Wednesday, June 30, 1999

• Starr still investigating, despite midnight expiration of IC statute
• Dole makes candidacy official
• From Watergate to Whitewater: History of the independent counsel
• Hubbell pleads guilty as part of deal with Starr
• Energy Department audit finds problems at Livermore lab
• McCain pushes campaign finance reform
• Clinton says Medicare plan affordable
• Holbrooke nomination clears Senate hurdle
• Trial of Gore friend for alleged campaign violations nears end
• Bush has raised whopping $36.2 million

Tuesday, June 29, 1999

• Clinton unveils prescription for modernizing Medicare
• Transcript: Clinton announces Medicare rescue plan
• Independent counsel law fades into history
• Congress, White House agree on Y2K liability bill
• Agency backing tough draft rules for special counsel removal
• What Medicare reform means to you

Monday, June 28, 1999

• Clinton set to debut Medicare rescue plan
• Poll: Bush bandwagon getting crowded
• Poll: Increased skepticism over Kosovo peace agreement
• Hubbell to plead guilty in deal with Starr
• Bush tops Iowa GOP presidential preference poll
• Clinton announces bigger surpluses, pushes Social Security plan
• Transcript: Clinton announces bigger surpluses; plan for extra money
• Report of President Clinton bid for Senate dismissed as 'crazy'
• Iowa UAW endorses Gore
• Starr ordered to give Tripp-Lewinsky tapes to state prosecutors

Sunday, June 27, 1999

• Sen. Hatch says he's running in 2000
•Clinton drug plan right prescription for Medicare?

Saturday, June 26, 1999

• Hillary Clinton hires staffer for possible Senate run
• Republican governor says GOP shrinking government role
• Clinton announces new education funds in radio address

Friday, June 25, 1999

• Clinton grilled on Kosovo, domestic policy
• Transcript: Clinton meets the press
• Clinton asks Congress to put politics aside and move on domestic agenda
• Transcript: Clinton lays out domestic agenda
• Gore scores key union endorsement
• Republicans trounce Dems in annual congressional baseball game

Thursday, June 24, 1999

• House OKs constitutional amendment on flag desecration
• GOP presidential hopefuls compete on tax cut plans
• GOP dinner raises $9 million for 2000 congressional races
• Reno preparing rules to take over independent counsel's job
• Gore campaigns in California, courts gay voters
• Bush lacks Gore's foreign policy expertise
• House Republicans unveil 'e-Contract'

Wednesday, June 23, 1999

• Democrats holdup Senate over HMO reform
• Starr puts first lady on witness list for Hubbell trial
• Bradley cites need for 'trust' and 'fresh start' in Iowa
• McCain reaches out to lawmakers, Bush supporters
• It may be a record: Gov. Bush raises $2 million in D.C.

Tuesday, June 22, 1999

• Gore pushes family agenda with his annual conference
• Sen. Hatch getting ready to launch presidential campaign
• Gov. Bush goes to Washington
• Presidential candidates vie for Latino support
• Hillary Clinton awarded Albania's highest civilian honor
• Senate OKs nearly $1 billion in U.N. back payments
• Senate committee approves Summers' Treasury nomination
• Children's congress lobbies for increased diabetes funding
• Clinton leaves Balkans hailed a hero by Kosovar Albanians
• Senate blasts Energy chief for lax nuclear security

Monday, June 21, 1999

• Democratic leader sees hope for gun control compromise
• Lawyers for former HUD secretary attempt to quash secret tapes
• California and Virginia Republicans want changes in their primary rules

Sunday, June 20, 1999

• Democrats, GOP spar over political effects of gun control defeat
• Strong kickoffs by Bush, Gore leave other hopefuls scrambling
• Transcript: President Clinton talks with 'Late Edition'

Saturday, June 19, 1999

• Clinton rips Congress after gun control defeat

Friday, June 18, 1999

• Gun control dies in House
• Roll call: House rejects gun control legislation
• Roll call: House passes juvenile justice package
• Roll call: House approves NRA-backed amendment on gun-show background checks
• Roll call: House rejects measure for mandatory gun-show background checks
• Roll call: House approves Ten Commandments provision
• 'Political play of the week' emerges from gun debacle
• Bush quietly signs NRA-backed gun bill
• Election briefs: News on McCain, Keyes, Gore and Bush
• Presidential candidate Bill Bradley rakes in the cash
• House panel holds new round of campaign finance hearings
• Gambling report urges restraint
• Lawmakers to airlines: Voluntary passenger-rights plan must get off the ground

Thursday, June 17, 1999

• House approves NRA-backed 24-hour gun show checks
• Gore, on campaign stump, says no return to 'old and broken policies of past'
• Transcript: Al Gore's chat with AllPolitics
• Election briefs: News on Quayle, Dole and Bradley
• Hatch may join already-crowded GOP presidential field
• State polls give early glimpse at electoral break down
• Hatch demands conclusion to Justice probe of Starr
• Holbrooke faces GOP grilling on ethics charges
• At fund-raiser, Forbes raises $1 million for 2000 presidential bid
• U.S. on road to online voting
• Vietnam crypt at Tomb of the Unknowns to remain empty

Wednesday, June 16, 1999

• Gore launches presidential campaign
• Transcript: Gore announces presidential candidacy
• Clinton calls Gore to wish him well before announcement
• How will the two sides of Al Gore impact his White House hopes?
• House moves on gun, youth violence measures
• Senate passes Y2K liability bill
• Bush says Americans seek president who will treat 'office with respect'
• Biography: Gore's road from Tennessee to the White House
• Who is Tipper Gore?
• Woodward book claims to hold Clinton secrets
• U.S. tries to restore ties with China

Tuesday, June 15, 1999

• Clinton urges House to strengthen the Brady law
• Video: Bush reflects on debut campaign foray
• Gore to declare for president Wednesday
• Poll: Forty-five percent say they will vote against Gore
• Group links Lott actions to casino donations
• With 2000 race in mind, Giuliani to propose change of successor
• Lessons for Mrs. Clinton from 1964
• Report says Department of Energy 'incapable of reforming itself'
• Gambling everywhere according to federal study

• Bush heads from New Hampshire to Massachusetts
• Dole campaign office burglarized
• McCain moves on to education
• Bradley says competition is good

Monday, June 14, 1999

• Bush visits New Hampshire
• Video: Bush campaigns, media madness follows
• Poll: Reviews of Kosovo conflict mixed but most believe peace will prevail
• Gun control again heats up in Washington
• Supreme Court says anti-abortion activists must pay fines

• Forbes challenges Bush to debates
• Scores of mayors endorse Gore
• Dole, Alexander and Kasich stump at Iowa pig fest

Sunday, June 13, 1999

• No decision on indicting Clintons, Starr associates say
• Bush has support of past White House occupant -- his father

Saturday, June 12, 1999

• 'No turning back' from White House bid, Bush says
• Bush sounds 'compassionate conservative' theme in Iowa
• Bush, Gore front-runners in latest CNN/Time poll

Friday, June 11, 1999

• Political Play of the Week: The Third Way
• Video: Campaign 2000 sight & sounds
• Women up donations to political candidates
• Gore hails Kosovo victory; cautions tough times ahead
• Bush begins long-awaited campaign swing
• Poll: Gore and Bush supporters cite experience, characters as top reasons
• Clinton Administration attacks House gun control measures
• Final work on Senate Y2K litigation bill delayed

Thursday, June 10, 1999

• House delays vote on measure to cut off Kosovo funding
• Christian Coalition surrenders in tax-exempt fight, splits into two groups
• White House asks Lott to ensure nominees receive 'fair consideration'
• Senate wrapping up work on Y2K lawsuit package
• Mrs. Clinton works to beef up New York credentials; postpones Middle East trip
• Supreme Court strikes down Chicago's anti-loitering law

Wednesday, June 9, 1999

• House debates measure to cut off Kosovo funding
• First lady is back in the Empire State
• Clinton slams House on guns
• Ex-President Bush makes birthday parachute jump
• Senate grapples with bill limiting Y2K lawsuits
• Attorney general convenes civil rights round table

• Bush wants N.H. to remain first primary state
• Dole ready for husband to join campaign full-time
• Smith: GOP needs to stay conservative
• Bradley returns to Capitol Hill

Tuesday, June 8, 1999