Byrd, Robert, 32, 35, 41–43, 56–57, 65–68, 75, 133, 155–156, 171, 171, 172

style as spokesman, 43, 65–66

Campbell, Ben Nighthorse, 63

Canon, David, 58

Carmines, Edward, 172

Caro, Robert, 86, 176

Carolla, Bob, 144, 180

Chafee, John, 57

checks and balances, 103, 122

Chiles, Lawton, 65–66

Citizens Against Government Waste, 20, 128

Clausen, Aage, 173, 173

Clinton, William J., 96, 120

coalitions, 13, 27, 29, 35, 37, 47, 56, 63, 74, 80, 85–87, 90, 92, 125, 135, 157–158

Cochran, Thad, 54–55, 62, 68

Cohen, William S., 142, 145

committee assignments, 30–31, 64, 68, 103, 154, 171

committee chairmanships, 28, 60, 63–64, 156, 171

committee chairs, 6, 28, 30–31, 52, 56–57, 102, 106, 174, 171, 171, 173

Community Development Block Grant, 138–139

congressional

behavior, 34, 72, 85, 100, 125, 151

delegations, 46, 149, 181

elections, 30, 67, 95, 170, 175

congressional (continued)

leadership, 3–5, 8–9, 17, 29, 97, 102, 104, 122–123, 153, 169

leadership selection, 4–6

majorities, 86, 98

parties, 13–14

reforms, 10, 49, 86

Congressional Record, 170, 176

Conkin, Paul, 176

Conservative Coalition, 63, 80, 85

constituencies, 2–3, 9–12, 14–19, 21–22, 24, 37, 43, 47, 61, 71–72, 85–89, 92, 102, 122–123, 134–137, 141–142, 148, 150–151, 153–154, 159–161, 169, 173, 180

constraints on senate majority leaders

party, 13, 23, 49–69, 71–93, 122

president, 23, 29, 95–123

senate, 25–46, 122

state, 125–151

contested selection of Senate majority leader

contested selection of candidates, 50, 57, 66, 68

ideological comparison of candidates, 19, 23, 53, 58, 61–62, 64, 67–69

role of ideology, 2, 23, 29, 31–32, 41, 53–58, 62–63, 67–69

Coolidge, Calvin, 101

Cooper, J., 170

Copeland, Royal, 106

Courter, Jim, 146

Cox, Gary, 7, 169n4

Curtis, Charles, 59, 75, 80, 172n56