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AA. Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers AAC. Aids Action AACA. Associated Advertising Clubs of America AAHP. American Association of Health Plans AAIA. Association on American Indian Affairs A&P supermarkets 1 NA NA boycotts against, 1 707 sigs_0001_0001_0_00142 AAPA. American Association of Public Accountants AARP. American Association of Retired Persons AARP Bulletin, 1 643 sigs_0001_0001_0_00130 AARP Health Care Options, 1 29 sigs_0001_0001_0_00016 1 32 sigs_0001_0001_0_00016 AARP Legal Services Network, 1 32 sigs_0001_0001_0_00016 AARP/VOTE program, 1 29 sigs_0001_0001_0_00016 AAUN. American Association for the United Nations ABA. American Bankers Association American Bar Association ABA Banking Journal, 1 37 sigs_0001_0001_0_00017 ABAecom, 1 35 sigs_0001_0001_0_00017 ABA Education Fund, 1 35 sigs_0001_0001_0_00017 ABA Securities Association, 1 35 sigs_0001_0001_0_00017 ABC World News Tonight, 1 490 sigs_0001_0001_0_00101 Abel, I. W., 1 778 sigs_0001_0001_0_00155 Abolitionists, 1 708 sigs_0001_0001_0_00142 Abortion, 1 255 sigs_0001_0001_0_00057 1 324 sigs_0001_0001_0_00071 1 399 sigs_0001_0001_0_00085 1 404 sigs_0001_0001_0_00086 Catholic view of, 1 538 sigs_0001_0001_0_00110 1 539 sigs_0001_0001_0_00110 1 540 sigs_0001_0001_0_00110 1 541 sigs_0001_0001_0_00110 counseling, 1 695 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 1 696 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 and Eagle Forum, 1 302 sigs_0001_0001_0_00067 legalization of, 1 634 sigs_0001_0001_0_00128 1 635 sigs_0001_0001_0_00128 1 668 sigs_0001_0001_0_00135 1 669 sigs_0001_0001_0_00135 1 683 sigs_0001_0001_0_00138 1 685 sigs_0001_0001_0_00138 1 698 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 1 797 sigs_0001_0001_0_00159 1 798 sigs_0001_0001_0_00159 nonsurgical alternatives, 1 696 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 and NOW, 1 607 sigs_0001_0001_0_00123 1 609 sigs_0001_0001_0_00123 opposition to, 1 632-36 sigs_0001_0001_0_00128 1 667-71 sigs_0001_0001_0_00135 1 712 sigs_0001_0001_0_00143 partial-birth, 1 148-49 sigs_0001_0001_0_00037 1 254 sigs_0001_0001_0_00057 1 256 sigs_0001_0001_0_00057 1 322 sigs_0001_0001_0_00071 1 635-36 sigs_0001_0001_0_00128 research on, 1 633 sigs_0001_0001_0_00128 safe and legal access to, 1 441-46 sigs_0001_0001_0_00093 Abortion clinics 1 NA NA violence at, 1 609-10 sigs_0001_0001_0_00123 Abortion rights, 1 661 sigs_0001_0001_0_00134 1 662 sigs_0001_0001_0_00134 1 663 sigs_0001_0001_0_00134 and ACLU, 1 47 sigs_0001_0001_0_00019 moderate Republican support of, 1 797 sigs_0001_0001_0_00159 1 798 sigs_0001_0001_0_00159 Abshire, David M., 1 199 sigs_0001_0001_0_00047 1 201 sigs_0001_0001_0_00047 1 203 sigs_0001_0001_0_00047 Abstinence programs (PPFA), 1 699 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 Abu-Jamal, Mumia, 1 47 sigs_0001_0001_0_00019 Abuse 1 NA NA domestic, 1 515-20 sigs_0001_0001_0_00106 of homeless persons, 1 523 sigs_0001_0001_0_00107 Abuse Violence Abzug, Bella, 1 663 sigs_0001_0001_0_00134 Academic standards, 1 90 sigs_0001_0001_0_00027 and Concerned Women for America, 1 256 sigs_0001_0001_0_00057 Access Equals Opportunity guides, 1 282 sigs_0001_0001_0_00062 Accidents 1 NA NA from drunk driving, 1 429-35 sigs_0001_0001_0_00091 Accountants, 1 118-23 sigs_0001_0001_0_00032 Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, 1 146 sigs_0001_0001_0_00037 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 1 146 sigs_0001_0001_0_00037 Achievement Month, 1 653 sigs_0001_0001_0_00132 Acid rain, 1 658 sigs_0001_0001_0_00133 1 758 sigs_0001_0001_0_00151 ACLU. American Civil Liberties Union ACLU Foundation, 1 45 sigs_0001_0001_0_00019 ACLU v. Reno, 1 47 sigs_0001_0001_0_00019 Acquaintance rape, 1 611 sigs_0001_0001_0_00123 Acquired Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS ACRES (Farm Bureau). National Legislative Action Program ACS. American Cancer Society Action Alert program (ACLU), 1 46 sigs_0001_0001_0_00019 Action Council, 1 210 sigs_0001_0001_0_00049 Action Course in Practical Politics, 1 766 sigs_0001_0001_0_00153 Action Network (Human Rights Campaign), 1 352 sigs_0001_0001_0_00077 Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), 1 1-6 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 budget for, 1 3 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 Activate Congress to Improve Our Nation, 1 394-95 sigs_0001_0001_0_00084 Active Ballot Club (UFCW). United Food and Commercial Workers International Union ACT-SO. Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics Act Up, 1 354 sigs_0001_0001_0_00077 1 586 sigs_0001_0001_0_00119 ACU. American Conservative Union ACU Education & Research Institute, 1 53 sigs_0001_0001_0_00020 ACU-PAC, 1 50 sigs_0001_0001_0_00020 Acura SLX rollover testing, 1 275 sigs_0001_0001_0_00061 ADA. American Dental Association Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Council on Dental Practice, 1 58 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021 ADA Health Foundation (ADAHF), 1 56 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021 ADA Legal Adviser, 1 59 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021 Adams, Alvin P., Jr., 1 760 sigs_0001_0001_0_00152 Adams, Bryan, 1 170 sigs_0001_0001_0_00041 ADA News, 1 58 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021 1 59 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021

ADAP. AIDS Drug Assistance Program ADAPCO. ADA Publishing Company ADA Principle of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct (ADA Code), 1 56 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021 ADAPT. American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today ADA Publishing Company (ADAPCO), 1 58 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021 1 59 sigs_0001_0001_0_00021 "Addiction to Nicotine," 1 6 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 Aden, 1 170 sigs_0001_0001_0_00041 Adolph Van Pelt Special Fund for Indian Scholarships, 1 179 sigs_0001_0001_0_00043 "Adopt-a-Minefield" program (UNA-USA), 1 761 sigs_0001_0001_0_00152 1 762 sigs_0001_0001_0_00152 "Adopt a School" program (ASPCA), 1 159 sigs_0001_0001_0_00039 Adopt-A-Scientist program (AFBF), 1 68 sigs_0001_0001_0_00023 Adoption, 1 321 sigs_0001_0001_0_00071 animal, 1 359 sigs_0001_0001_0_00078 1 689 sigs_0001_0001_0_00139 and Family Medical Leave Act, 1 319 sigs_0001_0001_0_00070 and gays and lesbians, 1 354 sigs_0001_0001_0_00077 1 414 sigs_0001_0001_0_00088 1 416 sigs_0001_0001_0_00088 1 587 sigs_0001_0001_0_00119 1 588 sigs_0001_0001_0_00119 referrals, 1 695 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 1 696 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 Advanced Campaigning Skills Training, 1 663 sigs_0001_0001_0_00134 Advanced directive documents, 1 216 sigs_0001_0001_0_00050 1 217 sigs_0001_0001_0_00050 1 218 sigs_0001_0001_0_00050 Advanced Planning and Compassionate Care Act, 1 218 sigs_0001_0001_0_00050 Advanced Practice Clinician Colposcopy Education Program, 1 697 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 Adventures of Rick Raccoon, The, 1 658 sigs_0001_0001_0_00133 Advertising 1 NA NA aimed at children, 1 279 sigs_0001_0001_0_00062 and consumer rights, 1 771 sigs_0001_0001_0_00154 and film industry, 1 122 sigs_0001_0001_0_00032 1 437 sigs_0001_0001_0_00092 fraud in, 1 277 sigs_0001_0001_0_00062 and health care reform efforts, 1 348 sigs_0001_0001_0_00076 1 349 sigs_0001_0001_0_00076 investigations of false, 1 281 sigs_0001_0001_0_00062 lawyer, 1 177 sigs_0001_0001_0_00042 political, 1 530 sigs_0001_0001_0_00108 pro-family, 1 322 sigs_0001_0001_0_00071 and soft money, 1 246 sigs_0001_0001_0_00055 by special interests, 1 422 sigs_0001_0001_0_00089 standards for, 1 280 sigs_0001_0001_0_00062 tobacco and cigarette, 1 2 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 1 3 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 1 4-5 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 truthfulness in, 1 278 sigs_0001_0001_0_00062 Advisory Committee on Postwar Foreign Policy, 1 290 sigs_0001_0001_0_00064 Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health, 1 3 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1 648-49 sigs_0001_0001_0_00131 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), 1 7-12 sigs_0001_0001_0_00012 1 270 sigs_0001_0001_0_00060 1 271 sigs_0001_0001_0_00060 AEI. Audubon Expedition Institute Aerosol cans 1 NA NA chlorofluorocarbons in, 1 772 sigs_0001_0001_0_00154 Aerospace industry, 1 371 sigs_0001_0001_0_00080 workers in, 1 368-73 sigs_0001_0001_0_00080 1 735 sigs_0001_0001_0_00148 1 736 sigs_0001_0001_0_00148 AETCs. AIDS Education & Training Centers AFA. American Family Association AFA Journal, 1 64 sigs_0001_0001_0_00022 AFA Law Center, 1 61 sigs_0001_0001_0_00022 AFA Report (radio show), 1 62 sigs_0001_0001_0_00022 AFBF. American Farm Bureau Federation Affirmative action, 1 369 sigs_0001_0001_0_00080 1 706 sigs_0001_0001_0_00142 1 708 sigs_0001_0001_0_00142 AFL-CIO support of, 1 81 sigs_0001_0001_0_00025 and American Jewish Congress, 1 132 sigs_0001_0001_0_00034 and Asian Americans, 1 672 sigs_0001_0001_0_00136 erosion of, 1 654-55 sigs_0001_0001_0_00132 and gays, 1 255-56 sigs_0001_0001_0_00057 and Hispanic Americans, 1 561 sigs_0001_0001_0_00114 Ku Klux Klan opposition to, 1 404 sigs_0001_0001_0_00086 labor support for, 1 371 sigs_0001_0001_0_00080 NAACP defense of, 1 457-58 sigs_0001_0001_0_00095 and NOW, 1 609 sigs_0001_0001_0_00123 United Steelworkers support of, 1 776 sigs_0001_0001_0_00155 and veterans, 1 299 sigs_0001_0001_0_00066 Affordable housing, 1 466 sigs_0001_0001_0_00097 1 488 sigs_0001_0001_0_00101 for Hispanic Americans, 1 560 sigs_0001_0001_0_00114 homelessness due to lack of, 1 521 sigs_0001_0001_0_00107 1 522 sigs_0001_0001_0_00107 1 525 sigs_0001_0001_0_00107 AFGE. American Federation of Government Employees AFGE-PAC, 1 72 sigs_0001_0001_0_00024 Afghanistan, 1 290 sigs_0001_0001_0_00064 AFL. American Federation of Labor AFL-CIO. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE), 1 77 sigs_0001_0001_0_00025 Africa, 1 187 sigs_0001_0001_0_00044 Amnesty International in, 1 170 sigs_0001_0001_0_00041 debt-for-nature programs in, 1 801 sigs_0001_0001_0_00160 female circumcision in, 1 713 sigs_0001_0001_0_00143 governments in, 1 185 sigs_0001_0001_0_00044 monitoring of governmental trends in, 1 188 sigs_0001_0001_0_00044 African Americans, 1 437 sigs_0001_0001_0_00092 businesses owned by, 1 706 sigs_0001_0001_0_00142 and child welfare, 1 211 sigs_0001_0001_0_00049 civil rights and equality for, 1 453-59 sigs_0001_0001_0_00095 1 651-55 sigs_0001_0001_0_00132 coalitions between Jews and, 1 131 sigs_0001_0001_0_00034 educational attainment among, 1 457 sigs_0001_0001_0_00095 influence of, on Congress, 1 257-61 sigs_0001_0001_0_00058 as nursing home workers, 1 752 sigs_0001_0001_0_00150 in PTA leadership roles, 1 551 sigs_0001_0001_0_00112 as rail workers, 1 783 sigs_0001_0001_0_00156 and Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, 1 705-709 sigs_0001_0001_0_00142 and Save the Churches Fund, 1 222 sigs_0001_0001_0_00051 1 223 sigs_0001_0001_0_00051 and school vouchers, 1 93 sigs_0001_0001_0_00027 African Policy Initiative (CEIP), 1 188 sigs_0001_0001_0_00044 Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO), 1 454 sigs_0001_0001_0_00095 AFSCME. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFSCME Advantage programs, 1 86 sigs_0001_0001_0_00026 AFT. American Federation of Teachers AFTCOPE. American Federation of Teachers Committee on Political Education AFT Task Force on Low Performing Schools, 1 90 sigs_0001_0001_0_00027 AgeLine Database, 1 32 sigs_0001_0001_0_00016 Agent Orange, 1 137 sigs_0001_0001_0_00035 1 296 sigs_0001_0001_0_00066 Age of Innocence, The (Hamilton), 1 64 sigs_0001_0001_0_00022 Aging, 1 29 sigs_0001_0001_0_00016 challenging perceptions of, 1 610 sigs_0001_0001_0_00123 Gray Panther library on, 1 333 sigs_0001_0001_0_00073 long-term care for, 1 102-105 sigs_0001_0001_0_00029 media image of, 1 332 sigs_0001_0001_0_00073 and veterans, 1 138 sigs_0001_0001_0_00035 Aging, American Association of Retired Persons Elderly Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1 596 sigs_0001_0001_0_00121 Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1 69 sigs_0001_0001_0_00023 Agricultural implements industry, 1 735 sigs_0001_0001_0_00148 1 736 sigs_0001_0001_0_00148 1 739 sigs_0001_0001_0_00148 Agricultural Market Transition Payments, 1 69 sigs_0001_0001_0_00023 Agriculture, 1 66-71 sigs_0001_0001_0_00023 beef industry, 1 509-514 sigs_0001_0001_0_00105 cotton industry, 1 554-58 sigs_0001_0001_0_00113 voice of farming communities, 1 594-99 sigs_0001_0001_0_00121 workers in, 1 742-48 sigs_0001_0001_0_00149 Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC), 1 67 sigs_0001_0001_0_00023 Agriculture Labor Relations Act (ALRA), 1 746 sigs_0001_0001_0_00149 Agriculture Labor Relations Board (ALRB), 1 746 sigs_0001_0001_0_00149 Agriculture Policy Program (NAS), 1 494 sigs_0001_0001_0_00102 Agriculture Workers Organizing Committee, 1 744 sigs_0001_0001_0_00149 Agro-forestry, 1 801 sigs_0001_0001_0_00160 AHA. American Hospital Association AHCA. American Health Care Association AICPA. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AIDA. American Indian Defense Association Aid for Daughters of Railroaders, 1 782 sigs_0001_0001_0_00156 Aid for Dependent Children, 1 208 sigs_0001_0001_0_00048 AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), 1 16 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 1 268 sigs_0001_0001_0_00060 1 324 sigs_0001_0001_0_00071 1 355 sigs_0001_0001_0_00077 and assisted-suicide issues, 1 219 sigs_0001_0001_0_00050 discrimination due to, 1 415 sigs_0001_0001_0_00088 and food safety, 1 620 sigs_0001_0001_0_00125 funding, 1 321 sigs_0001_0001_0_00071 and gay rights groups, 1 586 sigs_0001_0001_0_00119 and homelessness, 1 522 sigs_0001_0001_0_00107 1 524 sigs_0001_0001_0_00107 and medical use of marijuana, 1 48 sigs_0001_0001_0_00019 1 603 sigs_0001_0001_0_00122 and needle exchange programs, 1 260 sigs_0001_0001_0_00058 policy and reform, 1 413 sigs_0001_0001_0_00088

prison testing for, 1 148 sigs_0001_0001_0_00037 PTA awareness programs on, 1 551 sigs_0001_0001_0_00112 research on, 1 96-101 sigs_0001_0001_0_00028 treatment costs for, 1 17 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 AIDS Action, 1 13-18 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 AIDS Action Council, 1 352 sigs_0001_0001_0_00077 AIDS Action Foundation, 1 13 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 1 15 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 AIDS Action Network, 1 14 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 AIDS Action Quarterly newsletter, 1 18 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), 1 14 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 AIDS Education & Training Centers (AETCs), 1 16 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 AIDS/HIV Treatment Directory, 1 101 sigs_0001_0001_0_00028 AIDS Medical Foundation (AMF), 1 98 sigs_0001_0001_0_00028 AIDS Project, 1 414 sigs_0001_0001_0_00088 AIM. American Indian Movement AIPAC. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Air bags, 1 9 sigs_0001_0001_0_00012 1 11 sigs_0001_0001_0_00012 1 25 sigs_0001_0001_0_00015 1 263-64 sigs_0001_0001_0_00059 1 500 sigs_0001_0001_0_00103 1 502-503 sigs_0001_0001_0_00103 Airborne Express, 1 475 sigs_0001_0001_0_00098 Air conditioners 1 NA NA chlorofluorocarbons in, 1 772 sigs_0001_0001_0_00154 Aircraft Repair Station Safety Act case study, 1 371-72 sigs_0001_0001_0_00080 Air Line Employees Association International, 1 21 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 Airline industry, 1 369 sigs_0001_0001_0_00080 workers in, 1 726 sigs_0001_0001_0_00146 Air Line Pilot, 1 21 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 1 22 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), 1 19-22 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 Air Line Pilots Association Political Action Committee, 1 19 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 Airlines 1 NA NA nonsmoking sections on, 1 2 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 1 4 sigs_0001_0001_0_00011 safety issues with, 1 371-72 sigs_0001_0001_0_00080 travel fatalities, 1 20 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 Air pollution 1 NA NA from industrial/toxic waste, 1 773 sigs_0001_0001_0_00154 and suburban sprawl, 1 469 sigs_0001_0001_0_00097 Air pollution Environmental Protection Agency Pollution Air Quality Standards Coalition, 1 487 sigs_0001_0001_0_00100 AITC. Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) AIUSA. Amnesty International USA AJCongress. American Jewish Congress ALA. American Library Association Alabama 1 NA NA Ku Klux Klan activities in, 1 403 sigs_0001_0001_0_00086 Alamo Rent A Car, 1 432 sigs_0001_0001_0_00091 Alan Guttmacher Institute, The, 1 633 sigs_0001_0001_0_00128 1 697 sigs_0001_0001_0_00140 ALA Office for Technology Policy, 1 141 sigs_0001_0001_0_00036 Alaska 1 NA NA medical use of marijuana referenda in, 1 48 sigs_0001_0001_0_00019 nuclear testing in, 1 337 sigs_0001_0001_0_00074 1 338 sigs_0001_0001_0_00074 wilderness preservation in, 1 793 sigs_0001_0001_0_00158 Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act, 1 793 sigs_0001_0001_0_00158 Alaska National Lands Act, 1 497 sigs_0001_0001_0_00102 Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association of Anchorage, 1 13 sigs_0001_0001_0_00013 Alaskan Natives, 1 178-83 sigs_0001_0001_0_00043 1 543-48 sigs_0001_0001_0_00111 Albanians 1 NA NA massacre and mass exodus of, 1 290 sigs_0001_0001_0_00064 Alberts, Bruce, 1 447 sigs_0001_0001_0_00094 Albright, Madeline, 1 662 sigs_0001_0001_0_00134 Alcohol and Traffic Safety Awareness Project (OCA), 1 673 sigs_0001_0001_0_00136 Alcohol consumption, 1 268 sigs_0001_0001_0_00060 beverage industry and legal drinking age, 1 433 sigs_0001_0001_0_00091 and drunk driving, 1 430 sigs_0001_0001_0_00091 Alcoholism 1 NA NA among American Indians, 1 112 sigs_0001_0001_0_00031 1 178 sigs_0001_0001_0_00043 prevention of, 1 782 sigs_0001_0001_0_00156 public awareness of, 1 620 sigs_0001_0001_0_00125 Alcohol Policies Project (Center for Science in the Public Interest), 1 430 sigs_0001_0001_0_00091 Alcohol service 1 NA NA in restaurants, 1 618 sigs_0001_0001_0_00125 1 619 sigs_0001_0001_0_00125 ALF. Animal Liberation Front Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building (Oklahoma City) 1 NA NA bombing of, 1 74 sigs_0001_0001_0_00024 John Birch Society investigation of bombing of, 1 394 sigs_0001_0001_0_00084 Allergies, 1 620 sigs_0001_0001_0_00125 Alliance of American Insurers, 1 7 sigs_0001_0001_0_00012 Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), 1 436 sigs_0001_0001_0_00092 Allied Industrial Workers, 1 738 sigs_0001_0001_0_00148 Allied Pilots, 1 21 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology, 1 448 sigs_0001_0001_0_00094 ALMA Awards, 1 560 sigs_0001_0001_0_00114 Almanac of Federal PACs, 1 20 sigs_0001_0001_0_00014 1 120 sigs_0001_0001_0_00032 ALPA. Air Line Pilots Association, International ALRA. Agriculture Labor Relations Act ALRB. Agriculture Labor Relations Board Aluminum industry workers, 1 776 sigs_0001_0001_0_00155 1 778 sigs_0001_0001_0_00155 Aluminum Workers of America, 1 778 sigs_0001_0001_0_00155 Alvarez, Aida, 1 662 sigs_0001_0001_0_00134 AMA. American Medical Association