BUDGET—U.S.

Addresses

Personalizing Social Security—Unplugging the Third Rail: James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, E2128-E2130 [30OC]

U.S. Military Strategy: George C. Marshall, H1899 [28AP]

Advertisements

Why the Balanced Budget Amendment Makes Sense, S1465 [24FE]

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2255 [6MY], H2446, H2447 [8MY], H2591, H2592 [13MY], H2681 [14MY], H2715, H2722, H2725, H2726, H2728, H2729, H2732, H2738, H2744, H2745, H2750, H2751, H2753, H2756, H2758, H2762, H2767, H2770, H2771, H2773 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 149), H2694 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3940, S3945, S3969, S3970 [5MY], S3979, S3980, S3981, S3988, S3990, S3992, S3993, S4013, S4014, S4015, S4016, S4017, S4018, S4019, S4020, S4021, S4022, S4023, S4024, S4025, S4026, S4027, S4028, S4029, S4030, S4031, S4033 [6MY], S4043, S4045, S4046, S4048, S4050, S4069, S4077, S4078, S4079, S4080, S4081, S4089, S4090, S4091, S4096, S4097, S4104, S4117, S4118, S4119, S4120, S4121, S4122, S4123, S4124, S4126, S4127, S4128 [7MY], S4137, S4173, S4180, S4182, S4184, S4198, S4199, S4200, S4201, S4202, S4203, S4205, S4248 [8MY]

Clinton, President: submission of budget proposal without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), consideration (H. Res. 90), H902 [12MR]

Constitutional amendments: balance (S.J. Res. 1), S1083, S1111 [6FE], S1156, S1195 [10FE], S1222, S1240 [11FE], S1262, S1295, S1324 [12FE], S1448, S1459, S1480 [24FE], S1517, S1537, S1574, S1575 [25FE], S1593, S1606, S1628, S1637, S1681, S1682, S1683 [26FE], S1690 [27FE]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4339, H4363 [24JN], H4394 [25JN], H4778 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 206), H6629 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6066, S6067, S6078, S6100, S6101 [23JN], S6120, S6132, S6133, S6145, S6147, S6148, S6150, S6151, S6152, S6156, S6157, S6165, S6167, S6168, S6169, S6170, S6171, S6172, S6173, S6174, S6175, S6176, S6177, S6178, S6180, S6181, S6182, S6191, S6195, S6196, S6197, S6198, S6199, S6251, S6252, S6254, S6255, S6256, S6257, S6258, S6259, S6262, S6263, S6264, S6265, S6266, S6267, S6269, S6271, S6273, S6276, S6278, S6279, S6281 [24JN], S6293, S6302, S6308, S6312, S6319 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6337, S6338, S6348, S6351, S6354, S6373, S6374, S6376, S6379 [25JN], S6440, S6442, S6460, S6461, S6465, S6469, S6471, S6472, S6473, S6479, S6509, S6510, S6531, S6532, S6533, S6541, S6542, S6543, S6544, S6551, S6552, S6553 [26JN], S6674, S6675, S6676, S6677, S6678, S6680, S6681, S6682, S6683, S6686, S6687, S6689, S6690, S6693, S6694, S6695, S6697, S6763, S6764, S6765, S6766, S6767, S6768, S6770, S6771, S6773, S6774, S6775, S6777 [27JN]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5570, H5576 [22JY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2883, H2886, H2891, H2895, H2900, H2905, H2908, H2909, H2914, H2919, H2924 [19MY], H2951, H3021, H3032, H3040, H3047, H3055 [20MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 152), H2951, H2956 [20MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4729, S4731, S4736, S4737, S4738, S4741, S4761, S4762 [20MY], S4782, S4810, S4828, S4829, S4830, S4831, S4832, S4833, S4834, S4835, S4839, S4840, S4844, S4845, S4846, S4847, S4848, S4852, S4860, S4861, S4869, S4871, S4872, S4873, S4874, S4875, S4899, S4900, S4901, S4902, S4903, S4904, S4905, S4906, S4907, S4908, S4909, S4910, S4920 [21MY], S4959, S4963, S4973, S4977, S4982, S4985, S4989, S4990, S4991, S4992 [22MY], S5028, S5032, S5034, S5036, S5141, S5142 [23MY]

Taxation: create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (S. 800), S11206 [24OC]

Analyses

Joint Tax Committee Distribution Tables Produce Misleading Results: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S6028 [20JN]

Marauding the Middle Class—Republican Tax Breaks for the Rich: Committee on the Budget (Senate) Democratic Staff, S2753-S2755 [21MR]

Medicare Modernization and Patient Protection Act (S. 386), S1833-S1835 [3MR]

Treatment of Social Security Under Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Concord Coalition, S1533 [25FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H. Con. Res. 84, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, S5235 [3JN], H3246 [3JN]

———H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4645 [16MY]

———H.R. 2014, Revenue Reconciliation Act, S6786 [27JN]

———H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, H5048 [10JY]

———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S6787 [27JN], H5040 [10JY]

Articles and editorials

Art of the Balanced Budget Deal, H2348 [7MY]

Bad for Everyone, E1052 [23MY]

Balanced Budget Amendment Timing, E347 [27FE]

Balanced Budget Brawl, S1825 [3MR]

Balanced-Budget Blather, S1094 [6FE], S1123 [7FE]

Bipartisan Opposition, H10382 [8NO]

Budget a Result of Serious Work, H2975, H3013 [20MY]

Budget Deal Well-Intentioned, But Flawed, S8391 [31JY]

Budget Week, H6333 [30JY]

Budgetscare—How To Debase a Cause, S1087 [6FE]

Capitol Police Consfiscate NEA `Art' as Obscene, H4699 [26JN]

Case for a Much Smaller Military, E1157 [10JN]

Chance To Shrink the Pentagon, E824 [5MY]

Colleges' Failure To Resolve Funding May Bar Millions From Attending Study Finds, S6019 [20JN]

Constitutional Boondoggle, S1001 [5FE], E303 [25FE]

Dangers That Don't Hang in the Balance, S1095 [6FE]

Deceptive Budget Deal, S4689 [19MY]

Defense Spending and Burden Sharing, E1102 [4JN]

Earth Belongs to the Living, H3244 [3JN]

Education Department Needs To Be Dismantled, E103 [21JA]

Environmental Promises To Keep, E1537 [28JY]

Flooding in Breckenridge, MN, S5239 [3JN]

Forgotten Tax, S3308 [17AP]

Gingrich Defends Tobacco Tax Break—$50 Billion Credit Is Part of Fair Overall Deal, Speaker Says, H7375 [17SE]

Giving Credit Where Due for Lower Deficit, S1098 [6FE]

GOP Contract With America Has Been a Blueprint for Action, E1630 [3SE]

House Amendment Is ``Make or Break'' for Highway Funding, H2993 [20MY]

Invincible Ignorance, S7436 [15JY]

Line-Item Veto Tips Traditional Balance of Power—Captiol Hill Plots Strategy To Counter President's Pen, S11186 [24OC]

Make It a Two-Year Budget, S964 [4FE]

Medicare—Let's Fix It, S1727 [27FE]

Michigan Is Getting Shortchanged, E1425 [15JY]

Military Forces Are Near ``Breaking Point'' GOP Report Charges, H1350 [9AP]

Misguided Strategy To Trim Debt, S7435 [15JY]

Money To Get America Moving, E1750 [15SE]

Offutt Families Struggle With Housing, S1781 [28FE]

Passing the Budget Buck, S5429 [9JN]

Pentagon or Bust, E535 [20MR]

Red River Forces Evacuation of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, MN, S5237 [3JN]

Rising College Costs Imperil the Nation, Blunt Report Says, S6009 [19JN], S6019 [20JN]

Sham Balancing Act Hides True Scope of the Deficit, S3985 [6MY]

Smoking Gun in the Medicaid Mystery, E310 [25FE]

Smoking May Have Killed Thousands, H7375 [17SE]

Social Security Privatization Is Here, E517 [19MR]

Stains of Pain, S5229 [3JN]

Supreme Court Lets Line-Item Veto Law Stand, H4661 [26JN]

Tax on Wealthy Is Boosting U.S. Revenue, S5099 [23MY]

Tax-Cut Plans Could Reseed Deficit, S6115 [24JN]

Then There's Plan B, H5128 [10JY]

This Republican Tax-Cut Dog Won't Hunt, H4820 [26JN]

Those Surpluses—Proceed With Caution, E1958 [7OC]

Time To Fight To Save the N.E.A., E1404 [11JY]

U.S. Defense Budget—Walking the Tightrope Without a Net, H1349 [9AP]

Va. Doctor's Treatment of Man Who Died Is Scrutinized, E1823 [23SE]

What a Change 40 Years Makes, S4324 [12MY]

Why Pay Off the National Debt?, S7435 [15JY]

William Jefferson Kasich, E1052 [23MY]

Work Unfinished—More To Be Done Regarding Budgets—Voters Themselves Must Do Reminding, E1634 [3SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: eliminate National Sheep Industry Improvement Center and apply savings to deficit reduction (see H.R. 1475), H1988 [29AP]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment granting the President authority to exercise an item veto on individual appropriations (see S.J. Res. 28), S3662 [24AP]

———constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 72), H1611 [16AP]

———establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 457), H243 [21JA]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (see S. 228, 547; H.R. 638, 987, 1326, 1785, 1912, 1916), S804 [29JA], S3011 [10AP], H392 [6FE], H803 [6MR], H1541 [15AP], H3476 [4JN], H3864 [17JN]

———line-item veto (see S. 592), S3269 [16AP]

———making continuing (see H.J. Res. 94, 97, 106), H8054 [26SE], H8928 [21OC], H10955 [13NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), consideration (see H. Res. 269), H8927 [21OC]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see S. 672, 851; H.R. 1469, 1755, 1796, 1871), S3844 [30AP], S5413 [9JN], H1987 [29AP], H3273 [3JN], H3566 [5JN], H3796 [12JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (see H. Res. 146, 149), H2589 [13MY], H2678 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 162), H3566 [5JN]

———making interim emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 1707, 1708), H3201 [22MY]

———making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (see H.J. Res. 25), H155 [9JA]

Balance (see H.R. 397, 898), H152 [9JA], H701 [27FE]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see S. 1144; H.R. 2436), S8723 [3SE], H7118 [9SE]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525; H.R. 1363), S2838 [8AP], H1703 [17AP]

Clinton, President: submission of budget proposal without budgetary contingencies (see H. Res. 89), H889 [11MR]

———submission of budget proposal without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), consideration (see H. Res. 90), H887 [11MR]

Congress: authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions (see H.R. 1321), H1541 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see S.J. Res. 9), S163 [21JA]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]

———ensure that the budget proposal concurs with the provisions of the bipartisan budget agreement (see H.R. 2037), H4645 [25JN]

———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 2956), H10420 [8NO]

———establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (see S. 261), S945 [4FE]

———limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (see S. 647, 1182), S3662 [24AP], S9411 [16SE]

Congressional Budget Act: establish a point of order that precludes raising revenues to enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2230), H5664 [23JY]

Constitutional amendments: balance (see S.J. Res. 1, 7, 12, 13; H.J. Res. 1, 7, 11, 24, 44, 45, 48, 50, 53, 69), S163 [21JA], S726 [28JA], H154, H155 [9JA], H348 [5FE], H453 [11FE], H524 [12FE], H1439 [10AP]

———provide that expenditures do not exceed revenues or a certain percentage of the gross domestic product (see S.J. Res. 8), S163 [21JA]

———require two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress if outlays exceed revenues (see H.J. Res. 35), H244 [21JA]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see S. 1226, 1316; H.R. 1319, 2667), S10055 [26SE], S11192 [24OC], H1456 [14AP], H8833 [9OC]

Dept. of Defense: costs of carrying out certain tactical fighter aircraft programs concurrently (see S. Res. 80), S3844 [30AP]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see S. 1292; H.R. 2624, 2631), S10787 [9OC], H8632, H8633 [7OC]

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1812), H3567 [5JN]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see S. 236; H.R. 1577), S855 [30JA], H2445 [8MY]

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H949 [12MR]

Ecology and environment: provide certain off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund and limit fund relative to State financial assistance (see H.R. 1487), H2089 [30AP]

———provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (see H.R. 706, 1732), H522 [12FE], H3202 [22MY]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (see S. 947, 949; H.R. 2014, 2015), S6041 [20JN], H4221 [23JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (see H. Res. 174), H4338 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 206), H6702 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration of joint resolution waiving enrollment requirements (see H. Res. 203), H6405 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), technical corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 138), H6705 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), waive enrollment requirements (see H.J. Res. 90), H6705 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (see H. Res. 174), H4338 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 202), H6405 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of joint resolution waiving enrollment requirements (see H. Res. 203), H6405 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), waive enrollment requirements (see H.J. Res. 90), H6705 [31JY]

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H4132 [20JN]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (see H. Res. 192), H5568 [22JY]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (see H.R. 113), H142 [9JA]

———sequestration of all budgetary accounts except Social Security, Federal retirement, and interest on the debt (see H.R. 593), H346 [5FE]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (see S. Con. Res. 16, 17, 27; H. Con. Res. 58, 82, 84, 86, 90), S2647 [20MR], S4677 [19MY], H1339 [8AP], H2784 [15MY], H2882 [19MY], H3203 [22MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration (see H. Res. 152), H2882 [19MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 160), H3475 [4JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), disposition of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 156), H3203 [22MY]

Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees (see S. 38; H.R. 614, 1828), S159 [21JA], H347 [5FE], H3576 [6JN]

Federal subsidy programs: eliminate (see H.R. 1171), H1259 [20MR]

Foreign aid: reform process for allocating assistance and require Congress to enact domestic appropriations prior to consideration of foreign aid appropriations (see S. 141), S162 [21JA]

Government: ensure a balanced Federal budget by fiscal year 2002 and create a tax cut reserve fund to protect certain revenues (see S. 1245, 1394), S10293 [1OC], S11863 [6NO]

———reduce Federal spending in several programs (see H.R. 2364), H6705 [31JY]

———reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4135 [21JN]

———require periodic review and reauthorization of all Government programs (see H.R. 1913), H3864 [17JN]

House Rules: repeal relative to statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 23, 30), H156 [9JA]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (see H. Res. 165, 201), H3719 [11JN], H6025 [29JY]

Impoundment Control Act: repeal (see H.R. 441), H153 [9JA]

Independent Commission on Medicare: establish (see H.R. 406), H152 [9JA]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H585 [13FE]

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see S. 1214; H.R. 2424), S9886 [24SE], H7118 [9SE]

———repeal (see S. 1319; H.R. 2650), S11192 [24OC], H8832 [9OC]

———repeal and amend Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act to provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (see H.R. 2649), H8832 [9OC]

Medicare: allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see S. 865; H.R. 1761), S5444 [10JN], H3273 [3JN]

———reform (see S. 386), S1828 [3MR]

———waive enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan (see S. 303), S1226 [11FE]

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (see S. 329; H.R. 343), S1382 [13FE], H150 [9JA]

———deny salary adjustments relative to budget deficit (see H.R. 1906), H3864 [17JN]

———payment of salary relative to adoption of a balanced budget resolution (see H.R. 1746), H3203 [22MY]

———require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown (see H.R. 342), H150 [9JA]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see S. 341), S1382 [13FE]

National Blue Ribbon Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government: reestablish (see H.R. 132, 271), H143, H148 [9JA]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

National Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 1318), H1456 [14AP]

National parks and recreation areas: require the President to submit a separate appropriations request to ensure priority funding (see H.R. 142), H143 [9JA]

National security: terminate certain Dept. of Defense programs and reduce funding and scope of Dept. of Energy Stockpile Stewardship Program (see H.R. 1832), H3576 [6JN]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H142 [9JA]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (see S. 630, 634; H.R. 255), S3419 [22AP], S3550 [23AP], H147 [9JA]

———use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 2382), H6797 [3SE]

Public buildings: require GSA to prioritize construction and alteration projects in accordance with merit-based criteria (see S. 196), S633 [22JA]

Public debt: commend deficit reduction and tax relief efforts and encourage submission of budget resolution (see S. Res. 74), S3199 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to restrict annual deficits and require popular vote of the people to exceed any limits (see H.J. Res. 30), H155 [9JA]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H143 [9JA]

———prohibit issuance of new obligations (see H.R. 798), H587 [13FE]

———reduce (see S. Res. 18), S163 [21JA]

———treatment of any future unified budget surpluses (see S. Res. 142), S11599 [3NO]

Roads and highways: treatment of tax revenues deposited in the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 404), S1979 [5MR]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 336, 857), H150 [9JA], H699 [27FE]

———extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to trust funds (see H.R. 2586), H8265 [30SE]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (see H. Con. Res. 26), H628 [25FE]

Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate that a certain percent of their income tax liability be used to reduce the national debt and require spending reductions equal to the amounts so designated (see H.R. 1914), H3864 [17JN]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H1541 [15AP]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see S. 800; H.R. 2496), S5108 [23MY], H7599 [18SE]

———designate overpayments and contributions to the public debt (see H.R. 1353), H1611 [16AP]

———eliminate double tax on dividends and allocate corporate income tax revenues to qualified registered voters (see H.R. 2329), H6703 [31JY]

———expand definition of limited tax benefits applicable to line-item veto (see S. 403; H.R. 933), S1979 [5MR], H766 [5MR]

———prohibit retroactive taxation (see S. 366; H.R. 272), S1659 [26FE], H148 [9JA]

———provide for offsetting tax cuts whenever there is an elimination of a discretionary spending program (see S. 1392), S11863 [6NO]

———reduce employer and employee Social Security taxes to the extent there is a Federal budget surplus (see H.R. 2933), H10419 [8NO]

———require surplus revenue be used for deficit reduction and tax relief, and cap non-defense discretionary spending (see H.R. 2860), H10171 [6NO]

Taxpayer Relief Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 2645), H8832 [9OC]

Tobacco products: increase deficit reduction assessments for participants in Federal price support programs (see H.R. 1826), H3576 [6JN]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526; H.R. 1263, 1364), S2838 [8AP], H1391 [9AP], H1704 [17AP]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see S. 1183; H.R. 2385, 2387, 2390), S9515 [17SE], H6797 [3SE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see S. 265; H.R. 4, 205), S1017 [5FE], H66 [7JA], H138, H145 [9JA]

Turkey: allocation of economic assistance (see H.R. 1361), H1703 [17AP]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations (see S. 696), S3960 [5MY]

Veterans: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H.R. 759), H586 [13FE]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3949 [5MY], S4045 [7MY]

Comparisons

Family taxable income under the Republican tax plan and the Democratic tax plan, H4685 [26JN]

Conference reports

Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 2015), H6029-H6298 [29JY]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations (H.R. 1469), H3442-H3474 [4JN]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3358-H3424 [4JN]

———Errata Sheet, S5886 [17JN]

Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 2014), H6409-H6617 [30JY]

Court decisions

Senator Byrd, et al., plaintiffs v. Franklin D. Raines, et al., defendants, S2996-S3000 [10AP]

Court documents

Line-item veto: Supreme Court, H4662-H4668 [26JN]

Descriptions

Establish 2-Year Congressional Budget Cycle and Reform Oversight Process (S. 261), S962-S964 [4FE]

History of Congressional Consideration of Budget Resolutions Under Democratic Majority, H1480 [15AP]

Revenue Reconciliation Act (S. 949): Jeffords Amendment on Child Care Quality Improvements and Tax Treatment, S6550 [26JN]

Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 2014): Archer Amendment on Tax Rates, E1313 [24JN]

Documents

Dept. of Defense Matching Disbursements Public Laws, S3984 [6MY]

Essays

On the Distinctiveness of the American Political System: Nelson W. Polsby, ``New Federalist Papers'', S11179 [24OC]

Excerpts

Balenced Budget Act (H.R. 2015): deficit and public debt, S8346 [30JY]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Public Law 101-508, S1361 [13FE], S1508 [25FE], S8345 [30JY]

Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 2014): provisions on limited tax benefits subject to line-item veto, S8420 [31JY]

Explanations

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Bingaman Amendment on Strategic Petroleum Reserve Alternative Funding, S9589 [18SE]

Factsheets

Capital Spending Exemption—Not a Capital Idea for the Constitution: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S1624 [26FE], S1865 [4MR]

Hearings

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Committee on Finance (Senate), S2000 [5MR]

Histories

Federal Gasoline Excise Taxes Since the Inception of the Highway Trust Fund, S11170 [23OC]

Letters

Allocation of future revenue windfalls to tax or deficit reduction: Al Cors, Jr., National Taxpayers Union, S6678 [27JN]

Allocation of revenues from universal telecommunications service fund to balance Federal budget: Aubrey L. Sarvis, Bell Atlantic and Thomas J. Tauke, Nynex (business), S8337 [30JY]

———John F. O'Neal, Michael E. Brunner and John N. Rose, Rural Telephone Coalition, S8072 [24JY]

———Roy Neel, U.S. Telephone Association, S8072 [24JY]

Army light infantry division reductions: June E. O'Neill, CBO, E155 [4FE]

———Representative McHugh, E154 [4FE]

Automatic system for continuing appropriations: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S4155 [8MY]

———Representative Wynn, S5316 [5JN]

———several Democratic Senators, S4165 [8MY]

Bipartisan budget agreement relative to tax cuts: Speaker Gingrich and Senator Lott, S4981 [22MY]

Budget 1998-2002: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S5441 [10JN]

———Representative Kasich, H3502 [5JN]

———Senator Roth and Representative Archer, S5328, S5332 [5JN], H3509 [5JN]

———Speaker Gingrich and Senator Lott, S5328 [5JN]

Budget Enforcement Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5588 [23JY]

———Representative Kasich, Committee on the Budget (House), H5588 [23JY]

———Representative Solomon, Committee on Rules (House), H5588 [23JY]

Child tax credit: Anna L. Gonzalez, H4675 [26JN]

———Beverly LaHaye, Concerned Women for America (organization), S6462 [26JN]

———Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, S6462 [26JN]

Clinton administration budget proposals: June O'Neill, CBO, S2170 [12MR], H909 [12MR]

Congressional authority to enforce the provisions of a balanced budget constitutional amendment: Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanford Law School, S1715 [27FE]

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: American Legislative Exchange Council, S1908 [4MR]

———Balanced Budget Amendment Coalition, S1863 [4MR]

———Coalition for Budget Integrity, S1178 [10FE]

———Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S1597 [26FE]

———Senator Domenici, S762 [28JA]

———several college professors and a former Attorney General, S1868 [4MR]

———several economists, S1907 [4MR]

———several Senators, S763 [28JA]

Disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S11183 [24OC]

Disaster assistance to Minnesota: Lynn Stauss, Mayor of East Grand Forks, MN, S5226 [3JN]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations: Dennis J. Reimer, Dept. of the Army, H3534 [5JN], H3645 [10JN]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, H3533 [5JN], H3645 [10JN]

Foreign assistance budget request for the new independent States of the former Soviet Union: President Clinton, E692 [17AP]

———Representative Hamilton, E692 [17AP]

Highway Trust Fund: James J. Kerasiotes, Massachusetts Office of Transportation and Construction, H2993 [20MY]

———James T. Brett, New England Council, H2993 [20MY]

———several Senators, S10767 [9OC]

Incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents relative to rural areas: Darin E. Johnson, National Rural Health Association, H7237 [11SE]

Inventory reduction procedures relative to ``The Senate, 1789-1989'': Michael F. DiMario, GPO, S7595 [16JY]

———Senator Byrd, S7595 [16JY]

Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments: Douglas A. Ries, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, S4960 [22MY]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, S4960 [22MY]

———Randall L. O'Donnell, Kansas City Children's Mercy Hospital, S4961 [22MY]

———Ted W. Frey, St. Louis Children's Hospital, S4961 [22MY]

Medicare age eligibility requirements: Alan Reuther, UAW, S6087 [23JN]

———Dennis Bone, Bell Atlantic Corp., S6086 [23JN]

———Ellen Goldstein, Corporate Health Care Coalition, S6086 [23JN]

———Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, S6085 [23JN]

———Morgan Kennedy, NYNEX (business), S6086 [23JN]

Medicare reform: P. John Seward, AMA, H8658-H8661 [8OC]

———Robert B. Helms, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, S6072 [23JN]

———Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation, S6072 [23JN]

Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy: Laurie Keiper, E1541 [28JY]

Military housing funding: Senator Hagel, S1780, S1781 [28FE]

Military spending reductions: several Representatives, E800 [30AP]

Moody AFB, GA, HH-60 OPS/pararescue project funding: Senators Cleland and Coverdell, S11418 [30OC]

National Endowment for the Arts funding: Jane Alexander, National Endowment for the Arts, S9322 [15SE]

Pregnant Postpartum Women and Infants Program: several Representatives, E1618 [1AU]

Question of whether one generation of citizens has the right to bind another: Thomas Jefferson, S1128 [7FE]

Rebuilding of levees in Devils Lake, ND: J.M. Wonsik, Corps of Engineers, S5943 [18JN]

Require separate unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities: Harold Brown, Center for Strategic & International Studies, H4972 [9JY]

———Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common $ense (organization), H4972 [9JY]

———Representative Conyers, H4971 [9JY]

———Representative Minge, H4972 [9JY]

———Representatives Conyers, Dellums, Hamilton, and Shays, H4972 [9JY]

———Representatives Conyers, Hamilton, and Luther, H4972 [9JY]

———Stansfield Turner, H4972 [9JY]

Requirements to increase debt limit in balanced budget constitutional amendment: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1695 [27FE]

Social Security reform: several former Senators, S6384 [25JN]

Tax rates: Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, E1277 [20JN]

———Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S6404 [26JN]

Tobacco product excise tax increase to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S4789 [21MY]

Treatment of excise taxes on tobacco products relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement: several State attorneys general, S8998 [9SE]

Treatment of Social Security under balanced budget constitutional amendment: Daniel P. Mulhollan, Congressional Research Service, S1531 [25FE]

———Dorothy Ray, S1811 [3MR]

———Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S1541 [25FE]

———Johnny H. Killian, Congressional Research Service, S1294, S1332 [12FE], S1533, S1534 [25FE]

———Senator Domenici, S1364 [13FE]

———Senator Hollings, S1506 [25FE]

———several Senators, S1362 [13FE]

Treatment of spectrum auction revenues: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S8396 [31JY]

———Senator Hollings, S8396 [31JY]

Unfunded Dept. of Defense program priorities: John M. Shalikashvili, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S3267 [16AP]

———Senator Levin, S3266 [16AP]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S3266 [16AP]

Veterans health care programs funding: Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, H4617 [25JN]

White Sands Missile Range, NM, launch complex revitalization program funding: Terry L. Lewis, Dept. of the Army, S11425 [30OC]

Lists

CBO staff, S8322 [30JY]

Committee on Finance (Senate) staff, S8322 [30JY], S8442 [31JY]

Committee on Taxation (Joint) staff, S8425 [31JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) vote on Hollings motion to report the Social Security Preservation Act (1990), S1360 [13FE], S1507 [25FE]

Congressional Research Service staff, S8322 [30JY]

Cosponsors of H.R. 753, Intelligence Budget Accountability Act, H4971 [9JY]

Counsel for the plaintiffs in case concerning constitutionality of line-item veto, S3001 [10AP]

Extraneous material in H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S6401 [26JN]

Extraneous material in S. 949, Revenue Reconciliation Act, S6718 [27JN]

House Legislative Counsel staff, S8442 [31JY]

National Taxpayers Union big spenders of 1993, H4657 [26JN]

Objectionable programs in conference report on H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S8497 [31JY]

Objectionable provisions in S. 672, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4092 [7MY]

Physician Payment Review Commission staff, S8322 [30JY]

Rollcall vote on Social Security trust fund provisions of the budget reconciliation (1990), S1360 [13FE], S1507 [25FE]

Senate Legislative Counsel staff, S8322 [30JY], S8442 [31JY]

Senator Roth's personal office staff, S8442 [31JY]

Top ten reasons to support the balanced budget amendment: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S1864 [4MR]

Unfunded Dept. of Defense program priorities, S3267 [16AP]

Memorandums

Automatic System For Continuing Appropriations Relative to Disaster Relief Legislation: OMB, S4168, S4170 [8MY]

Disapproval of Line-Item Vetoes in Military Construction Appropriations Legislation: OMB, S11411 [30OC]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Ronald R. Fogleman, Dept. of the Air Force, H3534 [5JN], H3645 [10JN]

Estimate of the Budgetary Impact of Non-Defense Supplementals in Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Priscilla Aycock, CBO, S4181 [8MY]

Health Insurance for Uninsured Children: Jean P. Hearn, Congressional Research Service, S8990 [9SE]

Inventory Reduction Procedures Relative to ``The Senate, 1789-1989'': Dick Baker, Office of the Secretary of the Senate, S7595 [16JY]

Taxpayer Relief Act Provisions Subject to Line-Item Veto: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H6640-H6642 [31JY]

Treatment of Social Security Under Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: David Koitz and Johnny H. Killian, Congressional Research Service, S1906 [4MR]

———Johnny H. Hillian, Congressional Research Service, S1364 [13FE]

Messages

Balanced Budget Act Line-Item Veto: President Clinton, S8657 [2SE], H6718 [3SE]

Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1998: President Clinton, S1099-S1101 [6FE], H352-H355 [6FE]

Budget Rescissions: President Clinton, S1224 [11FE], H421 [11FE]

Dept. of Energy Budgetary Resources Rescission: President Clinton, S2552 [19MR], H1156 [19MR]

District of Columbia Budget Request: President Clinton, S7298 [11JY], H5169 [11JY]

Federal Advisory Committees Report: President Clinton, S9511 [17SE], H7454 [17SE]

Taxpayers Relief Act Line-Item Veto: President Clinton, S8656 [2SE], H6718 [3SE]

Veto of H.R. 1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: President Clinton, H3633 [10JN]

Motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2860 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3634 [10JN]

Clinton, President: submission of budget proposal without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H921 [12MR]

Constitutional amendments: balance (S.J. Res. 1), S1458 [24FE], S1606 [26FE], S1697, S1703, S1708 [27FE]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4813 [26JN], H5040 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8450 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4593, H4602 [25JN], H5031 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6092 [23JN], S6141, S6142, S6146, S6178 [24JN], S6292, S6293, S6296, S6298, S6299, S6303, S6306, S6308, S6318 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6336, S6337 [25JN], S6396, S6400, S6437, S6447, S6454 [26JN], S6672, S6673, S6674, S6675, S6677, S6678, S6679, S6682, S6685, S6686, S6688, S6691, S6692, S6693 [27JN]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5613 [23JY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3245 [3JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S5029 [23MY]

Opinion polls

Tobacco product excise tax increase to fund health insurance for uninsured children: Wall Street Journal/NBC, S4105 [7MY], S4272 [9MY], S4784 [21MY]

Outlines

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, H4576 [25JN]

Papers

BBCA, Super-Majorities, and the Federalist—Madison and Hamilton Supported Super-Majorities: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S1873 [4MR]

Constitution and BBCA's Super-Majorities: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S1873 [4MR]

Gimmick Even the President Won't Embrace—Clinton's Remarks Undercut BBCA Opponents: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S1873 [4MR]

Overlooked Effects of Excluding Social Security From BBCA: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S1872 [4MR]

Petitions and memorials

Idaho: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S1908 [4MR]

Press releases

Balanced Budget Amendment Legislative Priority for Hatch: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S765 [28JA]

President Clinton Delivers the First Balanced Budget in a Generation—Historic Agreement Promotes the Country's Priorities, H2177 [6MY]

Pro-Taxpayer Groups Urge Congress To Act Now on Future Tax Cuts: National Tax-Limitation Committee, S6678 [27JN]

Treatment of Social Security Under Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Concord Coalition, S1532 [25FE]

———Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S1865, S1906 [4MR]

Proposals

Automatic system for continuing appropriations, E671 [16AP]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: eliminate National Sheep Industry Improvement Center and apply savings to deficit reduction (H.R. 1475), H1916 [29AP]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (H.J. Res. 72), E674 [16AP]

———constitutionality of line-item veto, H1507 [15AP]

———Consumer Price Index and economic projections relative to allocation of funds, H2985 [20MY]

———eliminate forward funding for FEMA, restore Dept. of HUD rental assisted housing funding, and make other nondefense rescissions, H2729-H2732 [15MY]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H1687 [17AP], H2355, H2429 [8MY], H2601, H2606, H2612 [14MY], H2688-H2695, H2712, H2732-H2738 [15MY], H2931 [20MY], H3250 [3JN], H3277, H3279 [4JN], H3533, H3542 [5JN], H3668 [11JN], H3725, H3793 [12JN], H3801-H3803 [16JN], H3887, H3888 [18JN], E671 [16AP], E897 [13MY]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (H.R. 1916), H3832 [17JN], H4138 [23JN], H5991 [29JY], H6723 [3SE]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (H.R. 638), H248 [4FE], H597 [25FE], H1045 [18MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), H7915-H7917 [26SE], H8097-H8101 [29SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), H8937 [22OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), consideration (H. Res. 269), H8934-H8937 [22OC]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H3667, H3668, H3669, H3700 [11JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2428, H2429 [8MY], H2612, H2655, H2657 [14MY], H2697-H2775 [15MY], H2860-H2862 [16MY], H3080 [21MY], H3173, H3192-H3195 [22MY], H3218, H3248, H3250 [3JN], E897 [13MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3277, H3279, H3280, H3281, H3289, H3290 [4JN], H3480, H3481, H3520-H3544, H3549, H3552 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 146), H2600-H2609 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 149), H2687-H2696 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), corrections in engrossment, H2775 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), permission to file conference report, H3291 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), refer bill and veto message to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3634-H3637 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3583, H3584, H3638, H3639, H3640, H3641, H3644, H3646, H3647, H3648, H3649 [10JN], H3665, H3667, H3668 [11JN], H3725 [12JN], H3800-H3803 [16JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1755), H3246 [3JN], H3284 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3722, H3723, H3724, H3725, H3757-H3789, H3792, H3793 [12JN], H4614 [25JN]

———making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (H.J. Res. 25), H75, H76 [9JA]

Armed Forces: U.S. military strategy, H1897-H1899 [28AP]

———U.S. military strategy relative to projected defense budgets, H2160-H2163 [5MY], H2477-H2481 [12MY]

Balance, H694-H696 [27FE], H771, H772 [6MR], H856-H863, H868 [11MR], H893, H894, H895 [12MR], H952 [13MR], H1047, H1048, H1096, H1097 [18MR], H1282 [21MR], H1310 [8AP], H1374 [9AP], H1395 [10AP], H1460, H1533 [15AP], H1546, H1547, H1597-H1602 [16AP], H1718 [23AP], H1914, H1984 [29AP], H2086, H2087 [30AP], H2180 [6MY], H2260, H2261 [7MY], H2796 [16MY], H2982 [20MY], H3173 [22MY], H3218 [3JN], H3435 [4JN], H3585 [10JN], H3665, H3666, H3667 [11JN], H3808, H3810 [17JN], H3867 [18JN], H4825-H4830 [26JN], H4843 [8JY], H4919, H4921 [9JY], H5478 [17JY], H5814-H5818 [25JY], H6006-H6011 [29JY], H6637 [31JY], H7483 [17SE], H8123-H8130 [29SE], H8704-H8708 [8OC], H10586 [12NO], E1088 [3JN], E1352 [27JN], E1958 [7OC]

Balance (H.R. 397), E86 [9JA]

Balance (H.R. 898), E339 [27FE]

Botanic Gardens: renovation funding, H3535 [5JN]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2728 [15MY]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, H3148 [21MY], H4557, H4564, H4566, H4570, H4572, H4575, H4576-H4581, H4603-H4605 [25JN], H4921 [9JY], H5038 [10JY], H5897, H5898 [28JY], H6323, H6339 [30JY], H6620 [31JY]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (H.R. 1363), E1322 [25JN]

———summer youth employment program funding relative to disadvantaged youth programs, H2844-H2851 [16MY]

Clinton, President: submission of budget proposal without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H894, H904-H923 [12MR], H953 [13MR]

———submission of budget proposal without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), consideration (H. Res. 90), H896-H904 [12MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H6696-H6701 [31JY]

———authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions (H.R. 1321), H1459 [15AP], E655 [15AP]

———ensure that the budget proposal concurs with the provisions of the bipartisan budget agreement (H.R. 2037), H4576 [25JN], H5602 [23JY]

———national agenda, H1382 [9AP], H2011 [30AP]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H1282 [21MR]

Constitutional amendments: balance, H314-H321 [5FE], H352 [6FE], H457 [12FE], H632 [26FE], H677, H678, H682, H689 [27FE], H707 [3MR], H728, H748-H754 [5MR], H771, H773 [6MR], H814 [11MR], E174 [5FE]

———balance (H.J. Res. 1), H528 [13FE], H644 [26FE], E127 [4FE], E191 [10FE]

———balance (H.J. Res. 7), E1 [7JA]

———balance (H.J. Res. 11), E27 [7JA]

———balance (H.J. Res. 45), H302 [5FE]

———balance (S.J. Res. 1), H786 [6MR], E302 [25FE], E341, E347 [27FE]

Corps of Engineers: funding, E752 [24AP]

Deficit, H694-H696 [27FE], H748-H754 [5MR], H794 [6MR], H1319, H1322-H1326 [8AP], H1800, H1858-H1865 [24AP], H2978 [20MY], H3853-H3859 [17JN], H4125, H4130 [20JN], H4225 [24JN], H4843, H4893, H4895-H4903 [8JY], H5290-H5295 [15JY], H5478 [17JY], H5582 [23JY], H5901 [28JY], H6009 [29JY], H6637, H6654 [31JY], H6972 [8SE], H8418, H8419 [6OC], H8694 [8OC], H9794-H9798 [30OC], E401 [6MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1343, H1344, H1345, H1346 [9AP], H1415-H1419 [10AP], H2779, H2781 [15MY], H2927, H2935 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations in foreign countries, E1102 [4JN], E1157 [10JN]

———Army light infantry division reductions, E154 [4FE]

———budget treatment relative to balanced budget, E824 [5MY]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, H8453, H8454 [7OC], H8811 [9OC], H9561 [28OC]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10374 [8NO], E2300 [10NO], E2366 [13NO]

———funding, H2936 [20MY]

———impact of defense spending cuts, H1976-H1982 [29AP]

———reform, H1406 [10AP]

———rescind certain funds from Air Force procurement accounts and direct monies to debts incurred at inefficient Air Force bases, H2771 [15MY]

———THAAD Program funding, H2770 [15MY]

Dept. of Education: abolish, E103 [21JA]

———programs and funding, H1030-H1034 [17MR]

Dept. of the Interior: require allocation of spending reductions to deficit reduction, H5218, H5219 [15JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health care programs funding, H4573, H4616 [25JN], E1614 [1AU]

Diseases: autism research funding, E1123 [5JN]

Ecology and environment: provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (H.R. 1732), E1041 [22MY]

Education: literacy programs funding, H1547 [16AP], H9491 [23OC]

Employment: summer youth jobs program, H3247 [3JN]

Families and domestic relations: impact on national agenda, H1165-H1172 [19MR]

FCC: treatment of spectrum auction revenues, H4575, H4592 [25JN], H6339 [30JY]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, H729 [5MR], H933-H939 [12MR], H1395 [10AP], H1548 [16AP], H1914, H1915 [29AP], H2160 [5MY], H2176, H2177 [6MY], H2343-H2348 [7MY], H2434-H2440 [8MY], H2496, H2497 [13MY], H2597, H2598, H2599, H2618, H2662-H2669, H2674-H2676 [14MY], H2684, H2685, H2686, H2781 [15MY], H8024 [26SE], E800 [30AP]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H566 [13FE], H705 [3MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4228 [24JN], H4378, H4379, H4380, H4607-H4609, H4611-H4624 [25JN], H4649, H4650, H4651-H4659, H4668-H4816 [26JN], H4843, H4844, H4845, H4846, H4892, H4893 [8JY], H4920, H4921, H4922, H4923, H4924, H5002, H5003, H5004, H5005, H5007-H5018 [9JY], H5026, H5027, H5028, H5029, H5030, H5040-H5049, H5129 [10JY], H5133, H5134, H5135, H5136, H5137 [11JY], H5179-H5181 [14JY], H5193 [15JY], H5304, H5305, H5306, H5307, H5308, H5382-H5399 [16JY], H5407, H5408, H5409, H5410, H5449, H5451, H5483 [17JY], H5493, H5494, H5499, H5500, H5501 [22JY], H5580, H5581, H5582, H5583, H5584 [23JY], H5668, H5669, H5670, H5671 [24JY], H5781, H5782, H5783 [25JY], H5829, H5831 [28JY], H5921, H5923, H5924, H5926, H5927, H5928, H5993-H5996, H6003, H6017-H6025 [29JY], E1313 [24JN], E1332 [26JN], E1339, E1348 [27JN], E1365, E1372 [8JY], E1377 [9JY], E1393, E1394 [10JY], E1447 [17JY], E1471 [22JY], E1555 [29JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6299, H6300, H6301, H6302, H6304-H6312 [30JY], H6620, H6621, H6622, H6623, H6630-H6665, H6687, H6688 [31JY], H6777-H6783 [3SE], H7612 [23SE], H8414-H8420 [6OC], E1572 [31JY], E1598, E1604, E1617 [1AU], E1656 [4SE], E1676 [5SE], E1741 [11SE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4385-H4415 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 206), H6623-H6630 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), motion to instruct conferees, H5041-H5048 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), motion to recommit, H4814 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 138), H6680 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), waive enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 90), H6667 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4228, H4364 [24JN], H4377, H4378, H4379, H4380, H4416-H4606 [25JN], H4843 [8JY], H4921 [9JY], H5028, H5031-H5040 [10JY], H5829, H5831, H5897-H5904 [28JY], E1360, E1361 [27JN], E1392 [10JY], E1536 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H5991, H6003, H6017-H6025 [29JY], H6300, H6301, H6302, H6304-H6312, H6320-H6342, H6402 [30JY], H6621, H6622, H6658, H6687 [31JY], E1569, E1572 [31JY], E1587, E1591, E1598, E1600, E1610, E1614, E1615 [1AU], E1647 [3SE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4385-H4415 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 202), H6312-H6320 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to instruct conferees, H5031-H5040 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to recommit, H4601, H4603-H4605 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), waive enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 90), H6667 [31JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5565 [22JY], H5595-H5622 [23JY], H5811-H5812 [25JY], H5829 [28JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (H. Res. 192), H5584-H5595 [23JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), motion to recommit, H5613 [23JY]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (H.R. 2191), H5479-H5485 [17JY], H6805 [4SE], H6975 [8SE], H7717-H7722 [23SE], H8123-H8130 [29SE], H8418 [6OC], H8696, H8707, H8708 [8OC], H9792-H9798 [30OC], H9854-H9856 [31OC]

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (H.R. 113), E56 [7JA]

———setting forth, H4899 [8JY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 58), E583 [8AP]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 82), E935 [15MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2927, H2931, H2934, H2935, H2936, H2960-H3067 [20MY], H3080, H3081, H3082, H3154-H3162 [21MY], H3173, H3174, H3175 [22MY], H3218, H3239-H3246, H3247 [3JN], E1009 [21MY], E1019 [22MY], E1051, E1059 [23MY], E1088, E1096 [3JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3279 [4JN], H3501, H3553-H3559 [5JN], H3725 [12JN], H3933 [19JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 152), H2946-H2959 [20MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 160), H3499-H3516 [5JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), motion to instruct conferees, H3240-H3246 [3JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002, submission of amendments, H2851 [16MY]

Floods: community development block grant funding to flood States, H2693, H2706, H2708, H2711, H2726-H2728 [15MY]

Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance, E2078 [24OC]

Government: accuracy of budget and deficit projections by OMB and CBO, H2493 [13MY]

———reduce spending and regulatory programs (H. Con. Res. 102), H4139, H4147-H4149 [23JN]

———require periodic review and reauthorization of all Government programs (H.R. 1913), H3805 [17JN]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H3665 [11JN], H3792 [12JN], H5409 [17JY]

Health care professionals: reform medical malpractice laws, H4590 [25JN], E2021 [21OC]

Highway Trust Fund: increase funding relative to budget resolution, H2934, H2935, H2936, H2991-H2995, H3002-H3006, H3061-H3067 [20MY]

House of Representatives: appreciation for courtesy of Members during budget reconciliation debate, H4606 [25JN]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 201), H6303-H6312 [30JY]

Immigration: budgetary treatment of programs for legal immigrants, H894 [12MR]

Information services: public access to budget information over the Internet, H2795 [16MY], H2934 [20MY]

Intelligence services: require separate unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, H4970-H4985 [9JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: allocation of funds, E729 [23AP]

LIHEAP: funding, H5270 [15JY]

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (H.R. 2424), H6923 [5SE]

———repeal and amend Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act to provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (H.R. 2649), H9045 [23OC]

———repeal (H.R. 2650), H9045 [23OC]

Line-item veto, H6640 [31JY]

Medicaid: funding, E309, E310 [25FE]

———reform, H4587, H4590, H4593 [25JN], H6339 [30JY]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, H5031-H5040 [10JY]

———ensure that incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents do not adversely affect rural areas, H7237 [11SE]

———medical savings accounts, H3807, H3834 [17JN], H3906-H3908 [18JN], H4558, H4565, H4566, H4574, H4583, H4584, H4592 [25JN], H5306 [16JY]

———reform, H1394, H1395 [10AP], H1546, H1547, H1597-H1602 [16AP], H1773-H1777 [23AP], H1797, H1798, H1799, H1800, H1856 [24AP], H1916, H1956 [29AP], H2010, H2011, H2084-H2086 [30AP], H2662-H2669 [14MY], H2981 [20MY], H3906-H3908 [18JN], H3933 [19JN], H4379, H4559-H4571, H4583, H4586, H4589, H4590, H4592, H4593, H4617 [25JN], H4688 [26JN], H5190 [15JY], H5306, H5385 [16JY], H5410 [17JY], H5583 [23JY], H5668 [24JY], H5831 [28JY], H5923, H5927, H5928, H5995 [29JY], H6322, H6323, H6334, H6338-H6341 [30JY], H6658 [31JY], H8122 [29SE], E1541 [28JY], E1598 [1AU], E1843 [24SE]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, H771 [6MR]

Michigan: amounts of Federal benefits received, E1425 [15JY]

NASA: treatment of employees relative to agency funding, H1846, H1847 [24AP]

National Blue Ribbon Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government: reestablish (H.R. 132), E26 [7JA]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4699 [26JN], E667 [15AP], E1244 [18JN], E1472 [22JY]

National Guard: military leave policy, H2936 [20MY]

National parks and recreation areas: require the President to submit a separate appropriations request to ensure priority funding (H.R. 142), E9 [7JA]

North Carolina: Emergency Watershed Program funding, H2712 [15MY]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (H.R. 255), E18 [7JA]

———use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation trust funds, H10637 [12NO]

———use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation trust funds (H.R. 2382), E1647 [3SE]

Puerto Rico: Medicaid funding, H4377 [25JN]

Rainsville, AL: funding for rebuilding municipal buildings destroyed by tornado, H2769 [15MY]

Republican Party: effect of economic policies on Dow Jones Industrial Average, H5904 [28JY]

———national agenda, H729, H730 [5MR], H856-H859 [11MR], H1023-H1030 [17MR], H1096-H1103 [18MR], H1281 [21MR], H1584 [16AP], H1917 [29AP], H2082-H2088 [30AP], H2097 [1MY], H4075 [19JN], H5170 [11JY], H5580 [23JY], H5921 [29JY], H6765-H6772 [3SE], H9784 [30OC]

———proposal, H729, H730 [5MR]

Roads and highways: utilization of transportation trust funds, E1750 [15SE]

San Mateo County, CA: repair or reconstruction of Highway 1 at Devil's Slide, H2713 [15MY]

Savings and loan associations: bailout, H1094 [18MR]

SBA: loan guarantee programs, E1004 [21MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H300 [5FE], H514 [12FE], H566 [13FE], H1319-H1326 [8AP], H1599-H1602 [16AP], H1780 [23AP], H1856 [24AP], H5606, H5608, H5609, H5611, H5620 [23JY], H6008 [29JY], H7022 [9SE], H7254 [11SE], H7719-H7722 [23SE], E1402 [11JY], E2128 [30OC]

———ensure integrity of trust funds, H1858-H1865 [24AP], H2431 [8MY]

———ensure integrity of trust funds (H.R. 857), H850 [11MR], H4123 [20JN], H8122, H8123 [29SE], H8447 [7OC], H8702 [8OC], H9792-H9794 [30OC], H9854-H9856 [31OC]

———payroll taxes, H794 [6MR], H5305 [16JY], H7254 [11SE]

———privatization, E517 [19MR]

———treatment under balanced budget, H814 [11MR]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, H314-H321 [5FE], H644, H660 [26FE]

———trust funds' solvency, H773, H794 [6MR]

———use of Federal revenues under existing cap to pay back trust funds, H9479 [23OC]

Space policy: Russian participation in space station program, H1822, H1823, H1844, H1845 [24AP]

———space station program funding, H1370 [9AP], H1819-H1843 [24AP], H5249, H5261, H5263 [15JY], H5321 [16JY], H5822 [25JY], H7823 [24SE], H8668, H8681 [8OC]

Status: report, H236 [21JA], H779 [6MR], H1850 [24AP], H4822 [26JN], E2401 [13NO]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: budget treatment, H2713 [15MY]

Supreme Court: decision on line-item veto, H4661 [26JN]

Surplus Government property: list overseas sales and use amounts received for deficit reduction, H3325 [4JN]

Taxation: child tax credit, H2011 [30AP], H3870 [18JN], H3928, H4078 [19JN], H4668-H4679, H4683-H4702, H4802-H4813 [26JN], H4898, H4900 [8JY], H4921 [9JY], H5135 [11JY], H5193, H5194 [15JY], H5307 [16JY], H5409, H5410, H5451 [17JY], H5580, H5581, H5582 [23JY], H5668, H5670 [24JY], H5782, H5783, H5814 [25JY], H5897 [28JY], H5926, H5927 [29JY], H6300 [30JY], H6621, H6622, H6642, H6643, H6648, H6650 [31JY], E1656 [4SE]

———child tax credit (H.R. 1327), E654 [15AP]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (H.R. 2496), H7533 [18SE]

———deductions for airline costs to implement FAA mandated safety regulations, H4700 [26JN]

———eliminate double tax on dividends and allocate corporate income tax revenues to qualified registered voters (H.R. 2329), E2225 [8NO]

———reduce employer and employee Social Security taxes to the extent there is a Federal budget surplus (H.R. 2933), E2284 [9NO]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors, H4678, H4679, H4680, H4687, H4697, H4698 [26JN], H5046 [10JY], H5308 [16JY], H5493, H5499 [22JY], H5580 [23JY], H5668, H5671 [24JY], H6020-H6023 [29JY]

———treatment of international airline passengers from destinations outside the U.S., H4690, H4700 [26JN], E1447 [17JY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, H5831 [28JY], H6340 [30JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (H.R. 1364), E1322 [25JN]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, H7203, H7204 [11SE], H7373-H7375 [17SE], H8835-H8837 [21OC]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (H.R. 2390), H7126 [10SE], E1639 [3SE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 4), E35 [7JA], E85 [9JA]

Women: relief in tax cut legislation, H4677 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

Airport Improvement Program: funding, S1243 [11FE], S2725 [20MR]

Alvin, IL: replacement of Gaumer Bridge, S4182 [8MY]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform, S4982-S4984 [22MY]

———creation of reserve fund, S4996 [22MY]

———tax credits, S8493 [31JY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment granting the President authority to exercise an item veto on individual appropriations (S.J. Res. 28), S3686 [24AP]

———constitutionality of line-item veto, S2996, S3001 [10AP]

———eliminate tax cuts and spending increases to achieve balanced budget, S4741-S4745 [20MY], S4875 [21MY], S4935 [22MY]

———eliminate tax cuts to achieve balanced budget, S4956-S4959, S4985 [22MY]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, S3871 [1MY], S4097-S4104 [7MY], S4151-S4172, S4191 [8MY], S4478 [14MY], S4652-S4654 [16MY], S5315, S5318, S5320, S5323-S5325 [5JN], S5405, S5406 [9JN], S5475, S5478-S5480 [10JN], S5488-S5491 [11JN], S5581, S5582 [12JN]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (S. 228), S805 [29JA], S3460 [22AP], S3722 [25AP]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (S. 547), S3018-S3020 [10AP], S3722 [25AP]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, unanimous-consent agreement, S5557 [12JN]

———line-item veto, S101 [7JA], S569 [21JA]

———line-item veto (S. 592), S3272 [16AP]

———maintain balanced budget after the year 2001, S4980, S4981, S4987 [22MY]

———making continuing, S3701 [25AP]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), S10204 [30SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), unanimous-consent agreement, S10183 [29SE], S10196 [30SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), S10918, S10927-S10937 [22OC], S11015, S11033 [23OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 105), S12437 [10NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 106), unanimous-consent agreement, S12668 [13NO]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S5470-S5480 [10JN], S5486-S5491, S5493 [11JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), S4652-S4654 [16MY], S4974, S4975 [22MY], S5093-S5095, S5097, S5100 [23MY], S5172 [2JN], S5225-S5231, S5236-S5244 [3JN], S5712 [16JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, S5282 [4JN], S5297-S5300, S5309-S5325, S5384 [5JN], S5387-S5390, S5399-S5406 [9JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S5296 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), insert language of S. 672 in lieu, S4633 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, S5431, S5443, S5470 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), S5555-S5574, S5577-S5584 [12JN], S5942 [18JN], S7317 [11JY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3773 [29AP], S3819-S3831 [30AP], S3871, S3880, S3881 [1MY], S3938-S3946 [5MY], S3979-S3981, S3983-S3993, S4038-S4040 [6MY], S4043-S4104 [7MY], S4137-S4204-S4205, S4253 [8MY], S4278 [9MY], S4323 [12MY], S4413-S4417, S4478 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), unanimous-consent agreement, S3880 [1MY], S3985, S3995 [6MY], S4043, S4103 [7MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 851), S5403-S5405 [9JN], S5431-S5433 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 851), unanimous-consent request, S5403 [9JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, unanimous-consent request, S5502, S5503 [11JN]

———making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (H.J. Res. 25), S574 [21JA]

———mandatory spending, S4831 [21MY]

———science and technology funding, S12644 [13NO]

———strike certain non-emergency items in emergency supplemental appropriations, S4091-S4093 [7MY]

———target tax cut benefits towards middle-class families, S4875 [21MY]

Aviation: alternatives to excise tax system, S5037 [23MY]

Balance, S571 [21JA], S2230-S2232 [13MR], S2610, S2626, S2630, S2726 [20MR], S2779-S2781 [7AP], S3154-S3167 [15AP], S3303-S3308 [17AP], S4938, S4969-S4973, S4986 [22MY], S5335 [5JN], S6030-S6037 [20JN], S6476 [26JN], S7092 [9JY], S8468 [31JY], S9193, S9194 [11SE]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (S. 1144), S8725-S8728 [3SE]

Budget: line-item veto, S8420 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, S7971 [23JY]

California-Federal Bay-Delta Program: U.S. participation, S4992 [22MY]

Children and youth: early childhood development programs, S5036 [23MY]

———ensure mental health parity in block grants to States providing health insurance for uninsured children, S6150, S6151 [24JN]

———exempt budget outlays impacting education, nutrition, and health care programs from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1008-S1010 [5FE], S1156-S1166 [10FE], S1203-S1210 [11FE], S1296 [12FE]

———funding for school transfers for victims of violent crime, S5032 [23MY]

———increase funding for Head Start Program, child nutrition programs, and school construction projects, S4973, S4975-S4977 [22MY], S5031, S5032 [23MY]

———increase funding for Healthy Start and Head Start Programs and child care developmental block grants, S4732-S4738 [20MY]

———program funding, S3933-S3935 [5MY], S3978 [6MY]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6165-S6167 [24JN], S6293, S6317, S6318, S6350 [25JN], S6434-S6437, S6455 [26JN], S7223 [10JY], S8329, S8341 [30JY], S8389, S8392, S8402, S8469 [31JY], S8923 [8SE], S8951, S8990-S8993 [9SE]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 525), S2846-S2853 [8AP], S3063 [10AP], S3410 [22AP]

———set standards for benefits and deductibles/copayments for block grants to provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6149, S6150 [24JN]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): tribute to staff, S8442 [31JY]

Congress: authority to enforce the provisions of a balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1708-S1721 [27FE], S1892 [4MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (S.J. Res. 9), S562 [21JA]

———establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (S. 261), S961, S965, S966 [4FE], S12547-S12549 [13NO]

———limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (S. 1182), S9426 [16SE]

———limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (S. 647), S3675 [24AP]

Constitutional amendments: allow use of accumulated surplus under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1704-S1708, S1721 [27FE], S1892 [4MR]

———balance, S122, S125, S135 [21JA], S585 [22JA], S839, S848 [30JA]

———balance (S.J. Res. 1), S136, S552-S555 [21JA], S713-S715 [28JA], S830 [30JA], S985-S991, S994-S1015 [5FE], S1057-S1072, S1079-S1099 [6FE], S1119-S1124, S1126-S1130, S1140-S1143 [7FE], S1147-S1151, S1152-S1187 [10FE], S1203-S1212, S1219-S1223 [11FE], S1252, S1254, S1255-S1265, S1268-S1296, S1331-S1336 [12FE], S1340-S1346, S1349-S1353, S1358-S1366, S1368, S1372-S1375 [13FE], S1448-S1468 [24FE], S1495-S1518, S1525-S1547 [25FE], S1593-S1649 [26FE], S1689-S1726 [27FE], S1782, S1787 [28FE], S1808, S1810-S1815, S1818-S1826 [3MR], S1847-S1922, S1933 [4MR], S1939, S1999, S2000 [5MR], S2166-S2171 [12MR]

———balance (S.J. Res. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S922 [4FE], S1099 [6FE], S1181 [10FE], S1223 [11FE], S1418 [13FE], S1459 [24FE], S1516, S1537, S1547 [25FE], S1606 [26FE], S1698, S1728 [27FE]

———balance (S.J. Res. 12), S758-S767 [28JA]

———balance (S.J. Res. 13), S767 [28JA]

———provide that expenditures do not exceed revenues nor gross domestic product (S.J. Res. 8), S562 [21JA]

———requirements to increase debt limit in balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1690-S1698 [27FE]

———strike reliance on estimates and receipts from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1448-S1459 [24FE]

———time requirement for State ratification of balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1701-S1703, S1721 [27FE]

———waiver of provisions to balance in the event of economic emergencies, S1083-S1086, S1088, S1093, S1095 [6FE], S1166-S1187 [10FE]

———waiver of provisions to balance in the event of emergencies due to officially-declared natural disasters, S1644-S1649 [26FE], S1891 [4MR]

———waiver of provisions to balance in the event of war, threat to national security, or economic emergency, S1607-S1619, S1622-S1625, S1627, S1628 [26FE]

Corps of Engineers: repair and restoration work on James River, S4080, S4085 [7MY]

———repair and restoration work on San Joaquin River, S4095 [7MY]

Deficit, S146 [21JA], S633 [22JA], S709 [28JA], S793 [29JA], S850 [30JA], S924 [4FE], S994 [5FE], S1051, S1067, S1070, S1071 [6FE], S1132 [7FE], S1152 [10FE], S1223 [11FE], S1297 [12FE], S1358, S1378 [13FE], S1548 [25FE], S1658 [26FE], S1732 [27FE], S1796 [28FE], S1826 [3MR], S1922 [4MR], S1974 [5MR], S2020 [6MR], S2078 [10MR], S2128 [11MR], S2201 [12MR], S2238 [13MR], S2319 [14MR], S2344 [17MR], S2412 [18MR], S2550 [19MR], S2641 [20MR], S2787 [7AP], S2836 [8AP], S2875 [9AP], S2970 [10AP], S3114 [14AP], S3159, S3165, S3196 [15AP], S3268 [16AP], S3315 [17AP], S3400-S3402, S3414 [22AP], S3548 [23AP], S3658 [24AP], S3724 [25AP], S3744 [28AP], S3798 [29AP], S3833 [30AP], S3881, S3899 [1MY], S3948 [5MY], S3997 [6MY], S4104 [7MY], S4210 [8MY], S4272 [9MY], S4295 [12MY], S4390 [13MY], S4428 [14MY], S4581 [15MY], S4657 [16MY], S4668 [19MY], S4746 [20MY], S4835, S4876 [21MY], S4940, S5000 [22MY], S5037, S5050, S5101 [23MY], S5249 [3JN], S5305, S5329, S5333 [5JN], S5398 [9JN], S5439 [10JN], S5496 [11JN], S5590 [12JN], S5688 [16JN], S5789 [17JN], S5902 [18JN], S5959 [19JN], S6040 [20JN], S6056 [23JN], S6184 [24JN], S6356 [25JN], S6492 [26JN], S6726 [27JN], S6907 [7JY], S6960 [8JY], S7040 [9JY], S7207 [10JY], S7420 [14JY], S7434 [15JY], S7602 [16JY], S7707 [17JY], S7752 [21JY], S7857 [22JY], S7892 [23JY], S8087 [24JY], S8151 [25JY], S8175 [28JY], S8211-S8213, S8222 [29JY], S8356 [30JY], S8390, S8474, S8476, S8479, S8484 [31JY], S8656 [2SE], S8722 [3SE], S8821 [4SE], S8870 [5SE], S8924 [8SE], S9013 [9SE], S9078 [10SE], S9196 [11SE], S9251 [12SE], S9332 [15SE], S9407 [16SE], S9511 [17SE], S9630 [18SE], S9725 [19SE], S9781 [23SE], S9878 [24SE], S9967 [25SE], S10053 [26SE], S10151 [29SE], S10216, S10227 [30SE], S10290 [1OC], S10426 [6OC], S10474 [7OC], S10624 [8OC], S10781 [9OC], S10833 [20OC], S10881 [21OC], S10948 [22OC], S11032 [23OC], S11190 [24OC], S11221 [27OC], S11277 [28OC], S11339 [29OC], S11443 [30OC], S11537, S11541 [31OC], S11579 [3NO], S11630 [4NO], S11759 [5NO], S11860 [6NO], S12457 [10NO], S12504 [12NO], S12565 [13NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S127-S130, S134 [21JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: food stamp nutrition education program funding, S6322 [25JN]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (S. 1226), S10058-S10060 [26SE]

Dept. of Defense: costs of carrying out certain tactical fighter aircraft programs concurrently (S. Res. 80), S3852 [30AP]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S10777, S10800-S10804 [9OC], S11024-S11027 [23OC], S11183, S11213 [24OC], S11410-S11434 [30OC], S12693 [13NO]

———funding, S4777 [20MY]

———matching disbursements, S3983, S3984 [6MY], S5947 [18JN]

———military housing funding, S1779-S1782 [28FE]

———unfunded priorities lists of the military services, S3266 [16AP]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (S. 236), S862 [30JA]

———property, equipment, and assets management, S794 [29JA]

Dept. of HHS: Health Care Financing Administration competitive pricing demonstration program for Medicare, S4194 [8MY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S7853, S7854 [22JY]

Dept. of State: funding, S4911-S4913 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: reallocation of appropriations for Federal land acquisitions and exchanges, S11268 [28OC]

Disasters: allocation of emergency disaster assistance, S4847 [21MY]

———assure full funding of assistance without adding to the public debt, S4181, S4182, S4184-S4190 [8MY]

Education: children's literacy programs funding, S9064-S9066 [10SE]

———student loan programs, S5033, S5034 [23MY]

FAA: funding, S1243 [11FE], S2725 [20MR]

FCC: treatment of spectrum auction revenues, S5024-S5026 [23MY], S6293, S6308-S6311 [25JN], S8395, S8494 [31JY]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, S985 [5FE], S1050 [6FE], S1145-S1147 [10FE], S2779-S2781 [7AP], S2808, S2818 [8AP], S3867-S3870 [1MY], S3933-S3935 [5MY], S3977, S3981, S3982, S3985 [6MY], S4278 [9MY], S4655 [16MY], S4669, S4688 [19MY]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, S2054 [10MR], S2169 [12MR]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals relative to Medicare, S3397 [22AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S6718-S6721, S6782 [27JN], S6957-S6959 [8JY], S7113 [9JY], S7295 [11JY], S7434 [15JY], S7513-S7515, S7616 [16JY], S7765 [21JY], S7879-S7889 [23JY], S8172, S8175-S8180 [28JY], S8208-S8213, S8215, S8216, S8226 [29JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8387, S8390, S8394, S8397, S8403, S8405, S8410, S8415-S8461, S8465, S8480, S8493-S8498, S8503 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S8410, S8474 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report—waive all Budget Act points of order, S8474 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), insert language of S. 949 in lieu, S6718 [27JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 138), S8482 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), unanimous-consent agreement, S6786 [27JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), waive enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 90), S8482 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), S6401, S6557 [26JN], S6778, S6780, S6782, S6784, S6786 [27JN], S7092 [9JY], S7426 [14JY], S7738 [17JY], S8172, S8175-S8180 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8208-S8213, S8215, S8216, S8222, S8226 [29JY], S8314-S8355 [30JY], S8386-S8410, S8449, S8485, S8493-S8498, S8503, S8513-S8515 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S8207 [29JY], S8352 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), insert language of S. 947 in lieu, S6144 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), printing of Senate amendment, S6667 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), waive enrollment requirements (H.J. Res. 90), S8482 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6017-S6019, S6047 [20JN], S6049-S6056, S6058-S6072, S6075-S6094 [23JN], S6105-S6182 [24JN], S6290-S6299, S6301-S6332 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), indefinitely postponed, S6386 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), unanimous-consent agreement, S6144, S6181 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6332-S6356 [25JN], S6393-S6479, S6489, S6548-S6550 [26JN], S6670-S6721 [27JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), motion to recommit, S6336 [25JN], S6399-S6401 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), placed on calendar, S6792 [27JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), unanimous-consent agreement, S6386 [25JN], S6459 [26JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), S5065, S5087, S5089-S5091, S5095, S5097-S5100 [23MY], S5271 [3JN]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, S5326-S5339 [5JN], S5441-S5443 [10JN], S6785 [27JN], S7778 [21JY], S7971 [23JY], S8722 [3SE], S9029 [9SE], S10715, S10716 [8OC]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), insert language of S. Con. Res. 27 in lieu, S5054 [23MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 17), S2716-S2718 [20MR]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4716-S4745, S4777 [20MY], S4782-S4849, S4851-S4876, S4911, S4920, S4921 [21MY], S4925-S4999 [22MY], S5023-S5066 [23MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), amendments withdrawn en bloc, S4989 [22MY]

———setting forth for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), unanimous-consent agreement, S4873, S4875 [21MY], S4984 [22MY]

Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees (S. 38), S395, S396 [21JA], S7740 [17JY]

FEMA: Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program funding, S4201 [8MY]

———funding, S3986 [6MY]

Fort Campbell, KY: tactical equipment shop funding, S11421 [30OC]

Fort Knox, KY: qualification range funding, S11421 [30OC]

Government: national agenda, S1588-S1591 [25FE]

———shutdown relative to budget process, S3154, S3155 [15AP], S3699-S3701, S3705 [25AP], S3819-S3823, S3824 [30AP]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R. 1010), S5429 [9JN]

GPO: inventory reduction procedures relative to ``The Senate, 1789-1989'', S7594 [16JY]

Health: medical education grants, S6304 [25JN]

Highway Trust Fund: allocation of funds, S4989 [22MY], S5036, S5037 [23MY], S10766-S10777 [9OC]

———deposit all Federal gasoline tax revenues, S4963, S4986, S4987, S4991 [22MY]

Intelligence services: disclosure of aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities relative to Freedom of Information Act, S11011 [23OC]

———reform, S3891 [1MY]

———require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, S5970-S5975 [19JN]

Jacksonville, FL: pier improvement project funding at Mayport Naval Station, S11426 [30OC]

Kirkland AFB, NM: theater air command control and simulation facility funding, S11424 [30OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: use of funds for priority land acquisitions and local recreation projects, S4994 [22MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S702, S703 [28JA], S3979, S3980 [6MY], S8646-S8648, S8650 [2SE], S8685-S8689, S8693, S8707-S8709 [3SE]

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (S. 1214), S9893 [24SE]

———repeal (S. 1319), S11177-S11187 [24OC]

Line-item veto, S8420 [31JY]

Medicaid: continuation of certain State waivers, S6168 [24JN], S6294, S6295, S6327 [25JN]

———disproportionate share hospital payments funding, S4959-S4962, S4986 [22MY]

———eligibility of certain disabled children, S6295, S6296 [25JN]

———limitations on payments to institutions for mental diseases, S6303 [25JN]

———reform, S5335 [5JN], S6067 [23JN], S8320-S8322 [30JY]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6084-S6094 [23JN], S6117-S6132 [24JN], S6778, S6784 [27JN]

———allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (S. 865), S5455 [10JN]

———eliminate incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents, S8901, S8902 [8SE], S8950, S8951, S8959-S8961, S8965-S8968, S8994 [9SE]

———eliminate means-testing requirements for premiums, S6133-S6142 [24JN]

———funding, S4956-S4959, S4984, S4985 [22MY]

———medical savings accounts, S5960-S5962 [19JN]

———payment of income related premium, S6132 [24JN]

———postpone effective date of means-testing premium increase, S6144 [24JN]

———reform, S128 [21JA], S714 [28JA], S935 [4FE], S1726 [27FE], S2017-S2019 [6MR], S2866-S2870 [9AP], S2966-S2968 [10AP], S3069-S3071 [14AP], S3704-S3710 [25AP], S3981 [6MY], S4837 [21MY], S5045 [23MY], S5542 [11JN], S5960-S5962 [19JN], S6024-S6026 [20JN], S6061, S6070-S6072, S6088 [23JN], S6145, S6146, S6157-S6168 [24JN], S6291, S6312, S6315, S6326, S6331 [25JN], S6778, S6784 [27JN], S7426 [14JY], S7738 [17JY], S8320-S8322, S8324, S8331-S8333, S8341, S8342, S8347, S8352, S8353 [30JY], S8387, S8389, S8392, S8400, S8401, S8404, S8436, S8449, S8496 [31JY], S8636 [2SE]

———reform (S. 386), S1832 [3MR], S2764-S2766 [7AP], S2813-S2817 [8AP]

———reimbursement formula, S2866-S2870 [9AP]

———subsidize low-income beneficiaries through Medicaid, S6302, S6303 [25JN]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S2000 [5MR]

———waive enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan (S. 303), S1239 [11FE]

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (S. 329), S1397 [13FE]

Moody AFB, GA: HH-60 OPS/pararescue project funding, S11418, S11419 [30OC]

NASA: funding, S7756-S7763 [21JY]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (S. 341), S1405-S1407 [13FE], S1726 [27FE]

National security: simplify conditions for a declaration of an imminent and serious threat in balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1222 [11FE], S1271-S1284, S1295 [12FE]

National Weather Service: consolidation of offices, S5582 [12JN]

OMB: estimate Federal regulatory programs total annual costs and benefits, S7701 [17JY]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (S. 630), S3454 [22AP]

———transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (S. 634), S3553 [23AP]

———use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation trust funds, S10938-S10947 [22OC], S11170 [23OC], S11277, S11280-S11283 [28OC], S11313-S11317 [29OC]

Process: amend rules, S6438-S6440 [26JN], S6680, S6681 [27JN]

Public buildings: require GSA to prioritize construction and alteration projects in accordance with merit-based criteria (S. 196), S650 [22JA]

Public debt: allocation of future revenue windfalls to tax or deficit reduction, S6678, S6679 [27JN]

———ceiling, S3159 [15AP]

———commend deficit reduction and tax relief efforts and encourage submission of budget resolution (S. Res. 74), S3190, S3191 [15AP]

———decrease discretionary spending in proportion to revenue shortfall if projected revenues are not met, S4739-S4741 [20MY]

———require 60-vote supermajority to increase public debt and require President to submit balanced budgets, S6677, S6678 [27JN]

———require the President submit a budget proposal with a plan for repayment of the Federal debt, S4729 [20MY]

———treatment of any future unified budget surpluses (S. Res. 142), S11600 [3NO]

Public lands: prohibit budget scoring of sales of certain Federal lands, S6674 [27JN]

Public welfare programs: correct penalty schedule for failure to meet work requirements and allow waiver for disasters or regional recessions, S6145 [24JN], S6291 [25JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, S122-S126, S134 [21JA], S674-S676 [23JA], S2575-S2577 [20MR]

Roads and highways: treatment of tax revenues deposited in the Highway Trust Fund (S. 404), S1990, S1991 [5MR]

Santa Rosa, FL: runway improvement funding at Whiting Field, S11426 [30OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S714 [28JA], S3704-S3710 [25AP], S8344-S8346 [30JY]

———funding of entitlement programs, S5028 [23MY]

———payroll taxes, S3069-S3071 [14AP]

———reform, S6384 [25JN]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S989, S996, S1002, S1004, S1007, S1010 [5FE], S1069, S1087, S1091 [6FE], S1129 [7FE], S1152, S1167-S1170, S1182 [10FE], S1211 [11FE], S1294, S1331-S1336 [12FE], S1340-S1342, S1350-S1353, S1359-S1366, S1372-S1375 [13FE], S1459-S1468 [24FE], S1496-S1516, S1525-S1547 [25FE], S1594-S1596, S1600-S1605, S1630-S1635, S1637-S1649 [26FE], S1811-S1813 [3MR], S1852, S1868, S1869, S1877, S1882, S1885, S1889, S1897, S1901, S1905, S1911, S1913 [4MR]

———trust funds' solvency, S2017-S2019 [6MR]

Space policy: space station program funding, S7804-S7809, S7833, S7836-S7843, S7849 [22JY], S8004 [24JY]

Status: report, S655 [22JA], S1932 [4MR], S3231 [15AP], S4770 [20MY], S6286 [24JN], S8382 [30JY], S9528 [17SE], S9694 [18SE], S10303 [1OC], S11371 [29OC]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: pricing practices, S11260 [28OC]

———provide alternative funding for facility development, operations, and program management activities, S9588-S9590 [18SE]

Supreme Court: decision on line-item veto, S6437 [26JN]

Taxation: capital gains rates, S6053 [23JN], S6713 [27JN]

———child tax credit, S6050 [23JN], S6426-S6431, S6461-S6468, S6474, S6475, S6548-S6550 [26JN], S6671 [27JN], S7883 [23JY], S8314-S8316 [30JY], S8455 [31JY]

———child tax credit relative to earned income tax credit, S6691 [27JN]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth, S4988 [22MY], S5030 [23MY]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (S. 800), S10270 [1OC]

———ensure budget proposal concurs with the bipartisan budget agreement to restrict tax cuts over a ten year period, S4981, S4982 [22MY]

———expand definition of limited tax benefits applicable to line-item veto (S. 403), S1989 [5MR]

———guarantee balanced Federal budget and expand tax relief, S6673 [27JN]

———prohibit payment of mandatory spending increases through tax increases, S6675 [27JN]

———prohibit retroactive taxation, S4871 [21MY]

———rates, S6017-S6019 [20JN], S6049-S6056 [23JN]

———require surplus revenue be used for deficit reduction and tax relief, and cap non-defense discretionary spending, S5033, S5089-S5091 [23MY]

———treatment of child tax credit relative to payroll taxes, S6671, S6672 [27JN]

———treatment of corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses, S6477-S6479 [26JN]

———treatment of domestic portions of international airline flights, S6703 [27JN]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, S6050 [23JN]

———treatment of postsecondary education expenses, S5034, S5035 [23MY]

———treatment of real estate depreciation, S6711 [27JN]

———treatment of severance pay, S6475 [26JN], S6686, S6687 [27JN]

Telecommunications: allocation of revenues from universal service fund to balance Federal budget, S8068, S8072, S8073 [24JY], S8172 [28JY], S8214 [29JY], S8335-S8341 [30JY], S8395 [31JY]

Tobacco products: credit increase in excise tax to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8450, S8451 [31JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4782-S4828 [21MY], S5097 [23MY], S6428, S6432, S6435-S6437 [26JN], S6682, S6704 [27JN], S8447 [31JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (S. 526), S2846-S2853 [8AP], S3703 [25AP], S4104 [7MY], S4272 [9MY]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8918 [8SE], S8993-S8998 [9SE], S9049, S9050 [10SE], S9300 [12SE]

Transportation: ensure that transportation-related tax revenues are used solely for such programs, S4942-S4950 [22MY]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (S. 265), S1019 [5FE]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations (S. 696), S3964-S3966 [5MY]

Unemployment: insurance benefits funding, S6321 [25JN]

Veterans: funding for health care programs, S4993 [22MY]

Violent Crime Control Trust Fund: funding, S4990 [22MY]

Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: funding, S6441 [26JN], S6673 [27JN]

Reports

Balanced Budget Amendment and Social Security: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S1069 [6FE], S1363 [13FE]

———Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (organization), S762 [28JA]

Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S655 [22JA], S1932 [4MR], S3231 [15AP], S4770 [20MY], S6286 [24JN], S8382 [30JY], S9529 [17SE], S9694 [18SE], S10304 [1OC], S11372 [29OC]

FCC Spectrum Auction Revenues in Budget Reconciliation: Joe Nyitray and Chuck Conlon, Congressional Quarterly (publication), H4593 [25JN]

Increase in Medicare Eligibility Age Should Be Deleted From the Budget Reconciliation Bill: Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, S6087 [23JN]

Lost and Still Missing.....Managing Property, Equipment and Assets at the Dept. of Energy: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) Minority Staff, S795-S801 [29JA]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H237-H239 [21JA], H779-H781 [6MR], H1850 [24AP], H4822 [26JN], E2401-E2403 [13NO]

Reports filed

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Rept. 104-880), H66 [7JA], H89 [9JA]

Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals From the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1998: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-31), S5999 [19JN]

Balanced Budget Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2015) (H. Rept. 105-217), H6028 [29JY], H6714 [1AU]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 2015) (H. Rept. 105-149), H4221 [23JN]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. 947), S6040 [20JN]

Consideration of a Joint Resolution Waiving Enrollment Requirements for H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, and H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 203) (H. Rept. 105-219), H6405 [30JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H. Con. Res. 84, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1998-2002: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 161) (H. Rept. 105-117), H3475 [4JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 162) (H. Rept. 105-120), H3566 [5JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 105-221), H6702 [31JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 202) (H. Rept. 105-218), H6405 [30JY]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 84, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1998-2002: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 152) (H. Rept. 105-102), H2882 [19MY]

Consideration of H. Res. 89, Submission of Budget Proposal by the President Without Budgetary Contingencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 90) (H. Rept. 105-18), H887 [11MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 97, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 269) (H. Rept. 105-333), H8927 [21OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2015 and H.R. 2014, Balanced Budget Act and Taxpayer Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 174) (H. Rept. 105-152), H4338 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 146) (H. Rept. 105-96), H2589 [13MY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 149) (H. Rept. 105-97), H2678 [14MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2003, Budget Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 192) (H. Rept. 105-195), H5568 [22JY]

Constitutional Amendment To Require a Balanced Budget: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 1) (S. Rept. 105-3), S945 [4FE]

Disapproval of Line-Item Veto of Certain Medicaid Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1144), S9411 [16SE]

Disapproval of Line-Item Vetoes in Dept. of Defense Military Construction Appropriations Legislation: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1292), S11033 [23OC]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1469) (H. Rept. 105-119), H3475 [4JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 1469) (H. Rept. 105-83), H1987 [29AP]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 672) (S. Rept. 105-16), S3843 [30AP]

Establish a 2-Year Budget Cycle and Reform Oversight Process: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 261) (S. Rept. 105-72), S8823 [4SE]

Revenue Reconciliation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 949) (S. Rept. 105-33), S6040 [20JN]

Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals From the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1998: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-46), S7210 [10JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-50), S7708 [17JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-57), S8090 [24JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-74), S8925 [8SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-77), S9080 [10SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-88), S9968 [25SE]

Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1997: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-182), H5296 [15JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-185), H5400 [16JY], H5485 [17JY]

Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1998: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-215), H6025 [29JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-260), H7728 [23SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-286), H8264 [30SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-287), H8299 [1OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-302), H8437 [6OC]

Same-Day Consideration of Certain Resolutions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 165) (H. Rept. 105-128), H3719 [11JN]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 201) (H. Rept. 105-216), H6025 [29JY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1998-2002: Committee of Conference (H. Con. Res. 84) (H. Rept. 105-116), H3475 [4JN]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 84) (H. Rept. 105-100), H2882 [19MY]

Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1998: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-151), H4338 [24JN]

Supplemental Expenditures: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 126) (S. Rept. 105-87), S9968 [25SE]

Taxpayer Relief Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2014) (H. Rept. 105-220), H6405 [30JY]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 2014) (H. Rept. 105-148), H4221 [23JN]

Taxpayer Relief Act Technical Corrections: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2645) (H. Rept. 105-356), H9728 [29OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Balanced Budget—Agreement and Long-Term Challenges, E1108 [4JN]

———Budget Agreement, E931 [14MY]

———Major Budget Votes, E1379 [9JY]

———Mood of the Country, E2051 [22OC]

———1997 Budget Agreement, E1724 [10SE]

———President's 1998 Budget, E318 [26FE]

———State of the Union Address, E227 [12FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Knoxville, TN, City Council, E341 [27FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2744, H2745, H2749, H2757, H2760 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3536 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4203 [8MY]

Federal budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4601 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6308, S6320 [25JN]

Statements

Balancing the Federal Budget: Tim Blais, Joseph Bousquet, and Keith McManis, E1107 [4JN]

Budget 1998-2002: Representative Pomeroy, E1134 [5JN]

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: several economists, S1856 [4MR]

Foreign Spending: Cory Flohr, E2078 [24OC]

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S4960 [22MY]

Require Separate Unclassified Statements of the Aggregate Amount of Budget Outlays for Intelligence Activities: Robert F. Turner, H4977-H4983 [9JY]

Social Security Trust Funds: Senator Domenici, S761 [28JA], S1361 [13FE], S1507 [25FE]

Summaries

Balanced Budget Enforcement (H.R. 898), E339 [27FE]

Budget Enforcement Act (H.R. 2003), H5585-H5588 [23JY]

Budget Treatment of Tax Revenues Deposited in the Highway Trust Fund (S. 404), S1990 [5MR]

Dept. of Commerce Abolishment (S. 1226), S10059 [26SE]

Increase Tobacco Excise Taxes To Fund Health Insurance for Uninsured Children, S8448 [31JY]

Michigan Beneficiaries of Child Tax Credit in H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act: Senator Levin, S8456 [31JY]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare (S. 341), S1406 [13FE]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 58), E584 [8AP]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 82), E935 [15MY]

Tables

CBO baseline deficit estimates (1991-1995), S762 [28JA]

CBO baseline deficit estimates (1997-2007), S9193 [11SE]

Comparision between President's budget and current expenditures relative to automatic continuing appropriations, S4152 [8MY]

Comparison of benefits offered under Medicaid and Blue Cross, S6149 [24JN]

Consideration of budget reconciliation legislation, 1980-1996, H4386 [25JN]

Consumer Price Index for 1996, S6672 [27JN]

Distributional effects of conference report on H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, S8472-S8474 [31JY]

Distributional effects on finance tax bill, S6421 [26JN]

Effect of S. 1292, disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, S11426 [30OC]

Effects of balanced budget constitutional amendment on Social Security, S1874, S1905 [4MR]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2699-H2705 [15MY], H3522-H3532 [5JN]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3774-H3784 [12JN]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4188 [8MY]

Extraneous provisions in conference report on H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, S8470 [31JY]

Extraneous provisions in conference report on H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S8407 [31JY]

Federal, State/local and total government taxes and spending as a percentage of gross domestic product, S1610 [26FE]

Federal budget deficits, surpluses, and trust funds (1945-1996), S760 [28JA], S1359 [13FE], S1505 [25FE]

Federal budget deficits, surpluses, and trust funds (1945-1997), S3400 [22AP], S8345 [30JY], S9194 [11SE]

Federal budget trust fund borrowing, S760 [28JA], S1360 [13FE], S8344 [30JY]

Federal debt as percentage of gross domestic product, H2957 [20MY]

Federal receipts, outlays, surplus or deficit, and debt, S1646-S1648 [26FE]

Federal school programs funding, S4936 [22MY]

Growth in annual Federal spending—10-year comparison reflecting Clinton-Congress 1997 budget agreement, H3015 [20MY]

Highway Trust Fund allocations to States, 1999-2003, S10767, S10771 [9OC]

Layover period for budget reconciliation legislation, 1980-1996, H4386 [25JN]

Medicare eligibility age, S6127, S6130 [24JN]

Payroll tax data for employee and employers relative to Medicare eligibility age, S6127 [24JN]

Plan to balance the Federal budget, S571 [21JA]

Priority list items not in the Future Years Defense Program, S3267 [16AP]

Projected costs of certain Federal programs in 2002, S4994 [22MY]

Revenues generated by auctioning off communications frequency spectrum, H2978 [20MY]

Revised allocation of appropriations for the Dept. of the Interior and related agencies conference report (H.R. 2107), S11268 [28OC]

Revisions to Federal budget for 1998-2002, S12094 [8NO]

Revisions to non-defense discretionary spending levels, S6785 [27JN]

Savings of House adopted amendments reducing budget authority in regular appropriations bills, H5219 [15JY]

Setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), S7778 [21JY], S7971 [23JY], S8722 [3SE], S9029 [9SE], S10715, S10716 [8OC], H3512-H3515 [5JN]

Supplemental appropriation requests and congressional action, S5580 [12JN]

Total additional contract authority relative to use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation trust funds, 1999-2003, S11316 [29OC]

Total Government taxes and spending for selected Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries as a percentage of gross domestic product, S1611 [26FE]

Total Government taxes and spending for selected Pacific Rim countries as a percentage of gross domestic product, S1611 [26FE]

Testimonies

National Endowment for the Arts Funding: Patrick A. Trueman, American Family Association, E667 [15AP]

San Pedro Creek Wetlands Restoration and Flood Control Project: Representative Lantos, E752 [24AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 84, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, S5054-S5065 [23MY], H3016-H3021 [20MY]

H. Con. Res. 102, reduce Government spending and regulatory programs, H4147 [23JN]

H. Con. Res. 138, technical corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, H6680 [31JY]

H. Res. 89, submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies, H904 [12MR]

H. Res. 90, consideration of H. Res. 89, submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies, H896 [12MR]

H. Res. 146, consideration of H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H2600 [14MY]

H. Res. 149, consideration of H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H2687 [15MY]

H. Res. 152, consideration of H. Con. Res. 84, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, H2946 [20MY]

H. Res. 160, consideration of conference report on H. Con. Res. 84, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, H3499 [5JN]

H. Res. 174, consideration of H.R. 2014 and 2015, Taxpayer Relief Act and Balanced Budget Act, H4385 [25JN]

H. Res. 192, consideration of H.R. 2003, Budget Enforcement Act, H5584 [23JY]

H. Res. 201, House Rules relative to same-day consideration of certain resolutions, H6303 [30JY]

H. Res. 202, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H6312 [30JY]

H. Res. 206, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, H6623 [31JY]

H. Res. 269, consideration of H.J. Res. 97, continuing appropriations, H8934 [22OC]

H.J. Res. 25, technical corrections to omnibus consolidated appropriations legislation, H76 [9JA]

H.J. Res. 90, waive enrollment requirements on H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act and H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H6667 [31JY]

H.J. Res. 94, continuing appropriations, H8097 [29SE]

H.J. Res. 97, continuing appropriations, H8937 [22OC]

H.R. 753, Intelligence Budget Accountability Act, H4971 [9JY]

H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4633-S4645 [16MY]

H.R. 1871, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S5558-S5574 [12JN], H3757-H3773 [12JN]

H.R. 2003, Budget Enforcement Act, H5595-H5601, H5613-H5619 [23JY]

H.R. 2014, Revenue Reconciliation Act, S6794-S6873 [27JN]

H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, H4702-H4777 [26JN]

H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S6557-S6667 [26JN], H4416-H4554 [25JN]

H.R. 2631, disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, H10375 [8NO]

S. 38, reduce number of political appointees, S396 [21JA]

S. 142, Fair Housing Act, S11599 [3NO]

S. 300, use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities, S1234 [11FE]

S. 303, waive Medicare enrollment composition rules for Wellness Plan, S1239 [11FE]

S. 403, expand definition of limited tax benefits applicable to line-item veto, S1990 [5MR]

S. 634, transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust fund, S3553 [23AP]

S. 647, Emergency Spending Control Act, S3676 [24AP]

S. 1292, disapproval of line-item vetoes in Dept. of Defense military construction appropriations legislation, S10777, S10802 [9OC]

S. 1292, disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, S11434 [30OC]

S. 1319, Line Item Veto Act repeal, S11187 [24OC]

S. Con. Res. 16, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, S2708-S2711 [20MR]

S. Con. Res. 17, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, S2711-S2716 [20MR]

S. Res. 18, reduce public debt, S567 [21JA]

S. Res. 21, Senate Legal Counsel representation for the Senate in Senator Byrd v. Franklin D. Raines, S619 [22JA]

S. Res. 74, commend deficit reduction and tax relief efforts and encourage submission of budget resolution, S3225 [15AP]

S. Res. 80, costs of carrying out certain tactical fighter aircraft programs concurrently, S3852 [30AP]

S.J. Res. 1, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S553 [21JA], S1362 [13FE]

S.J. Res. 8, constitutional amendment to provide that expenditures do not exceed revenues nor gross domestic product, S562 [21JA]

S.J. Res. 9, constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority of Congress on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, S563 [21JA]

S.J. Res. 12, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S759 [28JA]

Tributes

Allard, Senator, S1061 [6FE]

Bryan, Senator, S1008 [5FE]

Hagel, Senator, S1004 [5FE]

Smith, Senator Gordon H., S1062 [6FE]

Thurmond, Senator, S1002 [5FE]