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With Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole back on Capitol Hill, Republicans tried today to show a united front on their legislative agenda as they look towards the November presidential elections. The party wants to show that it can deliver on its promises and that it is a good alternative to those who might be attracted to Ross Perot's Reform Party.

the President's education budget when it arrives on Capitol Hill. Although the plan generally moves toward Republican positions in various ways, Republicans in Congress are expected to make numerous changes.

Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about the "economic summit" held today on Captiol Hill. Republicans led by Jack Kemp held that summit. While presumptive GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole is still at work on his economic agenda, the meeting increases pressure for his package to include a major tax cut. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports. (5:00)

to withdraw his nomination to head the C.I.A. He cited his three grueling days of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, fearing that a vote might be delayed for weeks.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says the Republicans should be putting all their energy into ensuring that the GOP maintains control of Congress. He says while a division of power between the White House and Capitol Hill would seem to lead to gridlock, the fact is that in the last two years it has made for compromise and progress.

magazine about the strength of evidence against the President in the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit. Taylor believes the evidence in the Jones case is more persuasive than Anita Hill's accusation of Clarence Thomas.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on the growing concern of some university administrators over alcohol abuse on campus. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, they've taken the unusual step of banning alcohol from fraternity "rush" events, a phenomenon in which alcohol has traditionally played a major role.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on a new study that explains why sand dunes and beaches sometimes emit mysterious singing or booming sounds. It turns out that the microstructure of sand particles varies from place to place, and this structure determines what sand sounds like when you walk on it or when it slides down a hill.

In Mexico's southern Chiapas mountains, men, women and children work in primitive conditions to mine amber from the rock. Working by candlelight deep in the mountainsides with none of the security features found in modern mines, these Mexicans pry the honey-colored fossil from the hill. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Simojovel , Mexico.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that the President's tax-cut proposals will be coming to Capitol Hill tomorrow. Mr. Bush is urging lawmakers to hold the line at one-point-six-trillion dollars. But business interests are also trying to jump aboard the bandwagon, which could make the final package much bigger.