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Abramoff, Jack...... 83 Administrative Assistants [AA]...... 30, 32, 44, 45, 47, 64, 88, 147, 324 AEI [American Enterprise Institute]...... 196 Affordable Care Act [see Healthcare reform] Afghanistan...... 36, 50, 141, 160-61, 163, 175, 184, 202-3, 234, 258-72, 274-76, 280, 282, 286, 326, 336, 375 Africa...... 70, 141-42, 258 African Americans...... 7, 375-76 Agassi, Shai...... 239 AIG...... 207, 223 Aiken, Margaret...... 179-80 Air Force ROTC...... 9, 12-13, 17 Al-Qaida...... 269-70 Albright, Madeline...... 299 Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)...... 187 Alito, Samuel...... 111, 300-1, 348 AMTRAK...... 34, 283 Appointed senators...... 38, 42, 85, 151, 175, 188-90, 208, 210, 231, 324 Appropriations Committee (House)...... 276 Appropriations Committee (Senate)...... 130, 164, 181, 336 Arenberg, Richard [Rich]...... 385 Armed Services Committee (Senate)...... 44-45, 47, 51, 130, 161, 202-3, 234, 239, 258, 273-74, 287, 325 Army Corps of Engineers...... 243 Aronoff, Marcia...... 88 Atlanta Constitution...... 104 Atwater, Lee...... 376 AWACs...... 285 Axelrod, David...... 153, 172

Bachmann, Michelle...... 105, 135, 364-65 Baker, Howard (R-TN)...... 100 Baker, James [Jim]...... 58, 299 Baker, Marianne...... 114-15

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Baker, Tonya...... 231, 318 Banking Committee (Senate)...... 40, 45, 48, 55, 205, 208, 216, 220, 242, 248, 319-22, 334, 364-69 Barak, Ehud...... 277, 279 Barofsky, Neil...... 319, 358 Barrasso, John (R-WY)...... 163, 202, 248, 286, 289, 327, 344 Barthelmes, Wes...... 30, 32, 51, 56 Baucus, Max (D-MT)...... 130, 138, 181, 252, 352 Baum, Naomi...... 319, 323 Bayh, Birch (D-IN)...... 54, 56, 106, 148, 162, 324 Bayh, Evan (D-IN)...... 79, 118, 253 BBC...... 140 Beck, Glenn...... 285 Begala, Paul...... 155 Bennet, Michael [Mike] (D-CO)...... 42, 81, 189, 322 Bennett, Robert [Bob] (R-UT)...... 147, 201, 251, 253 Bentsen, Lloyd (D-TX)...... 80 Berman, Howard...... 276 Bernanke, Ben...... 207, 293, 321 Biden, Ashley...... 40, 102, 164, 168, 176 Biden, Beau...... 33, 102, 145-46, 152, 168, 176, 181, 261, 268, 275, 343 Biden, Hunter...... 33, 102, 152, 168, 176, 343 Biden, Joseph [Joe] (D-DE)...... 11-12, 20-36, 40-42, 44-45, 47-57, 59-64, 66-72, 76-77, 82, 87, 91-111, 114, 118, 121-25, 127-28, 133-34, 137, 140, 143-62, 164, 166, 168-72, 174-78, 180-86, 190, 192, 201, 204, 209, 230-34, 238, 242, 247-40, 254, 257-58, 261, 268-69, 274-77, 279, 282-83, 285-86, 291, 297-300, 307, 310-11, 313-18, 320, 324, 326-29, 332, 334, 339-42, 345, 347, 349, 351, 356, 363, 369-71, 373, 379, 382-83, 392, 394 Biden, Jill...... 66-67, 94, 102, 108-9, 151, 167-68, 326, 329 Biden, Neilia...... 26, 29-30, 41 Bin Laden, Osama...... 269-71 Blankfein, Lloyd...... 223 Blaya, Joaquin...... 144 Boehner, John...... 75, 81, 131, 133, 175, 344-45, 349-50, 389

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Boggs, J. Caleb [Cale] (R-DE)...... 24, 26-27, 31 Bolling, Richard...... 30 Bork, Robert...... 67, 97, 99-101, 107-8, 110-13, 116-17, 119-20, 122-23, 125-26, 193, 257, 297, 300 Bosnia...... 274 Boston Globe...... 105 Boxer, Barbara (D-CA)...... 163-64, 281, 390 BP [British Petroleum]...... 244-45, 383 Bradley, Bill (D-NJ)...... 68, 84, 88, 98, 116, 126, 150, 153, 158 Brazile, Donna...... 172 Breuer, Lanny...... 209, 211 Breyer, Stephen...... 113, 298 Brezinski, Zbigniew...... 299 Broadcasting Board of Governors...... 69, 111, 127, 140, 144, 163, 191, 232, 258, 273, 275, 290, 291, 297, 323 Broder, David...... 105-6 Brookings Institution...... 196, 226, 241, 377 Brown, Edmund [Jerry]...... 54, 61 Brown, Scott (R-MA)...... 202, 254 Brown, Sherrod (D-OH)...... 221, 248, 327, 357, 367 Brown-Kaufman bill...... 40, 229, 247, 253, 287, 327, 357-58, 367-68, 372 Brownback, Sam (R-KS)...... 195, 198, 248, 291, 338, 341 Buckley v. Valeo...... 47, 166 Budget Committee, Senate...... 47-48, 62, 84, 203 Buffet, Warren...... 219, 228 Bumpers, Dale (D-AK)...... 79 Burdick, Quentin (D-ND)...... 168 Burger, Warren...... 108 Burke, David...... 144, 323 Burke, Edmund...... 39, 384 Burris, Roland (D-IL)...... 42, 182 Bush, George H.W...... 59, 70, 78-79, 97-98, 116-17, 127, 312, 378 Bush, George W...... 144, 153, 158, 168, 171, 197, 206-09, 211, 214, 226, 286, 291, 312, 346, 348, 354-55, 369, 386 Byrd, Robert C. (D-WV)...... 37, 69, 74, 96, 139, 164-65, 195, 309, 329

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C-SPAN...... 74, 198, 200 Caddell, Patrick [Pat]...... 25-26, 93-94 Cain, Herman...... 371 Califano, Joseph [Joe]...... 58 Cameron, David...... 356 Campaign Financing...... 23, 47, 69, 113-14, 129, 147, 149, 226-27, 241, 298, 361, 373 Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]...... 219 Cappella, Joseph...... 136 Cardin, Benjamin [Ben] (D-MD)...... 35-36 Carper, Thomas [Tom] (D-DE)...... 190-91, 248-50, 315, 327, 333-34 Carter, Jimmy...... 12, 53-55, 57-61, 66, 150, 153, 207, 299, 312, 323 Carville, James...... 155 Case, Clifford (R-NJ)...... 28 Casey, Robert [Bob] (D-PA)...... 243, 275-76, 289 Castle, Michael [Mike]...... 146, 200, 250, 256, 315-16, 334-35 Castro, Fidel...... 140 Castro, Julian...... 349 Cato Institute...... 226, 241 CBS News...... 134, 144 Center for Responsive Politics...... 147 Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]...... 50, 266, 270, 272 Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)...... 286 Chemical Weapons Treaty...... 71-72, 313 Cheney, Richard [Dick]...... 158, 190, 309-11 Chief of Staff...... 30-36, 44-90, 93-95, 100, 126-28, 130, 144, 161, 168-70, 183, 185, 190, 208, 246, 250, 279, 291, 318, 323, 331, 333, 335, 358, 363 Chiles, Lawton (D-FL)...... 111-12 China...... 12, 141-42, 240-41, 258, 282-83, 299-90, 306, 361 Chung, Kathy...... 171, 231, 318 Church, Frank (D-ID)...... 30, 54, 56, 61, 315, 324, 330 Churchill, Winston...... 101, 108 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission...... 113, 241, 298, 300, 346, 371, 373 Civil Rights...... 7, 24, 51-52, 55, 162, 305 Civility...... 46-47, 75-76, 137-38, 163, 166, 193-95 197-200,

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243, 255, 339, 341, 345 Clark, Joseph [Joe] (D-PA)...... 17, 169, 332 Clay, Henry (W-KY)...... 325, 333 Clean Air Act...... 52, 164-65 Cleland, Max (D-GA)...... 72, 79 Clinton, Bill...... 70, 96, 107-8, 114, 116, 123, 127, 133, 158, 169, 173, 191, 193, 229, 238, 267, 291, 294-96, 298, 337, 349, 354, 366, 378 Clinton, Hillary (D-NY)...... 96, 152, 154-55, 238, 268, 277, 324 Cloture...... 118-19, 255, 304, 306, 309, 385, 387 CNBC...... 218, 333, 356, 365 CNN...... 179, 197, 345 Coburn, Tom (R-OK)...... 162, 218, 368 Cochran, Thad (R-MS)...... 336 Codels [Congressional Delegations]...... 247, 272-74, 276, 326 Cohen, Wiliam [Bill] (R-ME)...... 382 Collins, Susan (R-ME)...... 79, 172, 221, 254, 328, 350 Colvin, Jeff...... 234 Commodity Futures Modernization Act...... 219 Commuting...... 15, 33, 66, 177, 192 Congressional Budget Office [CBO]...... 354 Congressional Management Foundation...... 64, 72, 231 Congressional Research Service [CRS]...... 270 Connaughton, Jeff...... 170, 183, 204, 208, 211, 220, 231, 253, 318, 363, 366, 369, 371 Conrad, Kent (D-ND)...... 250 Constituents...... 30, 35, 39-40, 53, 76, 82, 131, 136, 163, 165, 200, 249, 280-82, 334, 339-40 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...... 230 Cook, Charlie...... 197 Coons, Chris (D-DE)...... 146, 188, 316, 318 Corker, Bob (R-TN)...... 163, 199, 286 Corlett, Cleve...... 56 Cornyn, John (R-TX)...... 162, 373 Corporation for Public Broadcasting...... 143 Council for a Liveable World...... 28

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Counterinsurgency...... 258-62, 264, 269-69 Cramer, Jim...... 333, 365 Cramer, Richard Ben...... 98, 101 Credit card reform...... 185, 196, 230 Crime bills...... 24, 55, 67-68, 70, 86, 95,-96, 313 Croatia...... 274

D’Amato, Alphonse (R-NY)...... 242 D’Anna, Vince...... 32 Daily Show...... 183-84, 228 Daley, Bill...... 94 Daniels, Mitch...... 92 Danforth, John (R-MO)...... 68, 84, 126 Daniello, John...... 22 Daschle, Tom (D-SD)...... 37, 74 Davidson, Roger...... 136 Davis, Lula...... 202-3, 332 Dayton, Keith...... 278 Dean, Howard...... 72, 153-54 Delaware...... 5, 19-20, 22-39, 41, 44, 47, 55, 57, 62, 66, 72, 76-77, 80-81, 88, 94, 97, 106, 108-10, 134, 144-46, 157, 168, 180, 185-90, 194, 204, 226, 228-29, 234, 242-44, 248-50, 272, 279, 281, 283, 310, 314-18, 327, 329, 331, 334, 342, 355, 366, 377, 384 DeLay, Tom...... 113 DeMint, James [Jim] (R-SC)...... 247 Democratic Conference [Caucus] (Senate)...... 67-68, 77-79, 80, 229, 238, 306-7, 310-12, 340-41, 351-53, 372, 379, 387-88 Democratic National Committee [DNC]...... 72-73, 155, 238 Democratic Party...... 17, 21-29, 37, 39, 50, 54, 56, 58, 69, 73-81, 91, 97, 100, 106, 110, 113-14, 116-18, 127, 134, 140, 148, 162, 172, 191, 193-94, 196-202, 215, 229-30, 246, 249-53, 255, 285-88, 291, 301, 303-5, 310-12, 316-17, 319-20, 324-25, 332, 335-38, 345-46, 348-51, 355-56, 363, 373-78, 380, 386-91 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee...... 73

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DiClemente, Bert...... 32, 231, 329 DiEleuterio, John...... 318 Dillworth, Richardson...... 17 Dirksen Senate Office Building...... 44, 51, 147, 192 Doak, David...... 94 Dodd, Christopher [Chris] (D-CT)...... 40, 106, 152, 154-56, 163, 197, 268, 323, 328, 338, 365-66, 380, 385, 392 Dodd-Frank Act...... 37, 40, 196, 198, 210, 217-21, 229-30, 235, 241, 246, 250-54, 287, 320, 322-23, 327, 352, 367, 386, 391 Doerr, John...... 239-40, 244 Dole, Robert [Bob] (R-KS)...... 96-98, 108, 153, 195, 312, 325 Donilon, Mike...... 109 Donilon, Tom...... 94 Dorgan, Byron (D-NC)...... 199, 238, 241, 250 Douglas, William O...... 113 Dove, Robert [Bob]...... 187, 385 Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA]...... 263, 269 DTTC...... 216 Dudley, Amy...... 183, 234, 318 Dukakis, Michael...... 77, 100, 108 Duke Law School...... 12, 37, 55, 68-69, 122, 124, 126, 193-94, 241, 330, 342, 359 Duke University...... 1, 3, 6-8, 10, 12-18, 21 DuPont...... 4, 19-22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 45, 56, 97, 194, 228, 242, 249, 271, 291 Durbin, Richard [Dick] (D-IL)...... 162, 199-200, 289-90

Earthquake...... 228-29, 234 East, John (D-NC)...... 26, 72 Eastland, James (D-MS)...... 45, 51, 55, 69, 79, 147-49 Edwards, John (D-NC)...... 153-54, 157 Egan, Joe...... 103 Eisenhower, Dwight D...... 17, 133 Emanuel, Rahm...... 172-73, 207, 354 Ensign, John (R-NV)...... 195, 198-200, 341, 346, 368 Environment and Public Works Committee (Senate)...... 45, 169 Enzi, Michael [Mike] (R-WY)...... 247, 250, 352, 383

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Erdogan, Racep Tayyip...... 279 Estrada, Miguel...... 116-17 Evans, Tom...... 249

Fayyad, Salam...... 278-79 Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]...... 209, 263, 269, 370 Federal Communications Commission [FCC]...... 83 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC]...... 211-12, 218, 221, 359 Federalist Papers...... 290 Feinberg, Kenneth...... 323 Feingold, Russel [Russ] (D-WI)...... 162, 188, 336-37 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA)...... 162, 290, 381 Filibusters...... 52, 112, 118, 185, 242, 255, 299, 304-09, 385-87 Finance Committee...... 130, 138, 181, 208, 216, 249, 252, 311, 330 Financial Reform Act [see Dodd-Frank] Fleming, Peter...... 122 Foley, Thomas [Tom]...... 195 Food and Drug Administration...... 225 Ford, Gerald...... 58, 60, 312 Foreign Relations Committee...... 48-50, 52, 62-63, 66, 70, 91-92, 125, 130, 150-51, 156-57, 159, 161-63, 166, 174, 181, 201, 203-4, 208, 234, 239, 247, 258, 273-74, 279, 283, 286, 289, 315, 324-26, 330, 343, 369-70 Fowler, Wyche (D-GA)...... 79 Fox News...... 197-98, 228, 345, 388 Franken, Al (D-MN)...... 337-38

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act [FERA]...... 209-10, 223, 364 Frear, Allen (D-DE)...... 24 Fulbright, J. William (D-AR)...... 52, 79, 160, 283, 331

Galbraith, John Kenneth...... 360 Gallup Poll...... 123, 152, 154-55, 206 Gang of Six...... 250-51, 352 Gardner, John...... 130 Gates, Robert...... 263, 267, 336

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Gaudiano, Nicole...... 188 Geithner, Timothy...... 207, 321, 362-64 General Motors...... 20, 171, 362 George, Eugene...... 109-10 Gephardt, Richard...... 100, 153-54 Gersh, Mark...... 77-78 Gillespie, Ed...... 173 Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY)...... 38, 42, 189 Gingrich, Newt...... 56, 107, 193-94, 196, 198, 350, 371, 377, 391 Gitenstein, Mark...... 66, 147-48, 167, 172-73 Glass-Steagall Act...... 218-21, 229-30, 235, 242, 253, 358, 360, 366-68, 372 Glassman, Jim...... 144, 291 Glenn, John (D-OH)...... 153, 164 Global Internet Freedom Caucus...... 142, 198, 289 Goldman, Ted...... 234 Goldman Sachs...... 209, 222-23, 238, 364-65, 367 Goldstein, Josh...... 234, 367 Goldstone Report...... 278-79 Gomberg, William...... 15 Google...... 104, 142, 239, 244, 289 GOPAC...... 194 Gore, Al (D-TN)...... 28, 77, 92, 174, 299, 346 Gore, Albert, Sr. (D-TN)...... 28 Graber, Doris...... 107, 136 Graham, Lindsay (R-SC)...... 118, 267, 276, 285, 326 Granholm, Jennifer...... 349 Grassley, Charles (R-IA)...... 208-09, 250, 252 Green, Edith...... 30 Green, Jim...... 334 Greenspan, Alan...... 218, 366 Gridlock, Congressional...... 196-97, 349, 353, 356, 377-78, 385, 388

Hagan, Kay (D-NC)...... 272 Haldane, Andrew...... 224-25 Halpern, Cheryl...... 144

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Harding, Warren G (R-OH)...... 94 Harkin, Tom (D-IA)...... 307 Hart, Gary (D-CO)...... 101 Hart, Philip [Phil] (D-MI)...... 324, 329 Hart Senate Office Building...... 44, 324 Haskel, Hal...... 27 Hatch, Orrin (R-UT)...... 118 Healthcare Reform [Obamacare]...... 37, 40, 50, 75, 83, 102, 132, 134, 138, 185, 187, 196-201, 210, 230, 238, 240, 246, 253-55, 281, 309-11, 313, 231, 327, 329, 337, 345-47, 350, 352-55, 360, 375, 379, 386, 391 Heflin, Howell (D-AL)...... 68, 111 Heinz, John (R-PA)...... 287 Helms, Jesse (R-NC)...... 18, 26, 69, 71-72, 127, 140, 163, 284, 291, 313-14 Helms-Biden ...... 144, 291 Hensarling, Jeb...... 319 Heritage Foundation...... 226, 241, 285, 346 Hideaway Offices...... 46 Highway bills...... 387, 390 Hill, Anita...... 120, 123, 303 Hirschberg, Jeff...... 144 Hispanic-Americans...... 1, 116, 375-76 Hodges, Luther...... 17 Holbrooke, Richard...... 324 Hollings. Ernest [Fritz] (D-SC)...... 51, 133, 324 Home Affordable Moridication Program [HAMP]...... 320-21, 363 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...... 130, 161, 172, 202-3, 263, 328, 335 Honoraria...... 82-83 Hoover, Herbert...... 12 House of Representatives...... 40, 46, 52, 59, 73, 75, 80, 83-85, 91, 113, 118, 131, 133, 158, 163, 172, 193-96, 200, 205, 230, 234, 255, 276, 287, 294, 296-97, 301, 305-7, 316, 319, 322, 335-36, 350-51, 353, 367, 374, 377, 386, 388-91 Housing Market...... 119, 222-24, 238, 321, 334, 363-64 Huffington Post...... 358, 367

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Hughes, Karen...... 144, 291 Hughes, Tom...... 335 Human Rights...... 255, 258, 271, 278, 288 Humphrey, Hubert (D-MN)...... 51, 54, 206 Hunt, Jim...... 284 Hurricane Katrina...... 78 Hyde, Henry...... 39, 133

Impeachment...... 107, 133, 255, 288, 293-96 Imperial Presidency...... 44, 56 Inhofe, James (R-OK)...... 163, 286, 390 Inouye, Daniel (D-HI)...... 130, 181, 195, 243, 246, 307-8 Intelligence Committee (Senate)...... 47-50, 234 Internal Security Subcommittee (Senate)...... 147 Iowa Primary...... 60-61, 94, 96, 99, 101-2, 152-55, 192, 208, 313, 323, 352 Iran...... 50, 143, 156, 161, 271, 277, 289-90 ...... 50, 161, 163, 175, 184, 203, 234, 258-68, 275-76, 282, 284, 286, 313, 336 Ireland...... 277 Isakson, Johnny (R-GA)...... 163, 215, 251, 286-87, 338, 343 ...... 56, 239, 276-79, 317, 326 Izetbegoviæ, Alija...... 274

Jackson, Andrew...... 50, 103, 108, 381 Jackson, Henry [Scoop] (D-WA)...... 54, 196, 324 Jamieson, Kathleen Hall...... 102-3, 106, 136, 206 Jarrett, Valerie...... 172 Javits, Jacob (R-NY)...... 325 Johanns, Mike (R-NE)...... 248, 286, 289, 327, 335 Johnston, Bennett (D-LA)...... 80 Jordan, Hamilton...... 53, 58, 153 J.P. Morgan Chase...... 220, 360, 362, 365 Judiciary Committee (Senate)...... 11, 45, 48, 62, 66, 69-70, 91-92, 97, 99, 108, 111-14, 116-17, 120-21, 125, 130, 147, 161-62, 167, 171, 182, 201, 203-4, 208-9, 223, 257, 288, 290, 297, 303, 325, 328, 367, 369-70, 382, 387

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Kagan, Elena...... 111-12, 114, 116, 118, 299-303, 346 Karadžæ, Radovan...... 274 Karzai, Hamid...... 255-60, 262-64, 266-69, 271 Kaufman family...... 1-6, 14 Kaufman, Lynne...... 1, 7, 13-14, 16, 19, 31, 66, 127, 167, 169, 176-77, 179, 183, 190-93, 258-59, 273, 332, 342, 380, 395 Kelleher, Dennis...... 241 Kelley, Mary Ann...... 318 Kemp-Roth Act...... 226 Kennedy, Anthony...... 118 Kennedy, Caroline...... 129, 180 Kennedy, Edward [Ted] (D-MA)...... 51, 59-61, 67-69, 99, 111, 113, 139-40, 144, 189, 196, 202, 204, 312, 323-24, 329, 337, 379 Kennedy, John F. (D-MA)...... 13, 17, 24, 29, 46, 94, 136, 232, 332-33 Kennedy, Robert [Bobby] (D-NY)...... 30, 61 Kent, Samuel B...... 294 Kerry, John (D-MA)...... 70, 77, 91, 96, 130, 135, 153-54, 159-61, 163, 181, 202-3, 246-47, 258, 261, 273, 284-85, 324, 343-44, 348 Khuzami, Robert...... 209, 211 Kilcullen, David...... 259, 268 Kinnock, Neil...... 100 Kirk, Paul (D-MA)...... 189, 202, 323-24 Kissinger, Henry...... 33, 285, 331 Klain, Ron...... 125 Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)...... 338 Koch, Ed...... 328 Kohl, Herb (D-WI)...... 299 Korologos, Tom...... 110-12, 125, 144, 173, 297, 299 Krawiec, Kimberly D. [Kim]...... 241, 361 Kudlow, Lawrence...... 219, 366 Kyl, Jon (R-AZ)...... 161

Labor and Public Welfare Committee (Senate)...... 48, 50, 69 Lance, Bert...... 58 Landrieu, Mary (D-LA)...... 38, 79, 245, 251, 383

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Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ)...... 276 Leahy, Pat (D-VT)...... 121, 130, 162, 181, 203, 208-9, 325 Ledbetter, Lilly...... 196, 301 Lehman Brothers...... 215, 221, 360, 364 LeMieux, George (R-FL)...... 189 Levin, Carl (D-MI)...... 130, 139, 202-3, 212, 221, 230, 258, 264, 273, 325, 357-59, 367 Lewinsky, Monica...... 124 Lewis, Michael...... 217 Lewis, Tom...... 32, 231 Lieberman, Joseph (D/I-CT)...... 118, 130, 172, 187, 203, 253-54, 276, 289, 291, 326, 328, 337-38 Limbaugh, Rush...... 184, 285 Lincoln, Blanche (D-AK)...... 79 Liu, Goodwin...... 116, 305 Livni, Tzipi...... 277 Lobbying...... 37, 47, 68, 82-84, 123, 128, 139, 170, 206, 237-38, 241-42, 272, 275, 314, 334, 342, 360-61 Long, Norma...... 231 Lord, Betty Bao...... 144 Los Angeles Times...... 105, 290 Lugar, Richard [Dick] (R-IN)...... 45, 91, 159-60, 163, 202, 258, 269, 284, 324

Luntz, Frank...... 194, 225

Madoff, Bernie...... 214, 225 Majority Leader, Senate...... 37, 67, 74, 80, 84, 97, 115, 130, 196, 231, 279, 319, 325, 379-80, 387, 391 Maliki, Nouri al-...... 175, 259, 261, 272 Mann, Tom...... 136, 172, 196, 335, 377 Mansfield, Mike (D-MT)...... 37, 48-49, 74, 246, 325, 380 Markell, Jack...... 331 Marshall, Thurgood...... 298 Martilla, John...... 25-26, 28, 93 Martinez, Mel (R-FL)...... 170, 331 Massina, Jim...... 172

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Master of the Senate...... 51, 341 Mathias, Charles (R-MD)...... 44, 91 Mazen, Abu...... 278-79 McCain, John (R-AZ)...... 153, 156, 168, 172, 206-7, 219, 289, 326-27, 337 McCaskill, Claire (D-MO)...... 263, 288, 294 McChrystal, Stanley A...... 264, 267 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)...... 131, 196, 307, 314, 325, 344, 349-51, 373, 387, 389, 391 McGee, Gale (D-WY)...... 28 McGovern, George (D-SD)...... 24-25, 27, 54 Media Shield Law...... 290 Medicaid...... 82, 282 Meese, Edwin [Ed]...... 97, 257 Mellman, Mark S...... 134 Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)...... 163, 245, 289, 328, 383 Merkley, Jeff (D-OR)...... 221, 230, 357-59, 367 Merrill Lynch...... 220, 222, 356 Metzenbaum, Howard (D-OH)...... 68, 170 Middle East...... 104, 141-42, 203, 258, 262, 271, 275-82, 289, 327, 386 Miloševiæ, Slobodan...... 274 Minner, Ruth Ann...... 129, 145-46, 172, 177, 179-81, 190, 342 Minority Leader, Senate...... 97-98, 115, 196, 231, 319, 379 Mitchell, George (D-ME)...... 37, 68, 74, 84-85, 97, 164, 277, 279, 324-25 Mitchell, John...... 381 Mondale, Walter (D-MN)...... 53, 93, 310 Montoya, Joseph (D-NM)...... 234 Morgan, Robert [Bob] (D-NC)...... 72 Morgenson, Gretchen...... 233 Morris, Marty...... 45 Moulton, Geoff...... 232, 368 Moyers, Bill...... 381-82 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (D-NY)...... 123 MSNBC...... 198, 213 Muskie, Edmund [Ed] (D-ME)...... 45, 85, 134, 279, 332

Nader, Ralph...... 120

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Nagl, John...... 258-60, 272 National Conservative Political Action Committee [NCPAC]...... 72 National Rifle Association [NRA]...... 373-74 National Wildlife Refuge System...... 242 NBC-TV...... 83, 119 Nelson, Ben (D-NB)...... 79, 118, 253-54 Nelson, Gaylord (D-WI)...... 28, 148 Netanyahu, Benjamin...... 277, 279 New York Times...... 99-100, 102, 105, 204, 233, 281-82, 290, 343, 358, 367, 388 New Yorker...... 150 New Hampshire Primary...... 61, 94, 99, 104-5, 134, 152, 312-13 News Journal, Wilmington...... 188, 330, 343 Newspapers...... 2, 26, 50, 56, 83, 107, 133, 160, 187-88, 198, 202, 254, 282 Nickles, Don (R-OK)...... 84 Nixon, Richard M. (R-CA)...... 23-24, 27, 31, 44, 56, 58, 67, 108, 122, 297, 381 Nixon, Walter...... 295 Nolan, John...... 234, 367 Nominations, Judicial...... 67, 75, 97-101, 108, 110-22, 125-27, 255, 257-58, 297-304, 346 Nuclear Option [against Filibusters]...... 117, 304, 309 Nunn, Sam (D-GA)...... 49, 68, 78, 126, 150

O’Connor, Sandra Day...... 113, 297-98, 300 O’Donnell, Christine...... 146, 188, 315-17 O’Neill, Thomas [Tip]...... 118, 255, 306, 391 Obama, Barack (D-IL)...... 42, 59, 88, 91, 94, 96, 114, 117, 131, 151-55, 157-60, 167-69, 171-74, 206-8, 211, 229, 232, 253, 258, 261, 275, 277, 282, 299, 304, 314, 325, 327, 332, 345-47, 349-57, 362-64, 369, 375, 387 Odierno, Raymond...... 261-62, 272 Oil...... 240, 244-45, 262, 383 Olszek, Walter...... 136 Ornstein, Norm...... 136, 173, 196, 335, 277 Owens, Jack...... 56

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Owens, Valerie Biden...... 24-26, 30, 32, 56, 93-94, 178, 314

Packer, George...... 166 ...... 156, 168, 203, 234, 278-60, 263, 265-71, 274-55, 282, 284 Palin, Sarah...... 102, 129, 157-58, 180, 185, 317 Panama Canal Treaty...... 185 Parliamentarian, Senate...... 187, 200-1 Partnership for Public Service...... 171, 292 Patrick, Sherman...... 234, 272 Pattiz, Norm...... 144, 184 Peck, Jeff...... 120-21, 125-26 Pecora, Ferdinand...... 218-19, 230, 321-22, 358, 368 Pelosi, Nancy...... 131, 175, 344 People Magazine...... 186-87 Perkins, Kevin...... 209 Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Senate)...... 202-3, 209, 211, 222, 320, 325, 364-65 Perry, Rick...... 105, 293, 364 Peterson, Russell...... 22 Petraeus, David H...... 259-61, 267 Phelps, Timothy...... 121 Pistole, John...... 209 Plouffe, David...... 153 Podesta, John...... 167-68, 172-73, 354 Policy Committee, Senate Democratic...... 238, 379 Polls...... 25, 41, 53-54, 59, 78, 80, 103, 109, 134, 154-55, 194, 260, 282, 344 Porteous, Thomas...... 294-95 Povich, Elaine...... 106-7, 188 Powell, Jody...... 53, 153 Powell, Lewis...... 97 Prayer breakfasts...... 84, 248-49, 338-40 Presiding Officer of the Senate...... 199-201, 337-38, 381 Press Conferences...... 57, 60, 67, 95, 97, 108, 129, 158, 179-82, 232, 272, 328, 335, 342 Profiles in Courage...... 136

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Pryor, Mark (D-AR)...... 137, 201 Putin, Vladimir...... 283

Quayle, J. Danforth [Dan] (R-IN)...... 102, 105-6, 157-58, 180

Radio...... 18, 26, 103, 121, 127, 140-41, 145, 184, 188, 221, 272, 285, 318, 323 Radio Liberty...... 127, 140-41 Radio Free East Asia...... 141 Radio Free Europe...... 127, 140-41 Randolph, W. Jennings...... 50-51, 55 Rangel, Charles...... 84 Reagan, Ronald...... 58-60, 67, 70, 97, 99, 112, 144, 153, 226, 285, 291, 298, 312, 376 Receptionists...... 64-56, 145-46 Recovery Act [Economic Stimulus]...... 175, 196, 198, 207, 230, 244, 252, 254, 313, 350, 354-56 Reed, Jack (D-RI)...... 204, 258, 264, 272-75, 325 Reese, Matt...... 29 Rehnquist, William...... 114-15, 297 Reid, Harry (D-NV)...... 37, 74, 118, 130-31, 135, 182, 201, 203, 208, 246, 252-53, 319, 325, 333, 336, 338-39, 344, 363, 369, 382, 385, 391 Rendell, Ed...... 103 Republican Party...... 17, 22-25, 28, 44, 60, 67-70, 73, 75,77-80, 91, 98, 105, 112-14, 116-18, 127, 131, 134, 140, 143-44, 152-53, 162-63, 172, 181, 193-202, 207-8, 215, 221, 229-30, 238, 240, 249-52, 255, 267, 285-87, 291-92, 297-98, 301-4, 307, 311-12, 316-17, 319-20, 324-25, 327, 334-36, 338, 340, 344-58, 363-65, 368, 372-78, 380, 382-83, 386-89 Resolution Authority...... 221, 320 Rice, Condoleeza...... 144 Risch, James [Jim] (R-ID)...... 202, 248, 286, 289, 327, 335 Rivers, Mendel...... 287-88 Roberts, John...... 111, 300-1, 345-48

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Rockefeller, John D. IV [Jay] (D-WV)...... 135, 246-47, 381 Rodino, Peter...... 307 Roll Call...... 135, 172 Rollins, John...... 23 Rollins, Michele...... 316 Romney, George...... 272, 301 Romney, Mitt...... 105, 312, 348-49, 352, 364, 371, 373-74, 376 Ross, Dennis...... 324 Roth, William [Bill] (R-DE)...... 226, 249-50, 315, 329-30 Roth-Kemp Act...... 226 Rouse, Pete...... 172 Rubin, Robert [Bob]...... 229, 366 Rubio, Marco (R-FL)...... 228 Rules and Administration Committee...... 40, 307 Russell, Richard (D-GA)...... 51-52 Russell Senate Office Building...... 31, 51, 392 Ryan, Paul...... 349, 389

Saban Forum...... 276, 326 Safe Banking Act...... 221 Salazar, Ken (D-CO)...... 244 SALT II Treaty...... 68, 70, 285 Sanders, Bernard (D-VT)...... 251, 367 Sanford, Terry (D-NC)...... 17-18 Santorum, Rick (R-PA)...... 371 Sawyer, David...... 284 Scalia, Antonin...... 119, 125, 348 Schedulers, Senate...... 63-64, 115, 170, 231, 318 Schroeder, Christopher H. [Chris]...... 55, 126-27, 132, 193, 300, 330 Schumer, Charles [Chuck] (D-NY)...... 138, 162, 307 Scott, Hugh (R-VA)...... 287 Seay, Thomas...... 323 Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC]...... 86, 214-16, 230, 236-37, 241 Security Office, Senate...... 50 September 11 [9/11]...... 75, 107, 197, 209, 266, 269-70, 285 Serbia...... 274

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Sessions, Jeff (R-AL)...... 116-17, 162, 325 Shaheen, Jeanne (R-NH)...... 160, 202, 275-76, 327, 332 Shapiro, Ira...... 74, 378 Shapiro, Irving...... 25 Shapiro, Mary...... 215 Shapp, Milton...... 56-57 Shelby, Richard (D-AL)...... 221, 368 Shiavo, Terri...... 78 Short selling...... 215-17, 230 Silvers, Damon...... 331, 363 Silverstein, Max...... 170 Simon, Paul (D-IL)...... 206, 248 Simpson, Alan (R-WY)...... 99 Simpson, O.J...... 260 Simpson-Bowles [National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform]...... 351 Sixty Minutes...... 183-84 Slaughter, Anne-Marie...... 268 Smith, Hedrick...... 123, 206 Smith, Kevin...... 231 Snyder-Mackler, Alexander...... 181, 234 Social Security...... 31, 82 Soifer, Halie...... 234, 268, 272 Soles, Jim...... 38, 349 Sorkin, Andrew Ross...... 223, 232 Sotomayor, Sonia...... 111, 114, 116, 118, 199, 299-300, 302, 346 South Africa...... 70, 141, 278 Sparkman, John (D-AL)...... 45, 79 Speaker of the House...... 80, 84, 118, 195-96, 319, 391 Specter, Arlen (R/D–PA)...... 78-79, 99, 199, 215, 243, 252, 299, 350 Spouses, Senate...... 47, 165, 192-93, 247, 331, 333, 336, 341 Squier, Robert [Bob]...... 94 Starr, Kenneth...... 122 START treaty...... 285-86 State Department...... 114, 144, 261, 263, 268-69, 272, 275 State of the Union Address...... 123, 133, 331-32 STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Math]. .. 5, 15-16, 204, 238, 255, 331, 342

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Stennis, John (D-MS)...... 45, 51-52, 79 Stevens, John Paul...... 297 Stevenson, Adlai III (D-IL)...... 171 Stewart, Jon...... 184-85 Stier, Max...... 171, 292 Stimulus, See Recovery Act Strauss, David...... 168 Summers, Lawrence [Larry]...... 229, 264, 367 Sununu, John (R-NH)...... 319 Supreme Court...... 40, 62, 70, 74, 97-99, 107, 111-22, 125-26, 166, 227, 255, 283, 295, 297-300, 302-3, 305, 309, 345-49, 371, 373, 386

Taliban...... 260, 263-68, 270 Talmadge, Herman (D-GA)...... 45, 51, 79 TARP [Troubled Assets Relief Program]...... 207, 318-22, 330, 358, 363-64 Taxes...... 41, 81, 86, 133, 149, 198, 224, 226-28, 240, 242, 251-52, 344, 354, 360-61, 366, 372, 377-78 Television...... 8, 18, 26, 28, 74, 95, 103, 108, 122, 127, 124, 140, 142, 145, 156, 179-80, 182-83, 188, 201, 209-1, 217-18, 221, 226, 228, 230, 235, 240, 252, 254, 272, 285, 302, 314, 323, 327, 333, 336, 346, 380 Tester, Jon (D-MT)...... 216, 246, 322, 327 Thomas, Clarence...... 67, 119-22, 125, 297-98, 300, 303, 348 Thrift Supervision, Office of...... 211-12 Thurmond, J. Strom (D/R-SC)...... 68, 71, 97, 99, 115, 147, 192, 288, 297, 313-145 Tomlinson, Ken...... 143, 163 Toner, Dennis...... 32, 232 Toner, Robin...... 105 Totenberg, Nina...... 122 Tribbitt, Sherman...... 23-24, 146, 178 Truman, Harry (D-MO)...... 51

U.S. Information Agency [USIA]...... 69, 127, 144 Udall, Mark (D-CO)...... 81, 248, 318, 385 Udall, Morris ...... 53-54, 59

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Udall, Tom (D-NM)...... 81, 307-09 University of [Penn]...... 1, 5, 14, 180, 204 Uptick Rule...... 333

Valeo, Francis [Frank]...... 167 Vance, Cyrus...... 58 Vice President [VP]...... 36, 42, 51, 53, 55, 86, 93-94, 97-98, 105-6, 134-35, 137, 153, 157-59, 167-69, 173-78, 180-82, 186, 190-92, 208, 235, 248, 254, 275, 308-18, 329, 332, 343, 347, 349, 356, 369-70, 373, 389 Vietnam...... 13, 18, 52, 161, 163, 167, 259-60, 271-72, 326 Voice of America [VOA]...... 127, 140-42, 291 Voinovich, George (R-OH)...... 172, 248, 339 Volker, Paul...... 221 Volker Amendment...... 221, 357-59, 365-66

Wall Street...... 18, 40, 69, 86, 151, 184, 203, 205, 209-23, 227, 230, 232-33, 241, 245, 287, 320, 322, 327, 356, 358-59, 365-66, 370, 391 Wall Street Journal...... 233, 358 Walter Reed Army Hospital...... 67, 109 Walz, Timothy...... 276, 279 Warner, Mark (D-VA)...... 81, 96, 138, 247, 292, 322, 335 Warren, Elizabeth (D-MA)...... 230, 319, 323, 363 Washington Mutual...... 209, 211-12, 220, 364 Washington Post...... 30, 41, 106, 231, 233, 257, 282, 290, 327 Watergate...... 48, 79, 122, 380-81 Webb, James (D-VA)...... 81 Weissmann, Adam...... 292 Wentz, Roy...... 25 Wharton School of Business...... 3, 5, 10, 14-15, 18, 72, 205, 219, 222, 291, 365 White Clay Creek...... 242 Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)...... 252-53, 258, 367 WHYY...... 144 Wicker, Roger (R-MS)...... 289 Wilhelm, David...... 155

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Williams, John (R-DE)...... 329 Wilmington, Delaware...... 19-21, 23, 27, 30, 33, 36, 66-67, 101, 109, 115, 144, 166, 188, 191-92, 231, 234, 318, 330, 340, 343 Wilson, Pete (R-CA)...... 328 Wilson, Woodrow...... 47, 118, 370 Wind Energy...... 243-44 Witcover, Jules...... 101 Woodfin, Jane...... 170, 202-3, 231, 318 Woodward, Bob...... 106 Wright, Jim...... 80, 84-85 Wright, Terry...... 32, 231, 318 Wu, S.B...... 315-16 Wyden, Ron (D-OR)...... 201, 306, 308 Wyden-Bennett...... 201, 251, 253

You Tube...... 134, 180, 183, 319, 323

Zadri, Asif Ali...... 259

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