[Congressional Coverage Legislation]

Files date from 1988 through 1994. The series includes memos, press clippings, correspondence, and committee and task force reports. These documents stem from Senator Mitchell's participation on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Notable issues include congressional reform, labor reform, employment practises and discrimination, ethics and accountability in government, congressional press coverage, lobbying reform, and others. Among specific issues discussed are the contacts between the Treasury and the Whitehouse regarding the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, the bank associated with the Whitewater affair. Other events covered are the censure of Senator Packwood, the Whitewater hearings in 1994, and the investigation of the death of Vincent Foster in July of 1994. Legislation involved in these matters includes the Employee Rights and Protection resolution of 1993, the Privacy Act, the Congressional Accountability Act, the Health Security Act, the Government Employee Rights Act, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1993, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Congressional Coverage Act. Files were maintained by Jim Weber, with contributions from Anita Jensen and Lisa Nolan.