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On June 9, Kentucky Gov.

At present, the most that can be said about the FAA’s intention to have an Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) assist in rewriting FAR Parts 135 and 125 is

• As anticipated, President Bush vetoed the $124 billion bill for funding military operations.

• At the end of March, lawmakers took a spring break that ended in mid-April, leaving in a holding pattern approval of House and Senate supplemental emerge

With election time nearing, look for presidential candidates to fuss, fret and be defensive about government spending.

Can and should Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) be opened to general aviation and charter aircraft? That was the principal topic during an u

Earmark or pork amendments were banned as the 110th Congress passed its Continuing Resolution (H.J.Res.20) to fund the nine 2007 appropriations bills that

• Congress dodged the dog days of August by taking a six-week recess beginning July 22, but not before legislators increased their bills introduced count t

Congress bailed out of Washington in early December and was scheduled to land back in place on January 20.

In his State of the Union message to Congress, President Bush laid out the broad and ambitious objectives and goals the administration hopes to achieve dur

• After the November elections, House Democrats vowed to pass the “Six for ’06” bills (minimum wages, stem cell research, energy and so on) in the first 10

Beginning in mid-February, Congress took a couple of weeks off and returned to business in early March.

• H.R.2115, the “Flight 100-Century of Aviation Revitalization Act” introduced in May by Rep.

H.R.2115, the House of Representatives’ “Vision 100–Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act.”

Having missed the October 1 deadline for funding nine of the 13 government agencies that had been neglected, a lame-duck Congress made up for that lack of

• Congress closed up shop on September 29, and November 13 was set as the date for what might be a lame-duck Congress to reconvene.

• Before Congress took a couple of weeks off beginning on March 20, there were 687 bills introduced in the Senate and 1,454 in the House of Representa

• In view of the enormous funds allocated for hurricane relief ($62 billion to date with more to come) and a mounting budget deficit, President Bush and le

– Among the after-effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was a flood of Congressional bills to provide relief to the communities and people devastated

• House Minority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has been the subject of months of scrutiny for alleged improprieties in accepting travel paid for by lobbyists,

• When Congress returned from its summer sojourn, lawmakers had 15 workdays scheduled for September.

• The House of Representatives approved appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 for the Department of Transportation.

— The Senate and the House closed up shop at the end of July for their customary August vacation.

•Congress took a legislative break from November 18 to December 12 but, before leaving, both houses passed H.R.3058, the FY2006 Transportation, Treasury an

Before leaving for Congress’s December break the Senate approved a $39.7 billion, five-year deficit reduction bill by a vote of 51 to 50.

All the public uproar and the introduction of numerous bills seeking to control lobbying abuse prompted by the scandals involving one-time, big-time lobbyi

— Congress returned from a 10-day break over St.

– Congress took a 10-day break over the Memorial Day holiday and on its return faced a number of issues that had been left in the holding pattern.

• Congress recessed for the 4th of July, as it generally does when there is a national holiday, but, before adjourning, lawmakers passed a $94.5 billion em

• The dog days of August descended on the Capitol right on schedule, and Congressional lawmakers escaped the doldrums as they usually do–by recessing for t