POLITICAL PARTIES

Articles and editorials

Big Rotten Apple—New York City After Giuliani, S6392 [19JN]

Campaign Bill Could Shift Power Away From Parties, S3259 [2AP]

Strange Waltz in Vienna, E481 [28MR]

Tough Talk, but Bereft of the Facts, S12079 [28NO]

Bills and resolutions

Committee on Economics (Joint): membership ratios (see S. 279), S1122 [7FE]

Political campaigns: permit Presidential candidates who achieve a certain level of support in national public opinion polls to participate in debates (see H. Con. Res. 263), H7852 [6NO]

———prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections (see H.R. 289), H110 [30JA]

———require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate advocacy advertising (see H.R. 156), H60 [6JA]

States: requirements relative to access to election ballots for certain parties (see H.R. 2268), H3464 [21JN]

Taxation: prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions (see H.R. 27), H25 [3JA]

Invitations

Missouri U.S. Senate candidate breakfast for Jay Nixon: Senators Kennedy and Harkin, S855 [31JA]

Letters

Change in political party affiliation: Senator Jeffords, S5796 [26MY]

Lists

Books on political corruption and campaign contributions, S2866 [26MR]

Presidential nominees pending Senate action, S7664 [16JY]

Quotes from 106th Cong., 2nd sess., on Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S10542 [11OC]

Memorandums

Investigation of Fundraising Activities During the 1996 Presidential Election Campaign: Louis J. Freeh, S7437 [11JY], S8690 [2AU]

Remarks in House

Austria: inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government, E481 [28MR]

Committee on Economics (Joint): membership ratios (S. 279), H349 [14FE]

Domestic policy: effect of political party objectives on the economy, H212-H216 [7FE]

Haakenson, Robert: Cheltenham, PA, Democratic Committee Democrat of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E663 [27AP]

House Rules: committee party ratios, H11, H13, H16, H17 [3JA]

News media: partisanship of national media relative to coverage of political parties, H131 [31JA]

Political campaigns: prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections (H.R. 289), E61 [30JA]

Political ethics: importance of cooperation and bipartisanship in Congress, H7311 [25OC]

———influence of political fundraising on Federal policies, H2561, H2567 [22MY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, H96 [30JA]

Remarks in Senate

Bush, President: visit to New Jersey, S2385 [15MR]

Committee on Economics (Joint): membership ratios (S. 279), S1164 [7FE]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): report on investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, S3138 [29MR]

Elections: allow State parties to use non-Federal funding for getting out the vote, voter registration, and voter identification, S3124-S3126 [29MR]

Jeffords, Senator: change in affiliation of political party, S5577, S5603 [24MY], S5768-S5770 [26MY]

Political action committees: prohibit use of soft money to pay administrative expenses, S2550-S2560 [20MR], S2918 [26MR]

Political campaigns: condition the availability of low television media rates for national political parties on adherence to existing spending limits, S3030-S3033 [28MR]

———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to candidates, parties, and political action committees, S2459 [19MR], S2805, S2806 [23MR], S2958-S2972 [27MR], S3005-S3019, S3022-S3024, S3026-S3029 [28MR], S3238 [2AP]

———require disclosure of use of labor organization dues and fees or corporate funds for political activities, S2651-S2656 [21MR], S2682-S2686 [22MR]

———require worker or shareholder approval for use of labor organization dues and fees or corporate funds for political activities, S2631-S2651 [21MR]

Political ethics: importance of cooperation and bipartisanship in Congress, S5484 [22MY], S12348-S12350 [4DE]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of Cabinet nominees, S431 [23JA]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S8339-S8341 [27JY], S8535, S8536 [1AU], S8691, S8692 [2AU], S9469 [19SE], S9564 [21SE], S10539-S10544 [11OC], S10672, S10674, S10679-S10684 [15OC], S10745-S10755, S10761-S10765 [16OC], S10832-S10834 [18OC], S10853-S10870 [23OC], S10927, S10928 [24OC], S11484, S11485 [6NO], S11708, S11709 [13NO], S12079 [28NO], S12121 [29NO], S12473-S12475 [6DE], S12818-S12820 [11DE], S13114-S13116 [13DE], S13666, S13668-S13671, S13688 [19DE], S13918, S14033 [20DE]

Senate: bipartisan efforts, S70 [22JA]

Supreme Court: decision on coordinated political party campaign contribution and spending limits, S6885 [26JN]

Reports filed

Nomination of Marc I. Grossman To Be Under Sec. of State for Political Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S2823 [23MR]

Statements

Voting Reform: Richard West, E1612 [10SE]

Tables

House committee party ratios, 106th Congress, H11 [3JA]

Texts of

S. 279, Committee on Economics (Joint) membership ratios, S1164 [7FE], H349 [14FE]