Thomas G. Moore, H3512 [17AP]

———Tom Schatz and Joe Winkelmann, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, E583 [19AP]

———William Poole, Brown University, H3512 [17AP]

Omnibus consolidated appropriations: President Clinton, S11696 [28SE]

Public debt ceiling: Gregory M. Holloway, GAO, S1627 [7MR]

———John D. Hawke, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, S1625 [7MR]

———Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S1625 [7MR]

Space station program funding: Carl Sagan and Louis Friedman, Planetary Society, S9815 [4SE]

———Dianna L. Dell, American Medical Women's Association, S9816 [4SE]

———John G. Hodson, Sr., Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, S9816 [4SE]

———Michael E. DeBakey, S9819 [4SE]

———Susan Dime-Meenan, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, S9816 [4SE]

Student loan program administrative expenses: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S5260 [17MY]

———Senator Simon, S5261 [17MY]

Tax provisions of the Line Item Veto Act: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H3010 [28MR]

University research and education funding: several corporate chief executive officers, E1888 [1OC]

VA medical care programs funding: several veterans' organizations, S5145 [16MY]

Lists

Amendments to S. 1956, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, S8114 [18JY]

Committee for Education Funding members, S293 [23JA]

Continuing appropriations (H.R. 3019): amendments, S1966 [13MR]

Economists supporting Dole plan for economic growth, S11237 [25SE]

House resolutions considered under martial-law authority, H1065 [31JA]

Items designated as emergency in omnibus consolidated appropriations legislation, S11876 [30SE]

Legislative riders on past debt limit extensions, S546 [30JA]

Majority and administrative staff: Committee on the Budget (Senate), S5550 [23MY]

Non-defense discretionary spending cuts, S5795 [5JN]

Republican Contract With America items signed into law, H11400 [27SE]

Republican Contract With America items vetoed by President Clinton, H11401 [27SE]

Senate amendments to S. Con. Res. 57, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002: Democratic amendments, S5176 [16MY]

———Republican amendments, S5176 [16MY]

Senate vote on budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S3309 [15AP], S4052 [24AP]

Memorandums

Big Choices—Budget and Economic Agenda: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S5456 [21MY]

CBO Budget Estimate for Debt Collection Improvement Act: John Righter, CBO, S1825 [12MR]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1997: President Clinton, S915 [6FE], H1230 [6FE]

Dept. of Defense Rescissions: President Clinton, S2100 [14MR], H2220 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: President Clinton, S4315 [29AP], H4111 [29AP]

Economic Report: President Clinton, S1310 [26FE], H1243 [16FE]

Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 1997: President Clinton, S2325-S2327 [19MR], H2331-H2333 [19MR]

Plan To Achieve a Balanced Budget No Later Than 2002 as Certified by the CBO: President Clinton, S274 [22JA], H333 [9JA]

Revised Deferral and Rescission Proposals: President Clinton, S1311 [26FE], H1260 [27FE]

Revised Deferral of Budgetary Resources: President Clinton, S1515 [5MR], S5003 [14MY], S6719 [24JN], H1687 [5MR], H4925 [14MY], H6709 [24JN]

Motions

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), conference report, S2949, S2977 [27MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 165), H2586 [21MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 2880), S416, S424 [26JA], H897 [25JA]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1963 [13MR], S2237 [18MR], H1956 [7MR], H2652 [21MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, H4100 [25AP]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 328), H6 [3JA]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3271, H3303 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), consideration (H. Res. 395), H3268, H3270 [15AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H228 [5JA]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7988 [18JY], H8319 [24JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8108, S8126, S8131, S8141 [18JY], S8330, S8333, S8344, S8366 [19JY], S8421, S8422, S8423, S8424 [22JY], S8494, S8504 [23JY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5725 [30MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5510, S5511, S5512, S5515 [23MY]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), H3019, H3026 [28MR]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 412), H3828 [25AP]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 3136), H3019, H3026 [28MR]

Notices

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), transmission procedures relative to balanced budget submission (H. Con. Res. 131), H335 [9JA]

Outlines

Budget resolution effects on veterans' benefits, H6256 [12JN]

Poems

``Celestial Economics,'' Sid Taylor, E287 [6MR]

Press releases

Eliminating Corporate Welfare Would Cut Deficit in Half: Cato Institute, H5126 [15MY]

Today's New York Times Demonstrates Urgent Need To Solve Medicare's Impending Crisis, Now: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S3884 [23AP]

Programs

Nine steps for fiscal responsibilty, H2322 [19MR]

Proposals

Engrossment of H.R. 2862, public debt ceiling, and H.J. Res. 157, continuing appropriations, H760 [23JA]

Regulations

Requirements for submission of the Federal budget: U.S. Code, S886-S888 [6FE]

Remarks in House

AFDC: funding, H7747 [17JY]

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: funding, E836 [16MY]

Appropriations: automatic continuing resolutions, H7694, H7695 [17JY]

———establish automatic continuing appropriations, H8033 [22JY], H8275, H8276 [24JY]

———establish automatic continuing appropriations (H.R. 4094), H10435 [17SE]

———funding of certain environment and education programs, H3840 [25AP]

———line-item veto, H124, H143 [4JA], H1696 [5MR], H2971, H2972, H2975, H2978, H2979, H2980, H2981, H2982, H2983, H2998-H3027 [28MR], H3548 [17AP]

———making continuing, H50, H55, H59 [3JA], H94, H95, H111, H120, H121, H122, H123, H125, H126, H129, H130, H134 [4JA], H192, H194-H216, H313-H322 [5JA], H806 [24JA], H855 [25JA], H929 [30JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 131), H216 [5JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 155), H58 [3JA], H121, H123, H128 [4JA], H191, H200, H212, H217 [5JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 157), engrossment, H801, H802 [24JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 163), H2193 [13MR], H2227, H2229-H2238, H2311 [14MR], E380 [19MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 165), H2562, H2563, H2578-H2588 [21MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 165), consideration (H. Res. 386), H2564-H2577 [21MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 170), H3176, H3204-H3206 [29MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 175), H3745 [24AP]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 175), consideration (H. Res. 411), H3738-H3744 [24AP]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 175), corrections in engrossment, H3746 [24AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 2880), H879-H900 [25JA], H920 [26JA], E100 [25JA]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), H1781, H1808-H1958, H1968, H1972 [7MR], H2039, H2040, H2111-H2114 [12MR], H2126, H2195-H2209 [13MR], H2652-H2654 [21MR], E326 [12MR], E336 [13MR], E408 [21MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, H3825, H3826, H3828, H3840, H3842, H4052-H4103 [25AP], H4180-H4185 [30AP], E651 [25AP], E661 [30AP], E672 [1MY], E754 [9MY], E862 [22MY]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report corrections (S.J. Res. 53), H4131 [30AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), consideration (H. Res. 372), H1793-H1808 [7MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 415), H4046-H4052 [25AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), permission to file conference report, H3655 [22AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), waiving enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 168), H2857-H2864 [26MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 4278), H11575 [27SE]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), H12051-H12110 [28SE], H12254 [2OC], E1884 [1OC], E1903, E1904 [2OC]

———status of legislation for unfunded agencies, H122, H123, H124, H127 [4JA], H315 [5JA]

Balance, H57 [3JA], H93, H94, H95, H96, H98, H184 [4JA], H190 [5JA], H739, H740, H741, H743 [23JA], H853, H873-H875 [25JA], H985, H987, H991 [31JA], H1205 [1FE], H1491 [28FE], H1689-H1691 [5MR], H1977-H1981 [7MR], H3469 [16AP], H3640-H3643 [18AP], H3652, H3653 [19AP], H3704 [23AP], H4659, H4660 [9MY], H4804 [10MY], H4909, H4910 [14MY], H5305 [21MY], H5765 [4JN], H7248 [10JY], H8084 [22JY], H10002 [4SE], E100 [25JA], E505 [29MR], E647 [25AP], E683 [1MY], E744, E752 [9MY], E862 [22MY], E1233 [10JY], E1375 [25JY]

Beilenson, Representative: results of district survey, E58 [23JA]

Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: travel and office personnel funding, H1956, H1957 [7MR]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 328), H2-H7 [3JA]

Business and industry: eliminate corporate welfare in Federal programs, H5257 [16MY]

Children and youth: national objectives priority assignments, H5765, H5766, H5805-H5812 [4JN], H6485 [18JN]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, H5136 [15MY], H5186 [16MY]

———State of the Union Message, H839, H840 [25JA]

Community Development Block Grant Program: Economic Development Initiative grants funding, H6831, H6832 [25JN]

———funding, H6808, H6809, H6814, H6815 [25JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 104th Congress, H10227 [11SE], H11233 [26SE], E1924 [4OC]

———comparison of the 103d and 104th Congresses, H2936-H2942 [27MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3184 [29MR], H3234-H3237, H3239-H3256, H3270-H3304 [15AP], E536, E541, E543, E544 [16AP], E580 [19AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), consideration (H. Res. 395), H3256-H3270 [15AP]

Constitutional amendments: balance (H.J. Res. 1), H5765 [4JN], H5823 [5JN], H5940 [6JN], E952 [30MY], E994 [4JN]

Corporations: subsidies, H1723 [6MR], H1780 [7MR]

Deficit, H125, H126 [4JA], H190, H325 [5JA], H779 [24JA], H857 [25JA], H956-H959 [30JA], H1977-H1981 [7MR], H2126, H2207, H2220 [13MR], H2321 [19MR], H2582 [21MR], H3210 [29MR], H3436, H3469 [16AP], H3584 [18AP], H5115 [15MY], H5246, H5252, H5257 [16MY], H5766 [4JN], H6105 [10JN], H6292 [13JN], H6427, H6432, H6435 [18JN], H6516 [19JN], H7220 [10JY], H7763 [17JY], H8253 [24JY], H8383 [25JY], H9462 [31JY], H10181 [11SE], H10528 [18SE], E306 [7MR], E647 [25AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H748 [23JA], H2125, H2126 [13MR], H3736 [24AP], H4438 [7MY], H4534 [8MY], H4656 [9MY], H6406 [13JN], H6633, H6634 [20JN], H6978 [27JN], H7143-H7149 [9JY], H8100 [23JY], H9709 [1AU], H10431 [17SE], H11366-H11372 [26SE], H12169 [28SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: budget management, H3174 [29MR]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish, H5034 [14MY], H5112, H5125 [15MY], H6717 [25JN]

———abolish (H.R. 1756), H869-H873 [25JA]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H5574 [29MY]

———military aircraft safety, H3560, H3561 [17AP]

Dept. of Education: abolish, H2128 [13MR], H3210 [29MR], H10336 [12SE]

Dept. of HUD: abolish, H4174 [30AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and leases (H.R. 3376), E991 [4JN]

———funding, H5239, H5240 [16MY], H6125 [11JN]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), disposition of Senate amendment (H. Res. 336), H189, H226-H240 [5JA]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), transmission procedures relative to balanced budget submission (H. Con. Res. 131), H308 [5JA]

Dole, Bob: evaluation of views on certain campaign issues, H8109 [23JY], H10336 [12SE]

Ecology and environment: funding for environmental protection programs, H2538-H2542 [20MR], H2582, H2583 [21MR], H2890-H2892, H2937-H2941 [27MR], H3209 [29MR], H3439 [16AP]

———impact of budget cuts on the enforcement of environmental regulations, H1290-H1294 [27FE]

Education: bilingual education programs funding, H5257 [16MY]

———funding, H842 [25JA], H2125, H2126, H2127, H2128, H2129 [13MR], H2226, H2227, H2228, H2229, H2230-H2238 [14MR], H2471, H2472, H2473 [20MR], H2562, H2563 [21MR], H2704, H2707, H2712 [22MR], H2876, H2877 [27MR], H3175, H3176 [29MR], H7218, H7221, H7224, H7225-H7228 [10JY], H10368 [12SE], E348 [13MR], E422 [22MR]

———funding levels for federally assisted education programs (H. Con. Res. 144), H1703-H1714 [5MR]

———job training progams funding, H3472 [16AP]

Employment: Federal jobs progams, H4176, H4177 [30AP]

———summer youth jobs progam, H2114-H2120 [12MR], H2228, H2308 [14MR], H2327 [19MR]

———summer youth jobs programs, H3396 [16AP], E672 [1MY]

———viability of newly created jobs, H3239 [15AP], H3396 [16AP]

EPA: funding, H2103 [12MR], H4438 [7MY]

FAA: aviation tax schedule, E454 [26MR]

FCC: funding relative to direct broadcast satellite spectrum, H8266-H8272 [24JY]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, H876 [25JA], H2323, H2328, H2329, H2330 [19MR], H2669 [22MR], H3807-H3817 [24AP], H5268-H5275 [16MY], E806 [15MY]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H747 [23JA], H985, H986, H988, H989 [31JA], H1399, H1402 [28FE], H2040 [12MR], H2225 [14MR], H2470, H2471, H2473, H2474 [20MR], H2562, H2563 [21MR], H2670 [22MR], H3807-H3817 [24AP], H4909 [14MY], H5128 [15MY], H5266 [16MY], H5496 [22MY], H6258 [12JN], E830 [16MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H8, H9, H10, H11, H52, H53, H65 [3JA], H121, H122, H123, H124, H125, H126, H127, H129, H132, H133, H134, H137, H140, H141, H142, H144, H151, H152, H155, H156, H165-H172, H178-H184 [4JA], H191, H192, H193-H216, H308, H310, H311, H324 [5JA], H344, H346-H351 [22JA], H739, H740, H741, H743, H744, H747, H749 [23JA], H776, H777, H780, H781, H782 [24JA], H841, H857, H872, H877, H903 [25JA], H950, H953, H956-H959 [30JA], H976, H977, H997-H999, H1077 [31JA], H1759-H1766 [6MR], H1778 [7MR], H2100-H2103 [12MR], H2227, H2229 [14MR], H3652, H3653 [19AP], H3661, H3667 [23AP], E1, E10 [3JA], E155 [5FE], E364 [14MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7646 [16JY], H7663, H7664, H7745-H7762, H7765 [17JY], H7796-H7990, H7992, H7996, H8003-H8010 [18JY], H8076, H8089-H8091 [22JY], H8106, H8108, H8109 [23JY], H8319 [24JY], H8382, H8383 [25JY], H8561 [26JY], E1325 [18JY], E1337 [22JY], E1386 [26JY], E1409 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H8670 [30JY], H9380, H9381, H9382, H9383, H9403-H9424 [31JY], H9567, H9708 [1AU], H9838, H9904 [2AU], E1444, E1451, E1453, E1454 [1AU], E1495 [2AU]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration (H. Res. 482), H7784 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 492), H9388-H9392 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 495), H9392-H9403 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8320-H8329 [24JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), motion to recommit, H7988 [18JY]

———reconciliation process, H340, H341 [22JA], H814 [24JA]

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (H.R. 3379), E703 [2MY]

———setting forth for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H3704 [23AP]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 174), H4775, H4788-H4798 [9MY], E777 [10MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5033, H5036-H5039, H5042-H5049 [14MY], H5104-H5133, H5135-H5138, H5146-H5149 [15MY], H5185, H5186, H5187, H5188, H5198-H5260, H5268-H5275 [16MY], H5792-H5805 [4JN], E821, E828, E830, E833 [16MY], E850, E852 [21MY], E860 [22MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, H6098-H6104 [10JN], H6186, H6188, H6189, H6257-H6268, H6275 [12JN], H6291, H6292, H6293 [13JN], H6432, H6433, H6434, H6435, H6493 [18JN], H6514, H6518 [19JN], E1069 [12JN], E1086 [13JN]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), consideration (H. Res. 435), H5189-H5198 [16MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 450), H6247-H6257 [12JN]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), motion to instruct conferees, H5725-H5732, H5740 [30MY]

Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees, H7629-H7632 [16JY]

FEMA: funding, H4097, H4098 [25AP]

Financial institutions: tax deduction for loans to employee stock ownership plans, H5437 [22MY]

Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance, E633 [25AP], E1289 [16JY]

Gingrich, Representative: remarks relative to the Health Care Financing Administration, H5925 [5JN]

Government: discretionary spending levels, H5725, H5728, H5729, H5740 [30MY], H7193-H7196 [10JY], H7360, H7361 [11JY], H7701-H7704 [17JY], H8281-H8283, H8369, H8370 [24JY]

———ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (H.R. 2671), H121 [4JA]

———reduce spending and regulatory programs, H7245, H7246, H7248-H7251 [10JY], H10329 [12SE]

———reduce spending and regulatory programs (H. Con. Res. 193), H6975, H6978, H6979 [27JN], H7128-H7132 [9JY], H7169 [10JY], E1241 [11JY]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H2, H4, H7, H8, H9, H10, H11, H12, H24-H33, H51, H52, H53, H55, H57, H58, H59, H64-H89 [3JA], H93, H94, H95, H96, H97, H121, H122, H123, H125, H126, H127, H130, H131, H133, H134, H135-H154, H158, H165, H172-H178 [4JA], H189, H190, H191, H192, H194-H216, H308, H309 [5JA], H340, H345 [22JA], H748 [23JA], H780, H814 [24JA], H856, H872 [25JA], H2039, H2040 [12MR], H2328 [19MR], H8601 [29JY], H9464 [31JY], H11399 [27SE], E7, E10 [3JA], E16 [4JA], E23, E26 [5JA]

———tribute to private sector during shutdown, H309 [5JA]

Health Care Financing Administration: funding, H8102 [23JY]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), H2987-H3029 [28MR], H3173 [29MR], E483 [28MR], E494 [29MR], E591 [19AP]

———enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 391), H2972-H2986 [28MR], H3209 [29MR]

———enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), waiving enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 168), H2857-H2864 [26MR]

House Rules: question of privilege relative to public debt ceiling (H. Res. 354), H978, H1064 [31JA], H1182-H1185 [1FE]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 342), H842-H853 [25JA], H1065 [31JA]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 412), H3828-H3838 [25AP]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, H5409, H5410, H5413-H5417 [22MY]

Labor unions: national agenda, H7516 [12JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H891 [25JA], H7217 [10JY]

Marine Corps: ammunition list, H3787 [24AP]

Medicaid: financial protection for families of nursing home residents, H5725, H5727, H5728, H5740 [30MY]

———reform, H873-H875 [25JA], H2312 [14MR], H3107 [28MR], H3467, H3470 [16AP], H4049-H4051 [25AP], H4788-H4793 [9MY], H4804, H4805, H4806 [10MY], H5036-H5039, H5042, H5045 [14MY], H5119, H5122 [15MY], H5242, H5247, H5251-H5257, H5273 [16MY], H5651, H5652, H5654, H5743-H5748 [30MY], H5805 [4JN], H5824 [5JN], H5938 [6JN], H6098-H6104 [10JN], H6187, H6189, H6251, H6252, H6263 [12JN], H6292, H6293 [13JN], H6427, H6432 [18JN], H6517 [19JN], H6633 [20JN], H6694 [24JN], H7133-H7136 [9JY], H9992 [4SE], E93 [25JA], E833 [16MY], E852 [21MY], E1121 [20JN], E1161 [25JN]

Medicare: adjusted average per capita cost payment formula, E1785 [28SE]

———anniversary, H9385 [31JY]

———hospital insurance trust fund, H4134 [30AP]

———reform, H126, H180-H182 [4JA], H199, H317 [5JA], H840, H842, H873-H875 [25JA], H1296 [27FE], H1695, H1696 [5MR], H1797 [7MR], H2100-H2103, H2111-H2114 [12MR], H2213, H2217-H2220 [13MR], H2661 [21MR], H2669 [22MR], H3470 [16AP], H3572 [17AP], H3640 [18AP], H3662, H3666 [23AP], H3733, H3734, H3736, H3737, H3798-H3804 [24AP], H3826, H3842 [25AP], H4391 [1MY], H4427 [6MY], H4655, H4660, H4788-H4795 [9MY], H4804, H4805, H4806 [10MY], H4907, H4909, H5036-H5039, H5042-H5047 [14MY], H5106-H5108, H5116, H5126, H5128, H5129, H5133 [15MY], H5185, H5186, H5187, H5188, H5210, H5211, H5214, H5241, H5247, H5248, H5251-H5255, H5257, H5267 [16MY], H5491, H5492 [22MY], H5572, H5628, H5629 [29MY], H5651, H5652, H5654, H5726, H5740, H5741, H5743-H5748 [30MY], H5759, H5765, H5799, H5803, H5805 [4JN], H5821, H5822, H5823, H5824, H5924-H5930 [5JN], H5938, H5939, H5940, H5984-H5990 [6JN], H6042, H6098-H6104 [10JN], H6123, H6125, H6126 [11JN], H6187, H6188, H6189, H6251, H6252, H6254 [12JN], H6293 [13JN], H6427, H6432, H6488 [18JN], H6515, H6516, H6517 [19JN], H6631, H6632, H6633, H6634 [20JN], H6694 [24JN], H7133-H7136 [9JY], H7663 [17JY], H8078-H8084, H8086-H8088 [22JY], H8102, H8103, H8104, H8106, H8107, H8108, H8109, H8110 [23JY], H8252, H8253 [24JY], H8670, H8803-H8809, H8810-H8816 [30JY], H9385 [31JY], H9709, H9782 [1AU], H9985, H9986, H9988, H9991-H9996 [4SE], H10182, H10200-H10207 [11SE], H10330, H10335, H10336 [12SE], H10571 [18SE], H10976, H10980, H10981 [24SE], H11051, H11053 [25SE], E260 [29FE], E680 [1MY], E852 [21MY], E939 [29MY], E1022 [6JN], E1064, E1069 [12JN], E1081 [13JN], E1285 [12JY], E1380 [25JY], E1439 [1AU], E1510 [4SE], E1547, E1551 [10SE], E1598 [12SE]

———reform (H.R. 2839), E726 [7MY], E1515 [5SE], E1566 [11SE]

———waive enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan (H.R. 4012), E1482, E1489, E1502 [2AU], E1874 [30SE]

Members of Congress: require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown, E14 [4JA]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown, H97 [4JA]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (H.R. 2281), H55 [3JA]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (H.R. 2658), H50 [3JA], E78 [24JA]

NASA: funding, H5545 [23MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H2127 [13MR], H6484 [18JN], H6620 [19JN], H6636 [20JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H6641-H6647 [20JN]

National Foreign Intelligence Program: authority to transfer funds, H5416 [22MY]

National Weather Service: funding to provide weather information to farmers, H5584 [29MY]

Pensions: treatment of annuity checks for retired railroad workers relative to Government shutdown, E16 [4JA]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (H.R. 3372), E681 [1MY]

Public debt: ceiling, H308 [5JA], H341, H343, H344 [22JA], H749 [23JA], H779, H780, H781, H782, H806 [24JA], H839, H840, H841, H853, H854, H855, H856, H861-H867 [25JA], H925, H927, H929, H930, H947-H953 [30JA], H976, H978, H979, H980, H986-H991, H1001, H1002, H1077 [31JA], H1144, H1145, H1206 [1FE], H1256, H1259, H1261 [27FE], H1400, H1402 [28FE], H1620 [29FE], H1756 [6MR], H1780 [7MR], H2845 [26MR], H10330 [12SE], H11583 [27SE], E159, E163 [5FE]

———ceiling (H.R. 2409), consideration (H. Res. 292), H982 [31JA]

———ceiling (H.R. 2409), engrossment (H. Res. 356), H1179-H1182 [1FE]

———ceiling (H.R. 2862), H978 [31JA]

———ceiling (H.R. 2862), engrossment, H801, H802 [24JA]

———ceiling (H.R. 2896), H841 [25JA]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), H2987-H3029 [28MR], H3173 [29MR], E483 [28MR], E494 [29MR], E591 [19AP]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 391), H2972-H2986 [28MR], H3209 [29MR]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), waiving enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 168), H2857-H2864 [26MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 3021), H1787-H1792, H1972 [7MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 3021), consideration (H. Res. 371), H1781-H1786 [7MR]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits, H1695 [5MR], H1952-H1956 [7MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H746, H749 [23JA], H781 [24JA], H1261, H1262 [27FE], H1400, H1401, H1402 [28FE], H1620 [29FE], H1665, H1669 [5MR], H1720 [6MR], H1780 [7MR], H2111-H2114 [12MR], H2129 [13MR], H3174 [29MR], H3389, H3398, H3481-H3486 [16AP], H3798-H3804 [24AP], H3825 [25AP], H4131, H4173-H4185 [30AP], H4307, H4387-H4393 [1MY], H4409-H4413 [2MY], H4535 [8MY], H4656, H4657, H4659, H4660 [9MY], H4880, H4894-H4898 [10MY], H4910 [14MY], H5131 [15MY], H5186, H5187, H5188 [16MY], H5491, H5494, H5496, H5498 [22MY], H5572, H5573 [29MY], H5748-H5750 [30MY], H5931 [5JN], H6124 [11JN], H6290, H6293 [13JN], H6491-H6493 [18JN], H7040 [27JN], H7228, H7246 [10JY], H7508 [12JY], H7650-H7653 [16JY], H7776 [17JY], H7784, H8003-H8010 [18JY], H8078, H8084 [22JY], H8100, H8110 [23JY], H8547-H8553 [25JY], H8799, H8810-H8814 [30JY], H9458, H9464 [31JY], H9708 [1AU], H9838 [2AU], H9928, H9929, H9987 [4SE], H10099-H10101 [5SE], H10431, H10500 [17SE], H10528 [18SE], H10757-H10761 [20SE], H10933 [24SE], H11053, H11220-H11226 [25SE], H11232, H11365, H11372, H11379-H11382 [26SE], H11398, H11399, H11400, H11401, H11590-H11592 [27SE], H11598, H11599, H12106, H12169 [28SE], E323 [12MR], E1530 [5SE]

———national agenda relative to health care and education, H1722 [6MR]

Savings and loan associations: bailout, H1311 [27FE]

SEC: continuation of funding during periods of lapsed appropriations, H340, H344 [22JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4906 [14MY], H5923, H5924 [5JN], H8087, H8088 [22JY], E1231 [9JY]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (H.R. 2924), H1197-H1200 [1FE]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (H.R. 2924), consideration (H. Res. 355), H1185-H1196 [1FE]

———payroll taxes, H8088 [22JY]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4306 [1MY], H4535 [8MY], H5584 [29MY], H5690-H5697 [30MY], H6871, H6872, H6942 [26JN]

Status: report, H1632 [29FE], H5547 [23MY], H7244 [10JY], H8553 [25JY], H8584 [26JY], H10648 [19SE], H11580 [27SE]

Strategic petroleum reserve: sale of oil, E1860 [30SE]

Taxation: child tax credit, H7247 [10JY]

———constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes, H2858-H2864 [26MR]

———rates, H10182 [11SE]

———require use of dynamic economic modeling in the preparation of estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law, H7190-H7193 [10JY]

———require use of dynamic economic modeling in the preparation of estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (H. Con. Res. 170), E701 [2MY]

Transportation: limitation on interest payments credited to transportation trust funds, H3536 [17AP]

———prohibit financing of transportation programs from general revenue funds, H3545, H3546 [17AP]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3184 [29MR], H3504-H3547 [17AP], E583, E584 [19AP], E658 [29AP]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), consideration (H. Res. 396), H3497-H3504 [17AP]

Veterans: funding for health and employment programs, E326 [12MR]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: funding, S8451-S8454 [22JY], S9325 [1AU]

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: funding, S5436 [21MY]

Agriculture: extend farm programs (S. 1523), S302, S303, S315-S321 [23JA], S332, S334 [24JA], S484, S485 [26JA]

———extend farm programs (S. 1523), unanimous-consent agreement, S304-S308 [23JA]

———Federal farm policies, S6138 [12JN]

AID: funding for family planning programs, S884 [6FE], S4388-S4389 [30AP]

Amtrak: reforming statutes and authorizing appropriations, S6179 [13JN]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (S. 2013), S9434-S9436 [1AU]

———establish spending limits for entitlement programs and other mandatory spending programs (S. 2170), S11982 [30SE]

———legislative process, S22 [3JA]

———line-item veto, S3324-S3326 [15AP]

———line-item veto (S. 4), conference report, S2925, S2927, S2929-S2995 [27MR], S3150 [28MR], S4250 [25AP]

———line-item veto (S. 4), conference report—motion to recommit, S2960-S2966, S2971, S2976-S2978 [27MR]

———line-item veto (S. 4), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S2954, S2962 [27MR]

———making continuing, S4, S7, S9 [3JA], S62 [4JA], S83 [5JA], S306-S308 [23JA], S368-S370 [25JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 165), unanimous-consent agreement, S2621 [21MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 170), S3190, S3195-S3198, S3200-S3202 [29MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 175), S4047 [24AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 2880), S391, S401-S416, S418-S446 [26JA], S562 [30JA], S884 [6FE]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1668, S1784 [11MR], S1789, S1790, S1792-S1852 [12MR], S1907-S1926-S1933-S1967 [13MR], S2005-S2033, S2037-S2095 [14MR], S2168-S2177, S2182-S2186, S2188 [15MR], S2219 [18MR], S2261-S2300, S2302-S2309, S2334 [19MR], S2441 [20MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, S4058 [24AP], S4095-S4112, S4156, S4161-S4178 [25AP], S4358, S4366 [29AP], S4369-S4375, S4444 [30AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report corrections (S.J. Res. 53), S4367 [29AP], S4388-S4390 [30AP]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), unanimous-consent agreement, S1846 [12MR], S2094 [14MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), waiving enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 168), S3124 [28MR]

———making continuing (S.J. Res. 63), S11159 [24SE]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11613-S11616, S11620-S11622, S11624, S11660, S11696 [28SE], S11816-S11819, S11828-S11836, S11838-S11848, S11850, S11857, S11858, S11860-S11864, S11866-S11870, S11872, S11908-S11936, S11938, S12008 [30SE], S12090, S12091, S12117-S12119, S12121, S12136-S12143 [1OC], S12163, S12164 [2OC], S12325, S12327, S12330, S12342, S12349 [3OC], S12424, S12463 [21OC]

Balance, S8, S18, S27 [3JA], S171, S173, S174, S177, S179-S181, S281 [22JA], S301, S302 [23JA], S580-S582 [31JA], S888, S909, S912 [6FE], S1062 [7FE], S1643 [7MR], S2188 [15MR], S3173, S3182 [29MR], S3577, S3578 [18AP], S4095-S4112, S4114 [25AP], S4369-S4375 [30AP], S4986, S4987 [14MY], S5026 [15MY], S5263, S5264 [17MY], S5868 [5JN], S5926, S5933 [6JN], S6005 [10JN], S7057 [26JN], S7714 [11JY], S7814 [12JY], S8521 [23JY], S10345 [11SE], S11235-S11237 [25SE], S12327 [3OC]

Balance (S. Con. Res. 38): unanimous-consent agreement, S88 [5JA]

BIA: funding, S431 [26JA]

Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: travel and office personnel funding, S2288 [19MR]

Centers for Disease Control: funding, S63 [4JA]

Charleston County, SC: community development block grants availability, S9876 [5SE]

Children and youth: early identification of hearing impaired infants, S4174 [25AP]

———funding to assist youth at risk from illegal drug use, crime, and violence, S5231, S5232 [17MY]

———impact of legislation on the incidence of hungry and homeless children, S5219 [17MY], S5413 [21MY]

———national objectives priority assignments, S6512 [19JN]

Clinton, President: emergency funding request, S11390 [26SE]

———evaluation of administration, S876 [6FE]

Coast Guard: funding, S5139 [16MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 104th Congress, S392 [26JA]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, S5236-S5239 [17MY], S5470 [22MY]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (S.J. Res. 49), S1366-S1368 [27FE], S3326 [15AP], S4808 [7MY]

———establish 2-year cycle, S5310 [20MY]

———establish 2-year cycle, reform oversight process, and establish required adjournment date (S. 2049), S9742 [3SE]

———limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation, S2979 [27MR]

———national agenda, S9050-S9052 [29JY]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, S1171 [9FE], S3324-S3326 [15AP], S5529 [23MY]

Consensus Commission on Education Reform: funding, S4168 [25AP]

Constitutional amendments: balance, S4011, S4049-S4055 [24AP], S4669 [3MY], S5635 [24MY]

———balance (H.J. Res. 1), S5657-S5670 [3JN], S5756 [4JN], S5792-S5851 [5JN], S5873-S5903, S5915, S5921, S5929, S5934 [6JN], S5955-S5977 [7JN], S5990-S5999 [10JN], S6077 [11JN], S6260 [14JN], S6407, S6408 [18JN]

———balance (H.J. Res. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S5780 [4JN]

———balance relative to budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S3280, S3304-S3309 [15AP]

———balance (S.J. Res. 54), S5900 [6JN]

Consumer Price Index: calculation, S5343-S5352, S5357-S5361, S5369, S5370 [20MY], S5401-S5407, S5437, S5456 [21MY], S5479 [22MY], S5512 [23MY]

Courts: judicial review amendments to the constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S6407, S6408 [18JN]

Deficit, S22 [3JA], S58 [4JA], S81 [5JA], S188 [22JA], S309 [23JA], S340 [24JA], S357 [25JA], S395 [26JA], S553 [30JA], S588 [31JA], S732 [1FE], S895 [6FE], S1076 [7FE], S1166 [9FE], S1295 [23FE], S1320 [27FE], S1448, S1466 [29FE], S1515 [5MR], S1551 [6MR], S1634, S1643 [7MR], S1668 [11MR], S1852 [12MR], S1967 [13MR], S2097 [14MR], S2191 [15MR], S2219, S2233-S2235, S2242 [18MR], S2324 [19MR], S2421 [20MR], S2642 [21MR], S2800 [25MR], S2887 [26MR], S3004 [27MR], S3149 [28MR], S3182, S3215 [29MR], S3269 [15AP], S3383 [16AP], S3427 [17AP], S3623 [18AP], S3729 [19AP], S3788 [22AP], S3895 [23AP], S4061 [24AP], S4187 [25AP], S4272 [29AP], S4376 [30AP], S4514 [1MY], S4616 [2MY], S4661, S4663-S4666, S4672 [3MY], S4723 [6MY], S4801 [7MY], S4849, S4877 [8MY], S4889, S4891-S4893, S4897, S4899-S4901 [9MY], S4958 [13MY], S4995-S4997, S5000 [14MY], S5090 [15MY], S5188 [16MY], S5266 [17MY], S5376 [20MY], S5425, S5443 [21MY], S5491 [22MY], S5526, S5556 [23MY], S5645 [24MY], S5671 [3JN], S5744 [4JN], S5792, S5852 [5JN], S5875 [6JN], S5972, S5979 [7JN], S6010 [10JN], S6079 [11JN], S6127, S6132, S6138 [12JN], S6219 [13JN], S6277 [14JN], S6407 [18JN], S6512 [19JN], S6609 [20JN], S6659 [21JN], S6718 [24JN], S6819 [25JN], S7170 [27JN], S7297 [28JN], S7366 [8JY], S7489 [9JY], S7646 [10JY], S7685 [11JY], S7815 [12JY], S7878-S7882, S7884 [16JY], S8011 [17JY], S8152 [18JY], S8370 [19JY], S8465 [22JY], S8552 [23JY], S8633 [24JY], S8864 [25JY], S8988 [26JY], S9030 [29JY], S9157 [30JY], S9289 [31JY], S9341-S9344, S9348, S9350, S9358, S9421 [1AU], S9551 [2AU], S9691 [3SE], S9852 [4SE], S9960 [5SE], S10017 [6SE], S10047 [9SE], S10155 [10SE], S10321 [11SE], S10401 [12SE], S10551 [13SE], S10580 [16SE], S10681 [17SE], S10831 [18SE], S10980 [19SE], S11087 [20SE], S11130 [24SE], S11238 [25SE], S11424 [26SE], S11536 [27SE], S11950 [30SE], S12077 [1OC], S12163 [2OC], S12286 [3OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S6643 [21JN], S7620-S7626 [10JY], S7680, S7683-S7685 [11JY], S9530 [2AU], S10013-S10016 [6SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: emergency disaster loan program funding, S8547 [23JY]

Dept. of Commerce: funding, S430 [26JA]

Dept. of Defense: continued efforts to ensure national security, S366, S367 [25JA]

———eliminate supermajority requirement for decrease in budget, S5334, S5335, S5340 [20MY], S5510 [23MY]

———funding, S5049-S5070 [15MY], S5176 [16MY]

———infrastructure costs for maintaining bases, facilities, and activities that house and sustain the Armed Forces, S4178-S4180 [25AP]

———limit appropriations to amount requested by the President and apply savings to deficit reduction, S6928-S6937, S6945, S6946 [26JN]

———limit use of funds for programs, projects, and activities not included in future-years defense plan, S7952, S7953 [17JY]

———National Test Facility funding, S2286 [19MR]

———Sematech program funding, S2285 [19MR]

Dept. of Energy: abolish, S2186-S2188 [15MR], S2797-S2799 [25MR]

———abolish (S. 1678), S3404 [16AP]

Dept. of HHS: additional funding to Office of Inspector General, S439-S441 [26JA]

Dept. of Justice: funding, S430 [26JA]

Dept. of State: funding, S430 [26JA], S5047 [15MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding, S4684 [3MY], S6117-S6119, S6120 [12JN]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), transmission procedures relative to balanced budget submission (H. Con. Res. 131), S89-S96 [5JA]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), transmission procedures relative to balanced budget submission (H. Con. Res. 131), unanimous-consent agreement, S86 [5JA]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), unanimous-consent agreement, S86 [5JA]

Dept of Defense: include future years defense plans for National Guard and reserve components in President's budget submission, S7950, S7951 [17JY]

District of Columbia: impact of snowstorm, S123 [10JA]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 153), S35 [4JA]

Dole, Bob: evaluation of economic plan, S10902-S10905 [19SE]

Ecology and environment: restore environmental programs funding, S5221-S5224, S5231, S5234-S5236 [17MY], S5467 [22MY]

Economic Development Agency: funding, S5489 [22MY]

Economy: use most accurate measures of inflation available, S5251, S5254 [17MY]

Education: effects of budget reconciliation process on school districts' budget planning, S292 [23JA]

———funding, S426, S445 [26JA], S2087 [14MR], S3030 [27MR], S3196 [29MR], S4101 [25AP], S5224-S5230, S5249 [17MY], S5322-S5324 [20MY], S5420 [21MY], S5467-S5469 [22MY], S6069, S6070 [11JN], S6122 [12JN], S6175 [13JN]

———funding for adult literacy programs, S2286, S2334, S2338 [19MR]

———funding levels for federally assisted education and training programs, S8672 [24JY]

———International Education Program funding, S2286 [19MR]

———regional educational laboratories funding, S2286 [19MR]

Employment: summer youth jobs progam, S2087 [14MR]

EPA: funding, S426, S442 [26JA], S2087 [14MR], S4166 [25AP]

FBI: local community upgrading of criminal justice identification systems, S2286 [19MR]

FCC: auction of direct broadcast satellite spectrum, S5424 [21MY], S5533 [23MY]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, S2795 [25MR], S2844-S2846 [26MR], S3188-S3190 [29MR], S4995-S4997 [14MY]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, S886-S888 [6FE], S2795 [25MR], S3172, S3188-S3190 [29MR], S5111-S5129 [16MY], S6008 [10JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, S2, S5, S8, S12, S14, S19, S21 [3JA], S59, S60, S62, S72 [4JA], S75, S77, S78 [5JA], S111 [8JA], S116, S123, S124, S125, S126, S127, S131-S135 [10JA], S171, S173, S174, S177, S179-S181 [22JA], S331, S332, S335 [24JA], S389 [25JA], S1643 [7MR], S2177 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), veto, S304 [23JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), S8527-S8532 [23JY], S8668-S8671, S8672 [24JY], S8820, S8929 [25JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9322-S9334, S9337-S9341, S9344-S9347, S9352-S9415 [1AU], S9622 [2AU]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), insert language of S. 1956 in lieu, S8527 [23JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S7890 [16JY], S8070-S8150 [18JY], S8329-S8369 [19JY], S8395-S8426, S8451-S8454 [22JY], S8493-S8532 [23JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), unanimous-consent agreement, S8083, S8113, S8114, S8149 [18JY], S8509 [23JY]

———reconciliation process, S291, S292, S295, S297 [23JA], S368-S370, S374 [25JA], S888 [6FE], S1163 [9FE], S3190 [29MR]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), S5550 [23MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, S5999 [10JN], S6026, S6058-S6066, S6069-S6072, S6076 [11JN], S6117-S6137, S6164-S6166 [12JN], S6167-S6186, S6191 [13JN], S6260, S6280 [14JN]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S6057 [11JN], S6164 [12JN]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), insert language of S. Con. Res. 57 in lieu, S5538 [23MY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5019-S5023 [14MY], S5025-S5070 [15MY], S5111-S5140, S5143-S5186 [16MY], S5216-S5265, S5266 [17MY], S5305-S5376, S5394-S5396 [20MY], S5398-S5410, S5412-S5442 [21MY], S5461-S5490 [22MY], S5508, S5509-S5538, S5550 [23MY], S5641 [24MY], S5868 [5JN], S5982 [7JN]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), unanimous-consent agreement, S5018 [14MY], S5412 [21MY]

Federal employees: continuance of work during Government shutdown, S72 [4JA]

———provide guaranteed loans for furloughed employees from their thrift savings plans during a Government shutdown (S. 1576), S1353 [27FE]

Federal Health Care Reinsurance Corp.: establish, S5257 [17MY]

Foreign aid: allocation of economic assistance, S6626, S6627 [20JN]

———reform process for allocating assistance and require Congress to enact domestic appropriations prior to consideration of foreign aid appropriations (S. 1968), S8024 [17JY]

Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance, S8743 [25JY]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program, S1613, S1614 [7MR]

Government: discretionary spending levels, S5243-S5248 [17MY], S5478 [22MY]

———extension of certain expiring appropriations, S1387 [28FE]

———making certain appropriations and rescissions (S. 1594), S1638, S1639, S1642 [7MR], S1670 [11MR]

———nondefense discretionary spending cuts in final two years of budget cycle, S5129-S5138 [16MY], S6168 [13JN]

———shutdown relative to budget process, S5, S7, S8, S9-S11, S13, S14, S15 [3JA], S35, S37-S44, S47-S55, S60, S61, S62, S63, S64, S67 [4JA], S73, S74, S76, S78, S83 [5JA], S126, S127, S130 [10JA], S358 [25JA], S427, S430, S434, S435, S436, S438 [26JA], S11506-S11508 [27SE], S11835 [30SE]

———treatment of sale of assets, S5326-S5333 [20MY], S5486-S5489 [22MY]

Greenspan, Alan: performance as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, S1063-S1066 [7FE]

GSA: transfer of surplus government computer equipment to schools and education programs, S5230 [17MY]

Health: programs funding, S5322-S5324 [20MY], S5420 [21MY]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), S3114-S3125, S3133, S3134 [28MR], S3242, S3245 [29MR], S3683 [18AP]

———enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), waiving enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 168), S3124 [28MR]

Income: provide homemakers with retirement opportunities, S5325, S5326 [20MY], S9533 [2AU]

LIHEAP: funding, S4170 [25AP], S5219, S5239, S5242 [17MY], S5469, S5470, S5474 [22MY]

LSC: funding, S4167 [25AP]

Mandatory spending area: use of budgetary savings, S5233 [17MY]

Medicaid: eligibility standards and State flexibility, S8344-S8350 [19JY], S8496, S8497 [23JY]

———financial protection for families of nursing home residents, S5242 [17MY], S5475, S5476 [22MY]

———reform, S24-S26 [3JA], S55 [4JA], S2145 [15MR], S2916, S2917, S2918 [27MR], S3187 [29MR], S4103 [25AP], S4369-S4375, S4444 [30AP], S5178-S5185 [16MY], S5259 [17MY], S5321, S5322 [20MY], S5463, S5485 [22MY], S5525, S5526, S5530 [23MY], S6070, S6076 [11JN], S6129 [12JN], S6178, S6181 [13JN], S7171 [27JN], S8080, S8081-S8084, S8087, S8088 [18JY], S8518 [23JY]

———reward States for collecting funds expended on tobacco-related illnesses (S. 1892), S6530 [19JN]

Medicare: additional charges by providers, S5241 [17MY], S5474, S5475 [22MY]

———allocate savings from waste, fraud and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (S. 1859), S6085 [11JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S2040-S2044 [14MR]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse, S3593-S3597 [18AP], S6116 [12JN], S9542-S9544 [2AU]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (S. 1858), S6085 [11JN]

———reform, S26, S27 [3JA], S183 [22JA], S363, S374 [25JA], S437, S445 [26JA], S883, S889, S895 [6FE], S1174 [9FE], S1614 [7MR], S3202 [29MR], S3568, S3609 [18AP], S3885, S3893 [23AP], S4369-S4375 [30AP], S5039-S5042 [15MY], S5122, S5123, S5124, S5128, S5160-S5174 [16MY], S5264 [17MY], S5401, S5402, S5403-S5406, S5428 [21MY], S5480, S5481 [22MY], S5525, S5526, S5530, S5532 [23MY], S5818 [5JN], S5911-S5915, S5916, S5917-S5920, S5925, S5926-S5929, S5930, S5931, S5936 [6JN], S5962-S5964 [7JN], S6063-S6065, S6070, S6076 [11JN], S6129, S6133, S6164-S6166 [12JN], S6168, S6170, S6176-S6178, S6181, S6182, S6185 [13JN], S9510 [2AU], S10053 [9SE], S11231 [25SE], S12265, S12266 [3OC]

———reform (S. 1926), S7305 [28JN]

———waive enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan (S. 2055), S9967 [5SE], S12341 [3OC]

Members of Congress: activities relative to constituents during recess, S1341-S1343 [27FE]

———require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown, S65 [4JA]

NASA: funding, S6118 [12JN]

National Commission on Medicare Reform: establish (S. 1856), S6082-S6084 [11JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S553 [30JA]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, S898 [6FE]

National Institute on Drug Abuse: funding, S5398, S5399 [21MY]

National Park Service: funding, S1925 [13MR], S5234-S5236 [17MY], S5521, S5522 [23MY]

National parks and recreation areas: reimburse States, localities, and individuals who donated funds and services during Government shutdown (S. 1558), S916 [6FE]

OMB: estimates of total annual costs and benefits of Federal regulatory programs, S10319 [11SE], S10397-S10399 [12SE], S11921 [30SE]

Pensions: increase eligibility age and make cost-of-living adjustments for certain retirement benefits and allow contributions to private pension plans, S5343-S5352 [20MY], S5401 [21MY], S5485 [22MY], S5512 [23MY]

Public debt: ceiling, S116 [10JA], S299-S301 [23JA], S332, S335 [24JA], S419-S424 [26JA], S544, S545-S548 [30JA], S1060-S1062 [7FE], S3268, S3324-S3326 [15AP], S3408 [16AP]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), S3114-S3125, S3133, S3134 [28MR], S3242, S3245 [29MR], S3683 [18AP]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), waiving enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 168), S3124 [28MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 3021), S1624-S1630 [7MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 3021), unanimous-consent agreement, S1624 [7MR]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits, S1961 [13MR], S2081 [14MR]

———reduction (S. Res. 237), S3229, S3230 [29MR]

Public welfare programs: restore funding for Indian child care programs, S8414, S8415 [22JY]

Raines, Franklin D.: nomination to be OMB Director, S10023 [6SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S20 [3JA], S295, S297 [23JA], S1616 [7MR], S3418 [17AP], S4271 [29AP], S4995-S4997 [14MY], S6019 [10JN], S6846 [25JN], S7624 [10JY], S10051-S10054 [9SE], S10536, S10537 [13SE], S11108 [20SE], S11212, S11213, S11228 [25SE], S12123 [1OC]

Roads and highways: State project funding, S5242, S5243 [17MY]

SBA: funding, S430 [26JA]

Senate: prohibit sense-of-the-Senate amendments to the budget resolution, S5339-S5342 [20MY], S5511 [23MY]

Senate Rules: separation of tax cuts from offsets within budget reconciliation process, S5415-S5428 [21MY], S5516 [23MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S96 [5JA], S185 [22JA], S3424 [17AP], S4012, S4049-S4055 [24AP], S5032 [15MY], S5401 [21MY], S5667-S5670 [3JN], S5792-S5803, S5819, S5826, S5829, S5832 [5JN], S5878-S5882, S5884, S5886, S5896, S5900 [6JN], S5968-S5977 [7JN], S6174 [13JN], S7808, S7809 [12JY]

———entitlement programs funding, S4108 [25AP]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (H.R. 2924), S725, S726 [1FE]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (S. 1555), S725 [1FE]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (S. 1555), postpone indefinitely, S726 [1FE]

———payroll taxes, S4082 [24AP]

———reform, S3575, S3577, S3578 [18AP], S8491 [22JY]

———trust funds' solvency, S5867 [5JN], S5911-S5915 [6JN]

Space policy: space station program funding, S9799-S9820 [4SE], S9940 [5SE]

Status: report, S321 [23JA], S1370 [27FE], S1886 [12MR], S2837 [25MR], S3320 [15AP], S3688 [18AP], S4632 [2MY], S5777 [4JN], S7418 [8JY], S9080 [29JY], S9858 [4SE], S10614 [16SE], S11194 [24SE]

Taxation: child tax credit, S6065 [11JN]

———disallow deductions for fines and penalties imposed for noncompliance with certain environmental or health protection laws, S5186 [16MY], S5463, S5464 [22MY]

———expand definition of limited tax benefits applicable to line-item veto (S. 1835), S5772 [4JN]

———extend certain tax provisions (S. 1568), S1182-S1185 [9FE]

———extend employer education assistance tax credit, S5401 [21MY]

———require use of dynamic economic modeling in the preparation of estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (S.J. Res. 57), S8991-S8993 [26JY]

———restructure income tax system, S3271-S3274 [15AP]

———restructure income tax system (S. 722), S11410 [26SE]

Veterans: funding for health programs, S2290, S2292 [19MR]

Water: restore funding for water infrastructure grants, S2088-S2093 [14MR]

Watertown, SD: sewage treatment funding, S2288 [19MR]

WIC: funding, S8436 [22JY]

Reports

Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S322 [23JA], S1370 [27FE], S1886 [12MR], S2838 [25MR], S3320 [15AP], S3688 [18AP], S4632 [2MY], S5777 [4JN], S7419 [8JY], S9080 [29JY], S9858-S9860 [4SE], S11194 [24SE]

Disinvesting in Diplomacy: Pamela Harriman, Ambassador to France, S3500 [17AP]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H1632-H1634 [29FE], H5547-H5549 [23MY], H7244 [10JY], H8584 [26JY], H10649-H10651 [19SE], H11580-H11583 [27SE]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate), S10614 [16SE]

U.S. Debt Rating Threatened, S546 [30JA]

Reports filed

Budget Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1594) (S. Rept. 104-236), S1597 [6MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on H. Con. Res. 178, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1997-2002: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 450) (H. Rept. 104-615), H6117 [10JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3019, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 415) (H. Rept. 104-538), H4108 [25AP]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3734, Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 492) (H. Rept. 104-720), H8981 [30JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 104-729), H9565 [31JY]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 178, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1997-2002: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 435) (H. Rept. 104-577), H5173 [15MY]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 165, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 386) (H. Rept. 104-489), H2557 [20MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 175, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 411) (H. Rept. 104-534), H3730 [23AP]

Consideration of H.R. 842, Off-Budget Treatment for Certain Transportation Trust Funds: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 396) (H. Rept. 104-514), H3229 [29MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2924, Payment of Social Security Benefits Relative to the Debt Limit Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 355) (H. Rept. 104-460), H1223 [1FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3019, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 372) (H. Rept. 104-474), H1774 [6MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3021, Debt Limit Enforcement and Obligated Trust Fund Protection: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 371) (H. Rept. 104-473), H1774 [6MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3136, Contract With America Advancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 391) (H. Rept. 104-500), H2949 [27MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3734, Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 482) (H. Rept. 104-686), H7779 [17JY]

Continuing Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3019) (H. Rept. 104-537), H4108 [25AP]

Disposition of Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 336) (H. Rept. 104-448), H330 [5JA]

Federal Financial Management Laws: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H. Rept. 104-745), H9921 [2AU]

Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid—Stronger Enforcement and Better Management Could Save Billions: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H. Rept. 104-641), H7105 [27JN]

House Rules Relative to Same-Day Consideration of Certain Resolutions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 412) (H. Rept. 104-535), H3819 [24AP]

Line Item Veto Act: Committee of Conference (S. 4) (H. Rept. 104-491), H2664 [21MR]

Nomination of Franklin D. Raines To Be OMB Director: Committee on Government Affairs (Senate), S8866 [25JY]

Off-Budget Treatment for Certain Transportation Trust Funds: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 842) (H. Rept. 104-499), H2949 [27MR]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 842) (H. Rept. 104-499), H3229 [29MR]

Prohibit Retroactive Taxation: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 94) (S. Rept. 104-354), S9742 [3SE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3734) (H. Rept. 104-725), H8981 [30JY]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. 1956), S7887 [16JY]

Reconciliation of the Concurrent Budget Resolution: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3734) (H. Rept. 104-651), H7105 [27JN]

Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals From the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1996: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-228), S736 [1FE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-237), S1597 [6MR]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-238), S1682 [11MR], S1854 [12MR]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-243), S2801 [25MR]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-285), S6611 [20JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-289), S6849 [25JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-316), S7762 [11JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-329), S8553 [23JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-347), S9428 [1AU]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-370), S10682 [17SE]

Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1997: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 104-672), H7532 [12JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 104-727), H9565 [31JY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1997-2002: Committee of Conference (H. Con. Res. 178) (H. Rept. 104-612), H6040 [7JN]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 178) (H. Rept. 104-575), H5051 [14MY]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 57) (S. Rept. 104-271), S5004 [14MY]

Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1997: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 104-594), H5569 [23MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 104-624), H6423 [17JN]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Cutting Spending, E1123 [20JN]

———First Session of the 104th Congress, E121 [31JA]

———Status of Budget Negotiations, E2 [3JA]

Resignations

Conferees: H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, H3147 [28MR], H3670 [23AP]

Resolutions

Engrossment of H.R. 2862, public debt ceiling, and H.J. Res. 157, continuing appropriations, H801 [24JA]

Resolutions by organizations

Education programs funding level: Los Angeles, CA, Board of Education, E349 [13MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 157), engrossment, H802 [24JA]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2084 [14MR], S2224, S2237 [18MR], H1957 [7MR]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 328), H6 [3JA]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3278 [15AP]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7796 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 492), H9395 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8081, S8109 [18JY]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, H6189 [12JN]

———setting forth for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5417 [21MY], S5476, S5478 [22MY]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), H3020, H3022, H3023 [28MR]

House Rules: question of privilege relative to public debt ceiling (H. Res. 354), H1184 [1FE]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 342), H849 [25JA]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2409), engrossment (H. Res. 356), H1181 [1FE]

———ceiling (H.R. 2862), engrossment, H802 [24JA]

———ceiling (H.R. 3136), H3020, H3022, H3023 [28MR]

Schedules

FAA aviation tax schedule, E454-E456 [26MR]

Statements

Automatic Continuing Appropriations Resolutions: Representative Gekas, H7694 [17JY]

Congressional Review Provisions of Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act: Senators Nickles, Reid, and Stevens, S3683-S3687 [18AP]

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Senator Dole, E994 [4JN]

———Senator Ford, S6078 [11JN]

———Senator Inhofe, S6079 [11JN]

Continuing Appropriations Provisions Relative to the Depts. of Commerce and Justice: Representative Rogers, H921 [26JA]

Environmental Education: Kara von Behren, Sara Reeve, Anna Laszewski, and Alison Gingras, E940 [29MY], E973 [30MY]

Line-Item Veto Authority, S2957-S2959 [27MR]

Medicare Reform: Senator Cochran, S7306 [28JN]

Overcrowding, Budget Problems and Education: Jackie Frazier, Kate Greanon, Kay Gerson, Drew McNaughton, Kate McQuillen, Jennifer Arner, Lucas D'Amico, and Charley Hart, E979 [4JN]

Title I and Title IV Add-Backs to Appropriations Legislation: Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S1669 [11MR]

Veterans Benefits: Bernard Way, United War Veterans Council of New York County, E7 [3JA]

Summaries

Centrist Coalition Balanced Budget Plan, S4097-S4100 [25AP]

Civilian Science Agencies Funding for Fiscal Year 1997, E860 [22MY]

Continuing Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 3019), S4157-S4159, S4162-S4165 [25AP]

Continuing Appropriations (H.R. 2880), H890 [25JA]

———Provisions Relative to the Depts. of Commerce and Justice, H921 [26JA]

Continuing Appropriations (H.R. 3019), E863 [22MY]

Medicare Medication Evaluation and Dispensing System Relative to On-Line Prescription Information: GAO, E1515 [5SE]

Payment of Social Security Benefits Relative to the Debt Limit Extension (H.R. 2924), S726 [1FE]

Tax Provision Extension (S. 1568), S1184 [9FE]

Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act (S. 1892), S6531 [19JN]

Walters Plan To Balance the National Budget: Arthur M. Walters, E821 [16MY]

Surveys

Representative Beilenson's district survey results, E59 [23JA]

Table of Contents

Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4278), H12266 [3OC]

Tables

Budget deficits, S6186 [13JN]

Budget deficits and surpluses, S4051 [24AP], S5119 [16MY], S5797 [5JN]

Budget plan comparison, S94 [5JA], S134 [10JA]

Budget reconciliation, S21 [3JA]

———Democratic plan changes from CBO's December baseline, H334 [9JA]

———Republican movement, S93 [5JA], S135 [10JA]

———savings from policy changes in the Democratic plan based on CBO's December baseline assumptions, H334 [9JA]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S3308 [15AP]

Change in deficit due to Consumer Price Index adjustment, S5369 [20MY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) chairman's mark budget aggregates, S5173 [16MY]

Comparison of budget plans: 6-year totals, S6121 [12JN]

———savings in 2002, S6121 [12JN]

Comparison of budget plans—6 year savings, S5368 [20MY]

Comparison of several proposed appropriations for certain departments: Senator Specter, S3191 [29MR]

Congressional Budget Act authority and outlay allocations, S6059 [11JN]

Continuing appropriations (H.R. 3019), S1964 [13MR], H1834-H1838 [7MR]

Corrections to defense/nondefense budget outlays for 1997-2002, S6060 [11JN]

Corrections to Social Security budget outlays for 1997-2002, S6059 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense force structure, S4179 [25AP]

Dept. of Defense personnel, S4179 [25AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3019), H4064-H4067 [25AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3019), H4054-H4062 [25AP]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 3019), H4068-H4073 [25AP]

Distribution of the current Federal tax burden, H3274 [15AP]

District of Columbia appropriations (H.R. 3019), H4063 [25AP]

Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3019), H4074-H4082 [25AP]

Federal budget effects of public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation (H.R. 3734), S9412 [1AU]

International comparison of central Government taxes as percents of gross domestic product, H3273 [15AP]

Monthly payments rates to medicare managed care plans, E1786 [28SE]

Nondefense discretionary spending, S5525 [23MY]

Provisions in reconciliation bill that violate Budget Act rule on deficit reduction goals, S8423 [22JY]

Republican budget deficits with and without the tax cut, S6182 [13JN]

Revised allocations and aggregates to the concurrent resolution on the budget, H3704 [23AP]

Senator Hollings on truth in budgeting, S5795 [5JN]

Total U.S. Federal revenue as percents of gross domestic product, H3274 [15AP]

Votes on legislation dealing with taxation, Federal spending, Federal employee reductions, and welfare and medical assistance (1968), S5796 [5JN]

Testimonies

Dept. of Defense Budget Request Relative to Modernization: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6935-S6937 [26JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 131, transmission procedures of H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations, relative to balanced budget submission, H231 [5JA]

H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, S5538-S5550 [23MY], H5198-H5204 [16MY]

H. Con. Res. 193, Government spending and regulatory program reductions, H7128 [9JY]

H. Res. 328, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 1643, most-favored-nation status for Bulgaria, H2 [3JA]

H. Res. 336, disposition of Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations, H226 [5JA], H335 [9JA]

H. Res. 342, House Rules relative to same-day consideration of certain resolutions, H842 [25JA]

H. Res. 354, question of privilege relative to public debt ceiling, H1064 [31JA], H1182 [1FE]

H. Res. 355, consideration of H.R. 2924, payment of Social Security benefits relative to the debt limit extension, H1185 [1FE]

H. Res. 356, engrossment of H.R. 2409, public debt ceiling, H1179 [1FE]

H. Res. 371, consideration of H.R. 3021, debt limit enforcement and obligated trust fund protection, H1781 [7MR]

H. Res. 372, consideration of H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, H1793 [7MR]

H. Res. 386, consideration of H.J. Res. 165, continuing appropriations, H2565 [21MR]

H. Res. 391, consideration of H.R. 3136, Contract With America Advancement Act, H2972 [28MR]

H. Res. 395, consideration of H.J. Res. 159, constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H3256 [15AP]

H. Res. 396, consideration of H.R. 842, Truth in Budgeting Act, H3497 [17AP]

H. Res. 411, consideration of H.J. Res. 175, continuing appropriations, H3738 [24AP]

H. Res. 412, House Rules relative to same-day consideration of certain resolutions, H3828 [25AP]

H. Res. 415, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, H4046 [25AP]

H. Res. 435, consideration of H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, H5189 [16MY]

H. Res. 450, consideration of conference report on H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, H6247 [12JN]

H. Res. 482, consideration of H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, H7784 [18JY]

H. Res. 492, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, H9388 [31JY]

H. Res. 495, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, H9392 [31JY]

H.J. Res. 1, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S5968 [7JN], S6078 [11JN]

H.J. Res. 159, constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H3272 [15AP]

H.J. Res. 163, continuing appropriations, H2229 [14MR]

H.J. Res. 165, continuing appropriations, H2578 [21MR]

H.J. Res. 168, waiving enrollment requirements for H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, and H.R. 3136, Contract With America Advancement Act, H2857 [26MR]

H.J. Res. 170, continuing appropriations, H3204 [29MR]

H.J. Res. 175, continuing appropriations, H3745 [24AP]

H.R. 2880, continuing appropriations, H883-H889 [25JA]

H.R. 2924, payment of Social Security benefits relative to the debt limit extension, S726 [1FE], H1197 [1FE]

H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, S2441-S2543 [20MR], H1879-H1942 [7MR]

H.R. 3021, debt limit enforcement and obligated trust fund protection, H1787 [7MR]

H.R. 3136, Contract With America Advancement Act, H2987-H2998 [28MR]

H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, S8673-S8736 [24JY]

S. 1568, tax provision extension, S1182-S1184 [9FE]

S. 1835, expand definition of limited tax benefits applicable to line-item veto, S5773 [4JN]

S. 1856, Medicare Restoration Act, S6083 [11JN]

S. 1858, Medicare Antifraud Act, S6086-S6096 [11JN]

S. 1859, Medicare Restore Trust Act, S6096 [11JN]

S. 1892, Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act, S6531 [19JN]

S. 2013, Government Shutdown Prevention Act, S9435 [1AU]

S. Con. Res. 38, balance, S89, S99 [5JA]

S. Res. 214, payment of Social Security benefits relative to the debt limit extension, S514 [26JA]

S. Res. 237, public debt reduction, S3229 [29MR]

S.J. Res. 38, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget (96th Congress), S5901 [6JN]

S.J. Res. 41, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget (103d Congress), S5968 [7JN], S6077 [11JN]

S.J. Res. 49, constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, S1368 [27FE]

S.J. Res. 53, corrections to conference report on H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, S4390 [30AP], H4131 [30AP]

Transcripts

Allocation of Economic Assistance News Conference, S6627 [20JN]

Executive Shutdown Statistics Miss the Mark: CNN broadcast, S76 [5JA]