POLITICAL PARTIES

Agreements

Memorandum of Understanding on Judicial Nominations, S5830 [24MY]

Articles and editorials

Advice and Consent, S2410 [10MR]

Battle Over Judges—With Estrada Out, Senate Must End Turmoil, S2410 [10MR]

Breaking the Rules—Framers Intended No More Than a Senate Majority To Approve Judges, S5773 [23MY]

Call End to Filibuster, S2410 [10MR]

Democrats Readying for Judicial Fight, S3612 [14AP]

From Thomas, Original Views, S6400 [13JN]

Hatch Is Wrong About History of Judicial Appointments, S5768 [23MY]

Incivility Breeds Threats to Democracy, E2653 [30DE]

Let's Change Rules That Hang Up Judicial Nominees, S2410 [10MR]

``Little Engine That Could '', H2723 [28AP]

Memos Reveal Strategy Behind Judge Filibusters, S5474 [19MY]

Our Constitution Faces Death by Due ``Process'', S6399 [13JN]

Politics of Filibusters, S2409 [10MR]

Rep. King Says Russert and Others in Media Should `Be Shot,' Not Karl Rove, H6310 [21JY]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T—For the Law, for the Court, for the Constitution, for the Nominee. . ., S7808 [30JN]

Time for Filibuster Rules To Change, S2409 [10MR]

Unique Case of Obstruction, S5475, S5513 [19MY]

War Over Judges Is No Longer Subtle Fight, S5384 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): appoint non-partisan staff (see H. Res. 310), H4318 [9JN]

Elections: repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H1508 [15MR]

House Rules: violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization (see H. Res. 324), H4644 [16JN]

Taxation: prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions (see H.R. 45), H73 [4JA]

———provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (see H.R. 958), H794 [17FE]

———provide parity in reporting requirements for national party committees and unregulated political organizations (see H.R. 914), H793 [17FE]

Factsheets

Academic Bill of Rights, H321 [2FE]

Histories

Filibusters and Judges, S4803 [10MY]

Letters

Judicial vacancies: Senators Reid and Leahy, S5385 [18MY]

Senate Rules amendment relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster: Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-Defamation League, S4147 [22AP]

———C. Welton Gaddy, S4146 [22AP]

———several religious leaders, S4146 [22AP]

Lists

Comments by Republicans during filibuster of Richard A. Paez and Marsha L. Berzon nominations, S3763 [15AP]

Judicial nominations for which cloture was filed, because of a filibuster, but was later withdrawn, S3763 [15AP]

Judicial nominations needing 60 votes in order to end filibuster prior to the Bush administration, S3763 [15AP], S4442 [27AP]

Motions

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): appoint non-partisan staff (H. Res. 310), H4319 [9JN]

House Rules: violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization (H. Res. 324), H4649 [16JN]

Papers

Senate's Power To Make Procedural Rules by Majority Vote: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S5509-S5512 [19MY]

Poems

``Apologies Are Real Cool'', E1640 [27JY]

Press releases

Reform Jewish Movement Calls on Senator Frist To Repudiate Claim That Judicial Nominees Are Victims of a ``Filibuster Against Faith'': Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, S4147 [22AP]

Proposals

House Rules violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization, H4414 [14JN]

Remarks in House

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): appoint non-partisan staff, H4902 [22JN]

———appoint non-partisan staff (H. Res. 310), H4318 [9JN]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): amend rules to allow minority party to conduct oversight hearings on the administration, E157 [2FE]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: politicization of public broadcasting programs, H5129-H5131 [24JN]

———politicization of public broadcasting programs and creation of the Office of Ombudsmen, E2393 [17NO]

Dallas, TX: anniversary of Lake Highlands Republican Women (organization), E1975 [28SE]

Dean, Howard: characterization of remarks made about Republicans, H996 [8MR], H4162 [7JN], H4274 [8JN]

DeLay, Representative: editorial in Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer on certain ethics charges, H1901 [13AP]

Dept. of Defense: cancellation of plans to broadcast Ed Schultz' radio talk show on American Forces Network, H8922, H8925 [19OC]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit funding to be used to appoint an individual to a Federal advisory committee on the basis of political affiliation, H5137 [24JN]

Elections: repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (H.R. 1316), H1857 [12AP], H2556 [27AP], H3544 [18MY], H5643 [12JY]

504 Democrat Club: tribute, E1206 [14JN]

House of Representatives: condemn practice of scheduling critical votes at times that discourage comprehensive media coverage, H994 [8MR]

———impact of bipartisanship, H2723 [28AP], H3440 [18MY]

———impact of partisanship, H496 [9FE], H1606 [16MR], H2942 [4MY], H3898 [25MY], H4707, H4718 [17JN], H6310 [21JY], H9680-H9682, H9686, H9687, H9691-H9693 [4NO], H10138 [9NO], H11310, H11317 [8DE], H11753 [15DE], H12154 [17DE], E2653 [30DE]

———importance of bipartisanship, H6207 [21JY]

———legislative process, H12173, H12174, H12176 [18DE]

House Rules: clarify usage regulations for cell phones purchased with campaign funds, H21 [4JA]

———ethics reform, H19-H25 [4JA], H1875-H1881 [12AP], H1901 [13AP], H2155, H2156, H2157 [20AP], H2398 [21AP], H2520 [26AP], H2628, H2630 [27AP], H2885 [4MY], H3887 [24MY]

———violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization (H. Res. 324), H4565, H4566, H4567, H4644-H4650 [16JN]

Members of Congress: ABC News report on failure of Members to properly disclose travel forms, H2628 [27AP]

Mesquite Republican Women (organization): anniversary, E1719 [29JY]

Partisanship: impact, H634 [16FE]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, H2398 [21AP], H2746, H2750 [3MY], H2886, H2950-H2956 [4MY], H2983, H3031 [5MY], H3064 [10MY], H3116, H3117, H3118, H3119 [11MY], H3201, H3202, H3203, H3204, H3239 [12MY], H3269, H3291, H3293, H3300-H3305 [16MY], H3337 [17MY], H3440, H3441, H3442, H3544, H3546 [18MY], H3586, H3587, H3588, H3678 [19MY], H3699 [23MY], H3772, H3883, H3888 [24MY], H3899 [25MY]

Republican Party: apology at NAACP conference for ``southern strategy'' started in 1968 to use race as a wedge on certain issues, E1640 [27JY]

Rove, Karl: characterization of Democratic response to terrorist attacks on U.S., H5104, H5105 [24JN], H5179 [27JN]

Supreme Court: nominee selection process, H5470 [29JN], H5804 [14JY]

Taxation: provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (H.R. 958), E292 [18FE]

Remarks in Senate

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: politicization of public broadcasting programs, S7375 [24JN], S7408 [27JN], S14308 [21DE]

Dean, Howard: characterization of remarks made about Republicans, S6186 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: ensure fairness and balance in political programming on the American Forces Network, S12436-S12440 [7NO], S12468-S12471, S12474-S12482 [8NO]

Negroponte, John D.: scheduling of Senate briefings, S11060, S11061 [5OC]

Political campaigns: maintain current limit on amount of contributions from leadership political action committees to national parties, S11450 [18OC]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S57 [6JA], S860 [2FE], S1457, S1458 [16FE], S1831-S1834 [1MR], S1998 [3MR], S2078-S2080 [4MR], S2297-S2304 [9MR], S2408-S2415 [10MR], S3399 [11AP], S3443-S3448 [12AP], S3506-S3512 [13AP], S3612-S3614 [14AP], S3762-S3765 [15AP], S3770-S3775 [18AP], S3960, S3962-S3965 [20AP], S4041-S4052, S4099 [21AP], S4139-S4148 [22AP], S4225, S4228, S4237-S4243 [26AP], S4352-S4373, S4378, S4436-S4443 [27AP], S4448-S4452, S4463-S4465, S4467, S4477 [28AP], S4612-S4622, S4632-S4634, S4638 [9MY], S4798-S4804, S4807-S4814, S4817-S4819 [10MY], S4888-S4896 [11MY], S5008-S5011, S5029-S5037, S5039-S5042, S5046 [12MY], S5199, S5208-S5213 [16MY], S5250, S5251, S5282-S5292 [17MY], S5373-S5433 [18MY], S5453-S5525 [19MY], S5552-S5578 [20MY], S5715-S5775, S5807-S5813 [23MY], S5815-S5831, S5833-S5837 [24MY], S5859-S5861, S5864-S5868, S5873-S5875, S5916 [25MY], S6000-S6002 [26MY], S6075-S6079, S6082 [6JN], S6126-S6129 [7JN], S6180, S6193, S6207, S6214, S6219 [8JN], S6284-S6291, S6342-S6344 [9JN], S6355 [13JN], S6428, S6469-S6471 [14JN], S7206, S7228-S7231 [23JN], S7371-S7373 [24JN], S8503-S8510, S8523-S8526 [20JY], S9074-S9076 [27JY], S9211-S9215 [28JY], S10465, S10472-S10479, S10481-S10487 [27SE], S10561, S10576 [28SE], S10635, S10645, S10646 [29SE], S12882 [16NO], S13427-S13435 [12DE], S13565 [14DE]

———Senate process for confirmation of nominees, S5889-S5891 [25MY]

Reid, Senator: release of Republican National Committee research briefing criticizing political tactics, S995, S1065 [7FE], S1073 [8FE], S1176 [9FE], S1255 [10FE]

Rove, Karl: characterization of Democratic response to terrorist attacks on U.S., S7231, S7235, S7283 [23JN]

Science: prohibit use of funding to ask scientific advisory committee candidates to disclose political affiliation or voting history, S11873 [26OC]

Senate: announcement of series of policy debates and explanation of format, S3227, S3228 [5AP]

———impact of bipartisanship, S6243, S6244 [9JN], S9586 [29JY]

———impact of partisanship, S97 [20JA], S1373 [15FE], S3770 [18AP], S4237-S4243 [26AP], S13545 [14DE], S14200, S14291 [21DE]

Supreme Court: nominee selection process, S6388-S6390 [13JN], S7204-S7208, S7228-S7231, S7234 [23JN], S7513 [28JN], S7801, S7807, S7808 [30JN], S7898 [1JY], S7945 [11JY], S8091, S8092, S8110 [12JY], S8153, S8154, S8205 [13JY], S8290 [14JY], S8373-S8375 [15JY], S8409-S8412 [18JY], S8450, S8451, S8457, S8476 [19JY], S8503-S8510 [20JY], S9609 [6SE], S9894 [12SE], S10633, S10645 [29SE], S10922 [4OC], S11971 [27OC], S12874 [16NO]

———unpredictability of Justices' political tendencies in decisionmaking, S10570 [28SE]

Reports

Proper Scope of Questioning for Judicial Nominees: Senate Republican Policy Committee, S10490 [27SE]

Reports filed

527 Fairness Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 1316) (H. Rept. 109-146), H4983 [22JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Members of Congress: ABC News report on failure of Members to properly disclose travel forms, H2629 [27AP]

Statements

Committee on Ways and Means (House) Rules Amendment Allowing Minority Party To Conduct Oversight Hearings on the Administration: Representative Stark, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E157 [2FE]

Disagreeing Without Demonizing: National Council of Churches, S4147 [22AP]

Senate Process for Confirmation of Judicial Nominees: Senator Alexander, S2298-S2302 [9MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 310, appoint non-partisan staff for the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House), H4318 [9JN]

H. Res. 324, House Rules violations by majority party relative to hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization, H4644 [16JN]