DOMESTIC POLICY related term(s) Economy

Addresses

Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Annual Dinner: Timothy J. Russert, S11583 [3NO]

Race Relations in America: Speaker Gingrich, E1358-E1360 [27JN]

Reflections on the Congress and the Country: Representative Hamilton, S11896 [6NO], E1937-E1939 [6OC]

Removing Drugs From Our Neighborhoods and Schools: Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York, NY, E2111-E2113 [29OC]

State of the Union: President Clinton, S939-S943 [4FE], H273-H278 [4FE]

Amendments

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (S. 1080), S8833 [4SE]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2360, H2373, H2374, H2377, H2379, H2382, H2383, H2385 [8MY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10621, S10622, S10661, S10704 [8OC], S10962, S10963, S10964, S10965, S10966, S10967, S10968, S10972, S10973, S10974, S10987, S10988, S10989, S10991, S10992, S10993 [22OC], S11044, S11045, S11046, S11047, S11049, S11050, S11067, S11068, S11069, S11071, S11073, S11075, S11096, S11159, S11160, S11161 [23OC]

———provide for enhanced intermodal transportation safety (S. 1267), S10811 [9OC]

Analyses

43 Million People Lack Access to Primary Health Care: Bureau of Primary Health Care (organization), H9723 [29OC]

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

National Policy To Control Juvenile Crime, Violence, and Drug Abuse (S. 362), S1661-S1669 [26FE]

Articles and editorials

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

Beneath the Seamless Model's Hood, E334 [26FE]

Congress Should Embrace Investment in Arts, Culture, S9493 [17SE]

Deceptive Budget Deal, S4689 [19MY]

Farmers Get More Freedom, Which Will Benefit Everyone, E1396 [10JY]

Harvest of Rage—How the Rural Crisis Fuels Anti-Government Movement, H5714-H5717 [24JY], E1496-E1499 [23JY]

``Hummon'', S3413 [22AP]

Lessons You Didn't Mean To Teach Us, S4621 [15MY]

Liberals Work From the Vital Center, E372 [4MR]

Made in the USA, E370-E372 [4MR]

Parents Must Lead Drug War, E1186 [11JN]

Reagan Boom, E1640 [3SE], E1698 [9SE]

Retiring? Don't Assume Health Benefits Are Forever, E75 [9JA]

Schools Promote Regardless of Merit—Teachers Federation Calls for Standards, S9069 [10SE]

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

Take Daughters to Work? Union Offers Another Idea, E757 [24AP]

That So-Called Pythagoras, S5394 [9JN]

Tyranny of Tests, E2381 [13NO]

Use Copyright Extension To Endow Creativity, S9491 [17SE]

Wages of Welfare Reform, H3268 [3JN]

Wrong Move on Education, H7273 [15SE]

Bills and resolutions

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (see S. 1080), S8262 [29JY]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons and application of savings to certain domestic initiatives (see H.R. 827), H628 [25FE]

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

Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

Citizenship: elimination of certain requirements relative to the issuance of citizenship certificates for children born abroad (see H.R. 1109), H1111 [18MR]

Commission on National Drug Policy: establish (see H.R. 1345), H1610 [16AP]

Courts: minimum mandatory sentencing (see H.R. 424), H153 [9JA]

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for criminal use of guns and work requirements and prohibition on luxury items for inmates (see S. 602), S3348 [17AP]

———mandatory victim restitution (see S. 518), S2837 [8AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 3, 168, 488), S158, S163 [21JA], S2646 [20MR]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15, 362; H.R. 810), S159 [21JA], S1659 [26FE], H627 [25FE]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see S. 10, 718; H.R. 3, 1699), S158 [21JA], S4217 [8MY], H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA], H3169 [21MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 143), H2253 [6MY]

———national summit of sports, political, community, and media leaders to develop a plan to deter acts of domestic and sexual violence (see H. Con. Res. 29), H701 [27FE]

———reduce interstate street gang and organized crime activity (see S. 54), S160 [21JA]

———reform juvenile justice system, and promote youth development and crime prevention programs (see H.R. 278), H148 [9JA]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards (see S. 1215, 1263), S9886 [24SE], S10475 [7OC]

———prohibit funding of national testing proposals without explicit and specific legislation (see H.R. 2846), H10171 [6NO]

———suspend development of national testing proposals until congressional authority is granted (see H. Res. 214), H6715 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS: establish a schedule of preventive health care services under private insurance plans and programs (see H.R. 177), H144 [9JA]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H8833 [9OC]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H6704 [31JY]

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1209, 1404), H1260 [20MR], H1706 [17AP]

Education: authorize awarding of Presidential Honors Scholarships to certain graduating secondary school students (see S. 688), S3901 [1MY]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 12), S159 [21JA]

———provide for safe and affordable schools (see S. 1), S158 [21JA]

———provide low-income children educational opportunities (see H.R. 2561), H7911 [25SE]

Families and domestic relations: develop, promote, and implement policies to stabilize U.S. population growth (see H. Con. Res. 154), H7600 [18SE]

Firearms: minimum mandatory sentencing relative to criminal use of guns (see S. 43, 191), S159 [21JA], S633 [22JA]

———prohibit possession by minors (see H.R. 1473), H1988 [29AP]

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]

FRS: promote accountability and the public interest in operations (see H.R. 1160), H1258 [20MR]

———stabilization of the currency and public scrutiny of operations (see H.R. 703), H522 [12FE]

Health: assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211, 444), H146, H153 [9JA]

———establish State and community assistance programs for providers of health care services and maintenance of safety net hospital infrastructure (see H.R. 735), H523 [12FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 24; H.R. 16, 1200, 1374), S159 [21JA], H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA], H1260 [20MR], H1704 [17AP]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H.R. 621), H348 [5FE]

———national policy to provide health care to children and pregnant women (see H.R. 560, 1229), H284 [4FE], H1338 [8AP]

———national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (see S. 13), S159 [21JA]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 886), S5508 [11JN]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159, 1854), H1258 [20MR], H3659 [10JN]

House Rules: reduce number of programs covered by certain appropriations bills (see H. Res. 24), H156 [9JA]

Housing: reform multifamily housing programs (see H.R. 1433, 2447), H1890 [24AP], H7199 [10SE]

Intellectual property: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 401), H152 [9JA]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see S. 674; H.R. 1491), S3844 [30AP], H2089 [30AP]

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

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

National objectives: 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]

Roads and highways: make safety a priority of the Federal-aid highway program (see S. 1155), S9018 [9SE]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see S. 456, 1160; H.R. 1104), S2415 [18MR], S9080 [10SE], H1111 [18MR]

Taxation: incentives for employers to hire displaced workers relative to closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see S. 273), S1017 [5FE]

———treatment of expenses for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education (see H.R. 1816), H3567 [5JN]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (see H. Res. 166), H3797 [12JN]

———establish toll-free number for comments relative to the broadcasting of violent programming (see H.R. 1017), H888 [11MR]

Terrorism: improve efforts to combat domestic terrorism (see H.R. 275), H148 [9JA]

Transportation: Federal funding for highways and transportation improvements (see H.R. 2337), H6704 [31JY]

———Federal role in developing a national intermodal surface transportation system (see H.R. 1268), H1437 [10AP]

———funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see S. 1173; H.R. 2400), S9252 [12SE], H6916 [4SE]

———provide for enhanced intermodal transportation safety (see S. 1267), S10631 [8OC]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H587 [13FE]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (see S. 23), S159 [21JA]

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act: applicability of mandatory minimum penalties in certain cases (see H.R. 1237), H1338 [8AP]

Case Studies

Partnership To Rebuild America's Schools Act: Broward County, FL, S2423 [18MR]

———Fort Lauderdale, FL, S2423 [18MR]

———Los Angeles, CA, S2423 [18MR]

———Maine, S2424 [18MR]

———Maryland, S2424 [18MR]

———New York, NY, S2424 [18MR]

———Philadelphia, PA, S2424 [18MR]

———Santa Ana, CA, S2425 [18MR]

Whole School Reform Initiative, H6857-H6859 [4SE]

Cloture motions

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10879 [21OC], S10947 [22OC], S11014, S11018 [23OC], S11173, S11187 [24OC], S11250 [28OC]

Cost Estimates

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (S. 1173): CBO, S10840-S10842 [20OC]

Essays

Why I Want To Watch the State of the Union Address: Matthew Arundale, E237 [12FE]

Explanations

Intermodal Transportation Act (S. 1173): Roth Amendment on Highway Trust Fund Excise Taxes and Provisions, S10707-S10711 [8OC]

Factsheets

Educational Facilities Improvement Act, S9084 [10SE]

Impact of Inadequate School Facilities on Student Learning: Dept. of Education, S2422 [18MR]

Forms

Requests for advances or reimbursements from the National Endowment for the Arts, S9482 [17SE]

Letters

Advanced Technology Program: Christopher G. Caine, IBM, H7812 [24SE]

Deportation of illegal immigrants: Michael D. Carter, Center for Health and Human Services, Inc., H7012 [9SE]

———Representative Frank, H7012 [9SE]

Educational reform initiatives: Carnie C. Hayes and Edward R. Kealy, Committee for Education Funding, H6857 [4SE]

———Darlene Maloney, Indiana PTA, H7148, H7149 [10SE]

———David T. Kearns and John L. Anderson, New American Schools (organization), H6855 [4SE]

———Gerald D. Morris, American Federation of Teachers, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Gerald E. Sroufe, Howard Silver, David Johnson, Karen Anderson, and Richard Hershman, American Educational Research Association, H6855 [4SE]

———Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers, H6855 [4SE]

———Jeffrey A. Simering, Council of the Great City Schools, H6854 [4SE]

———Liz Parker, Oklahoma PTA, H7148 [10SE]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, H6856 [4SE]

———Richard Long, National Association of State Title I Directors, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Rosaline Turnbull, Ann Desmond, and Betty DeFen, California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc., H7148 [10SE]

———Sharon Solomon, Kentucky PTA, H7149 [10SE]

———Shirley Igo, National PTA, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Timothy J. Dyer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, H6856 [4SE]

———William B. Ingram and Anne L. Bryant, National School Boards Association, H6854, H6855 [4SE]

External audits of managed health care plans: Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc., E1494 [23JY]

Federal educational programs: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, H9573 [28OC]

Hispanic American national policy priorities: Familias Latinas en los Estados Unidos (organization), H7283 [16SE]

Impact of partisanship in the House of Representatives: Representative Millender-McDonald, E465 [13MR]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: National Governors Association, S11630 [4NO]

———Paul Van de Water, CBO, S10840 [20OC]

Juvenile Crime Control Act: William T. Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, H2328 [7MY], H2396 [8MY]

National Endowment for the Arts funding: James Drusso, Minnesota State Arts Board, S9370 [16SE]

———Jonathan Katz, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, S9534 [18SE]

———Karen Christensen, National Endowment for the Arts, S9470 [17SE]

———Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas, S9311 [15SE]

———Richard J. Franke, Americans United To Save the Arts and Humanities (organization), S9534 [18SE]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S9535 [18SE]

National policy to improve education system: Jan Horan, H2355 [8MY]

National testing standards: Marc F. Bernstein, North Merrick, NY, Schools, E2380 [13NO]

Partnership To Rebuild America's Schools Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S2422 [18MR]

School construction and infrastructure improvements funding: Brenda L. Welburn, National Association of State Boards of Education, S4856 [21MY]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S4855 [21MY]

———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, S4855 [21MY]

———Raj Barr-Kumar, American Institute of Architects, S4856 [21MY]

School construction funding: M.B. Donaldson, Aldine, TX, Independent School District, H8429 [6OC]

Victim Restitution Enforcement Act: David Beatty, National Victim Center, S2841 [8AP]

———Kathleen Hagenian, Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, S2841 [8AP]

Lists

Top 10 Democrat myths about the Juvenile Crime Control Act (H.R. 3) and the juvenile justice system, H2322 [7MY]

Memorandums

External Audits of Managed Health Care Plans: Claudia Schlosberg, National Health Law Program, E1494-E1496 [23JY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: William Buechner, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S11533 [31OC]

Messages

Aeronautics and Space Achievements: President Clinton, S11340 [29OC], H9706 [29OC]

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

Economic Report: President Clinton, S1189 [10FE], H396 [10FE]

Environmental Quality Report: President Clinton, S2552 [19MR], H1156 [19MR]

National Drug Control Strategy: President Clinton, S1550 [25FE], H619 [25FE]

Policy on Protection of National Information Infrastructure Against Strategic Attack: President Clinton, S8186 [28JY], H5895 [28JY]

Motions

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2393 [8MY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10622 [8OC]

Papers

President Clinton's Failing War on Drugs: Republican Party, S12545 [13NO]

Poems

``Indispensable Nation,'' Representative Owens, H382 [6FE], E144 [4FE]

``Matriot,'' Helen Vandevere, E779 [29AP]

Press releases

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

Quotations

Georgia Crossroads at Education Program hearing, H2072 [30AP]

Remarks in House

African Americans: impact of historical injustices on current socioeconomic conditions, H759-H764 [5MR]

Agriculture: effect of national farm policy on farmers, H5714 [24JY], E1496 [23JY]

———impact of legislative reforms on farm policy, E1396 [10JY]

American Legion: support of educational standards initiative, H3929 [19JN]

Americans for Democratic Action (organization): anniversary, E280 [13FE], E307 [25FE], E319 [26FE], E346 [27FE], E370 [4MR]

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

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons and application of savings to certain domestic initiatives (H.R. 827), E312 [25FE]

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]

———Republican proposal, H729, H730 [5MR]

Children and youth: national policy on preventing child abuse, H1799 [24AP]

———national policy to combat child abuse, H252 [4FE], H458 [12FE]

Citizenship: elimination of certain requirements relative to the issuance of citizenship certificates for children born abroad (H.R. 1109), H5864 [28JY], E496 [18MR]

Clinton, President: proclamation and welcome for Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration in New York, NY, H4842 [8JY]

Congress: national agenda, H1382 [9AP], H2011 [30AP]

Courts: minimum mandatory sentencing (H.R. 424), E80 [9JA]

Crime: funding for programs that identify sources of firearms sold to juveniles, H2382 [8MY]

———juvenile justice block grants programs funding, H7906 [25SE]

———juvenile justice block grants programs funding through rescissions in Advanced Technology Program, H7811-H7815 [24SE]

———national and local policies to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse, H1781-H1786 [23AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H292 [5FE], E2081 [24OC]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, H1912, H1916 [29AP], H7788 [24SE], H8452 [7OC]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2096 [1MY], H2257, H2258, H2259, H2260, H2261, H2323-H2333, H2338-H2343 [7MY], H2355, H2356-H2398, H2431 [8MY], H3840-H3846 [17JN], H5189, H5193, H5203, H5207 [15JY], E884 [8MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2313-H2323 [7MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H2395, H2396 [8MY]

———national summit of sports, political, community, and media leaders to develop a plan to deter acts of domestic and sexual violence (H. Con. Res. 29), E1095 [3JN]

———prosecution of certain juveniles charged with drug offenses, H2373, H2374 [8MY]

———prosecution of certain juveniles charged with violent offenses, H2375 [8MY]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: decision making process, H2686 [15MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: improve civil-military relations, H6694-H6696 [31JY]

Dept. of Education: establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7383-H7390 [17SE]

———national testing standards, H7020 [9SE], H7206 [11SE], H7287, H7324-H7347 [16SE], H7613 [23SE], H7739 [24SE], H8129, H8136 [29SE], H8420-H8421, H8430-H8435 [6OC], H8722 [8OC], H8909-H8916 [21OC], H9492-H9498 [23OC], H9731, H9732, H9781 [30OC], H9803, H9853 [31OC], E1727 [10SE], E1773 [17SE], E1791, E1813 [18SE], E2380 [13NO]

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

———whole-school reform, H7021 [9SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a schedule of preventive health care services under private insurance plans and programs (H.R. 177), E20 [7JA]

District of Columbia: revitalize, H567 [13FE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H787 [6MR], H1799, H1872-H1878 [24AP], H2599 [14MY], H3174 [22MY], H8215 [30SE], H8995-H9004 [22OC], E1186 [11JN], E1235 [17JN], E1954 [7OC], E2111 [29OC], E2277 [9NO]

———national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267), H8997 [22OC]

Drugs: increase in teen drug use, H5409 [17JY]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (H.R. 2351), E1595 [1AU]

———national objectives priority assignments, H894 [12MR], H1113 [19MR], H1696 [17AP], E434 [11MR], E1536 [28JY], E2357 [13NO]

———national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 1209), E558 [21MR]

Economy: expansion, E1698 [9SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H612-H616 [25FE], H1093-H1096 [18MR], H1778, H1779, H1780 [23AP], H1858-H1865 [24AP], H3174 [22MY], H3584, H3646, H3651-H3653 [10JN], H4125, H4130 [20JN], H4139 [23JN], H4320-H4334 [24JN], H4631-H4637 [25JN], H7483 [17SE], E941 [15MY], E1640 [3SE]

Education: allow local areas to develop elementary and secondary education programs that meet their needs (H.R. 2992), E2312 [10NO]

———direct funding to local educational agencies, H7371 [17SE], H7737 [24SE]

———distribution of funds, H1396 [10AP]

———funding to local educational agencies relative to per pupil expenditures, H7239 [11SE]

———national policy to improve system, H78 [9JA], H248 [4FE], H290, H291, H292, H303, H313, H334-H336 [5FE], H375-H382 [6FE], H412, H414-H417 [11FE], H457, H458, H515-H518 [12FE], H591, H597, H605-H612 [25FE], H633, H634 [26FE], H691-H693 [27FE], H729, H750-H752 [5MR], H1030-H1034 [17MR], H1076 [18MR], H1179-H1184 [19MR], H1322 [8AP], H1622 [17AP], H1798 [24AP], H2012, H2060-H2067, H2068-H2081 [30AP], H2247 [6MY], H2259 [7MY], H2353, H2354, H2355 [8MY], H2996, H3010 [20MY], H3162-H3168 [21MY], H3172, H3173, H3174 [22MY], H3480, H3551, H3553-H3559 [5JN], H3666 [11JN], H5472-H5478 [17JY], H6638, H6689-H6694 [31JY], H6721, H6722 [3SE], H6802, H6803, H6804, H6805, H6806, H6850, H6867-H6885, H6904-H6909 [4SE], H6922, H6923, H6924 [5SE], H6967 [8SE], H7019 [9SE], H7122, H7123, H7124, H7125, H7126, H7146-H7168, H7193-H7198 [10SE], H7202, H7203, H7204, H7205, H7206 [11SE], H7266-H7273 [15SE], H7286, H7287 [16SE], H7369, H7371, H7488-H7496 [17SE], H7534 [18SE], H7737, H7738 [24SE], H8128, H8129 [29SE], H8314-H8316 [2OC], H8420-H8421, H8423-H8435 [6OC], H8448, H8452, H8453 [7OC], H8636, H8637, H8638, H8639, H8640, H8706, H8716 [8OC], H8825-H8828 [9OC], H8844 [21OC], H8931, H8933, H8990-H8995 [22OC], H9041, H9042, H9043, H9044, H9045, H9477, H9480-H9487, H9491-H9499 [23OC], H9567 [28OC], H9628 [29OC], H9734 [30OC], H9847-H9853 [31OC], H10353 [8NO], H10586 [12NO], E22 [7JA], E144 [4FE], E317, E334 [26FE], E1677 [5SE], E2071 [23OC]

———vocational and technical training, E1062 [23MY]

Employment: labor and trade policies, H3263-H3269 [3JN]

———national labor policy, H6692-H6694 [31JY]

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

Firearms: prohibit possession by minors, H772 [6MR], H1396 [10AP], H1548 [16AP], H2317 [7MY]

———prohibit possession by minors (H.R. 1473), H2097 [1MY]

Government: decrease in public trust, H9804 [31OC]

———define role and scope, H2866 [16MY]

———reduce Federal bureaucracy and increase community empowerment, E2152 [31OC]

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

Health: assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (H.R. 211), E56 [7JA]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (H.R. 444), E74 [9JA]

———establish State and community assistance programs for providers of health care services and maintenance of safety net hospital infrastructure (H.R. 735), E241-E243 [12FE]

———external audits of managed care plans, E1494 [23JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H853 [11MR], H3174 [22MY], H3437-H3440 [4JN], H6623 [31JY], E85 [9JA], E357 [3MR], E2178 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), E548 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1374), E700 [17AP]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (H.R. 621), E172 [5FE]

———national policy to provide health care to children and pregnant women (H.R. 560), H1007 [13MR], E128 [4FE]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children, H3215 [3JN]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (H.R. 1159), H2658 [14MY]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (H.R. 1854), E1160 [10JN]

———role of community health centers, H9713-H9724 [29OC], E2180 [4NO]

Immigration: deportation of illegal immigrants, E1439 [16JY], E1524 [25JY]

———reform policies, H787-H789 [6MR], E348 [27FE]

Intellectual property: application of antitrust laws (H.R. 401), E90 [9JA]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children, H2568 [13MY], H2657-H2662 [14MY]

———State expansion of health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (H.R. 1491), E796, E803 [30AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H7651-H7653 [23SE]

National Mammography Day: support goals (H. Res. 235), H7532 [18SE], E2015 [21OC]

National objectives: priority assignments, E311 [25FE]

———role of Government relative to nonprofit organizations, religious institutions, and businesses, H933-H939 [12MR]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Drug Courts Program, H8163 [30SE]

Political parties: partisan use of issues, H3868 [18JN]

Poverty: national policy to improve conditions, H2686 [15MY]

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: release of report on Medicare and the U.S. health care system, E1308 [24JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H729, H730 [5MR], H856-H859 [11MR], H1023-H1030 [17MR], H1096-H1103 [18MR], H1281 [21MR], H1584 [16AP], H1717 [23AP], H1917 [29AP], H2082-H2088 [30AP], H2097 [1MY], H4075 [19JN], H5170 [11JY], H5580 [23JY], H5921 [29JY], H6765-H6772 [3SE], H9784 [30OC]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities, H7214-H7216 [11SE]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (H.R. 1104), H7000-H7005 [8SE], H7013, H7014, H7022 [9SE], E501, E507 [18MR]

Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, E757 [24AP]

Taxation: treatment of expenses for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education (H.R. 1816), H9065 [23OC], E1142 [5JN]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (H. Res. 166), E1195 [12JN]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H7354 [16SE], H7607 [23SE], E1905 [2OC]

———inclusion of welfare-to-work provisions in public works legislation, E1905 [2OC]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (H.R. 777), E1489 [23JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: national objectives priority assignments, S2619 [20MR]

Airport Improvement Program: funding, S1243 [11FE]

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (S. 1080), S8266, S8269 [29JY]

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]

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

Children and youth: national drug control policy, S4620 [15MY], S7745 [21JY]

———national policy on education and nutritional programs, S5331 [5JN]

———national policy to improve condition, S10247 [1OC]

Congress: funding for program of studies relative to science and technology issues, S7593 [16JY]

Courts: mandatory minimum sentencing relative to criminal use of guns (S. 191), S12711 [13NO]

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for criminal use of guns and work requirements and prohibition on luxury items for inmates (S. 602), S3349 [17AP]

———mandatory victim restitution (S. 518), S2838 [8AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S2870 [9AP], S4278 [9MY], S11001-S11004 [23OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 168), S546 [21JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 3), S124, S190 [21JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 3), star print, S723 [28JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 488), S2651 [20MR]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (S. 15), S128, S134, S323, S338-S340 [21JA]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (S. 362), S1661-S1670 [26FE]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S2164-S2166 [12MR], S2341 [17MR], S3972 [5MY], S4307, S4309, S4315 [12MY], S12663, S12664 [13NO]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 10), S125, S135, S145, S265 [21JA], S974 [4FE], S5662-S5664 [16JN], S5893-S5900 [18JN]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 10), star print, S723 [28JA]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 718), S4217-S4226 [8MY]

———reduce interstate street gang and organized crime activity (S. 54), S130, S420 [21JA], S581-S584 [22JA]

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

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, S8697-S8701 [3SE], S8779, S8793 [4SE], S8916 [8SE], S8942-S8945, S8995 [9SE], S9101-S9105, S9107 [11SE], S10930-S10937 [22OC], S11246 [28OC], S11852-S11854 [6NO], S12089 [8NO]

———national testing standards (S. 1215), S9894 [24SE], S10995 [22OC]

———national testing standards (S. 1263), S10479 [7OC]

———study on secondary school students enrollment and class sizes in elementary schools, S8913 [8SE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S1792, S1793 [28FE], S2001 [5MR], S2019 [6MR], S7699 [17JY], S10292 [1OC]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S934 [4FE], S3392 [22AP], S3561 [23AP]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S129 [21JA], S1937-S1939, S1941 [5MR], S3946 [5MY]

Education: authorize awarding of Presidential Honors Scholarships to certain graduating secondary school students (S. 688), S3912 [1MY]

———direct funding to local educational agencies, S8920-S8923 [8SE], S8946-S8950, S8994, S9012 [9SE], S9067-S9078 [10SE], S9105-S9107, S9108, S9115, S9116 [11SE], S9244 [12SE], S9625 [18SE], S9716 [19SE], S9781 [23SE], S10282 [1OC], S11370 [29OC], S12086 [8NO], S12630 [13NO]

———lifetime tenure for principals and teachers, S11512 [31OC]

———national policy to improve system, S135 [21JA], S703 [28JA], S983-S985, S991-S993 [5FE], S1346-S1349 [13FE], S1816 [3MR], S2863 [8AP], S5045 [23MY], S5335 [5JN], S5393 [9JN], S8634, S8637 [2SE], S8995 [9SE], S10927-S10937 [22OC], S11492 [30OC]

———national policy to improve system (S. 12), S127, S131, S134, S295, S574 [21JA], S666 [22JA], S6009 [19JN]

———provide for safe and affordable schools (S. 1), S123, S137, S163 [21JA], S589 [22JA], S971 [4FE], S2753 [21MR], S4401 [14MY], S4860 [21MY], S9713-S9717, S9720 [19SE]

FAA: funding, S1243 [11FE]

Families and domestic relations: policies to improve quality of life, S3545 [23AP]

Firearms: minimum mandatory sentencing relative to criminal use of guns (S. 43), S405 [21JA]

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

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S132-S134 [21JA], S1052 [6FE], S8634, S8638 [2SE], S11229 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), S376-S383 [21JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), star print, S1201 [10FE], S2219 [12MR]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses, S3263 [16AP]

———national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (S. 13), S128, S131, S134, S144, S304, S305, S576 [21JA], S1052 [6FE]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (S. 886), S5533 [11JN]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children, S5336 [5JN]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (S. 674), S3849-S3851 [30AP], S3918, S3926 [1MY], S4801 [21MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9248 [12SE], S9303, S9306 [15SE], S9363-S9367, S9368-S9375, S9385, S9386, S9399, S9403-S9405 [16SE], S9441-S9443, S9449, S9465-S9483, S9486-S9496 [17SE], S9532-S9537 [18SE], S11253 [28OC]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, S9625 [18SE]

Public welfare programs: nutrition programs funding, S10246 [1OC]

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

Roads and highways: make safety a priority of the Federal-aid highway program (S. 1155), S9018 [9SE]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (S. 1160), S9081, S9085 [10SE]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (S. 456), S2416-S2425 [18MR]

———funding for construction and infrastructure improvements, S1357 [13FE]

Science: Federal research initiatives, S2729 [20MR]

Taxation: incentives for employers to hire displaced workers relative to closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (S. 273), S1022 [5FE]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S9253-S9297 [12SE], S9431 [16SE], S9985 [25SE], S10522-S10624 [8OC], S10762-S10777 [9OC], S10837-S10846 [20OC], S10877-S10879 [21OC], S10938-S10948 [22OC], S11029-S11032, S11169-S11171 [23OC], S11187 [24OC], S11245, S11248, S11251, S11275, S11277-S11283 [28OC], S11313-S11317, S11331 [29OC], S11533 [31OC], S11629, S11630, S11631 [4NO], S11845, S11846, S11847 [6NO]

———funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), motion to recommit, S10622 [8OC]

———provide for enhanced intermodal transportation safety (S. 1267), S10632 [8OC]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 23), S368-S371 [21JA]

White House Conference on Child Care: objectives, S11027 [23OC]

Reports

American Health Care Revolution and the Critical Role of Health Centers, H9716-H9719 [29OC]

Community, Migrant, and Homeless Health Centers, H9720-H9723 [29OC]

Declaration of Policy—Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (1991), S10844 [20OC]

Educational Reform: Representatives Obey and Porter, H6851-H6854 [4SE]

Evidence of the Results of Whole School Reform, H6859 [4SE]

Health Centers Are Unique in Structure and Mission, H9719 [29OC]

Medicare and the American Health Care System: Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, E1308 [24JN]

Principles for Practical Drug Policies: Federation of American Scientists, E1954 [7OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 143) (H. Rept. 105-89), H2253 [6MY]

Intermodal Transportation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1173) (S. Rept. 105-95), S10293 [1OC]

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Relative to Criminal Use of Guns: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 424) (H. Rept. 105-344), H9557 [24OC]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 191), S11863 [6NO]

National Policy To Control Juvenile Crime and Violence: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 105-86), H2154 [1MY]

Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 10) (S. Rept. 105-108), S10787 [9OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Drugs in America—A Report Card, E605 [9AP]

———National Dialogue on Race Relations, E1500 [23JY]

———President Clinton's Inaugural Address, E238 [12FE]

———State of Economy, E446 [12MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Arts, Humanities, and Museums Funding: U.S. Conference of Mayors, S9535 [18SE]

Statements

National Endowment for the Arts Funding: Jane Alexander, National Endowment for the Arts, S9310 [15SE]

School Construction and Infrastructure Improvements Funding: Associated General Contractors, S4856 [21MY]

21st Century America: Jonathan LaFarge, E1240 [17JN]

———Tison Campbell, E1240 [17JN]

Summaries

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act (S. 886), S5539 [11JN]

Juvenile Crime Control and Community Protection Act (S. 718), S4223 [8MY]

National Policy To Provide Health Care And Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 24), S383 [21JA]

National Policy To Provide Health Care Coverage of Mental Illnesses (H.R. 621), E173 [5FE]

New Urban Agenda Act (S. 23), S371 [21JA]

Tables

Deficient bridges in U.S., S10941 [22OC]

Federal education programs funding, S9076 [10SE]

Federal highway pavement miles in poor to fair condition, S10941 [22OC]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: Byrd/Gramm amendment on gas tax honesty program, S10942 [22OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 143, consideration of H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act, H2313 [7MY]

H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act, H2356-H2360 [8MY]

H.R. 1109, elimination of certain requirements relative to the issuance of citizenship certificates for children born abroad, H5864 [28JY]

S. 1, Safe and Affordable Schools Act, S164-S176 [21JA]

S. 3, Omnibus Crime Control Act, S191-S221 [21JA]

S. 10, Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act, S266-S277 [21JA]

S. 12, Education for the 21st Century Act, S296-S304 [21JA]

S. 13, Children's Health Coverage Act, S305-S309 [21JA]

S. 15, Youth Violence, Crime, and Drug Abuse Control Act, S324-S338 [21JA]

S. 23, New Urban Agenda Act, S372-S376 [21JA]

S. 54, Federal Gang Violence Act, S421 [21JA]

S. 191, mandatory minimum sentencing relative to criminal use of guns, S12712 [13NO]

S. 456, Partnership To Rebuild America's Schools Act, S2418-S2422 [18MR]

S. 518, Victim Restitution Enforcement Act, S2839-S2841 [8AP]

S. 674, Children's Health Insurance Provides Security (CHIPS) Act, S3926 [1MY]

S. 718, Juvenile Crime Control and Community Protection Act, S4218-S4223 [8MY]

S. 886, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act, S5533-S5539 [11JN]

S. 1080, National Aquaculture Development, Research, and Promotion Act, S8267 [29JY]

S. 1155, Highway Safety Priority Act, S9018 [9SE]

S. 1160, Educational Facilities Improvement Act, S9082-S9084 [10SE]

S. 1173, Intermodal Transportation Act, S9255-S9294 [12SE], S10536-S10621 [8OC]

S. 1215, Dept. of Education national testing standards, S9895 [24SE]

S. 1267, Intermodal Transportation Safety Act, S10633-S10648 [8OC]

S. Res. 74, commend deficit reduction and tax relief efforts and encourage submission of budget resolution, S3225 [15AP]