GOP defense hawks assuaged as House debate starts

• Mark Wegner and Charlie Mitchell
• March 20, 2002

Senate leader raps plan to tap retirement funds to ease debt crisis

Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., Tuesday criticized a possible Bush administration move to tap federal employee retirement funds to avoid immediately raising the government's debt ceiling.

• Charlie Mitchell
• March 13, 2002

White House encourages tech firms to push priorities

• Charlie Mitchell
• March 1, 2002

Differences on key Hill issues remain after Bush address

• Keith Koffler, Mark Wegner, Geoff Earle, Charlie Mitchell and Stephen Norton
• January 30, 2002

House Democrat urges Bush to call budget summit

• Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• January 10, 2002

House names conference committee members on aviation security

• April Fulton and Charlie Mitchell
• November 7, 2001

Senate names aviation security conferees, first meeting held

• April Fulton and Charlie Mitchell
• November 7, 2001

Congress still divided on issue of federalizing airport security

Democrats and Republicans in Congress continue to disagree on whether to federalize more than 20,000 airport security jobs nationwide, but are likely to reach an agreement soon.

• Mark Wegner, April Fulton and Charlie Mitchell
• October 3, 2001

Deal near on federalizing airport security workers

The Senate may bring up a bill as early as Thursday to beef up security at the nation's airports and in airplanes, as the White House signals it will accept federalization of security workers.

• Julie Rovner, April Fulton and Charlie Mitchell
• October 2, 2001

Daschle pledges bipartisanship as Senate Dems take control

• Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• June 7, 2001

Appropriators angered by Joint Chiefs' supplemental request

• Lisa Caruso, Charlie Mitchell and Stephen Norton
• January 26, 2001

GOP leader, White House spar over spending freeze

• Keith Koffler, Lisa Caruso, Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• December 7, 2000

Republicans maintain House control

• Charlie Mitchell
• November 9, 2000

GOP keeps House majority, Democrats gain two seats

• Charlie Mitchell
• November 9, 2000

Clinton vetoes pay raise for legislators, senior executives

• Lisa Caruso, Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• October 31, 2000

Veto threats endanger GOP plans to adjourn Friday

• Mark Wegner, Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• October 27, 2000

House leader: We'll get done next week

• Lisa Caruso, Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• October 19, 2000

GOP may send members home during budget talks

• Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• September 21, 2000

Senate votes down Treasury-Postal spending bill

• Lisa Caruso and Charlie Mitchell
• September 21, 2000

McCain identifies $2 billion in pork barrel spending

McCain identifies $2 billion in pork barrel spending

• Charlie Mitchell
• November 23, 1999