ECONOMY related term(s) Credit; Domestic policy; Homeless; Income

Addresses

Case for Labor Standards in Trade Agreements: Representative Levin, E1363 [26JN]

Depression-Era America: Conrad Black, S8719 [26JN]

Jumping a Stalled Economy: Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corp., H153-H155 [27JA]

Security, Economic, and Health Concerns: Wang Jinpyng, Republic of China Legislative Yuan, E1340 [24JN]

Tribute to William Eckman: William Burke, Charles County, MD, Economic Development Commission, E2468 [8DE]

Amendments

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), H9707 [20OC], H9762 [21OC]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), S6738, S6739, S6740 [20MY], H3858 [8MY], H3887, H3940 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H4715 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 249), H4562 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 2), S6031 [12MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6143 [13MY], S6152, S6154, S6164, S6176, S6178, S6188, S6195, S6197, S6201, S6210, S6214, S6216, S6217, S6239, S6241, S6246, S6266, S6268, S6269, S6270, S6271, S6272, S6274, S6275, S6289, S6290, S6291, S6292, S6293, S6294, S6296, S6298, S6300, S6301, S6316, S6317, S6318, S6320, S6321, S6322, S6323, S6324, S6326, S6329, S6330, S6331, S6333, S6334, S6335, S6337, S6338, S6342, S6343, S6345, S6367, S6384, S6388, S6403 [14MY], S6409, S6422, S6426, S6432, S6434, S6435, S6437, S6438, S6439, S6441, S6442, S6443, S6451, S6452, S6454, S6455, S6456, S6518, S6520, S6522, S6523, S6524, S6525, S6526, S6527, S6528, S6529, S6530, S6531, S6532, S6533, S6548, S6549, S6551, S6552, S6553, S6556, S6562, S6564 [15MY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H72 [8JA]

Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (S. 1627), S14861 [12NO]

Analyses

Energy Policy Act (S. 14): Feinstein Amendment on Regulatory Oversight Over Energy Trading Markets, S7662 [11JN]

Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act (H.R. 2), H3829-H3832 [8MY]

Millennium Challenge Act (S. 571), S3328 [6MR]

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H1305 [25FE]

Conferees: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S6475 [15MY], H4542 [22MY]

Ticket To Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel, H3829 [8MY]

U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission, S4394 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

Bait and Switch, E212 [13FE]

Big Shakedown on Russian Business, E1646 [25JY]

Biggest ``Tax'' Is Debt, E2236 [5NO]

Bondland Botch, S9899 [24JY]

Budgetary Shock and Awe, H4194 [15MY]

`But' Economy, E2199 [31OC]

Chatter in the Cave of the Winds, S14668 [12NO]

Consumers Trimmed Spending in April—Drop in Gasoline Sales Was Factor in Decline, S6423 [15MY]

Deficits and Dysfunction, S8222 [19JN]

Delusional on the Deficit, S8223 [19JN]

Digging the Deficit Hole, S3376 [10MR]

``Drumbeat'' on Iraq? A Response to Readers, S2985 [27FE]

Economic View; Producing Abroad Is Harming Recovery, S10495 [31JY]

Economy—More Financial Jobs Go Offshore, S5797 [7MY]

Even Luckier Duckies, S7226 [3JN]

Fair Payment for War, S4784 [3AP]

Feeble Plan To Save U.S. Manufacturing, E1822 [17SE]

Finding Fraud on Wall St. May Be a Step to Higher Post, H3626 [1MY]

For Whom the Closing Bell Tolls, S10041-S10043 [28JY]

Ford, GM Push Vendors Toward China; `World Price' Frenzy Threatens U.S. Jobs, S10497 [31JY]

Gone With Globalization, E1971 [2OC]

Greatest Theft in History, E1518 [18JY]

Greenspan Says Tax Cut Without Spending Reductions Could Be Damaging, S5794 [7MY]

Hot Words—A Claim of Nonhuman-Induced Global Warming Sparks Debate, S9209 [10JY]

I.B.M. Explores Shift of Some Jobs Overseas, S10499 [31JY]

In a Wall St. Hierarchy, Short Shift to Little Guy, H3625 [1MY]

Iraqi Time Bomb, S5166-S5168 [10AP]

Irrelevant Proposal, H35 [7JA]

It Reeks of Politics, S216 [13JA]

It's Wrong To Tie Patriotism to Massive Tax Cut, S4419 [26MR]

Keeping Saddam Hussein in a Box, E151 [6FE]

Laid-Off Factory Workers Find Jobs Are Drying Up for Good, S10492-S10494 [31JY]

Leading Climate Scientists Reaffirm View That Late 20th Century Warming Was Unusual and Resulted From Human Activity, S9208 [10JY]

Legacy of Power Cost Manipulation, S10127 [29JY]

Little to Celebrate for Unemployed, E1798 [16SE]

N.M. Gets Shock at Pump, S3769 [17MR]

New Global Job Shift, S1701-S1703 [29JA]

New Kind of Job Loss, E2153 [28OC]

No Excuse for Tax Cuts, S4783 [3AP]

No More Than 30%, S1760 [30JA]

No New Tax Cuts, S5290 [11AP]

Nonprofits Push Controversial Climate Study, S9210 [10JY]

110 Economists Back Bush Tax Plan—3 Nobel Laureates Join Group Urging Congress' Support, S1653 [28JA]

Panic Is Near if ``The Gold Is Gone'', E1511 [18JY]

Read My Lips, E1257 [13JN]

Small Firms Are Turning to Financial Futures for Fuel, S13976 [5NO]

Some Investors Could Trim Their Tax Bills to Near Zero, H4732 [22MY]

Sour Mood Pervades the Economic Front, S4781 [3AP]

Stubborn Stagnation, S5796 [7MY]

Tax Plan That Will Pay Few Dividends, S216 [13JA]

Ten Wall St. Firms Settle With U.S. in Analyst Inquiry—Agree To Pay $1.4 Billion, H3625 [1MY]

There Is a Catch—Jobs, S14294 [10NO]

Too Many Leaps of Faith in Bush Tax-Cut Plan, S264 [14JA]

2004 Budget Likely To Show Record Deficits, S1699 [29JA]

U.S. Corporate Tax and the Global Economy, E2099 [20OC]

U.S. Job-Market Slump Is Longest in Decades—Near Term Prospects for Workers Remain Grim Despite Hopeful Forecasts, S211 [13JA]

War's Cost May Dwarf Stimulus Effect, H79 [8JA]

Washington Talks a Blue Streak as Social Security's Red Ink Runs, S4783 [3AP]

Washington's Biggest Deficit Is the Shortfall of Courage, E1682 [4SE]

Washington's Wild Ways Choke Recovery, S5796 [7MY]

Where the Good Jobs Are Going; Forget Sweatshops, U.S. Companies Are Now Shifting High-Wage Work Overseas, Especially to India, S10494 [31JY]

Why This Tax Loophole for Losers Should End, S6442 [15MY]

Yearlong Decline in Dollar Is Little Help on Trade Gap, S4781 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: ensure military pay increases are comparable to private sector pay growth as measured by the Employment Cost Index (see H.R. 1885), H3570 [30AP]

———improve process for adjusting rates of pay (see S. 945), S5483 [29AP]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 1553), H2702 [2AP]

———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2499), H5467 [17JN]

———provide relief to the airline industry (see H.R. 1366), H2131 [19MR]

Bank for International Settlements (organization): develop uniform U.S. standards before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review the Committee's recommendation for an accord on capital standards (see H.R. 2043), H3972 [9MY]

Budget: establish a deficit reduction account in the U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 3302), H9477 [15OC]

———reduce deficit by reducing wasteful spending (see H.R. 3164), H8904 [24SE]

———require a balanced Federal budget, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, establish biennial budgets, and impose spending safeguards on the growth of entitlements and discretionary spending (see H.R. 3358), H9811 [21OC]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 675), S4166 [20MR]

Business and industry: aid dislocated workers and rebuild communities devastated by international trade (see S. 1541), S10618 [31JY]

———eliminate incentives to move operations abroad, enforce antidumping and trade laws, prohibit commerce in products made with child labor, and extend Buy American Act provisions (see S. 592), S3504 [11MR]

Buy American Act: amend to increase requirement for American-made content and to tighten waiver provisions (see S. 1480), S10140 [29JY]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (see S. Con. Res. 53), S7718 [11JN] (see H. Con. Res. 215), H5266 [11JN]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 3364), H9811 [21OC]

Climate: reduce risks from global warming and climate change to the economy, environment, and quality of life (see S. 17), S35 [7JA]

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see S. 1711), S12448 [3OC] (see H.R. 1480), H2471 [27MR]

———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 586), S3504 [11MR]

Constitutional amendments: right to full employment and balanced growth (see H.J. Res. 35), H1516 [4MR]

Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission: establish (see S. 1192), S7476 [5JN]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1678 [6MR]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 413), S2457 [13FE] (see S. 1125), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 1586), H2819 [3AP] (see H.R. 1737), H3302 [10AP]

———restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (see S. 787), S4824 [3AP] (see S. 1100), S6853 [21MY]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 678), H390 [11FE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1120), S6978 [22MY]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 239), H134 [8JA]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see S. 1597), S11245 [9SE] (see H.R. 3067), H8174 [10SE]

Dept. of the Interior: cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (see S. 1957), S15975 [25NO]

———grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for certain activities (see H.R. 793), H700 [13FE]

———sell certain public lands in Nevada subject to mining operations, reclaim abandoned Nevada mines, and promote and enhance economic development, education, and local government revenues (see H.R. 2869), H7616 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation: address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels (see H.R. 3017), H8015 [5SE]

———clarify certain Buy American Act provisions (see H.R. 3682), H12919 [8DE]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H5364 [12JN]

District of Columbia: reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (see H.R. 2882), H7616 [24JY]

Domestic policy: improve homeland security, prevent tax increases, support education and health care, and strengthen the economy (see H.R. 1593), H2819 [3AP]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 645), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1334), H1954 [18MR]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (see S. 1134), S6978 [22MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

Employment: establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity in the U.S. workforce (see H.R. 3435), H10339 [4NO]

———establish a living wage, and a policy providing jobs for everyone in the U.S. and its territories (see H.R. 1040), H1464 [27FE]

Exchange Stabilization Fund: limit use to buy or sell gold without congressional approval (see H.R. 2782), H7085 [17JY]

———restore Congress' constitutional role in international transactions and limit the amount of loans or credits that may be provided to a foreign entity (see H.R. 2783), H7085 [17JY]

FAA: exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the Airport Improvement Program (see S. 1960), S15975 [25NO] (see H.R. 3697), H12919 [8DE]

Federal aid programs: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 3196), H8954 [29SE]

———provide Federal aid and economic stimulus through a one-time revenue grant to the States and their local governments (see S. 201), S1368 [22JA] (see H.R. 1211), H1745 [11MR]

FHA: increase maximum mortgage limit for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas (see S. 1714), S12448 [3OC] (see H.R. 1985), H3682 [6MY]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H12307 [21NO]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (see S. Res. 48), S1977 [5FE] (see H. Res. 127), H1641 [5MR]

Foreign countries: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (see H. Con. Res. 285), H8381 [17SE]

Foreign currencies: require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation (see S. 1592), S11186 [8SE] (see H.R. 3269), H9375 [8OC]

Foreign trade: impact on employment of NAFTA and the entry of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 851), H704 [13FE]

FRS: abolish the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks and repeal the Federal Reserve Act (see H.R. 2778), H7085 [17JY]

———mandate price stability as the primary goal of the monetary policy of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 2547), H5662 [19JN]

Government: adopt fiscal and economic policies to finance and manage Federal liabilities, commitments, and critical governmental responsibilities (see S. 1915), S15406 [21NO]

———recognize Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government (see S.J. Res. 18), S12137 [29SE] (see H.J. Res. 70), H8954 [29SE]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 1192), H1744 [11MR]

Greenspan, Alan: tribute (see S. Res. 67), S2839 [26FE]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (see S. 212), S1479 [23JA]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H11391 (see H.R. 3507), H11514 [18NO]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see S. 1409), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 2615), H6261 [26JN]

Investments: provide protection for investors, increase confidence in the capital markets system, and streamline the hiring process for certain employment positions in the SEC (see S. 496), S3027 [3MR] (see H.R. 658), H389 [11FE]

Iran: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 59), H323 [5FE]

Iraq: raise revenue and reduce large and increasing Federal budget deficits due to the cost of the war in Iraq (see H.R. 1804), H3352 [11AP]

Klamath River: establish water conservation and habitat restoration programs and provide emergency disaster assistance to those suffering economic harm from the Klamath River basin fish kill (see H.R. 1760), H3303 [10AP]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: establish (see S. 1240), S7718 [11JN]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 20), S35 [7JA] (see S. 224), S1668 [28JA] (see H.R. 965), H1460 [27FE]

National objectives: provide unemployment assistance, tax relief, fiscal assistance to State and local governments, and jobs and security through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 396), H217 [28JA]

National security: invest a minimum of 4 percent of gross domestic product on national defense (see H. Con. Res. 92), H1902 [13MR]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 172), H3973 [9MY]

Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 1528), S10618 [31JY]

Poverty: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (see S. 1160), S7381 [4JN]

———condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border (see S. 1163), S7188 [2JN]

———enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (see S. 532), S3162 [5MR] (see H.R. 1088), H1640 [5MR]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (see S. 571), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1966), H3682 [6MY]

Power resources: provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (see S. 509), S3086 [4MR]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (see H.R. 2454), H5365 [12JN] (see H.R. 2535), H5662 [19JN]

Russia: condition continued participation in the Group of 8 nations upon voluntary acceptance and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (see S. Con. Res. 85), S15407 [21NO] (see H. Con. Res. 336), H12309 [21NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H4736 [22MY]

Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 138), H1746 [11MR]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 3447), H10457 [5NO]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 812), H701 [13FE]

———oppose reduction of annual cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 155), S7135 [23MY]

Southwest Regional Border Authority: establish (see S. 458), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 1071), H1515 [4MR]

States: improve temporary Federal fiscal assistance programs (see H.R. 3415), H10236 [30OC]

———require Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop methodology for measuring cost-of-living in each State, and require Comptroller General to ascertain impact on certain Federal benefits (see H.R. 3640), H12309 [21NO]

Taxation: allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage personnel and economic investments by companies (see H.R. 1162), H1681 [6MR]

———allow a deduction for start-up and organizational expenditures in order to spur entrepreneurship (see H.R. 1808), H3353 [11AP]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———expand special depreciation allowance (see S. 879), S5174 [10AP]

———expand tax benefits for the New York Liberty Zone (see H.R. 3508), H11391 (see H.R. 3508), H11514 [18NO]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1896), S15187 [19NO]

———inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 667), H390 [11FE]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 302), H137 [8JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 135), S133 [9JA] (see S. 1054), S6070 [13MY] (see H.R. 459), H242 [29JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 227), H3855 [8MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 253), H4733 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 249), H4527 [21MY]

———rebuild America through job creation (see H.R. 2046), H3973 [9MY]

———reform Internal Revenue Code (see H. Con. Res. 141), H2938 [8AP]

———regional cost of living adjustments for tax rate tables (see H.R. 150), H57 [7JA]

———stimulate economic development by enhancing the availability and benefits of small issue bonds (see H.R. 1140), H1680 [6MR]

———suspend future reductions of income tax rates if Social Security surpluses are used to fund such cuts (see S. 88), S37 [7JA]

———suspend future reductions of the highest income tax rate if there is a Federal on-budget deficit (see S. 126), S132 [9JA]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 842), S5059 [9AP]

———treatment of tax attributes in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy case of a company having asbestos-related claims against it (see H.R. 2503), H5551 [18JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (see S. 23), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 209, 228), H59 [7JA]

———extend (S. 23), consideration (see H. Res. 14), H51 [7JA]

———provide for an alternative trigger for second-tier benefits (see H.R. 2111), H4130 [14MY]

Tourist trade: establish a pilot program for the promotion of travel and tourism in the U.S. through international broadcasting (see H.R. 2002), H3760 [7MY]

Trade Act: amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (see S. 1110), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2308), H4875 [3JN]

———amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (see S. 1299), S8232 [19JN]

———amend trade adjustment assistance program to establish a demonstration project to provide self-employment training and assistance to eligible adversely affected workers (see H.R. 1807), H3353 [11AP]

Transportation: reform border and corridor programs to alleviate NAFTA-related congestion (see S. 1099), S6853 [21MY]

Unemployment: provide additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, modify the trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier benefits, and provide an extension of the temporary extended unemployment program (see H.R. 682), H390 [11FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 35), S35 [7JA] (see S. 225), S1668 [28JA] (see S. 270), S1813 [30JA] (see S. 923), S5343 [11AP] (see H.R. 17), H52 (see H.R. 162), H57 [7JA] (see H.R. 3639), H12309 [21NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 17), consideration (see H. Res. 232), H4011 [13MY]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 1239), H1811 [12MR]

Veterans: modify calculation of back pay for members of the Navy or Marine Corps who were approved for promotion while interned as POW during World War II (see S. 1057), S6255 [14MY] (see H.R. 2992), H7838 [3SE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (see S. 1627), S11648 [17SE]

Comparisons

Millennium Challenge Corp., establishment legislation, S7729 [11JN]

Conference reports

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 2), H4625-H4706 [22MY]

Essays

How Important Is Energy to Our Economy and Our National Security?: Dina LaSala, E1259 [16JN]

Liquid Gold Lacks Luster in the New Economy: Jane Urban, E1260 [16JN]

Factsheets

Derivatives and Their Impact on the Mining Industry, S7662 [11JN]

Letters

Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act: Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5423 [17JN]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H5423 [17JN]

Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act: Carol Wayman, National Congress for Community Economic Development, S3892 [18MR]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S3892 [18MR]

———Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, S3893 [18MR]

———F. Barton Harvey III, Enterprise Foundation, S3892 [18MR]

———Larry Naake, National Association of Counties, S3892 [18MR]

———Thomas L. Jackson, American Society of Civil Engineers, S3893 [18MR]

Create a more efficient electrical grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections: several Senators, S15162 [19NO]

Create more efficient electric grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections: Alan H. Richardson, American Public Power Association, S9997 [28JY]

———Davis L. Sokol, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., S9998 [28JY]

———Donald F. Santa, Jr., Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, S9999 [28JY]

———Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S9998 [28JY]

———Independent Petroleum Association of America and Natural Gas Supply Association, S9999 [28JY]

———Jan Schori, Large Public Power Council, S9998 [28JY]

———Michehl R. Gent, North American Electric Reliability Council, S9999 [28JY]

———Senator Fitzgerald, S9997 [28JY]

———Spencer Abraham, Sec. of Energy, S9996 [28JY]

———several Senators, S9997 [28JY]

———several State commissions, S9998 [28JY]

Domestic Budget Protection Act: Representative Owens, H4193 [15MY]

Economic impact of Turkish-Armenian border closure: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, H3996 [13MY]

Energy Market Oversight Act: Alan H. Richardson, American Public Power Association, S3097 [4MR]

———Bill Carnahan, Southern California Public Power Authority, S3098 [4MR]

———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S3097 [4MR]

———Dan Richard, PG&E Corp., S3097 [4MR]

———Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S3098 [4MR]

———John E. Bryson, Edison International, S3097 [4MR]

———Joseph E. Ronan, Jr., Calpine Corp., S3097 [4MR]

———Pat Wood III, FERC, S3097 [4MR]

———Roy Thilly, Transmission Access Policy Study Group, S3099 [4MR]

———several consumer organizations, S3099 [4MR]

———Vincent Viola and J. Robert Collins, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., S3098 [4MR]

Evaluation of President Bush's administration: Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, E86 [28JA]

Excellence in Economic Education Act funding: David McClain, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———John B. Kelley, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10950 [2SE]

———John M. Knox, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———Kristine Castagnaro, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———Richard Rankin, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

———Will Sanburn, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, S10951 [2SE]

FERC investigation into fraud and manipulation of California energy crisis: Senator Feinstein, S3015 [3MR]

FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act: Kris Cook, National Affordable Housing Management Association, S12462 [3OC]

———National Association of Realtors, National Association of Home Builders, and Mortgage Bankers Association, S12462 [3OC]

Inclusion of people with disabilities in foreign assistance programs: Lex Frieden, National Council on Disability, S13365 [28OC]

Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act: Thomas Zogg, H3882 [9MY]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: several Senators, S6472 [15MY]

———several State and local Government organizations, S6473 [15MY]

Manipulation of electricity markets: Joseph T. Kelliher, S13999 [5NO]

Military Pay Comparability Act: Military Coalition, E831 [1MY]

Regulatory oversight over energy trading markets: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S13974 [5NO]

———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S13977 [5NO]

———Charles A. Acquard, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, S13979 [5NO]

———Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General, S13978 [5NO]

———Jack Gerard, National Mining Association, S7661 [11JN]

———Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan, S13979 [5NO]

———President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S7676, S7680 [11JN]

———Ralph A. Lambiase, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S13978 [5NO]

———Randall Dodd, Financial Policy Forum Derivatives Study Center, S13979 [5NO]

———several business leaders, S13978 [5NO]

———several financial organizations, S7662 [11JN]

———several Government officials, S13969 [5NO]

———several Senators, S13969 [5NO]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, S1325 [22JA]

———Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, S12 [7JA]

Lists

Economists' and industry leaders' statements supporting President Bush's tax plan to provide incentives for economic recovery, S3853 [18MR]

Messages

Economic Report: President Bush, S2117 [10FE], H334 [11FE]

Motions

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3940, H3954 [9MY], H4534 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6174 [14MY], S6408, S6410, S6411, S6412, S6414, S6421, S6423, S6424, S6425, S6426, S6428, S6429, S6430, S6431, S6432, S6441, S6443 [15MY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H86, H88 [8JA]

Poems

``Corporate Credo 1,'' Representative Owens, E132 [5FE]

``Corporate Credo 2,'' Representative Owens, E132 [5FE]

Remarks in House

African Americans: convening of African American leadership summit, H4188-H4192 [15MY]

AID: Urban Programs Office funding, H7404, H7405 [23JY]

Alameda County, CA: anniversary of East Bay Conversion and Reinversion Commission, E160 [6FE]

Appropriations: require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H2670 [2AP], H3019-H3021 [9AP]

Armed Forces: ensure military pay increases are comparable to private sector pay growth as measured by the Employment Cost Index (H.R. 1885), E830 [1MY]

———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H124 [8JA]

Armenia: blockade by Turkey, H3996 [13MY], H7202 [21JY]

AT&T Corp.: layoff of employees by wireless unit, H11519 [19NO]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq, H2784, H2785 [3AP], H2870-H2872, H2913, H2917 [8AP], E731 [10AP]

———assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (H.R. 1553), E654 [2AP]

———enable the U.S. to maintain its leadership in aeronautics and aviation, H5161 [10JN]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, H5230 [11JN]

———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, H7869, H7870 [4SE]

———provide relief to the airline industry (H.R. 1366), E512 [19MR]

Bankruptcy: provide protection for military personnel and unemployed individuals, H1988 [19MR]

Boyne City, MI: Michigan Economic Development Corp., Main Street Communities honoree, E1611 [25JY]

Budget: debt limit, H3291, H3292, H3295, H3296 [10AP], H5717 [24JN]

———deficit, H374-H381 [11FE], H429-H432, H434, H435 [12FE], H1361, H1362, H1364, H1370-H1377 [26FE], H1733-H1735 [11MR], H1754, H1802-H1807 [12MR], H1885-H1888, H1892, H1893 [13MR], H1938-H1944 [18MR], H2116-H2117 [19MR], H2141, H2143, H2145-H2149 [20MR], H2563 [1AP], H2693 [2AP], H3026-H3031 [9AP], H3282, H3287, H3288, H3295, H3296 [10AP], H3545-H3552 [30AP], H3747-H3755 [7MY], H4226 [19MY], H4259 [20MY], H4534-H4542, H4560 [22MY], H5070, H5072, H5073 [9JN], H5244, H5245 [11JN], H5270, H5318, H5319, H5339, H5348 [12JN], H6441-H6448 [9JY], H6999, H7000, H7001 [16JY], H7024 [17JY], H7114 [18JY], H7235 [22JY], H7334 [23JY], H7459 [24JY], H7792, H7798, H7817-H7819 [3SE], H7844 [4SE], H7953 [5SE], H8227, H8270-H8276 [16SE], H8289 [17SE], H8494 [24SE], H8908 [25SE], H9025 [30SE], H9037, H9077 [1OC], H9259 [7OC], H10325-H10330 [4NO], E1682 [4SE], E2236 [5NO]

———impact of Federal spending on the deficit, H9822 [28OC]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H160 [27JA], H176, H178 [28JA], H4762 [2JN], H6873 [16JY]

———evaluation of economic policies, H10134, H10136 [30OC], H10446-H10452 [5NO]

———State of the Union Message, E111 [29JA]

Business and industry: address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through application of fairer taxation and reduction of manufacturing regulations, H4259 [20MY]

———address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through application of fairer taxation and through math and science education initiatives, H2837 [7AP]

———address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels, H6807 [15JY]

———address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased research and development, H5092 [10JN]

———impact of companies utilizing foreign labor in low-wage countries on employment levels of U.S. high-tech workers, H4094 [14MY]

———importance of home building industry, E1108 [3JN]

———protection of manufacturing and industrial base relative to maintaining a strong defense base, H8290 [17SE]

California: effects of budget cuts, H3923 [9MY]

Calumet, MI: Michigan Economic Development Corp., Main Street Communities honoree, E1610 [25JY]

Caribbean nations: economic integration, E1562 [23JY]

CERCLA: Superfund program funding through reductions in NASA Project Prometheus funding, H7700-H7702 [25JY]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (H. Con. Res. 215), H6666-H6668 [14JY]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H5354 [12JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, H12880 [8DE]

Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H3624 [1MY], H10332 [4NO], E132 [5FE]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (H.R. 1114), H1660 [6MR], H5159 [10JN], H5459 [17JN]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 1125), H5159 [10JN], H5459 [17JN]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (H.R. 678), H419 [12FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: administration of Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, H2577 [1AP]

———impact of monetization of commodities on farmers and commodity markets, H2577 [1AP]

Dept. of Energy: sale of surplus Government property to nonprofit organizations at below market value, H2404 [27MR]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 239), E44 [8JA]

Dept. of the Interior: require oil industry pay fair market value for oil and gas removed from public lands, H3082 [10AP]

Dept. of Transportation: airline ticket voucher program funding, H2775, H2776 [3AP], E762 [11AP]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps, H6716, H6726, H6781-H6785 [15JY]

District of Columbia: Anacostia Waterfront Initiative funding, H7956, H7957 [5SE]

———reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (H.R. 2882), E1588 [25JY]

Dollar: value, H5448 [17JN]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H198-H204 [28JA]

Dominican Republic: importance of baseball, E1621 [25JY]

Employment: establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity in the U.S. workforce (H.R. 3435), E2220 [4NO]

———importance of job creation, H5069-H5076 [9JN], H5178 [11JN], H8192 [10SE], H8998 [30SE]

Exchange Stabilization Fund: limit use to buy or sell gold without congressional approval (H.R. 2782), E1511 [18JY]

———restore Congress' constitutional role in international transactions and limit the amount of loans or credits that may be provided to a foreign entity (H.R. 2783), E1513 [18JY]

Federal aid programs: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (H.R. 3196), E1909 [29SE]

FHA: increase maximum mortgage limit for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas (H.R. 1985), H9235-H9237 [7OC]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (H. Res. 127), H2829-H2832 [7AP], E713 [9AP]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption, H6649, H6650 [14JY], H12843 [8DE]

Foreign countries: detrimental impact on U.S. economy of currency manipulation by foreign governments (H. Con. Res. 285), H10068 [29OC]

Foreign trade: economic impact of globalization, E1971 [2OC]

———impact of free-trade agreements, H8228 [16SE], H8289 [17SE], E1822 [17SE]

———impact of unregulated free trade on division between economic classes, H9795-H9798 [21OC], H10554-H10557 [6NO]

———U.S. deficit, H2591 [2AP], H5647 [19JN], H7233, H7251 [22JY], H8288 [17SE], H10114-H10117 [29OC]

FRS: abolish the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks and repeal the Federal Reserve Act (H.R. 2778), E1518 [18JY]

———impact of money supply on economic conditions, H8003-H8009 [5SE]

GAO: court decision on authority to compel executive departments to provide documents or information, H432-H434 [12FE], E259 [13FE], E302 [27FE]

Government: recognize Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government (H.J. Res. 70), H9401-H9403 [15OC]

———recognize Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government (S.J. Res. 18), H11174 [17NO]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 1192), E421 [11MR]

Guam: effects of proposed tax cuts on revenue, H3646 [6MY]

Haiti: U.S. policy, H3558-H3564 [30AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8999, H9001 [30SE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H165 [27JA]

———legislative program, H2444-H2446 [27MR]

Immigration: impact of illegal immigration on employment, H5076-H5081 [9JN], H5537-H5541 [18JN], H6701-H6704 [14JY]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities, E1374 [26JN]

———invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (H.R. 2615), E1798 [16SE]

Institute of the Americas: anniversary, E950 [14MY]

Investments: provide protection for investors, increase confidence in the capital markets system, and streamline the hiring process for certain employment positions in the SEC (H.R. 658), H5421-H5424 [17JN], E1294 [18JN]

Iraq: payments to employees of Iraqi Government ministries and Government-owned companies who are no longer performing their jobs, H5059 [9JN]

———raise revenue and reduce large and increasing Federal budget deficits due to the cost of the war in Iraq (H.R. 1804), H3933 [9MY], H4192-H4195 [15MY], H5660 [19JN]

Iron and steel industry: job loss and bankrupting of companies, H8002 [5SE]

———respond to the surge of steel imports, E383, E384, E386 [6MR], E387, E402, E403, E404 [7MR]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: impact on Hispanic Americans, H4857 [3JN]

Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfalfa or row crops, H7043-H7047 [17JY]

Meltzer, Allan H.: American Enterprise Institute Irving Kristol Award recipient, E336 [27FE]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: accelerate eligibility for assistance for certain developing countries, H6785-H6788 [15JY]

———clarify authorities of AID and Dept. of State, H6788 [15JY]

———eligibility for assistance relative to private-sector expenditures on health care, H6785 [15JY]

Minimum wage: level, H10331 [4NO]

———level (H.R. 965), E333 [27FE]

Money: effects of gold standard, H8003-H8009 [5SE]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H1345, H1348 [26FE], H10484 [6NO]

National objectives: priority assignments, H33-H40 [7JA], H65, H66, H127-H132 [8JA], H153, H156, H160-H165 [27JA], H173 [28JA], H1284, H1311-H1318 [25FE], H1370-H1377 [26FE], H1797-H1802 [12MR], H1938-H1944 [18MR], H2145 [20MR], H2563-H2567 [1AP], H2867, H2915 [8AP], H5069-H5076 [9JN], H6352 [9JY], H7024 [17JY], H7814 [3SE], H7843 [4SE], H7952 [5SE], H8270-H8276 [16SE], H8406 [23SE], H8998, H9025 [30SE], H9037, H9038 [1OC], H9259 [7OC], H9691, H9711 [20OC], H9795-H9800 [21OC], H9821, H9969 [28OC], H9986, H9987 [29OC], H10241, H10324-H10330 [4NO], H10553-H10558 [6NO], H10981, H10982 [7NO], H11194 [17NO], H11519 [19NO], E111 [29JA], E1982 [7OC], E2198 [31OC]

National Tourism Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 172), H4150 [15MY], H4751-H4754 [2JN], E976 [15MY]

New York, NY: terrorist attack recovery and rebuilding funding, E590 [26MR]

Ohio: unemployment statistics, E2143 [28OC]

108th Congress: goals, H5 [7JA]

Pennsylvania: economic status, H9036 [1OC]

Poverty: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, H7370-H7373 [23JY]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, H3031 [9AP]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development funding, H12835 [8DE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H2566-H2569 [1AP], H2826 [7AP], H5355-H5358 [12JN], H6459-H6461 [9JY]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, H3078 [10AP]

Public debt: status, H9286 [8OC], H9685 [17OC]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), H9759-H9770 [21OC]

———reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), unanimous-consent agreement, H9707 [20OC]

Republican Party: impact of privatization of certain Government functions, H10321 [4NO]

———national agenda, H395 [12FE], H3745 [7MY], H5412 [17JN], H10321 [4NO], H10377 [5NO]

Russia: adherence to free market economic principles, E1646 [25JY]

Small Business Week: observance, E1823 [17SE]

States: provide budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments, H4534-H4542 [22MY]

Status, H9488 [16OC]

Taxation: allow targeted tax cuts for investment in the U.S. to create manufacturing jobs, H8289 [17SE]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends, H1964 [19MR]

———expand tax benefits for the New York Liberty Zone (H.R. 3508), E2333 [19NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H36 [7JA], H65, H66, H127-H132 [8JA], H156, H160-H165 [27JA], H198-H204 [28JA], H381, H382 [11FE], H1358, H1370, H1373-H1377 [26FE], H1752, H1753, H1754 [12MR], H1910, H1931 [18MR], H1964 [19MR], H2147-H2156, H2158, H2168-H2170, H2195-H2203 [20MR], H2405, H2457-H2460 [27MR], H2564-H2567 [1AP], H2693 [2AP], H2943 [9AP], H3283-H3290, H3292, H3294-H3297 [10AP], H8274, H8275 [16SE], H9287 [8OC], E145, E151 [6FE], E549 [21MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3409, H3410 [29AP], H3456, H3538, H3545-H3552 [30AP], H3574 [1MY], H3643-H3647, H3659, H3660, H3664-H3668 [6MY], H3686, H3687, H3739, H3740, H3742-H3744, H3747-H3755 [7MY], H3765, H3766, H3767, H3829, H3832-H3850 [8MY], H3861, H3862, H3863, H3902-H3956, H3958-H3970 [9MY], H3978, H3998 [13MY], H4022, H4094, H4096-H4098, H4100, H4101, H4107-H4113 [14MY], H4150, H4159 [15MY], H4225, H4246 [19MY], H4325, H4327, H4337-H4342 [20MY], H4372 [21MY], H4532, H4533, H4534 [22MY], E939, E940, E942 [13MY], E951 [14MY], E971 [15MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4716-H4732 [22MY], H4742, H4757-H4761 [2JN], H4790, H4791, H4792, H4793, H4795, H4796, H4797, H4843-H4865 [3JN], H4881, H4882, H4883, H4954-H4964 [4JN], H4983, H4984, H4985, H4993, H5033 [5JN], H5048, H5057-H5059, H5063-H5067, H5069-H5076 [9JN], H5092, H5160 [10JN], H5349 [12JN], H5412 [17JN], H5690 [23JN], H10446-H10452 [5NO], H10982, H10990 [7NO], H12106 [21NO], E1089, E1092, E1096, E1100 [2JN], E1108 [3JN], E1257 [13JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 227), H3864-H3902 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H4706-H4715 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 249), H4558-H4564 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), motion to instruct conferees, H4534-H4542 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H3953-H3955 [9MY]

———rates, H1779 [12MR], H7814 [3SE], H10462 [6NO]

———rebuild America through job creation (H.R. 2046), H4562 [22MY]

———reform Internal Revenue Code (H. Con. Res. 141), H3004-H3009 [9AP], E757 [11AP], E777 [12AP]

———treatment of small businesses, H4372 [21MY], E1830 [17SE]

———treatment of tax attributes in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy case of a company having asbestos-related claims against it (H.R. 2503), E1298 [18JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (H.R. 209), E13 [8JA]

———extend (S. 23), H39, H40 [7JA], H63, H64, H65, H75-H92, H127 [8JA], E33 [8JA], E63, E65 [27JA], E107 [29JA]

———extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H66-H74 [8JA]

Transportation: infrastructure funding, H5448 [17JN]

———investment in surface transportation infrastructure and in rail and passenger transit industries, H40 [7JA]

Traverse Bay Economic Development Corp.: tribute, E777 [12AP]

Treaties and agreements: impact of free-trade agreements, H7229, H7230, H7232 [22JY]

Unemployment: address loss of manufacturing base, H10114-H10117 [29OC]

———impact, H12753 [8DE], E2153 [28OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H434 [12FE], H3978 [13MY], H4022, H4099, H4100, H4101 [14MY], H4150 [15MY], H11828, H11832 [20NO], E995 [19MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 17), E63, E65, E68 [27JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 1652), H4152-H4157 [15MY]

Veterans: modify calculation of back pay for members of the Navy or Marine Corps who were approved for promotion while interned as POW during World War II (H.R. 2992), E1692 [4SE]

War: effects, H1494 [4MR]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3420), E2194 [31OC]

Remarks in Senate

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, S11559 [16SE]

Armed Forces: improve process for adjusting rates of pay (S. 945), S5493 [29AP]

———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, S1113-S1115 [17JA], S2770-S2773, S2781-S2783, S2785 [26FE], S2985 [27FE]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq, S5106 [10AP]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, S7810 [12JN]

Barker, Linda: Sioux Falls Development Foundation Spirt of Sioux Falls Award recipient, S15404 [21NO]

Blue Ribbon Commission on Comprehensive Tax Reform: establish, S6218-S6220 [14MY], S6422 [15MY]

Budget: debt limit, S5266, S5270 [11AP]

———deficit, S1660 [28JA], S2783 [26FE], S3376-S3379 [10MR], S4403, S4404 [26MR], S5159, S5166 [10AP], S5269, S5290-S5293 [11AP], S6042 [13MY], S6152, S6153 [14MY], S6951-S6958 [22MY], S7074, S7075 [23MY], S8222 [19JN], S9362, S9385-S9390 [15JY], S9489 [16JY], S9516, S9578-S9580 [17JY], S9746 [23JY], S10181 [30JY], S10488-S10490 [31JY], S11935 [25SE], S12487 [14OC], S14608 [12NO]

———eliminate tax cuts, S4232 [21MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to deficit reduction, S4114-S4125 [20MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism and to deficit reduction, S4349 [25MR]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (S. 675), S4172 [20MR]

———treatment of public debt, S1697-S1703 [29JA]

Bush, President: encourage submission of a proposal to the Committee on Finance (Senate) raising revenues to offset funds spent on war with Iraq, S4781-S4785 [3AP]

———evaluation of administration, S7711 [11JN]

———evaluation of economic policies, S13600, S13613 [30OC], S14287 [10NO], S15937 [25NO]

———State of the Union Message, S1500-S1509, S1659-S1661 [28JA], S1689-S1692, S1694-S1696, S1703-S1712 [29JA], S1765-S1770 [30JA]

Business and industry: eliminate incentives to move operations abroad, enforce antidumping and trade laws, prohibit commerce in products made with child labor, and extend Buy American Act provisions (S. 592), S3516 [11MR]

Buy American Act: amend to increase requirement for American-made content and to tighten waiver provisions (S. 1480), S10142 [29JY], S12270 [1OC]

———compliance, S9519, S9520 [17JY]

CERCLA: Superfund program funding, S1430, S1431 [23JA]

Chadron State College: tribute to Exploring Free Enterprise Program, S14026 [5NO]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (S. Con. Res. 53), S9619 [17JY]

Climate: reduce risks from global warming and climate change to the economy, environment, and quality of life (S. 17), S134-S136 [9JA]

———reduce risks from global warming and climate change to the environment, S9208 [10JY]

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (S. 1711), S12449 [3OC]

———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 586), S3506 [11MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, S15922-S15926, S16077 [25NO], S16154-S16157 [9DE]

Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission: establish (S. 1192), S7482 [5JN]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure, S7095 [23MY]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 1125), S6600 [19MY], S6947-S6950 [22MY], S9631 [21JY], S15514-S15521 [22NO]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 413), S2492 [13FE]

———restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (S. 1100), S6864 [21MY]

———restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (S. 787), S4840 [3AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S90 [9JA], S210-S212 [13JA], S253 [14JA], S14638, S14705 [12NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct study on economic impact of horticulture industry to North Carolina, S14022 [5NO]

———establish university-based research, extension, and educational programs to implement biobased energy technologies and products, S14010 [5NO]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (S. 1120), S7004 [22MY]

Dept. of Energy: require report on natural gas supplies and demand, S7683 [11JN]

Dept. of Labor: Mass Layoff Statistics program funding, S1449 [23JA]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1597), S11249 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (S. 1957), S15982 [25NO]

Domestic policy: provide emergency relief for veterans health care, school construction, health care and transportation needs, and for job creation, S12510-S12514 [14OC]

Ecology and environment: environmental protection and natural resource conservation funding, S4360 [25MR], S4415 [26MR]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 645), S3891-S3894 [18MR]

———stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts, S10211 [30JY]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), S7038-S7040 [22MY]

Employment: importance of job creation, S14287-S14298, S14304-S14310 [10NO], S14580, S14583, S14586, S14715 [12NO]

Enron Corp.: involvement in manipulation of California energy crisis, S15261, S15262 [20NO]

Excellence in Economic Education Act: funding, S10948-S10952 [2SE]

FAA: exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the Airport Improvement Program (S. 1960), S15986 [25NO]

FERC: investigation into fraud and manipulation of California energy crisis, S3015, S3016 [3MR], S5895 [8MY]

FHA: increase maximum mortgage limit for FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas (S. 1714), S12461 [3OC]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (S. Res. 48), S2015 [5FE], S4453 [26MR]

Floods: disaster assistance to Michigan, S11550 [16SE]

Foreign aid: funding, S4363-S4365 [25MR]

Foreign currencies: require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation, S12486 [14OC]

———require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation (S. 1592), S11187 [8SE], S12965 [21OC]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, S2732-S2734 [26FE], S3001-S3004, S3007 [3MR], S3053 [4MR], S4059 [20MR], S4887-S4890 [7AP], S5698 [5MY], S7111, S7112 [23MY], S9935-S9939 [25JY], S10490-S10502 [31JY], S10957, S10958 [2SE], S14534 [12NO]

FRS: ensure independence of Board of Governors, S2751 [26FE]

———impact of bond market prices on economic conditions, S9899 [24JY]

———impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S10891 [1AU], S13326 [28OC]

Government: recognize Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government (S.J. Res. 18), S12143 [29SE], S12562 [14OC]

Greenspan, Alan: evaluation of policies, S10041 [28JY]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (S. 212), S1487 [23JA], S4910 [7AP]

———conduct hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring program (S. 212), CBO report, S4895 [7AP]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (S. 1409), S9421 [15JY], S9489 [16JY]

Insurance: economic impact of undiagnosed and untreated illnesses, S8277 [20JN]

———provide health care coverage for qualified caregivers, S6439 [15MY]

International Oil Sharing Plan: U.S. commitment to supply oil to nations unable to independently acquire quantities to meet their needs, S10570 [31JY]

Investments: provide protection for investors, increase confidence in the capital markets system, and streamline the hiring process for certain employment positions in the SEC (H.R. 658), S8260 [19JN]

Iran: democracy efforts, S1362 [22JA]

Iraq: establish a permanent trust fund from oil and gas revenues to help strengthen Iraqi economy, S5158 [10AP]

———require Presidential report to Congress on cost of use of Armed Forces against Iraq and rebuilding efforts before consideration of deficit-increasing legislation except for economic stimulus or homeland security purposes, S3815-S3820, S3822, S3840, S3848-S3854, S3857, S3858, S3874 [18MR]

IRS: clarify treatment of net operating loss in calculating taxes, S6442, S6443 [15MY]

———use of private collection companies to collect IRS debt, S6443, S6463 [15MY]

Medicare: permit offering of consumer-driven health care plans under Medicare Advantage, S8651 [26JN]

Mexico: restrictions on U.S. exports of certain agricultural products, S8426 [24JN]

Millennium Challenge Account: ensure eligibility for assistance includes providing people with disabilities opportunities for inclusion, S13364 [28OC]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: ensure eligibility for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Account includes a demonstrated commitment to sustainable use of natural resources, S9174 [10JY]

———establish (S. 1240), S7729 [11JN]

———include women and girls as beneficiaries under the Millennium Challenge Assistance program, S9205 [10JY]

Minimum wage: level, S2652 [25FE], S9283-S9286, S9288-S9290 [11JY], S12214, S12215 [1OC], S12361 [2OC]

———level (S. 20), S134-S136 [9JA]

———level (S. 224), S1661 [28JA], S1689 [29JA], S14587, S14674, S14679 [12NO]

———level (S. 224), unanimous-consent request, S14557, S14564, S14587, S14599, S14615, S14631, S14647, S14681, S14748 [12NO]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, S1703 [29JA], S2732-S2734 [26FE]

National objectives: priority assignments, S21-S23 [7JA], S101, S106-S112 [9JA], S182-S192 [10JA], S215-S220 [13JA], S308-S319, S321-S329, S334-S336 [15JA], S1043, S1044 [16JA], S1658, S1660 [28JA], S2271, S2276 [12FE], S2377 [13FE], S2760-S2765 [26FE], S2876-S2883, S2901 [27FE], S3110, S3121 [5MR], S3208 [6MR], S3390 [10MR], S3585 [12MR], S3708-S3710 [13MR], S3768, S3774-S3798, S3811-S3813 [17MR], S4317-S4323 [24MR], S8354-S8356 [23JN], S10890-S10892 [1AU], S11021 [3SE], S11182 [8SE], S12488 [14OC], S12908, S12912-S12914, S12965 [21OC], S13070-S13072 [23OC], S13703 [31OC], S14580, S14583, S14586, S14646, S14653, S14655, S14660, S14738, S14740 [12NO], S14952-S14960 [17NO]

National Retirement Planning Week: observance, S15401 [21NO]

Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (S. 1528), S10651 [31JY]

Poverty: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, S9089-S9092 [9JY], S9162, S9212 [10JY], S13352-S13356 [28OC]

———condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border (S. 1163), S7190 [2JN]

———enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (S. 532), S3187 [5MR]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (S. 571), S3326 [6MR]

———prohibit Millennium Challenge assistance funds from being used on projects that could displace U.S. jobs or production, or pose an environmental or health hazard, S9195, S9196 [10JY]

Power resources: allow renewable fuel program ethanol mandate to be temporarily suspended for certain States not located in corn-producing areas, S7372, S7373 [4JN]

———allow renewable fuel program ethanol mandate to be temporarily suspended if the mandate would harm the economy or the environment, S7200-S7204, S7206, S7209, S7213-S7219 [3JN]

———allow renewable fuel program ethanol mandate to be temporarily suspended in the event of a significant gasoline price increase or supply interruption, S7366-S7371 [4JN]

———exclude metal derivatives from certain regulatory oversight over energy trading markets by the CFTC, S7594, S7599 [10JN], S7675 [11JN]

———impact of establishing a national energy policy on the economy, S7654 [11JN]

———national energy policy, S214 [13JA], S2035 [6FE], S2514-S2516 [14FE], S2730-S2732 [26FE], S5109 [10AP], S12131 [29SE], S12151 [30SE]

———prohibit manipulation of electricity markets, S13998-S14001 [5NO], S15154 [19NO]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, S7590-S7599 [10JN], S7656-S7662, S7668-S7676, S7679-S7682 [11JN], S10004, S10005 [28JY], S13961-S13980 [5NO], S15346 [21NO]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (S. 509), S2567-S2569 [24FE], S3094-S3100 [4MR], S3159 [5MR]

Productivity: impact, S15937 [25NO]

Public utilities: create more efficient electric grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections, S9994-S9999 [28JY], S10116-S10133 [29JY], S10173-S10188, S10204-S10209, S10212-S10215 [30JY], S10470-S10485, S10529 [31JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S252, S256 [14JA], S12879 [20OC], S12913 [21OC]

Russia: condition continued participation in the Group of 8 nations upon voluntary acceptance and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (S. Con. Res. 85), S15400 [21NO]

SBA: transfer unused funds from the loan program for businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks to 7(a) loan program, S1435 [23JA]

Senate: accomplishments, S7902 [13JN], S8837-S8839 [27JN]

———legislative priorities, S2660 [25FE], S8889, S8890 [7JY], S10889 [1AU], S11151-S11154 [5SE]

Social Security: oppose reduction of annual cost-of-living adjustments, S7096, S7097 [23MY]

———oppose reduction of annual cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 155), S7115 [23MY]

———redirect proposed tax cut revenues into reserve fund to strengthen trust funds, S3845-S3855 [18MR], S4356 [25MR]

Southwest Regional Border Authority: establish (S. 458), S2849 [26FE], S2884 [27FE]

States: provide budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments, S6204-S6214 [14MY], S6414, S6462, S6463 [15MY], S7123 [23MY]

———use of budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief for child care, S7084, S7085 [23MY]

Taxation: abolish certain tax cuts, S6438, S6439 [15MY]

———clarify rules governing bonus deduction for depreciable business assets, S6458 [15MY]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends, S3784 [17MR], S4137 [20MR], S4244-S4246 [21MR]

———expand special depreciation allowance (S. 879), S5208 [10AP]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1896), S15190 [19NO], S15398 [21NO]

———impact of sunset provisions on cost forecasts, S7112-S7114 [23MY]

———limit phase-in of revenue reducing measures, S6440 [15MY]

———provide for deficit reduction by delaying the acceleration of income tax reductions, S6439 [15MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S96-S100, S106-S112 [9JA], S182-S192 [10JA], S210-S213, S215-S220 [13JA], S264-S267, S275, S281 [14JA], S308-S319, S321-S329, S334-S336 [15JA], S1043, S1044 [16JA], S1134 [17JA], S1218-S1220 [21JA], S1392, S1393 [23JA], S1649-S1655 [28JA], S1697-S1704, S1706-S1712 [29JA], S1760 [30JA], S2245-S2248, S2282 [12FE], S2760-S2765 [26FE], S3053 [4MR], S3376-S3379 [10MR], S3774-S3798 [17MR], S3842-S3855 [18MR], S3942, S3943, S3946 [19MR], S4055, S4057, S4060, S4146, S4150 [20MR], S4243-S4248, S4264 [21MR], S4367 [25MR], S4418-S4421 [26MR], S5159 [10AP], S5268-S5280, S5284-S5291 [11AP], S10890-S10892 [1AU]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), S6572-S6574 [19MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, S6950-S6964, S6969 [22MY], S7071-S7089, S7123 [23MY], S7186 [2JN], S7276 [4JN], S7512 [9JN], S7572 [10JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S6964 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), insert S. 1054 language in lieu, S6474 [15MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S6196 [14MY], S6738 [20MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 2), S5514, S5515 [30AP], S5640 [1MY], S5744-S5747 [6MY], S5793-S5798 [7MY], S6014-S6022 [12MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), S3439 [11MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), unanimous-consent request, S3390 [10MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6039-S6043, S6049, S6051-S6060 [13MY], S6147-S6226, S6233-S6248 [14MY], S6407-S6415, S6421-S6445, S6451-S6475 [15MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), unanimous-consent agreement, S6048 [13MY], S6196, S6226, S6405 [14MY]

———sunset certain tax increases, S6432 [15MY]

———suspend future reductions of income tax rates if Social Security surpluses are used to fund such cuts (S. 88), S74 [7JA]

———suspend future reductions of the highest income tax rate if there is a Federal on-budget deficit (S. 126), S157 [9JA]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 842), S5075 [9AP]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend, S1222, S1226-S1229 [21JA], S1325-S1327 [22JA]

———extend (S. 23), S9-S20, S23-S26 [7JA], S127 [9JA], S331 [15JA]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S2044 [6FE], S2115 [10FE]

———amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (S. 1110), S6991-S6994 [22MY]

———amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (S. 1299), S8243 [19JN]

Transportation: reform border and corridor programs to alleviate NAFTA-related congestion (S. 1099), S6863 [21MY]

Treaties and agreements: impact of free-trade agreements, S9400 [15JY], S9935-S9939, S9943-S9946 [25JY], S10034-S10038 [28JY], S10490-S10502 [31JY], S13840 [4NO]

Unemployment: address loss of manufacturing base, S14693, S14750 [12NO]

———impact, S9313 [14JY], S10960 [2SE], S11193 [9SE], S14287-S14298, S14304-S14310 [10NO], S14633, S14715 [12NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S4342, S4343 [25MR], S9178-S9181 [10JY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 225), S1661 [28JA], S1689 [29JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 270), S1834 [30JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 923), S5383-S5385 [11AP]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 923), unanimous-consent request, S6583, S6584 [19MY], S6912-S6914 [22MY]

Veterans: modify calculation of back pay for members of the Navy or Marine Corps who were approved for promotion while interned as POW during World War II (S. 1057), S6259 [14MY]

Workforce Investment Act: programs funding, S11057-S11060, S11077 [4SE]

———reauthorize (S. 1627), S11651 [17SE], S14861-S14919 [12NO]

Reports

Caribbean Nations' Economic Integration: Council on Hemispheric Affairs, E1562 [23JY]

Investigations of Misconduct in Energy-Related Markets: CFTC, S7659-S7661 [11JN]

New Evidence That Energy Companies Besides Enron Manipulated the Western Energy Market: Senator Feinstein, S5895-S5897 [8MY]

Reports filed

Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 658) (H. Rept. 108-63), H2937 [8AP]

Acknowledge Chambers of Commerce Contributions To Improve Communities and Strengthen Local and Regional Economies: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 53), S9591 [17JY]

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 239) (H. Rept. 108-22), H1639 [5MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 253) (H. Rept. 108-129), H4733 [22MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 227) (H. Rept. 108-95), H3855 [8MY]

Consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 14) (H. Rept. 108-1), H51 [7JA]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1125) (S. Rept. 108-118), S10264 [30JY]

FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1985) (H. Rept. 108-247), H7838 [3SE]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 48), S4165 [20MR]

High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 212) (S. Rept. 108-21), S3993 [19MR]

Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2), S5995 [9MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 108-94), H3855 [8MY]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 108-126), H4733 [22MY]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1054), S6070 [13MY]

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 108-206), S15405 [21NO]

Millenium Challenge Account Authorization and Peace Corps Expansion Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 2441) (H. Rept. 108-205), H6705 [14JY]

Millennium Challenge Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1160) (S. Rept. 108-55), S7187 [2JN]

Public Works and Economic Development Act Programs Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2535) (H. Rept. 108-242), H7790 [29JY]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 249) (H. Rept. 108-124), H4527 [21MY]

Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1627) (S. Rept. 108-187), S14031 [5NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3954 [9MY], H4537 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6437, S6441 [15MY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H88 [8JA]

Schedules

2001 debt timeline, S3379 [10MR]

Statements

Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases: American Geophysical Union Council, S9209 [10JY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Senator Frist, S15516-S15518 [22NO]

Inclusion of People With Disabilities in Foreign Assistance Programs: National Council on Disability, S13364 [28OC]

Millennium Challenge Act: President Bush, S3329 [6MR]

Small Business Provisions of Economic Growth Package: Hector V. Barreto, SBA, E145 [6FE]

Summaries

Rebuild America Act (H.R. 2615), E1798 [16SE]

Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act (H.R. 3196), E1910 [29SE]

Securing America's Future—The Case for a Strong Manufacturing Base: National Association for Manufacturing, H6807 [15JY]

Tables

Budget outlook with conference tax cuts, H4711 [22MY]

Budget realities, S3377 [10MR], S4067 [20MR], S5794 [7MY], S7107 [23MY]

CBO's projections of Federal debt under its adjusted baseline, S1701 [29JA]

Debt to the penny, S1699 [29JA], S3006 [3MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act final vote (2001), H4964 [4JN]

Federal budget deficits, trust funds, national debt, and interest costs (1947-2002), S1698 [29JA]

Federal Government financing and debt, S3377 [10MR], S4068 [20MR]

Import percentages of certain products, S10495 [31JY]

President Bush's 2004 budget tax proposals, S2923 [27FE]

Profits of certain corporations, H4193 [15MY]

State nominal and real annual budget increases, S6473 [15MY]

Tax relief for working families, S2923 [27FE]

Taxes to pay for war, S1698 [29JA], S4783 [3AP]

Top Federal tax bracket taxpayers by State, S158 [9JA]

Testimonies

Impact of Iraqi War and Energy Markets on the Economy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S13494 [29OC]

Impact of the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty on Ohio's Coal Dependent Communities: Robert E. Murray, Murray Energy Corp., E1035 [21MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 141, reform Internal Revenue Code, H3004 [9AP]

H. Con. Res. 172, National Tourism Week, H4751 [2JN]

H. Con. Res. 215, acknowledge chambers of commerce contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies, H6666 [14JY]

H. Res. 14, consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H66 [8JA]

H. Res. 127, Financial Literacy for Youth Month, H2829 [7AP]

H. Res. 227, consideration of H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act, H3864 [9MY]

H. Res. 249, same-day consideration of consideration of conference report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H4558 [22MY]

H. Res. 253, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H4706 [22MY]

H.J. Res. 70, recognize Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government, H9401 [15OC]

H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act, H3902, H3910-H3913, H3940-H3953 [9MY]

H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S6741-S6786 [20MY]

H.R. 658, Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act, H5421 [17JN]

H.R. 1985, FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act, H9235 [7OC]

H.R. 2535, Public Works and Economic Development Act programs reauthorization and improvement, H9759-H9762 [21OC]

S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H75 [8JA]

S. 212, High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring Act, S1488 [23JA], S4911-S4913 [7AP]

S. 413, Asbestos Claims Criteria and Compensation Act, S2493-S2495 [13FE]

S. 458, Southwest Regional Border Authority Act, S2850-S2855 [26FE]

S. 532, Colonias Gateway Initiative Act, S3188 [5MR]

S. 571, Millennium Challenge Act, S3326-S3328 [6MR]

S. 586, Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act, S3507 [11MR]

S. 645, Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act, S3893 [18MR]

S. 675, require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law, S4172 [20MR]

S. 787, Fair and Independent Federal Judiciary Act, S4840 [3AP]

S. 879, Economic Stimulus Act, S5209 [10AP]

S. 945, improve process for adjusting rates of Armed Forces pay, S5493 [29AP]

S. 1057, modify calculation of back pay for members of the Navy or Marine Corps who were approved for promotion while interned as POW during World War II, S6259 [14MY]

S. 1099, reform border and corridor programs to alleviate NAFTA-related congestion, S6863 [21MY]

S. 1100, Securing Judicial Independence Act, S6864 [21MY]

S. 1120, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Reorganization Act, S7004 [22MY]

S. 1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S6600-S6612 [19MY]

S. 1134, Economic Development Administration reauthorization and improvement, S7038-S7040 [22MY]

S. 1163, condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border, S7190 [2JN]

S. 1192, Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission Act, S7482 [5JN]

S. 1480, Buy American Improvement Act, S10143 [29JY]

S. 1528, Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act, S10651-S10653 [31JY]

S. 1592, Fair Currency Enforcement Act, S11188 [8SE]

S. 1597, Homestead Preservation Act, S11250 [9SE]

S. 1627, Workforce Investment Act reauthorization, S11651-S11680 [17SE], S14861-S14918 [12NO]

S. 1711, Community Economic Development Expertise Enhancement Act, S12449-S12452 [3OC]

S. 1714, FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act, S12461 [3OC]

S. 1896, Tax Relief Extension Act, S15190-S15192 [19NO]

S. 1957, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, S15982 [25NO]

S. Con. Res. 53, acknowledge chambers of commerce contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies, S7730 [11JN], S9619 [17JY]

S. Con. Res. 85, condition Russia's continued participation in the Group of 8 nations upon voluntary acceptance and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy, S15477 [21NO]

S. Res. 48, Financial Literacy for Youth Month, S2015 [5FE], S4453 [26MR]

S. Res. 67, tribute to Alan Greenspan, S2871 [26FE]

S. Res. 155, oppose reduction of annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, S7115, S7160 [23MY]

S.J. Res. 18, recognize Inspectors General for efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government, H11174 [17NO]

S.J. Res. 18, recognize Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government, S12562 [14OC]

Transcripts

U.S. Economic Policy: Kevin Phillips, National Public Radio, S217 [13JA]