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Abdnor, James (R-SD)...... 140, 160 Acheson, Dean...... 18 Actualities ...... 140, 159, 169-170 Administrative Assistants (AAs) . . . . . 28, 30, 34, 46, 71, 80, 111, 116, ...... 125, 127, 135, 151, 154, 166, ...... 169, 180, 182-183, 195, 199 Advisory Committee Act of 1974 ...... 54, 69 AFL-CIO ...... 150 Agriculture Department...... 94-95 Alliance for American Innovation ...... 106 American University of Cairo...... 105 Amnesty International...... 97 Anderson, John...... 43 Andrews, Mark (R-ND)...... 117, 123, 193 Appropriations Committee (Senate) ...... 47, 68, 71, 85, 119, 122 Armed Services Committee (Senate) ...... 175 Armstrong, William (R-CO) ...... 153, 194 Ash, Roy ...... 57, 59 Atwater, Lee ...... 199-200

Bailey, Doug ...... 43 Baker, Howard (R-TN) ...... 117-119, 131-133, 154, 178, 186 Baker, James...... 108, 117-118 Banking Committee, House ...... 28 Banking and Urban Affairs Committee, Senate ...... 204, 209, 212 Barker, Sarah ...... 47 Beall, J. Glenn (R-MD)...... 29 Bellmon, Henry...... 70 Bentsen, Lloyd (D-TX) ...... 127, 208 Blackie, Bill ...... 39, 51 Bolling, Richard...... 27

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Bond, Christopher (R-MO) ...... 35, 151, 194 Bos, Otto ...... 164 Boschwitz, Rudy (R-MN)...... 169, 182, 193 Brady, Nicholas...... 110, 145, 199, 203-204, 206, 208 Brandon, Rick...... 169-170 Brezhnev, Leonid ...... 99 Brock, William (R-TN) ...... 55, 59 Budget Committee (Senate)...... 47, 122 Burke, Sheila...... 153, 200 Bush, George...... 47, 106, 110, 115, 190, 198-200 Bushnell, Nolan...... 106 Butz, Earl ...... 94 Byrd, Robert C. (D-WV) . . . . . 66-68, 132, 146-147, 169, 186, 207, 214 Byrnes, John...... 12, 19, 22

Calcanni, Tom...... 181 Calloway, Jim ...... 53 Calloway, Howard "Bo"...... 51 Candy Desk ...... 188-189 Capitol Building, U.S...... 114, 132 Capitol Steps, The...... 82 Carlisle, Margot ...... 139-140, 142, 146, 156, 168, 196 Chafee, John (R-RI) ...... 27, 107, 109, 113-126, 128-130, 134, ...... 137-139, 141-154, 157, 160, 163-171, ...... 179-183, 193-196, 203 Chambers, John ...... 157, 170 Cheney, Dick...... 98 Chicago Tribune ...... 69 Chiles, Lawton (D-FL) ...... 58 Civil Rights Act...... 31 Clinton, Hillary Rodham ...... 32 Clinton, William J...... 145, 197 Coats, Dan (R-IN)...... 149, 181, 193 Cohen, William (R-ME)...... 115, 189

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Commerce Department...... 88, 90-93, 99 COMBO ...... 146 Commission on Strategic Materials ...... 79-80 Common Cause...... 65-66, 146 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act . 45, 47-48, 62, 64-79, 85 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ...... 70-71 Congressional Economic Leadership Institute ...... 210 Constitutional Rights Subcommittee ...... 86 Consumer Affairs Bill...... 129 Consumer Protection Agency ...... 59, 79, 129 Cochran, Thad (R-MS) ...... 147, 185, 193-196 Corcoran, Tom...... 49 Corn Products Corporation (CPC) ...... 52, 59 C-SPAN ...... 176, 184-185 Cuban Missile Crisis...... 8 Curtis, Carl (R-SD)...... 140 Curtis, Thomas B...... 12-39, 50-53, 62-63, 91, 129, 214

D'Amato, Alphonse (R-NY)...... 137, 184, 201 Danforth, John (R-MO) ...... 138, 154, 162, 164, 169, 203 Darman, Richard...... 145 Deardorf, John...... 100 DeBono, Charles...... 81 Dent, Fred ...... 88 Denton, Jeremiah (R-AL)...... 150 Dirksen, Everett M. (R-IL)...... 51 Dirksen Senate Office Building ...... 42, 54, 56 Dixon, George ...... 94 Dole, Bob (R-KS) ...... 118, 122-123, 126, 131, 138, 142-144, . 148-149, 153, 178-180, 183, 194-196, 200, 203 Domenici, Pete (R-NM) ...... 60, 117, 121-122, 142, 194 Douglas, Paul ...... 40 Dove, Bob ...... 67, 86 Dukakis, Michael ...... 199-200

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Eagleton, Thomas...... 31 Eisenhower, Dwight D...... 18, 30 Ellsworth, Robert ...... 65 Emergency Committee on American Trade ...... 51 Environment and Public Works Committee (Senate) ...... 121 Erlichman, John ...... 72 Erdman, Warren...... 35 Ervin, Sam (D-NC) ...... 60, 62, 67, 71-73, 84-86 Ethics Committee (Senate)...... 134-136, 158

Farrell, Joe ...... 46 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...... 162 Federal Election Commission (FEC) ...... 34 Feldstein, Martin ...... 120 Feltus, Will ...... 196, 204 Ferguson, Christie...... 126, 129 Filibusters ...... 198 Finance Committee...... 118, 138, 152, 189 Flanigan, Peter...... 72 Food Stamps ...... 94-95 Ford, Gerald R...... 19, 22-23, 34, 46, 74, 76-77, ...... 97-98, 101, 103, 106 Ford, Wendell (D-KY)...... 157, 169 Foreign Relations Committee ...... 43, 48, 50, 54, 56, 130 Franklin, Elaine ...... 134-136 Franklin, William...... 16 Friedersdorf, Max...... 56 From, Al ...... 62, 65

Gang of Six ...... 116-121, 123-124, 193 Garn, Jake (R-UT)...... 138, 147, 159, 159 Georgetown University...... 9-10 Gingrich, Newt ...... 199-200, 202, 206-208 Glauber, Bob...... 205

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Goldwater, Barry (R-AZ)...... 27, 33, 41 Gomien, Glee...... 51 Gomien, John...... 51 Gonzales, Carlos...... 186-187 Gore, Albert, Jr. (D-TN) ...... 58, 197 Gorton, Slade (R-WA)...... 150, 195 Government Accounting Office (GAO) ...... 94 Government Affairs Committee (Senate) . . . . 42, 45, 50, 52-55, 59, 61, ... 66-67, 72, 74, 84, 86, 113, 121, 128-129 Gramm, Phil (R-TX) ...... 189 Gramm-Rudman Act...... 68 Grassley, Charles (R-IA)...... 158 Greene, Howard ...... 145, 183 Griffith, Elizabeth...... 100 Grocery Manufacturers Association ...... 52, 59 Gross, H.R...... 25

Hall, Durwood "Doc"...... 32 Halleck, Charles ...... 19 Harlow, Bryce ...... 30, 34 Harrison, Joe...... 104 Hart Senate Office Building ...... 134, 139, 146, 157, 159, 174 Hatch, Orrin (R-UT)...... 165 Hatfield, Mark (R-OR) ...... 117, 122-123, 170, 181, 194-195 Haverford College...... 4-7, 18, 21 Hawkins, Paula (R-FL)...... 150, 165, 184 Heinz, John (R-PA)...... 150-152, 160, 175 Herter, Christian...... 12 Hildenbrand, William...... 76 Hilton, Steve...... 162 Holified, Chet ...... 67 Hollings, Ernest (D-SC) ...... 154 Holmes, Clayton ...... 6 Hoover, Herbert...... 5, 59

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House Bank ...... 202 House of Representatives...... 12-37, 202 Hufbauer, Gary...... 102 Humphrey, Gordon (R-NH)...... 187 Humphrey, Hubert H. (D-MN)...... 59-60

Irwin, Leo ...... 15 Jackson, Jesse...... 50 Jackson, Patty...... 140-141 Jasper, Herb ...... 67 Javits, Jacob (R-NY)...... 43, 45, 56, 60 Johnson, Lyndon B...... 20-21, 33, 61 Joint Economic Committee ...... 12, 22, 26, 75, 113 Jones, Jim ...... 70 Judiciary Committee (Senate) ...... 72

Kasten, Robert (R-WI)...... 194 Katz, Jules ...... 103 Kemp, Jack ...... 24 Keating Five ...... 135-137 Kemp-Roth Bill...... 113 Kendall, Don...... 98-99 Kennedy, John F...... 13 Kennedy, Keith...... 119, 148 Kennedy Round...... 15-16, 24 Kennedy School of Government ...... 101-104 Kenny, Pat ...... 160 Kissinger, Henry...... 77, 87, 90

Law of the Sea...... 87, 89, 92-93 Lebanon ...... 7-8 Legislative Directors ...... 83, 107, 110, 115-117, 124-127, 130, 152 Levy, Michael ...... 209 Long, Russell (D-LA)...... 133, 186

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Longworth House Office Building ...... 29 Lott, Trent (R-MS)...... 149, 193 Love, John ...... 81 Lowe, Jeanine Dyrsdale ...... 201 Lugar, Richard (R-IN)...... 122, 180

Mack, Connie (R-FL)...... 206 Magill, Susan...... 180 Martin, Joe ...... 26-27 Martin, Graham ...... 92 Mason, Pricilla ...... 7 Mathias, Charles (R-MD) ...... 117, 123-124, 131, 193 Mattingly, Matt (R-GA) ...... 150 Mayor-Marshall, Carol...... 27, 39 McCaffrey, Wallace...... 6 McClellan, John (D-AR) ...... 53, 56-57, 60, 71 74, 82 McCain, John (R-AZ)...... 131 McClure, James (R-ID)...... 142, 146, 168, 191 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)...... 169, 180, 194 McCormack, John...... 26 McGovern, George (D-SC) ...... 47, 74-75, 94-95 McNeil, Bob ...... 51 Medicare-Medicaid ...... 21, 36 Merchant Marine Committee (House) ...... 87 Merrill Lynch...... 100-102, 104 Metcalf, Lee (D-MT) ...... 62-63 Meyer, A.J...... 105 Michel, Bob ...... 22-23, 200 Mikulski, Barbara (D-MD)...... 131 Miller, James...... 118 Mills, Wilbur...... 20, 23, 27 Mitchell, George (D-ME)...... 171 Mitchell, John...... 62 Moore, Jonathan...... 101

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Mondale, Walter (D-MN) ...... 50 Monroe, Peter ...... 207 Morton, Rogers ...... 69 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (D-NY) ...... 170 Mudd, Roger ...... 42 Mundt, Karl (R-SC)...... 54-56 Muskie, Edmund (D-ME) ...... 50, 50-60, 67, 70, 73-74

NAFTA ...... 210 National Review ...... 193-194 New York Times ...... 15, 110, 158 Nickles, Don (R-OK)...... 164-165, 194 Nixon, Richard M...... 5, 34, 41, 45-46, 50-52, 54, ..... 57-59, 62, 64, 69, 74-77, 80-81, 94-95, 98 Nunn, Sam (D-GA) ...... 59, 180

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...... 22 Okun, Bob ...... 200 Packwood, Robert (R-OR) ...... 120, 123, 134-138, ...... 158-159, 178, 190-191 Parsky, Gerald L...... 80-82, 93, 96-97 Percy, Charles (R-IL) ...... 27, 39-46, 49-60, 62, 64-65, 67-82, ...... 86, 90, 94, 101 113-115, ...... 122-123, 128-130, 134 Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ...... 53, 59, 61 Pfauch, Roy ...... 31 Phillips, William...... 16 Porter, Roger...... 77 Potts, Bob ...... 79, 190 Powell, Adam Clayton...... 25 Privacy Act ...... 71 Proxmire, William (D-WI)...... 75

Quayle, Dan (R-IN)...... 164, 169, 179-180, 189, 194

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Radio ...... 32, 140-143, 158-160, 166-167, ...... 175, 180, 182, 187, 197 Radio-TV Gallery, Senate...... 166 Range, Jim ...... 114 Rayburn, Sam...... 26 Reagan, Ronald...... 18, 24, 34-35, 58, 92, 96, 99, 111-112, ...... 120, 122, 151-152, 177, 180, 190, 198-200 Recording Studio, Senate...... 158, 167 Regan, Donald...... 108 Reich, Robert...... 205 Reinemer, Vic ...... 63 Republican Conference (Senate) . . . . 48, 78-79, 111, 120, 131, 133-211 Republican Discussion Group...... 28, 38-39 Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee ...... 150-151, 161, 181 Republican Policy Committee ...... 77-79, 145, 147, 153, ...... 163, 194, 201 Republicans Allied for Mutual Support (RAMS) ...... 110-111 Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) ...... 127, 204-210 Rhodes, John...... 22 Ribicoff, Abraham (D-CT) ...... 59, 69, 72, 79, 85 Rickover, Hyman...... 46 Riegle, Donald (D-MI)...... 205 Riker, Walt ...... 133 Ripon Society...... 36 Rivlin, Alice ...... 70 Roberts, Paul Craig...... 113 Robson, John...... 199, 205 Rockefeller, David...... 39, 51 Rockefeller, Nelson A...... 17 Roesing, William...... 114 Rogers, Ed ...... 111 Rollins, Ed ...... 49 Roth, William (R-DE) ...... 60, 66, 113, 163 Romney, George ...... 46

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Rostenkowski, Dan...... 24 Roth, William Matson...... 12-13 Ruben, Bob ...... 210 Rudman, Warren (R-NH)...... 192 Rules Committee (Senate) ...... 66-67, 129, 131, ...... 157-158, 161, 167, 170 Russell Senate Office Building ...... 61, 72, 76

Saloma, Jack...... 35 Saunders, Steve...... 158 School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) . . . . 7-8, 10-11, 16-18 Scott, Hugh (R-PA) ...... 77-79 Secretary of the Senate...... 169 Senate Library...... 62 Sergeant at Arms (Senate)...... 132 Service Department, Senate ...... 160-161, 167 Siedman, Bill...... 76 Simon, Paul (D-IL) ...... 50 Simon, William...... 76-78, 80-82, 87, 89, 93-101, 112-113 Simpson, Alan (R-WY) ...... 173, 189 Sontag, Fred ...... 15 Smith, Bob ...... 60, 67, 72, 86 Smith, Hedrick ...... 141, 165 Smith, William French...... 96 Smoot-Hawley Tariff...... 16 Social Security...... 86, 119, 150, 214 Specter, Arlen (D-PA) ...... 160, 166, 172, 178, 182-183 State Department...... 8, 89-91 Statler, Stewart...... 124 Stafford, Robert (R-VT) ...... 117, 123-124, 175, 188 Steiger, Bill ...... 43 Stewart, Walter J. (Joe) ...... 169, 171, 201 Steering Committee, Senate ...... 139, 142, 145-147, 156 Stevens, Ted (R-AK) ...... 142, 170

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Stockman, David...... 114 Sununu, John ...... 110-112, 145, 199

Taft, Robert A., Jr. (R-OH)...... 27-28, 39 Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act ...... 120 Taylor, David...... 195 Teeter, Bob ...... 126 Television ...... 20, 32, 37, 42, 136, 158-159, 162, 1 6 4 , 1 66-167, 175-178, 181-182, 185, 187, 197 Tower, John (R-TX)...... 75 Trade, international ...... 6, 11-16, 19, 24-25, 39, 51-52, 63, ...... 80, 87-90, 92, 98, 103, 129 Trade Expansion Act...... 25 Treasury Department ...... 78-82, 87-102, 104, 111-113, ...... 199, 203-205, 207-209, 214 Ture, Norman ...... 113 Turner, Win...... 66

U.S. Chamber of Commerce...... 11-12, 23, 37 Verity, William ...... 99 Voting Rights Act ...... 32

Wallop, Malcolm (R-WY)...... 146, 149 Warner, John (R-VA)...... 170, 178, 180 Ways and Means Committee ...... 12, 14, 16, 20, 25-26, 129 Washington Pacific Group ...... 106 Washington Post ...... 106 Watergate Scandal ...... 62, 67, 75-76 Watson, Arthur...... 39, 51 Watt, Ruth Young...... 59 Webster, Don...... 11 Wednesday Group...... 147 Weicker, Lowell (R-CT)...... 117-118, 175, 188 Widnall, William...... 28

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Williams, Harrison (D-NJ)...... 132 Wilson, Pete (R-CA)...... 164, 184 Worthingon, Howard...... 80

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