DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Articles and editorials

Candidates, 2 Approaches to Wall Street, S8822 [16SE]

Catholic Dems and Bishops in for a Bumpy Ride, E1883 [24SE]

Democrats Against Drilling, S7235, S7237 [24JY]

DNC To Again File Suit on McCain's Matching Funds, S5923 [20JN]

Energy Bill Out of Gas, H6239 [9JY]

Global Reach—U.S. Corporate Interests in Colombia (excerpt), H2126 [9AP]

Government Showdown, S1563 [5MR]

Have House-Senate Conferences Gone the Way of the Dodo?, S3771 [6MY]

Middle Class, S10140 [30SE]

Obama Defines ``Middle Class'', S10136 [30SE]

Pelosi's Pump Pain—Aggressive Pre-Recess Plan Goes by Wayside, H6137 [26JN]

Political Memo; Re-examining the Fine Print on Clinton's Tax Promises, S7601 [29JY]

Up or Down, S693 [6FE]

While the Election Watchdog Wanders, S693 [6FE]

Why America Needs a Little Less Laissez-Faire, E92 [29JA]

Bills and resolutions

Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select): amend majority party membership (see S. Res. 492), S2231 [31MR]

Committee on Financial Services (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 1066), H1889 [1AP]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 999), H1074 [26FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 1426), H8025 [11SE]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 1035), H1539 [11MR] (see H. Res. 1256), H5214 [10JN] (see H. Res. 1342), H6576 [15JY]

Davis, Lula Johnson: election as Sec. for the Majority of the Senate (see S. Res. 424), S207 [23JA]

Paone, Martin P.: tribute (see S. Res. 420), S94 [22JA]

Pelosi, Speaker: express support for revealing of commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices (see H. Res. 1135), H2658 [23AP]

Letters

House of Representatives earmark rule: John V. Sullivan, House Parliamentarian, H42 [16JA]

Support for revealing of Speaker Pelosi's commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices: several Representatives, H2578 [23AP]

Lists

Committee on Armed Services (Senate) staff members, S8934 [17SE]

Energy legislation, H6284 [9JY]

House staff working on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H3811 [14MY]

Senate staff working on S. 1200, Indian Health Care Improvement Act, S1154 [26FE]

Press releases

With Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Americans Can No Longer Afford Rubber Stamp Congress: Representative Pelosi, H2578 [23AP]

Remarks in House

Berg, Patty: Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee Democrat of the Year award recipient, E2182 [30SE]

Breland, David: Morgan County, AL, Democratic Party Newton B. Powell Loyalty Award recipient, E682 [22AP]

Brown, Ron: Parma, OH, Democratic Party Democrat Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1803 [16SE]

Budget: comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, H1556-H1559, H1611, H1613-H1615 [12MR], H1949-H1955 [2AP]

Cobb, Sue Bell: Morgan County, AL, Democratic Party Albert P. Brewer Public Service Award recipient, E687 [22AP]

Committee on Financial Services (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 1066), H1867 [1AP]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 999), H1046 [26FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 1426), H8025 [11SE]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 1035), H1459 [11MR]

———majority party appointments (H. Res. 1256), H5143 [10JN]

———majority party appointments (H. Res. 1342), H6534 [15JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H2001 [3AP]

———accomplishments of the 110th Congress relative to the Armed Forces, H6348 [10JY]

———accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H265-H268 [16JA], H435, H436 [23JA], H798, H799 [7FE], H4441 [21MY], H4979 [5JN], H7635, H7636 [31JY], H8010 [10SE], H8425 [18SE], H10820 [3OC]

———tribute to congressional golf tournament benefiting disabled veterans, H6597 [16JY]

Diaz-Balart, Representative Lincoln: characterization of actions relative to calling for procedural vote during memorial service for Tom Lantos, H967, H968 [14FE]

Domestic policy: national agenda, H28, H29, H276-H283 [16JA], H1831 [1AP], H1957, H1961 [2AP], H2275 [15AP], H2413-H2420 [16AP], H2455 [17AP], H2587, H2588, H2641-H2647 [23AP], H3012 [1MY], H3059 [6MY], H3870-H3876 [14MY], H4158 [20MY], H4329, H4442-H4446 [21MY], H5118 [10JN], H5326 [11JN], H5586 [19JN], H5777, H5785 [20JN], H5939 [24JN], H6014 [25JN], H6234, H6326, H6330 [9JY], H6412 [14JY], H6662 [16JY], H7148 [24JY], H7859 [9SE], H7961, H7962, H8002-H8008 [10SE], H8135 [16SE], H8388 [17SE], H8458, H8459 [18SE], H8557 [22SE], H8585 [23SE], H9221 [24SE]

Economy: evaluation of policies, H5589 [19JN], H6180, H6186 [8JY], H8145 [16SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H28 [16JA], H1449, H1450, H1451 [11MR], H1964-H1971 [2AP], H5486 [18JN]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H3141 [7MY], H8713 [23SE]

———importance of bipartisanship, H268 [16JA], H436, H438-H441 [23JA], H627, H799 [7FE], H1406 [6MR], H1959 [2AP], H2475 [17AP], H4441-H4446 [21MY], H6195, H6196 [8JY], H8068 [15SE], H8400 [18SE]

———legislative priorities, H6239 [9JY]

———legislative process, H3135, H3136, H3139, H3140, H3147-H3149 [7MY], H3936, H3937 [15MY], H4460, H4461 [22MY], H5946, H5948 [24JN], H6809-H6815 [22JY], H8064, H8113-H8116, H8118 [15SE], H8388, H8391, H8394 [17SE], H8407-H8410, H8457, H8460 [18SE], H9890-H9893, H9938 [25SE]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H8388, H8389 [17SE]

Kanjorski, Nancy: Lackawanna County, PA, Federation of Democratic Women Woman of the Year award recipient, E320 [6MR]

Nardi, Nick (Sonny): Parma, OH, Democratic Party Democrat of the Year award recipient, E1802 [16SE]

News media: comparison of amount of media coverage given to Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates, H29 [16JA], H393 [23JA], H6477 [15JY], H7065 [24JY], H7636 [31JY], H8401 [18SE], H10136 [27SE]

———comparison of media coverage given to Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates, H8024 [11SE]

Pelosi, Speaker: express support for revealing of commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices, H2578, H2579, H2581-H2585, H2626 [23AP], H2663 [24AP], H2892 [30AP], H2960 [1MY], H3123, H3128 [7MY], H5051 [9JN], H5218 [11JN]

———express support for revealing of commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices (H. Res. 1135), H3114 [7MY]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H8393 [17SE]

———gasoline price levels, H1796 [31MR], H2364 [16AP], H2954, H2955 [1MY], H3123 [7MY]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, H7863 [9SE], H8281 [17SE], H8399 [18SE], H9979 [26SE], E1766 [11SE]

———assessment of Presidential candidates' economic proposals, H9090 [24SE], H9873 [25SE]

———historic Presidential primary season, H4979 [5JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, H2227 [14AP], H2364 [16AP], H2755 [24AP], H2765 [29AP], H2865, H2866 [30AP], H3054, H3056, H3058, H3059 [6MY], H3112, H3113, H3137, H3143 [7MY], H3191, H3310 [8MY], H4158, H4159, H4304-H4311 [20MY], H4823 [22MY], H7847 [8SE], H8304 [17SE], H8407, H8411, H8421, H8456-H8463 [18SE]

Taxation: rates, H2364 [16AP]

Votes in House: condemn practice of holding votes open beyond a reasonable period of time, H3147 [7MY]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, S1826-S1839 [11MR], S4590-S4599 [21MY]

Bush, President: State of the Union Message, S370 [28JA], S407, S411, S414, S434, S436 [29JA]

Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select): amend majority party membership (S. Res. 492), S2250 [31MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): accomplishments in the 110th Congress, S7808 [31JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, S16, S18 [22JA], S408 [29JA], S4562-S4564 [21MY], S4903 [3JN], S6881 [17JY], S8019-S8021 [1AU], S8145, S8149 [9SE]

Davis, Lula Johnson: election as Sec. for the Majority of the Senate (S. Res. 424), S215 [23JA]

Domestic policy: national agenda, S16, S18 [22JA], S1492-S1495, S1509 [4MR], S2990, S3004 [15AP], S3339, S3344-S3347 [24AP], S4010 [12MY], S4047 [13MY], S4128, S4129 [14MY], S5640 [16JN], S5724-S5730 [18JN], S6344-S6346 [7JY], S6614 [14JY], S6680 [15JY], S6800 [16JY], S7985, S7987 [1AU], S8149 [9SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S8826-S8828 [16SE]

Elections: impact of scheduling of Democratic Party Presidential primaries in Florida and Michigan relative to seating of delegates at the Democratic National Convention, S809 [8FE], S1514 [4MR], S2284 [1AP], S2625-S2627 [7AP], S3390 [24AP]

———pledge by Presidential candidates to not campaign in Florida due to date of primary election, S45 [22JA]

———provide for interregional primary elections and caucuses for the selection of delegates to political party Presidential nominating conventions (S. 2024), S45 [22JA]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, S6583-S6585 [11JY]

Paone, Martin P.: tribute (S. Res. 420), S155 [22JA]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S3650, S3652, S3676 [1MY], S3988, S3992, S3993, S3997-S4004 [12MY], S4903 [3JN], S6881-S6883 [17JY]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates' economic proposals, S8822-S8824 [16SE], S8999-S9001 [18SE]

———assessment of Presidential candidates' tax proposals, S8366 [11SE], S8474 [12SE], S8925-S8928 [17SE], S9564-S9567 [26SE], S10135-S10140 [30SE], S10298 [1OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, S3652 [1MY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of FEC nominees, S692, S693 [6FE], S5973, S5974, S6005 [24JN]

———Senate process for confirmation of FEC nominees, unanimous-consent request, S5922-S5924 [20JN]

———Senate process for confirmation of nominees, S693-S696 [6FE]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S1443 [3MR], S1663, S1691-S1693 [6MR], S2990-S2993, S3000-S3002, S3004 [15AP], S3136 [17AP], S3375-S3377 [24AP], S3647 [30AP], S3653, S3680, S3681 [1MY], S3765, S3770 [6MY], S4047 [13MY], S4128-S4130 [14MY], S5463, S5464 [11JN], S5537 [12JN], S5708, S5711 [18JN], S5993 [24JN], S6545, S6546 [10JY], S7085 [22JY], S7823 [31JY], S8230 [10SE]

———importance of bipartisanship, S316 [25JA], S408, S409 [29JA], S618 [5FE], S825 [11FE], S1413, S1416 [29FE], S2209-S2211 [31MR], S2279 [1AP], S4612 [21MY], S4913 [3JN], S5006, S5007 [4JN], S6348 [7JY], S8990 [18SE], S10536, S10537 [17NO], S10609 [19NO]

———legislative process, S2990-S2993, S3000-S3002, S3004, S3005 [15AP], S3136 [17AP], S3286 [23AP], S3375-S3378 [24AP], S3582, S3583, S3585, S3647 [30AP], S3653, S3655, S3680, S3688 [1MY], S3735 [2MY], S3754 [6MY], S4135-S4137 [14MY], S4273 [15MY], S4901, S4918 [3JN], S5011, S5014-S5017, S5026-S5028 [4JN], S5128-S5130, S5132, S5133, S5151, S5165 [5JN], S5378-S5380 [9JN], S5417 [10JN], S5545, S5584 [12JN], S5708 [18JN], S6225-S6228, S6230-S6234 [26JN], S6344-S6346, S6349 [7JY], S6378 [8JY], S6951 [21JY], S6983, S6984 [22JY], S7098, S7110 [23JY], S7226 [24JY], S7457, S7458 [25JY], S7514, S7516, S7518-S7521 [26JY], S7716, S7717, S7725 [30JY], S7823 [31JY], S10539 [17NO]

Taxation: historical trends in U.S. tax policy relative to political party affiliation of President and Congress, S7253-S7255 [24JY], S7600-S7604 [29JY], S10135 [30SE]

———rates, S5731 [18JN], S8356-S8361 [11SE], S8474 [12SE]

Reports

Broken Promises—The Death of Deliberative Democracy: Committee on Rules (House) Minority Office (excerpt), H7657 [31JY]

Statements

Misleading Claims That Congressional Budget Plan Calls for ``Largest Tax Increase in History'': Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H4342 [21MY]

Regular Order for Legislation: Speaker Pelosi (excerpt), H3289 [8MY]

Summaries

Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act (S. 3268): Democratic Amendment on Oil and Gas Leases Development, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization, Energy Conservation, and Deep Water and Gas Royalty Relief Repeal, S7218-S7220 [24JY]

Surveys

Strapped—Students and Schools Pay the Price for Democrats Failed Energy Policies: Committee on Education and Labor (House) Republican Staff, H8436 [18SE]

Tables

Comparision of taxes and spending cuts in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, S7602 [29JY]

Distributional effects of revenue provisions of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, S7602 [29JY]

Instances where the Senate majority limited amendments, S3754-S3756 [6MY]

Total deficit impact of Obama and McCain tax and spending proposals, S10298 [1OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 999, majority party appointments to the Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H1046 [26FE]

H. Res. 1035, majority party appointments to committees of the House, H1459 [11MR]

H. Res. 1066, majority party appointments to the Committee on Financial Services (House), H1867 [1AP]

H. Res. 1256, majority party appointments to committees of the House, H5143 [10JN]

H. Res. 1342, majority party appointments to committees of the House, H6534 [15JY]

H. Res. 1426, majority party appointments to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House), H8025 [11SE]

S. Res. 420, tribute to Martin P. Paone, S109, S155 [22JA]

S. Res. 424, election of Lula Johnson Davis as Sec. for the Majority of the Senate, S210 [23JA]

S. Res. 492, amend majority party membership of Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select), S2237, S2250 [31MR]

Transcripts

Democratic Agenda: ``Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer,'' CNN, S6217 [26JN]

Tributes

Paone, Martin P., S489 [30JA], S510, S519, S538 [31JA], S657 [5FE]

Webb, Senator, S369 [28JA]