policy leadership, 5, 65, 99

political action committees (PACs), 41

Poole, Keith, 82, 173, 174

pork, 12, 126, 128, 132–136, 140, 143, 148, 160

“position-taking”, 39

Posler, Brian, 174

presidency, 10, 98, 102–103, 158

president

influence, 14, 33, 39, 60, 95–123, 154

president pro tempore, 27, 171

presidential

administrations, 9, 19, 60, 96, 104, 106, 108, 111, 113–114, 117–118, 143, 150, 173, 180, 181

campaigns, 44, 68

constraints, 2–3, 11, 14, 17, 23, 29, 34, 42, 54, 72, 95–123, 136, 151, 154, 158, 161, 169, 171, 172, 175, 178, 178

expectations, 95–123, 154, 159, 178

veto, 14, 72, 106

Presidential Oral History Project, 177, 178

president-leader relations, 100, 116

press, 43, 45, 52, 66, 68, 146, 155, 172, 174

Proxmire, William, 112–113, 177

race, 4–5, 41, 49, 52–53, 55–57, 61–62, 66–67, 77, 118

Reagan, Nancy, 118

Reagan, Ronald, 101, 117–119, 178

Reedy, George, 109, 170, 176, 177

reforms, 6, 10, 18, 33, 49, 85, 86, 103, 199, 128, 175, 175

Reid, Harry, 36, 63, 95, 97, 175, 179, 181

Republican

leaders, 30, 35–36, 41, 50, 53, 67–68, 75, 77, 80, 87, 89, 92, 116, 118

leadership, 30

majority, 36, 44, 96, 118

majority leaders, 41, 53, 77, 92, 108, 116–121

Party, 36, 56–57, 62–63, 87, 96–97, 110

Policy Committee, 34, 36, 43

presidents, 116–121

revolution, 68, 85, 92

Senate, 30, 32, 45, 57, 60, 64, 77, 109, 117

senators, 57, 61, 64, 68, 80, 96, 117, 171

Rhodes, Carl, 174

Ripley, Randall, 10

Robinson, Joseph T., 52, 54, 80, 86–87, 104–106

Rohde, David, 6–8, 175

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 54, 60, 104–107, 115, 119, 172

Rosenthal, Howard, 82, 173, 174

Rove, Karl, 96

Russell, Richard, 56, 61–62, 108