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• Bushonomics
• Economic Stimulus
• The Budget: Fiscal Year 2005
• The Budget: Fiscal Year 2004
• The Budget: Fiscal Year 2003
• The Budget: Fiscal Year 2002
  • Spending Priorities
  • Political Battle
• Social Security and IRAs
• The So-Called Tax Rebate
• Income Tax Cut
• Estate Tax
• Steel Tariff
• Trade
• Bankruptcy "Reform"

Bushonomics

• US recovery 'not helping workers'
  BBC, 5 September 2004
• Ranks of Poverty-Stricken, Uninsured Rise, Census Finds
  Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press (in the Washington Post), 26 August 2004
• I.R.S. Says Americans' Income Shrank for 2 Consecutive Years
  David Cay Johnston, New York Times, 29 July 2004
• Treasury chief calls outsourcing a plus for US
  Robert Gavin, Boston Globe, 31 March 2004
• CBO Study Disputes Role of Economy in Deficit
  Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, 16 March 2004
• US 'endangering world economy'
  David Teather, The Guardian, 8 January 2004
• Federal Reserve's insistence on rock-bottom interest rates triggers currency rout
  Charlotte Denny, The Guardian, 6 January 2004
• Bush's Budget for 2005 Seeks to Rein In Domestic Costs
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 3 January 2004
• Productivity Paradox: We're not working smarter, just harder
  Stephen S. Roach, New York Times, 30 November 2003
• Nobelist Joseph Stiglitz blows the whistle on Dubyanomics
  Faisal Islam, London Observer, 12 October 2003
• Rising Costs Prompt States to Reduce Medicaid Further
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 23 September 2003
• Watchdog sounds alarm over deficit, warns it's 'not manageable'
  Marilyn Geewax, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 20 September 2003
• A Deficit, Any Way It Is Sliced
  Jeff Madrick, New York Times, 19 April 2003
• How Soon Former Governors Forget
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 27 March 2003
• Deficits and Political Pain
  Hal R. Varian, New York Times, 13 February 2003
• Aid to Poor Faces More Scrutiny
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 5 February 2003
• The Deficit's Warm and Fuzzy Wrapper
  Howard Gleckman, Business Week, 30 January 2003
• Washington vs. Skeptics on State of the Economy
  Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 30 January 2003
• The fiscal crisis
  Joan Walsh, Salon, 22 January 2003
• Waiting In The Food Line
  CBS News, 8 January 2003
• Voodoo economics, 21st century style
  Stephen P. Pizzo, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 December 2002
• Who's better for the market, Democrats or Republicans?
  Mark Hulbert, CBS Marketwatch, 12 November 2002
• The GOP monopoly means a return to the era of structural deficits
  Daniel Gross, Slate, 6 November 2002
• Does the Stock Market Prefer Republican Administrations?
  Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Newsletter,19 June 1998
• The stock market prefers Democratic presidents
  Carol Vinzant, Slate, 4 October 2002
• Ailing Economy Needs a Remedy
  Jeff Madrick, New York Times, 3 October 2002
• Bush talks, stocks tank
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 September 2002
• Short, long-term hazards of Uncle Sam running in the red
  Kristen Gerencher, CBS Marketwatch, 22 July 2002
• No Strong Voice on Bush's Team
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 20 July 2002
• The Bush Effect
  Sam Parry, ConsortiumNews, 3 July 2002
• A decade of deficits
  The Economist, 20 June 2002
• Window of Ignorance
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 May 2002
• Economic Revival Poses a Problem for Bush
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 26 April 2002
• New report on Americans' incomes suggests recession may not have been that mild
  Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press (in San Francisco Chronicle), 24 April 2002
• Shoppers sap US recovery hopes
  David Teather and Charlotte Denny, The Guardian, 14 March 2002
• Panel Approves Bill Increasing Insurance for Bank Deposits
  New York Times, 8 March 2002
• Governors Want Congress to Ease Welfare's Work Rule
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 23 February 2002
• Painful Choices for States Facing Wider Budget Gaps
  Francis X. Clines, New York Times, 7 February 2002
• Foreign Executives Reject American Optimism Toward Economic Recovery
  Louis Uchitelle, New York Times reg, 3 February 2002
• House Democrats Propose Making the '96 Welfare Law an Antipoverty Weapon
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 24 January 2002
• America the Polarized
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 4 January 2002
• Remember Reaganomics? Bush does
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 December 2001
• Start of Recession Thought to Be in March
  Louis Uchitelle, New York Times, 14 November 2001
• Entangled With War on Terror, Threat of Global Recession
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 1 November 2001
• Honoring, and Paying, All Those Who Serve
  Tom Redburn, New York Times, 28 October 2001
• The Economy's `Dolt Factor'
  Robert Parry, ConsortiumNews, 9 September 2001
• Which Way to Win Control of Congress?
  Alison Mitchell, New York Times, 9 September 2001
• Uttering the 'R' word that dares not speak its name
  Richard Rapaport, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 September 2001
• White House Sees Economic Growth Doubling in 2002
  Frank Bruni, New York Times, 16 August 2001
• Surplus estimate shrinks $40 billion in month
  Jonathan Weisman, USA Today, 12 July 2001
• Red Tide Rising
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 6 July 2001
• Some Clinton Economic Policies Find a Home With Bush
  Louis Uchitelle, New York Times (requires registration to view), 5 July 2001
• How Much of the Surplus Remains after the Tax Cut?
  Richard Kogan, Robert Greenstein, and Joel Friedman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 14 June 2001
• Poor people of America
  Naomi Klein, The Guardian, 24 May 2001
• Going for Broke on the Budget
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 15 April 2001
• Suddenly, Deficits Regain Their Luster
  Louis Uchitelle, New York Times, 15 April 2001
• The Myth of the 4 Percent Spending Increase
  Richard Kogan, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 10 April 2001
• Supply-Side Economists Regain Influence Under Bush
  David Leonhardt, New York Times, 10 April 2001
• Bush Keeps Talking Down the Economy
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 19 March 2001
• Bush's shaky hand on the economic tiller
  Andrew Leonard, Salon, 16 March 2001
• Getting Fiscal
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 10 January 2001

Unemployment

• Jobless claims jump
  CNN, 2 September 2004
• U.S. Job Creation Far Below Expectations
  CBC News, 9 January 2004
• Jobs Cut Since 2001 Are Gone for Good, Study Says
  Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 5 September 2003
• Another Bush, Another Jobless Recovery
  The Economist, 8 May 2003
• U.S. Economy in Worst Hiring Slump in 20 Years
  David Leonhardt, New York Times, 5 February 2003
• Jobless claims rise
  Mark Gongloff, CNN/Money, 18 April 2002

Economic Stimulus

• White House economic forum heavy on big donors to GOP
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times (in the San Francisco Chronicle), 9 August 2002
• Senate Sends Recession Relief Bill to Bush
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 8 March 2002
• House Republicans Try Again for Bill on Tax Cut for Business
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 7 March 2002
• House Passes Democratic-Favored Stimulus Package
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 7 March 2002
• Workers Held Hostage
  Paul Krugman, New York Times reg, 19 February 2002
• Daschle Assails Bush on Economy
  Alison Mitchell, New York Times, 5 January 2002
• GOP congressional leaders hesitant on stimulus resurrection
  Ian Christopher McCaleb, CNN, 23 December 2001
• More Muted Talk About Help for Economy
  Daniel Altman, New York Times, 21 December 2001
• A No-Win Outcome
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 21 December 2001
• Congress Gives Up on Deal This Year to Help Economy
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 20 December 2001
• Talks in Congress Break Down Over Health Benefit for Jobless
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 19 December 2001
• GOP's new demands move lawmakers farther apart on stimulus package
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 15 December 2001
• Right-wing intransigence stalls economic stimulus package
  Adam Clymer, New York Times, 16 November 2001
• Senate Republicans used procedural votes to kill Democratic stimulus plan
  Adam Clymer, New York Times, 15 November 2001
• Bush Sets Nov. 30 Deadline for Economic Stimulus Plan
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 1 November 2001
• Bush Advisers Say Congress Must Act Now on Economy
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 31 October 2001
• Bush pushes tax cuts to revive economy
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 4 October 2001

The Budget: Fiscal Year 2005

• Squeezing the Poor for Votes
  editorial, New York Times, 18 February 2004
• Deficit is $521 Billion In Bush Budget
  Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, 2 February 2004

The Budget: Fiscal Year 2004

• White House Accused of Shortchanging Security Budget
  Philip Shenon, New York Times, 3 February 2003

The Budget: Fiscal Year 2003

• Also see Military Budget (separate page).

• White House masks deficits using accounting tricks
  editorial, USA Today, 16 July 2002
• President's Budget Hides Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Costs
  Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 5 February 2002
• Senate Democrats, Aiming at Debt, Offer $2.1 Trillion Budget
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 20 March 2002
• G.O.P. Blueprint for Budget Is Approved by House Panel
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 14 March 2002
• Why is Bush's budget downsizing security at our nuclear weapons labs?
  Eric Umansky, Slate, 15 February 2002
• Budget Increases in Scientific Research Go to Military
  Warren E. Leary, New York Times, 12 February 2002
• Mitch Daniels' fuzzy math
  Brendan Nyhan, Salon, 12 February 2002
• On Tax Cuts and Deficits, a Battle of Believers
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 10 February 2002
• Lawmakers Unite to Oppose Plan to Cut Highway Spending
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 8 February 2002
• Bush Budget's Low Growth Rate for Medicare Is Questioned by Lawmakers
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 6 February 2002
• The Budget: That 80s Show
  Anthony York, Salon (complete article available to subscribers only), 6 February 2002
• Buckets for Bioterrorism, but Less for Catalog of Ills
  Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• Upon Closer Look, Bush Budget Cuts Include Risks
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• Democrats Take Aim at Plan to Use Social Security and Budget Surpluses
  Alison Mitchell, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• As Troubles Multiply, the Budget Equation Changes
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• Bush's Aggressive Accounting
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• In a Sign of Changing Times, Bush Calls for More Spending
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 28 January 2002
• Daschle Hopes to Lead Senate Toward an Economic Recovery Package
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 23 January 2002
• Key Players in Budget War: They're Older and They Vote
  Robin Toner, New York Times, 20 January 2002

The Budget: Fiscal Year 2002

• Spending Priorities
  • President Asserts Shrunken Surplus May Curb Congress
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 August 2001
  • Democrats Move to Reinstate Funding for Necessary Govt Programs
    Philip Shenon, New York Times, 19 June 2001
  • House Busts Bush Budget Again with $5.5 Billion in Emergency Aid for Farmers
    Elizabeth Becker, New York Times, June 2001
  • Does President Bush Really Mean to Leave No Child Behind?
    Marian Wright Edelman, CommonDreams (from the San Francisco Chronicle), 13 May 2001
  • Budget cuts and increases, by department
    New York Times, 10 April 2001
  • Bush budget trims EPA, boosts education, defense
    CNN, 9 April 2001
  • Opposition Builds to Spending Cuts in Bush's Budget
    Robert Pear, New York Times, 9 April 2001
  • Republicans' budget plans assume no income from arctic drilling
    Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 22 March 2001
  • The cruelty of compassionate conservatism
    Jennifer Foote Sweeney (editor of Life), Salon, 23 March 2001
  • Bush Faces Fight on Plan to Limit or Cut Programs
    Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 12 March 2001
• Political Battle
  • Democrats' Recovery Plan Moves Forward in Senate
    Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 9 November 2001
  • Defending Budget, Bush Aides Take Fight to Congress
    James Dao and Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 6 September 2001
  • Bush on the Defensive About Tapping Into Social Security
    Philip Shenon, New York Times , 5 September 2001
  • Budget Analysts See Need to Tap Social Security
    Philip Shenon, New York Times, 28 August 2001
  • Congress predicts $9 billion taken from Social Security
    CNN, 28 August 2001
  • Who Swiped The Surplus?
    Adam Cohen, Time, 3 September 2001
  • To maintain a surplus, Bush expects to persuade corporations to pay taxes early
    Major Garrett, CNN, 24 August 2001
  • White House introduces "new accounting system" to take money from Social Security to cover budget deficit
    Frank Bruni, New York Times, 17 August 2001
  • Administration Cooks to Books to Hide Raid on Social Security to "Balance" the Budget
    Associated Press (in the New York Times, 16 August 2001
  • Passing spending bills may not be as hard as it looks
    David Baumann, GovExec.com2 July 2001
  • House Republicans Pass Budget Bill
    Adam Clymer with David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 10 May 2001
  • Pivotal GOP and Dem Senators Find Flaws in Fine Print of Budget Plan
    David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 5 May 2001
  • Haggling Over Technicalities Delays Voting on Budget
    David E. Rosenbaum and Robert Pear, New York Times, 4 May 2001
  • Democrats: Bush budget 'dead before arrival'
    CNN, 11 April 2001

Social Security and IRAs

• How Bush is plundering Social Security to close the deficit
  Daniel Gross, Slate, 9 January 2004
• Bid to Privatize Social Security Is Back
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 21 November 2003
• Social Security: Connect the Dots
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 2 April 2002
• Breaking the Contract
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 March 2002
• Bush Uses Fuzzy Math to Promote Privatizing Social Security
  Edward Wyatt, New York Times, 2 March 2002
• Bush Renews Push to Partially Privatize Social Security
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 1 March 2002
• GOP's attempt to mail Social Security guarantees turns postal workers into campaign operatives
  Ben Fritz, Salon, 26 February 2002
• Four Lies About Social Security
  Chris Hartman, Impact Press, 19 February 2002
• Party-Line Split Over Pensions
  Robin Toner, New York Times, 8 February 2002
• Bush Panel Outlines 3 Plans for Social Security 'Reform'
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 30 November 2001
• Survivor Security,
  Nancy J. Altman, New York Times, 29 November 2001
• Economists Back Projection of Necessity to Dip Into Social Security Surplus
  Philip Shenon, New York Times, 29 August 2001
• Republicans play the race card to try to sell Social Security privatization
  Joe Conason, Salon, 28 August 2001
• Nothing for Something
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 8 August 2001
• It's Agreed: We Have a Social Security Crisis. Unless We Don't.
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 29 July 2001
• Privatizing Social Security would disadvantage African Americans
  Hugh Price and Julian Bond, New York Times, 26 July 2001
• Task Force Warnings on Social Security Reveal Doublethink
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 22 July 2001
• Social Security commission report 'alarmist,' AARP says
  William M. Welch, USA Today, 19 July 2001
• Two Sides Rally to Shape Social Security Discussion
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 17 June 2001
• Bush's Commission on Social Security May Propose Caps
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 12 June 2001
• Privatizing Social Security would be an unwise move
  Rep. Jim McDermott (WA), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 24 May 2001

The So-Called Tax Rebate

• Rebate and Switch
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 July 2001

Income Tax Cut

• External site: Responsible Wealth — Billionaires argue against the tax cut

• How Tax Bill Gave Business More and More
  Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, 13 October 2004
• As Stimulus, Tax Cuts May Soon Go Awry
  Louis Uchitelle, New York Times, 30 November 2003
• Studies Say Tax Cuts Now Will Bring Bigger Bill Later
  David Cay Johnston, New York Times, 23 September 2003
• Lies, Damned Lies, and Bush's Tax-Cut Statistics
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 25 February 2003
• 350 top economists deride Bush's economic package
  Heather Stewart, The Guardian, 11 February 2003
• Bush Seeks Tax Cuts He Had Scorned During Campaign
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 8 February 2003
• The tax-the-poor movement absorbs another data blow
  Timothy Noah, Slate, 21 January 2003
• If Tax History Is a Guide, the Poor Are in Trouble
  Daniel Altman, New York Times, 8 December 2002
• Bush Revives Tax-Cut Plan Providing Aid to Businesses
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 19 March 2002
• Bush tax cut kills funding for have-nots
  Matthew Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 February 2002
• Fed Chairman Says Tax Cuts Should Follow Debt Reduction
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 25 January 2002
• If the Math's a Bit Fuzzy, the Politics Are Clear
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 20 January 2002
• Kennedy Calls for Delaying Tax Cuts to Help Pay for Drug Plan and Child Care
  Adam Clymer, New York Times, 17 January 2002
• Kennedy to Call for a Delay in the Next Phase of Income Tax Cuts
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 12 January 2002
• The Tax Cut: Bush Lied
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 28 August 2001
• Bush's Weird Tax Cut
  Elizabeth Drew, New York Review of Books, 9 August 2001
• Because of budget squeeze, Bush may delaying pushing for new tax breaks &8212; for charitable donations
  Jonathan Weisman, USA Today, 6 July 2001
• Bush's "straight talk" on taxes is doubletalk
  Jeff Madrick, Salon, 22 June 2001
• Even the Rich Rip Bush's Tax Scheme
  Dave Zweifel, CommonDreams (from the Madison Capital Times), 4 June 2001
• Stupid Tax Tricks
  Daniel Kadlec, Time, 11 June 2001 issue
• Democrats use amendments to stall tax bill
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 22 May 2001
• Little-Known Crusader Plays a Big Role in Tax Debate
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 21 May 2001
• The Fine Print: Senate Tax Bill Isn't All That It Seems
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 15 May 2001
• Finance Panel Moves Tax Plan Toward a Senate Vote
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 15 May 2001
• Bush Fails to Win Over Moderate Democrats on Tax Plan
  Richard W. Stevenson and David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 26 April 2001
• Our Soldiers May Pay for the Tax Cut
  Sen. Joe Lieberman, New York Times, 7 April 2001
• Two Untrue Things
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 8 April 2001
• Senate pares Bush tax-cut plan by $400 billion
  CNN, 6 April 2001
• Cost of Tax Cut Would More Than Double to $5 Trillion in Second Ten Years
  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2 April 2001
• Bush is pushing his tax cut by misrepresenting it
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 28 March 2001
• Democrats back immediate tax cut but balk at larger cuts
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 24 March 2001
• Overview Assessment of President Bush’s Tax Proposal
  Isaac Shapiro and Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 9 February 2001
• A Prosperity Easy to Destroy
  Robert E. Rubin, New York Times, 10 January 2001
• New Treasury Distributional Table Understates Gains to the Top and Overstates Gains for the Rest
  Isaac Shapiro, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 9 March 2001
• Guns and Bitterness (all other campaign promises subjugated to the tax cut)
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 4 January 2001

Estate Tax

• States Expecting to Lose Billions From Repeal of U.S. Estate Tax
  Kevin Sack, New York Times, 21 June 2001
• Senate Panel May Abandon Gift Tax Repeal
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 10 May 2001
• Focus on Farms Masks Estate Tax Confusion
  David Cay Johnston, New York Times , 8 April 2001
• Why capitalists should like estate taxes
  Sam Fleischacker, Salon, 15 February 2001
• Some Experts Questioning Bush Plan on Estate Taxes
  David Cay Johnston, New York Times, 29 January 2001
• Estate Tax Folly
  editorial, New York Times, 3 February 2001

Steel Tariff

• U.S. steel faces 100% tariffs in Japan
  Japan Times, 9 May 2002
• Europe Presses U.S. on Steel Tariffs
  Elizabeth Olson, New York Times, 20 March 2002
• Bush's Costly Meltdown on Steel
  Christopher Farrell, Business Week, 18 March 2002
• EU plans tit-for-tat tariffs in key US election states
  Charlotte Denny and Larry Elliott, The Guardian, 16 March 2002
• Treasury Official Is Said to Fault Steel Tariff Move
  Joseph Kahn and Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 16 March 2002
• US should drop steel doctrine
  Victor Keegan, Guardian (UK), 7 March 2002
• U.S. Users of Steel Worry That Tariffs Will Be Costly
  Claudia H. Deutsch, New York Times, 7 March 2002
• U.S. Duties on Steel Anger Russia
  Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, 7 March 2002
• Anger over steel
  The Economist, 6 March 2002
• Angry Europeans to Challenge U.S. Steel Tariffs at W.T.O.
  Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, 6 March 2002
• Steel Tariffs Weaken Bush's Global Hand
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 6 March 2002
• Bush to Announce Steel Tariffs Amid Worries About Reaction of Allies
  David E. Sanger And Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 5 March 2002
• Bush Weighs Raising Steel Tariffs but Exempting Most Poor Nations
  David E. Sanger and Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 4 March 2002

Trade

• Also see Global Economy (separate page)

• U.S. Unilateralism Worries World Trade Officials
  Elizabeth Becker, New York Times, 17 March 2003
• Why Isn't Fast Track . . . Faster?
  Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, 18 August 2002
• Suit Seeks to Halt Bush Plan on Entry of Mexican Trucks
  Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 2 May 2002
• Partisan Fight on Job Losses Casts Shadow on Trade Bill
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 1 May 2002
• The Delusion of Free Trade
  Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, New York Times, 25 April 2002
• A High-Risk, Two-Faced Trade Policy
  Richard S. Dunham, Business Week, 25 March 2002
• House Committee Votes on Party Lines to Forward Bill Giving Bush Trade Authority
  David E. Rosenbaum and Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 10 October 2001
• Gephardt Says He Will Fight Bush on Trade
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 5 October 2001
• Compromise advances trade-authority bill
  Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 4 October 2001
• Treaties May Curb Farmers' Subsidies
  Elizabeth Becker, New York Times, 31 August 2001
• Bush Fails to Win Support On Hill for 'Fast Track' Trade
  David Stout, New York Times, 31 July 2001
• US trade policy sparks complaint
  BBC, 24 July 2001
• UK steel jobs at risk in wake of Bush tariff threat
  Geoff Gibbs, The Guardian, 23 July 2001
• U.S. Businesses Turning to Europeans for Antitrust Help
  Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 June 2001
• Bush wants to deprive Congress of right to "advise and consent" on trade pacts
  CNN, 7 May 2001
• Bush Chides Critics and Declares Freer Trade a Moral Issue
  Marc Lacey, New York Times, 8 May 2001
• Bush Calls More Open Trade a 'Moral Imperative' for U.S.
  David Stout, New York Times, 7 May 2001
• Labor Leaders Joining Forces in Opposition to Trade Plan
  Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 28 April 2001
• Bush DWI shouldn't be a roadblock at Canadian border
  Charles Pope, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 20 April 2001
• Behind barbed wire, a Bush trade push
  Joshua Kurlantzick, U.S. News & World Report, 14 April 2001

Bankruptcy "Reform"

• Abortion Issue Holds Up Bill on Bankruptcy
  Philip Shenon, New York Times reg, 30 April 2002
• Congress Panel Agrees to Limit Home Shield in Bankruptcy
  Philip Shenon, New York Times, 24 April 2002
• Republicans Give Bankruptcy Bill a Push
  Riva D. Atlas, New York Times, 28 February 2002
• Bill to Change Bankruptcy Reconsidered
  Riva D. Atlas, New York Times, 24 January 2002
• Events Conspire Against Bankruptcy Reform
  Eric Gillin, TheStreet.com, 10 January 2002
• Bill to Alter Bankruptcy Seems to Stall
  Riva D. Atlas, New York Times, 19 October 2001
• Bankruptcy bill would punish the honest, protect the fraudulent
  Floyd Norris, New York Times, 6 July 2001
• Senate Democrats Stall Bankruptcy Bill
  Philip Shenon, New York Times, 16 February 2001

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