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Strange bedfellows: when it comes to politics and public opinion, it's OK if elected officials are gay--as long as no one has to think about their actually having sex. (Politics). Chris Bull. The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) August 19, 2003 p40(3) (1155 words)

America's regulatory mess; Regulating business in America. The Economist (US) July 26, 2003 v368 i8334 p57US (1094 words)

Oppressed Minority - The misery of being a House Democrat. (Chris Van Hollen) michael crowley. The New Republic June 23, 2003 p18 (5043 words)

"Slow-walked and stonewalled": the administration's near-gag order assured a less-than-satisfactory outcome to the congressional investigation of 9/11. John Prados. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists March-April 2003 v59 i2 p28(10)

Mike Toomey is the enforcer: he's rough! He's tough! He won't take any guff! He's Rick Perry's chief of staff! He cuts Democrats--and Republicans--in half. Patricia Kilday Hart. Texas Monthly May 2003 v31 i5 p128(7)

Whipping Up A Fight: HOUSE WHIPS PELOSI AND DELAY, BATTLING EACH OTHER FOR CONTROL OF CONGRESS, TURN OUT TO BE TWO OF A KIND. (Nation)(Nancy Pelosi)(Tom DeLay)(Interview) Douglas Waller. Time May 13, 2002 v159 i19 p50+

Ghosts of the Past: It was a Washington classic: History suddenly rears up and threatens a safe pol's security. Anatomy of the Lott firestorm. Howard Fineman. Newsweek Dec 23, 2002 p22

A Man Out of Time: Trent Lott and the GOP grew up together in the South. They both have a painful secret. (Biography) Jon Meacham. Newsweek Dec 23, 2002 p26

We Don't Talk This Way: Conservatives were quick to jump on Lott, and properly so: his comments taint the movement. The view from the right. David Brooks. Newsweek Dec 23, 2002 p31

Lessons of the Trent Lott Mess: Silver linings: If we are lucky, what will come of this sorry mess is a wider awareness that virtue is rooted in squarely acknowledging where we have gone wrong. Ellis Cose. Newsweek Dec 23, 2002 p37

Tripped Up By History: G.O.P. leader Trent Lott's remarks on race raise a storm and a hot question: Have Republicans really outgrown their past? (Nation)(Cover Story) Dan Goodgame, Karen Tumulty. Time Dec 23, 2002 v160 i26 p22+

WHITHER THE LAWYERS? (more businesspeople than lawyers in Congress in 2003)(Brief Article) Business Week Dec 9, 2002 i3811 p49

Church, state and the 108th Congress: church-state separation advocates expect an onslaught of hostile legislation in the wake of the 2002 elections. Steve Benen. Church & State Dec 2002 v55 i11 p4(4)

Takedown. (Congress authorizes war with Iraq) Mark Mazzetti. U.S. News & World Report Nov 25, 2002 p20

The fly-by-night 107th: what you might have missed from the departing Congress. (Gazette). Drake Bennett. The American Prospect Nov 18, 2002 v13 i21 p14(2)

The Democrats gave the Republicans a free ride in the mid-term elections: their leaders were so inept that they could be accused of electoral malpractice. (America). Andrew Stephen. New Statesman (1996) Nov 11, 2002 v131 i4613 p12(2)

Fast Chat: NANCY PELOSI. (Brief Article)(Interview) Eleanor Clift. Newsweek Dec 30, 2002 p7

Woman on top: Nancy Pelosi is the Democrats' mid-course correction. (Gazette). Mary Lynn F. Jones. The American Prospect Dec 16, 2002 v13 i22 p11(2)

Ready to rumble? Nancy Pelosi a democratic leader who knows how to fight and what to fight for. (Articles). John Nichols. The Nation Dec 2, 2002 v275 i19 p11 Mag.Coll.: 112B0244.

Decline and fallout. (Trent Lott resigns as Senate majority leader) Terence Samuel. U.S. News & World Report Dec 30, 2002 p24

Frist elected Senate majority leader. United Press International Dec 24, 2002 p1008357w7466

New campaign law: whose ox? Unsophisticated interest groups and state parties will get buried in the increased complexity of the process. Resourceful pros will benefit while amateurs will be left behind. (On the Record). (Brief Article) Ron Faucheux. Campaigns & Elections July 2002 v23 i6 p7(1)

THE JEFFORDS DEFECTION AND THE RISK OF SNAP JUDGMENTS. Tish Durkin. National Journal May 26, 2001 v33 i21 p1548

Origin of the 1948 Turnip Day Session of Congress. WILLIAM L. JR. BATT, DAVID E. ALDUCCHI. Presidential Studies Quarterly March 1999 v29 i1 p80(1)

1798; a congressional fistfight. (Rep. Matthew Lyon of Vermont and Rep. Roger Griswold of Connecticut after mutual insults)(The Time Machine)(Brief Article) Frederic D. Schwarz. American Heritage Feb-March 1998 v49 n1 p95(3) Mag.Coll.: 93J1158.

Congress: the first 200 years. (A Centennial Retrospective) Thomas P. O'Neill Jr.. National Forum Fall 1996 v76 n4 p35(2)

A bulwark against faction: James Madison's case for term limits. Stephen C. Erickson. Policy Review Wntr 1993 n63 p76(3)

Mark Forgotten, not lost. (David Bonior)(Brief Article) Paul Bedard, Richard J. Newman, David E. Kaplan, Margaret Mannix. U.S. News & World Report August 28, 2000 v129 i8 p8

The Not-So-Invisible Man: DENNIS HASTERT, HOUSE SPEAKER. (Election 2000)(Government Activity)(Brief Article) Josh Tyrangiel. Time Nov 20, 2000 v156 i21 p52+

Remaking The Rules Of Engagement. (Nation/Jeffords Aftershocks)(Brief Article) Time June 11, 2001 v157 i23 p26+

CAREER PATHS: HOW THEY GOT WHERE THEY ARE. (Brief Article) Campaigns & Elections July 2001 v22 i5 p16

Tipping Point in the Senate. Ruth Conniff. The Progressive July 2001 v65 i7 p12

The Meaning of Switcher Jim: Sense and nonsense in the Jeffords fallout. Richard Lowry. National Review June 25, 2001 v53 i12 pNA

A One-Man Earthquake: Jim Jeffords' defection from the G.O.P. turned Washington upside down. A guide to the brave new world Bush must now master. (Washington Power Shift [What It Means])(Cover Story) Time June 4, 2001 v157 i22 p30+

First among equals. (Republican senators )(Brief Article) Richard J. Newman, Kevin Whitelaw, Warren P. Strobel, Paul Bedard, Jodie T. Allen, Suzi Parker, David E. Kaplan. U.S. News & World Report Jan 8, 2001 v130 i1 p5

Hillary's Whole New Book: With a Senate seat, a big-bucks deal for her memoirs and talk about her own White House bid, Hillary may just be getting started. (CLINTON WATCH)(Nation)(Hillary Rodham Clinton)(Brief Article) Debra Rosenberg. Newsweek Dec 25, 2000 p45

The War on Terrorism and the modern relevance of the congressional power to "declare war". Robert F. Turner. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Spring 2002 v25 i2 p519(19)

The law: defending Congress's interests in court: how lawmakers and the President bargain over Department of Justice representation. (Features). Neal Devins. Presidential Studies Quarterly March 2002 v32 i1 p157(12)

The growing debate over Science and Technology Advice for Congress: scientific and policy leaders interact during a rare but useful workshop on Capitol Hill. (On Site). Jon M. Peha. Communications of the ACM Dec 2001 v44 i12 p29(3)

The Senate and Executive Branch Appointments. (Statistical Data Included) Burdett Loomis. Brookings Review Spring 2001 v19 i2 p32

A House and Senate Divided: The Clinton Legacy and the Congressional Elections of 2000. (Statistical Data Included) GARY C. JACOBSON. Political Science Quarterly Spring 2001 v116 i1 p5

Congressional Inconsistencies. Carl Tubbesing. State Legislatures, February 2000 v26 i2 p34

Washington Notebook. (history of independent counsels)(includes other political news items) DANIEL SCHORR. The New Leader, November 30, 1998 v81 i13 p3(1)

Congress & regulatory reform: achievements and prospects. (includes related article on federal regulatory reform) Christopher H. Foreman Jr.. Brookings Review, Winter 1998 v16 n1 p10(4)

Electoral surprise and the midterm loss in US congressional elections. Kenneth Scheve, Michael Tomz. British Journal of Political Science, July 1999 v29 i3 p507(1)

Who influences whom? The president, Congress, and the media. George C. Edwards III, B. Dan Wood. American Political Science Review, June 1999 v93 i2 p327(1)