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Reports that Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole has announced his intentions to push for action on a temporary rollback in the gasoline tax and an increase in minimum wages. Amount of wage increase; Repeal of the gasoline tax law; Allegations of a political strategy of Dole; Comments from the Republican Party.

Reports that United States President Bill Clinton ordered the sale of about 12 million barrels of oil, from the nation's strategic petroleum reserves. Why Clinton made the order; Average price for a gallon of self-serve regular oil in the Washington area as of April 23, 1996; Comments from Clinton.

Reports that although Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole fights for an increase in minimum wage, he is really concerned with the issue surrounding the campaign finance reform for Congress. How Senator Russell Feingold is pushing for a bill to encourage compliance with voluntary spending limits; Effects of the campaign finance issue on Senator Dole.

Reports that president of the United States Bill Clinton was challenged by Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole to repeal a 4.3-cent-a-gallon increase in gas tax, which was approved by the Democrats. Contents of a letter sent by Dole to Clinton; Comments from Joe Lockhart, spokesman for Clinton's reelection campaign; Views of Leon E. Panetta, White House Chief of Staff.

States that in the United States Senate, a move by Democrats to force a vote on legislation to raise minimum wage, was thwarted by Republican leaders. Republicans' accusations against the Democrats; What House Republican leaders promised to do to increase family take-home pay.

Focuses on the unexpected success of the Democrats in forcing the minimum wage issue onto the agenda of the Republican-controlled Congress, and its impact on Senate Majority Leader, Robert J. Dole. Possibility of no enactment of 90-cents-an-hour boost in minimum wage; Political consequences for architects of turnabout.

States that Senate Democrats prevented the success of a constitutional amendment that would limit terms of Congress members to 12 years. When amendment was blocked; Actions taken by Republicans; Comments from various politicians.

Focuses on Senate Democrats' action for the expansion of pension coverage for American workers that is part of their `action agenda' for the remainder of the 104th Congress. Objectives of Democrats' action; Look at Democrats' proposal; Action taken by Republicans.

Reports on Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) and the challenges posed by the Democrats on Capitol Hill. Issues that the Democrats raised; What Dole paved the way for with the Democrats; What carried mixed results for Dole; Issues that will prove challenging for Dole from both Democrats and Republicans; What the actions of Dole in the Senate raised arguments about.

Reports that a bill aimed at fighting terrorism and crime was approved by the United States Congress House on April 18, 1996. Reference to the bill being sent to President Bill Clinton in time to mark the first anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1996; Terms of the legislation; Critics views of the bill; Key provisions of the bill.

Reports that on Wednesday, April 17, 1996, the Senate removed a seven-week-long deadlock over extension of its Whitewater investigation. Why the deadlock was removed; Reference to an agreement between the Senate, Republicans and Democrats; Details on President Bill Clinton's involvement in Whitewater land deal; Threat issued by Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato.

Reports that moderate House Republicans have called for an increase in minimum wage. Comments from Senate Majority Leader, Bob Dole concerning possible voting on issue; Impact of conflicting views in Republican Party on wage increase.

Presents information on an anti-terrorism bill approved by the United States' Senate, which would aid in curbing appeals filed by death row inmates. Information on bill's contents; Comments from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, Orrin G. Hatch and Senate Majority Leader, Robert Dole.

Reports that Senate Majority leader Robert J. Dole stopped working on legislation to decrease illegal immigration. Reason for halting work on legislation; Relation between Dole's action, and the 1996 presidential campaign; Comments from Dole; Attitude of Democrats towards legislation.

Reports that at the news conference attended by families of victims of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma, House and Senate negotiators in Washington D.C. agreed on a anti-terrorism bill. How the bombing contributed to American President Bill Clinton's push for enactment of the bill; What Clinton accused the Republicans of.

Reports that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Alfonse M. D'Amato planned to ask the banking panel to reopen the Whitewater investigation. How the revival of the Whitewater investigation would affect American President Bill Clinton; What the committee would be empowered to do under D'Amato's proposal.

Reports that effective Sunday 14th, April, 1996, the House and Senate will commence legislative activities and agendas that will define the party in presidential and congressional campaigns. Arrangement of agendas; Expectations of Party leaders regarding themes for the party; Comments by Republicans.

Presents information on Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld and Senator John F. Kerry's 1996 campaign for the Senate. Two different Washingtons that Kerry and Weld are running against to make the case easy for the role of government; Issues that Weld and Kerry argued over during a televised debate on April 8, 1996.

Describes the Vietnam War as ancient history. Reference to a post-Cold War struggle over foreign policy; Details on the Republicans' victory in 1994; Opposition to view of Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole; Potential disputes about the United States' relationship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Comments by Representative Joe Scarborough.

Focuses on the possible political candidates to replenish the United States Senate due to impending retirements of some of its influential leaders. Names of candidates; Background information on candidates; Comments from Norman Ornstein, a congressional scholar with the American Enterprise Institute.

States that on April 2, 1996, a group of Democratic senators encouraged Majority Leader Robert J. Dole to take the secrecy out of a Senate practice which allows individual senators to stall action on legislation. Names of those senators; Why a bipartisan health care bill was held up for months; Comments from the senators.

Looks at the three-day tour of North Carolina, sponsored and led by United States Senator Jesse Helms, for ambassadors from the seven countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Places visited by the ambassadors; Reasons for the tour; Comments from Helms about the tour.

Reports that the Senate's Whitewater inquiry remains on hold, as the Senate breaks on March 29, 1996 for a recess. Expiration of the Whitewater committee's authority to probe the dealings of the Clinton family in the failed Arkansas land deal; Details on negotiations between the Democrats and the Republicans in continuing the probe.

Focuses on the disagreement between Democrats and Republicans which deals with the increase of minimum wage. Reason for disagreement; Information on the voting process; Other proposals blocked by House; Speculation on Republican consensus to handle issues.

Reports that legislation which would open vast expanses of federal lands in southern Utah to development, was blocked by United States Senate Democrats on march 27, 1996. Reasons for blocking the legislation; How the Utah lands dispute is affecting the presidential campaign of Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole; Details on the Utah lands proposal which is backed by Republicans.

Reports that American President Bill Clinton was given a `line-item veto,' on March 27, 1996, after the United States Senate approved the legislation. Significance of the legislation; Statistical information on the voting; Terms of the bill; Arguments raised by proponents of the bill; Comments from Senator Dan Coats. INSET: How Senate voted..

Reports on an attempt by Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole and Republicans to challenge President Bill Clinton. Proposal to increase minimum wage compiled by Senators Edward M. Kennedy, John F. Kerry and Paul D. Wellstone; Objective of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; Public reaction to the proposal.

Reports that a legislation to limit damages awarded to consumers injured by faulty or dangerous products was approved in Senate on March 21, 1996. Information on the voting; Threats by President Bill Clinton of the United States to veto; Comments from Senator Mitch McConnell; Terms of the bill.

Reports on the efforts of congressional Republicans to overturn the ban on assault weapons. United States' President Bill Clinton indirect reference to Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole; Election battle between President Clinton and Dole; Information on the assault weapons bill; Republicans proposed legislation about building a missile defense system for the United States; Views of Republicans, and Democrats.

Reports on a federal ruling that permits President of the United States Bill Clinton to testify in the trial of his former Whitewater partners through a videotaped disposition from the White House. Judge George Howard Jr.'s denial of the president's request for advanced questions; Background on the Whitewater inquiry; Other details on the deposition.

Reports on the controversy surrounding the implementation of legislation to limit lawsuits, in the United States, over faulty products. President Bill Clinton to veto legislation voted on by the Senate on March 20, 1996; Contributions made by trial lawyers and business in the controversy to political campaigns; Explanation of the legislation.

Reports of a possible compromise between the Republican and the Democrats over the extension of the Senate Whitewater probe. Date of possible agreement; Comments from Sheila Burke, chief of staff for Majority Leader Robert J. Dole.

Details the Tuesday, March 19, 1996, Senate approval of a legislation to ease federal regulations on small businesses. Republican's disappointment; Details of the bill; Comments from Republican David M. McIntosh.

Reports that on Monday, March 19, 1996, two Democratic senators criticized Bill Clinton, the president of the United States, for threatening to veto legislation limiting court-awarded damages to consumers injured by faulty products. Comments by Senator John D. Rockefeller; Approval of the legislation by a House-Senate conference; Details on the legislation; Opposition to the legislation.

Reports that House and Senate Republican leaders in the United States presidential race, are focusing on an agenda, which will minimize contention while maximizing political gain. Impact of the agenda on the political race between Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole and President Bill Clinton; Statements from Representative John A. Boehner.

Reports on the resolution by Republicans on a bill in the United States, which gives the president the power to cut individual items from spending bills. Examination of months-long dispute among Congressional Republicans over bill; Provisions of bill; Inclusion of other information pertaining to bill.

Presents information on the development of the Whitewater investigation. Actions by Minority Leader, Thomas A. Daschle to block Republican's efforts; Threats from Whitewater committee Chairman, Alfonse M. D'Amato.

Reports on the passing of a bill, in the United States, which was intended to fight crime, and terrorism, on March 14, 1995. President Bill Clinton's view of bill; Details of votes for the measure; Comments from various persons including United States' House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Provisions of bill. INSET: Today in Congress..

Reports on the failure of United States Senate Republicans to dissolve a Democratic filibuster blocking of an open-ended extension of authority for the now-expired special Whitewater Committee. Who spearheaded the proposal to cut off debate; What the Whitewater Committee is investigating; Offer by the Democrats to extend hearings.

Reports on the awaiting of the return of United States Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole to office. Impact of Dole's absence on the Senate.

Features United States Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole as he prepares to go back to work following the last of his campaigning for presidential nominations. Challenges faced by Dole as Senate leader; Dole to face President Bill Clinton in the general elections as well as in the Senate.

Reports that United States (US) House-Senate negotiators agreed to require US President Bill Clinton, to abolish at least one foreign policy agency, as part of Republican efforts to save international affairs spending costs. Possible veto of authorisation bill by Clinton; Names of agencies required to shut down; Funding provided by bill.

Reports that United States (US) Senate Whitewater committee Chairman Alfonse M. D'Amato has offered to limit his proposal for an open-ended extension of the panel's probe. Criticisms of D'Amato from Democrats; Comments from D'Amato; Comments from Senator Christopher J. Dodd.

Reports that in Nashville Tennessee, Republicans Lamar Alexander, and Senator Richard G. Lugar, dropped out of the presidential nominations. Their endorsement of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole's victory; Comments from Alexander; How Alexander portrayed himself in nominations; Details on Lugar.

Discusses the United States' Senate's arguments over the extension of the Whitewater inquiry. Democrat's blocking of Republican proposal for an open-ended investigation; Assumed goal of Republicans; Senator Connie Mack's, (Republican-Florida) views on Whitewater issue; Number of hearings held by the committee.

Comments of the standing of Presidential nominee candidate, Patrick J. Buchanan. Review of performance of Buchanan's rivals; Comments from Buchanan; Views of Republican Leader Bob Dole.

Comments on the Senator Robert J. Dole's standing in the Grand Old Party nominee campaign of 1996 in the United States. Comments from Governor Tommy G. Thompson concerning Doles' campaign efforts; Dole's deviance of predictions on his campaign chances; Influence of Dole's loss to Malcolm S. Forbes.

States that Patrick J. Buchanan makes an attempt to go on the offensive to catch up with Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole. Buchanan forced to play defense; Comments from Dole.

Reports on the support given to Robert J. Dole by House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the race for Republican presidential nominee. Gingrich to cast ballot for Dole in Georgia primary; Number of states holding primaries; Comments from congressional Republicans. INSET: Results on-line..

Reports that as an effort to ignite their stalled legislative agenda, House and Senate Republican leaders in the United States, have decide to push for an enactment of a restructured version of a controversial bill. Other plans of the Republicans; Statement made by a Senate Republican strategist; Information on the regulatory bill the Republicans are seeking the enactment on.