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OCT 01 BOND, CHRISTOPHER S.., U.S. Senator (MO-R) Pro Should the Federal Government Approve the AGRICULTURE Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 0/ Genetically Modified Foods BOXER, BARBARA, U:S. Senator (CA-D) AIRLINE MERGERS Pro Should the FDA Adopt a Stricter Pol cy on Consolidation, Competition, and Customer Service Genetically Engineered Foods? MAR 0/ (April 2001) Foreword BROWNBACK, SAM, U.S. Senator (KS-R President Bush’s Address t Con Should the U.S. Government Support Airline Competition Embryonic Stem Cell Research? OCT 01 .. Customer Service Congression BUSH, GEORGE W.., President of the United States Address to Congress APR 0] ederal Government Approve the Address to Congress NOV 0] e Consolidations? Address to the Nation OCT 0/ id, Myrick, DC Air, United Airlines Slaughter, Continental Airlines AMAR, AKHIL CALLAHAN, SONNY, U:S. Representative (AL-R) Professor, Yale | Pro Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward C ¢ Colombia Sound? FEB 0] Be Pr CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION (ABA) Electoral College Clyde Hart, Jr., Vice President of Government Affairs Cor Should Congress Approve the High-Speed CATO INSTITUTE Rail Investment Act? DEC Joseph Vranich and Edward L. Hudgins Con Should Congress Approve the High-Speed AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE (AED Rail Investment Act? DEC 0] Walter Berns, Resident Scholar Pro Should the Current Electoral College System CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY (CFS) Be Preserved? JAN 0] Joseph Mendelson, III, Legal Director Pro Should the FDA Adopt a Stricter Policy on AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (API) Genetically Engineered Foods? MAR 01 ..... Mark Rubin, Upstream General Manager Pro Should the U.S. Congress Allow Oil Drilling in the CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY (CIP) Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? JUN-JUL 0] Robert E. White, President Con [s the Clinton Administration Policy Toward AMTRAK Colombia Sound? FEB 0] George Warrington, President and CEO Pri Should Congress Approve the High-Speed CHAFEE, LINCOLN, U.S. Senator (RI-R) Rail Investment Act? DEC 0] Pro - Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward Colombia Sound? FEB 0/ -B- COCHRAN, THAD, U.S. Senator (MS-R) Pro Should the United States Disregard the BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (BMDO) ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a Lieutenant General Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director National Missile Defense System? AUG-SEP 01 ........ 208 Pro - Should the United States Disregard the ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a CONSUMERS UNION (CU) National Missile Defense System? AUG-SEP 01 Michael K. Hansen, Research Associate, Consumer Policy Institute Pro - Should the FDA Adopt a Stricter Policy on BEST, JUDITH A. Genetically Engineered Foods? MAR 0] Professor, State University of New York at Cortland Pro Should the Current Electoral College System CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. Be Preserved? JAN 0/ Gordon Bethune, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Congressional Digest M Index 2001 Con - Should the Federal Government Approve the of. Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 01 .................. 115 FEINGOLD, RUSS, U.S. Senator (WI-D) ii Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding and Military Force in Response to the DASCHLE, TOM, U.S. Senator (SD-D) Terrorist Attacks? NOV 01 .............0.. Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding and Military Force in Response to the FEINSTEIN, DIANNE, U.S. Senator (CA-D) Terrorist Attacks? NOV 0] Pro - Should Congress Let Stand the Clinton Administration’s Ergonomics Standard? MAY 01 ............sccsscesesesseeeseeeee 154 DC AIR Robert L. Johnson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer FOOD & DRUG Pro - Should the Federal Government Approve the Genetically Modiiied FOOdS ..<...10..0..500<cecscesseseseesesees Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 0/ FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, U.S. (FDA) DEFENSE Joseph A. Levitt, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied National Security After the Cold War .....................+ AUG-SEP 01 Nutrition RN CE RONNIE to ccensnsiensaesestaneceunnc aeGmRRiEn ces NOV 01 Con - Should the FDA Adopt a Stricter Policy on Genetically Engineered Foods? MAR 01 ............... DeWINE, MIKE, U.S. Senator (OH-R) Pro - Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward FOREIGN RELATIONS Colombia Sound? FEB 01 ............... nee aacentameeamnweanen 54 National Security After the Cold War AUG-SEP 01 RS eh Ne ID AION on Sico scicacoscouccesoowsuevodevtavcavesonssacs FEB 01 DORGAN, BYRON, U.S. Senator (ND-D) Wi nr III ssh con ccsnteaentats Rese re Rha nwcdooneed . NOV 01 Con - Should the United States Disregard the ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a FRIED, CHARLES National Missile Defense System? AUG-SEP 01 ........ 211 Professor, Harvard Law School Pro - Should the Current Electoral College System DURBIN, RICHARD J., U.S. Senator (IL-D) Be Preserved? JAN 01 .............. Con - Should the Current Electoral College System Be Preserved? JAN 0] FRIST, BILL, U.S. Senator (TN-R) Pro - Should the U.S. Government Support -E. Embryonic Stem Cell Research? OCT 01 .... ELECTORAL COLLEGE . Anachronism or Bulwark of Democracy? (January 2001) GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS Foreword Risks and Benefits of Biotechnology in Agriculture IU a ee eased (March 2001) CUE SNe CWE OIIIIE a sc ccvscccess cece cteinvenssecsenenensstanvessentoss : Foreword . 65 Issues for Debate ORCMIOS GE CHORIONIC EAGIMOCTIOD <......00.0:ss0esseroscaseeroesesoonscsreoneaveues 66 Electoral College Reform FDA Policy eee The 2000 Election Biotechnology and World Hunger Legislative Background TIS THREE sissies bisnincissceiicieessrenessissnsovneneee Should the Current Electoral College System be Preserved? ..... 16 Should the FDA Adopt a Stricter Policy on Pros: American Enterprise Institute, Best, Fried. Genetically Engineered Foods? ........:.:..00..sssessscssecscssssovereasees Cons: Durbin, Amar, League of Women Voters. Pros: Boxer, Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union Cons: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Biotechnology ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES Industry Organization, Hudson Institute. Oil Drilling in Alaska JUN-JUL 01 GILMAN, BENJAMIN A.., U.S. Representative (NY-R) ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Pro - Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward Oil Drilling in Alaska JUN-JUL 01 CCMCNNIUE SOU PIE oon oss ceceenecsosassssiensseseesssveves ENZI, MICHAEL B.., U.S. Senator (WY-R) GRAMM, PHIL, U.S. Senator (TX-R) Con - Should Congress Let Stand the Clinton Administration’s Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding Ergonomics Standard? MAY 0] and Military Force in Response to the Terrorist Attacks? NOV 0] ETHICS ISSUES Stem Cell Research OCT 01 Congressional Digest M@ Index 2001 ts -K- HARKIN, TOM, U.S. Senator (IO-D) KENNEDY, EDWARD M.., U.S. Senator (MA-D) Pro Should the U.S. Government Support Pro Should Congress Let Stand the Clinton Administration’s Embryonic Stem Cell Research? OCT 0] Ergonomics Standard? MAY 0] . 140 HASTERT, DENNIS, | S. Representative (IL-R) KERRY, JOHN, l S. Senator (MA-D) Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding Con Should the United States Disregard the and Military Force in Response to the ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a Terrorist Attacks? NOV 0] National Missile Defense System? AUG-SEP 0] HAYES, DAVID, Partner, Latham & Watkins of,< Con Should the U.S. Congress Allow Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? JUN-JUL 01 LABOR The OSHA Ergonomics Standard HEALTH CARE Stem Cell Research LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (LVW) Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, President HERITAGE FOUNDATION Con - Should the Current Electoral College System Jack Spencer, Policy Analyst, Defense and National Security Be Preserved? JAN 01 Pro Should the United States Disregard the ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a LEVIN, CARL, | S. Senator (MI-D) National Missile Defense System ’ AUG-SEP 0] Con - Should the United States Disregard the Ronald D. Utt Senior Research Fellow ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a Con Should ¢ ongress Approve the High-Speed National Missile Defense System? AUG-SEP 01 ..... Rail Investment Act? DEC 0/ LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH I., U.S. Senator (CT-D) HOOK, CARL Con Should the U.S. Congress Allow Oil Drilling in the Mayo Clinic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? JUN-JUL 01.. n Should the U.S. Government Support Embryonic Stem Cell Research? OCT 0] LOWEY, NITA, U.S. Representative (NY-D) Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding HUDSON INSTITUTE and Military Force in Response to the Den I. Avery, Director, Center for Global Food Issues lerrorist Attacks? NOV 0] on Should the FDA Adopt a Stricter Policy on Genetically Engineered Foods? MAR 0/ -M- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MARKEY, EDWARD J., U.S. Representative (MA-D) José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director, Americas Division Con - Should the U.S. Congress Allow Oil Drilling in the Con Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? JUN-JUL 01. Colombia Sound? FEB 0] McCAIN, JOHN, U.S Senator (AZ-R) HUTCHINSON, TIM, | S. Senator (AR-R) Con Should the Federal Government Approve the Con Should¢ ongress Let Stand the Clinton Administration's Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 0] Ergonomics Standard? MAY 01 155 Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding and Military Force in Response to the Terrorist Attacks? NOV 0] INDUSTRY & BUSINESS MIKULSKI, BARBARA, U.S. Senator (MD-D) Airline Mergers APR 01 Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding The OSHA Ergonomics Standard MAY 01 and Military Force in Response to the Genetically Modified Foods MAR O01 Terrorist Attacks? NOV 01 INHOFE, JAMES M.., U.S. Senator (OK-R) MURKOWSKI, FRANK H., U.S. Senator (AK-R) Pro - Should the United States Disregard the Pro - Should the U.S. Congress Allow Oil Drilling in the ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? JUN-JUL 01........... National Missile Defense System? AUG-SEP 01 MYRICK, SUE, U.S. Representative (NC-R) Pro - Should the Federal Government Approve the Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 0/ Congressional Digest @ Index 2001 oN- OSHA ERGONOMICS STANDARD, THE Musculoskeletal Injuries and the Workplace NATIONAL SECURITY AFTER THE COLD WAR (May 2001) 2001-2002 Policy Debate Topic Foreword (August-September 2001) Recent Action in the Congress ..............:.cccsssssssescseereaee Foreword Ferrey MRMEMONINIININNIE 65s occevicvuiccteesewsvectacnsestedeschaccuasessss REPOStitive MOTOR ENjUTilS .......0...0ccscecscccssesccescescenscecsessoosees RAOGE TRRINE FN WIN sc scsicscnscccinkeccoassccccsseesecedeeecs Bush Administration Policy Legislative Background Legislative Background Should Congress Let Stand the Clinton Administration’s Should the United States Disregard the ABM Treaty and ESPONMONINICS SUMMER? oo o.csssccceececsonssoxcocesoesensce Begin Deployment of a National Missile Defense System? ..... Pros: Kennedy, Wellstone, Feinstein. Pros: Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Cochran Cons: Enzi, Thompson, Hutchinson. Inhofe, The Heritage Foundation. Cons: Levin, Dorgan, Kerry, Rhinelander. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS PRESIDENCY (NARP) Electoral College veccoons SAE Ross B. Capon, Executive Director PU II ooo ca ecinnisnascisc vidy ecenceumon tu tete lack conidia NOV 01 Pro - Should Congress Approve the High-Speed Rast Investment ACU? DC OF 8.5.0. sccsccecsesvesseosseesssivenss ; es NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS REGULATORY ACTS (NCCB) The OSHA Ergonomics Standard MAY O01 Richard M. Doerflinger, Committee for Pro-Life Activities Train Travel in America Fonsi celep hesocanina eaasim aaiaeaieneaa h .DEC O01 Con - Should the U.S. Government Support Embryonic Stem Cell Research? OCT 01 ................... 247 REID, HARRY, U.S. Senator (NV-D) Con - Should the Federal Government Approve the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 01 ................. Lana Skirboll, Associate Director for Science Policy Pro - Should the U.S. Government Support RHINELANDER, JOHN B. Embryonic Stem Cell Research? OCT 01 ................... 242 Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Danger Con - Shouid the United States Disregard the a. ABM Treaty and Begin Deployment of a National Missile Defense System? AUG-SEP 01 ........ OBERSTAR, JAMES L., U.S. Representative (MN-D) Pro - Should Congress Approve the High-Speed -S. BRUM TERVOOEITNCIE PUCET DOE OF oni.c ccnsvenscovsnesevsvssnavensseves 298 SCIENCE & SPACE OBEY, DAVID R., U.S. Representative (WI-D) Stem Cell Research ..............cccsssccoseees: eMatc ienes .. OCT O01 Con - Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward Colombia Sound? FEB 0] SENSENBRENNER, F. JAMES, U.S. Representative (WI-R) Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding and Military Force in Response to the and Military Force in Response to the OIE FT FNPE OE icccdeeen code eee TOUNIIND PURI ENN CE Sac ccsses scncgenscnstneacincacnsctecsccornes OIL DRILLING IN ALASKA SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL (SCI) Domestic Production and the Environment Matthew R. Simmons, President (June-July 2001) Pro - Should the U.S. Congress Allow Oil Drilling in the Foreword Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? JUN-JUL 01........... 186 Issues Update Overview of the Refuge SLAUGHTER, LOUISE, U.S. Representative (NY-D) The Current Debate Con - Should the Federal Government Approve the Bush Administration Policy Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 0/ Legislative Background Should the U.S. Congress Allow Oil Drilling in the SNOWE, OLYMPIA, U.S. Senator (ME-R) PUpCUNS TRQURORIAT Fie etentte DRONE oso. nccs cs seens eevsccinroweeseeseascnss 174 Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding Pros: Murkowski, American Petroleum Institute, Simmons and Military Force in Response to the & Company International. I III, THRE ORE oses iccsveceneccesvenccesvesdonpensnoensssscoenvatnessn Cons: Lieberman, Markey, Hayes. Congressional Digest @ Index 2001 SOUDER, MARK, U.S. Representative (IN-R) - U, V, W, X, Y, Z - Con - Should the U.S. Government Support Embryonic Stem Cell Research? OCT 01 ................... 241 UDALL, MARK, U.S. Representative (CO-D) Con - Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward STATE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF Colombia Sound? FEB 0] Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs UNITED AIRLINES Pro - Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward James E. Goodwin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Colombia Sound? FEB 01 ........ Pro - Should the Federal Government Approve the Proposed Airline Consolidations? APR 0] STEM CELL RESEARCH Confronting Scientific and Moral Issues U.S. AID TO COLOMBIA (October 2007) Partnership for Democracy or a “New Vietnam” Foreword (February 2001) Glossary Foreword Stem Cel! Controversy Colombia Overview ; Bush Administration Position a I rachis tela celina. oatSsc lodcccveiricd salenv oce nbesoadhmonstieta ire ; Research Potential Colombian Drug Threat Legislative Background nea >1an Colombia Should the U.S. Government Support. Legislative Background Embryonic Stem Cell Research? Is the Clinton Administration Policy Harkin, Frist, National instineten of ‘Health, Admenced Toward Colombia Sound? Pros Cell Technology Pros: U.S. Department of State, DeWine, Chafee, Callahan, Cons Brownback, Souder, Hook, National Conference of Gilman. Catholic Bishops. Cons: Wellstone, Obey, Udall, Center for International Policy, Human Rights Watch. WAR ON TERRORISM THOMPSON, FRED, U.S. Senator (TN-R) America Takes Action in a Changed World Con - Should Congress Let Stand the Clinton Administration’s (November 2001) Ergonomics Standard? MAY 01] .0...........cccccccsssseeeeseereee 149 Foreword International Terrorism TRAIN TRAVEL IN AMERICA I crc ccrcenetienceedecrirececnneintesennccornnc ee The Future of Amtrak and High-Speed Rail Homeland Security 263 (December 2001) ee ET Foreword L.crww EePOrceevieet eG pOWNOe s..n:.-..0000nsessccenersicenscansdoveveeservoesesesons 268 Amtrak Overview ST Fe i crihas ci oats Einar ec seen 270 High-Speed Rail Should the Congress Approve Emergency Funding and Recommendations for Change Military Force in Response to the Terrorist Attacks? Legislative Background.. Democrats: Daschle, Mikulski, Feingold, Obey, Lowey Should Congress Approve the High- Speed Republicans: McCain, Snowe, Gramm, Hastert, Rail Investment Act? Sensenbrenner. Pros: Oberstar, Amtrak, National Association of Rail Passengers WELLSTONE, PAUI 4, U.S. Senator (MN-D) Cons: American Bus Association, Cato Institute, Heritage Con - Is the Clinton Administration Policy Toward Foundation Colombia Sound? FEB 0] Pro - Should Congress Let Stand the Clinton Administration’s TRANSPORTATION Ergonomics Standard? MAY 01 Airline Mergers . APR 01 Train Travel in America ..................-- .. DEC 01 Cong Sressional Digest Index 2001 ny