Aldrich, John, 73, 173

Aldrich, Nelson, 28, 33

Alexander, Lamar, 125, 138, 140, 179

appropriations bills, 20, 126–128, 133, 159

archives, 20, 136

Baker, Howard H. Jr., 126, 136, 169, 171, 172, 178, 179

Johnson, Lyndon B., 170nn14–18, 174, 176, 177

Mansfield, Mike, 169, 169, 169, 176, 177, 178, 178, 181

Mitchell, George J., 126, 170, 171, 179, 180, 180

Arnold, R. Douglas, 134, 149

Bachrach, Peter, 11

Bacon, Donald, 105

balance, 2, 10–18, 23, 62–63, 102, 116, 123, 126, 136, 151, 153–154, 156

balancing constraints, 2, 10–17, 26, 36, 47, 97, 113, 126, 136, 151, 153–154, 158, 160

Baker, Howard H, Jr., 8, 15, 19, 24, 31, 39–41, 45, 52, 57, 64, 117–118, 126, 136–142, 148–150, 156, 178, 178, 179, 180, 181

Baker, Howard H., Sr., 137

Baker, Richard, 8

Baker, Robert, 111, 177

balloting, 51–52, 56–58, 61, 63, 103, 118

Baratz, Morton, 11

Barkley, Alben, 52, 65, 80–87, 89, 115, 119, 123, 156, 174, 176, 178

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), 41, 137, 143–150, 159, 181

Bickers, Kenneth, 136

Bird, Larry, 125

Brady, D. W., 170

Brown, Gordon, 26

Bryan, William Jennings, 33

Burns, J. M., 170

Bush, George H. W., 97, 144, 147

Bush, George W., 39, 44, 96–97, 117, 199, 120–122, 159