Dahl, Robert, 10–11

Dallek, Robert, 176

D’Amato, Al, 146

Daschle, Thomas A., 8, 12, 35–36, 41, 43, 50, 52, 61, 63, 96, 128, 132, 171, 172, 175, 181

Davidson, Roger, 8, 172

Democratic

caucus, 28–29, 31, 52, 56, 98

committee assignments, 30, 60

leaders, 29–31, 35–36, 50, 57, 60, 62, 67, 75, 80, 87, 89, 92, 98, 110, 116–117, 170, 171

leaders vote, 75, 80, 82, 89

leadership, 8, 18, 29–31, 33, 60, 80

Party, 29, 56, 63, 80, 87, 89, 103, 110, 123, 156

Policy Committee, 34–36, 39, 50, 52, 60, 63, 109, 111, 113, 178

presidents, 96, 108–110, 113, 116–117, 120

Senatorial Campaign Committee, 67

senators, 41, 52–54, 57, 60, 67, 96, 103, 105–106, 108–110, 113, 120, 171

Democrats, 27–28, 30–32, 35–36, 40–41, 44, 60, 62–63, 67, 80, 86, 89, 105, 107–111, 116, 120–121, 123, 171, 174, 179

Dirksen Congressional Center, 4

Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 56

distributive benefits, 3, 12, 20, 24, 126, 135–136, 150–151, 159–160

distributive politics, 125–126, 128, 132–136, 148, 151

divided government, 3, 11, 113–114, 158

Senate majority leaders and presidents, 14, 42, 100–102, 108, 111

Dodd, Christopher J., 54–55, 61, 63

Dole, Robert, 32, 41, 57, 61, 64, 67–68, 96, 118–119, 132, 156

Domenici, Pete, 54–55, 57, 64, 67, 97

Dorgan, Byron, 36

Dove, Robert B., 32

Downs, Anthony, 73–74, 157

DW-NOMINATE scores, 19, 53, 55, 62, 75, 86–87, 174, 176

earmarks, 12, 20, 24, 126–133, 149, 151, 159, 179, 181

number and amount of earmarks by Senate majority leader, 129

Eisenhower Dwight, D., 101–102, 109–111, 116–117, 174, 178, 179

elections, 2, 4–6, 12–14, 23, 30, 34–35, 41, 49–69, 71–72, 74, 77, 82, 92–93, 96–98, 100, 103, 107, 117–122, 133, 136, 151, 155–158, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175

Energy Subcommittee of Senate Appropriations Committee, 147, 180n160