Mansfield, Mike, 15, 111–116

Martin, Thomas S., 29, 103, 171

Mayhew, David, 85, 125, 136, 151, 170, 175

McClure, James D., 54–55, 57, 64, 67

McConnell, Mitch, 51, 95, 172, 175

McCubbins, Matthew, 7, 169

McFarland, Ernest W., 52, 61–62, 108, 178

McGann, Anthony, 173

McMahon, Brien, 63

McPherson, Harry C., Jr., 176, 177

McRae, Duncan, 73

Memphis Commercial Appeal, 140

Miller Center, 167, 170, 177, 178

minority, 8, 13–14, 28, 35, 38–39, 44, 49, 56, 120, 169, 171, 179

minority leaders, 4, 6, 17, 29, 32, 34, 37–38, 41, 44, 46, 50, 54, 73, 95–96, 107, 117, 174

Mitchell, George J., 8, 15, 19, 30–31, 35–36, 39–41, 52, 57–61, 67, 126, 131, 142–151, 155–156, 159–160, 172, 180, 181

Mkapa, Benjamin, 26

Mondale, Walter F., 143

Morton, Thruston, 112, 177

Munk, Margaret, 59–60, 98, 104, 116–117, 158

Muskie, Edmund, 142–143, 145

Nelson, Garrison, 4

Neustadt, Richard, 10, 123

Nixon, Richard, 101, 112, 117, 174

nominations, judicial, 39, 44, 120–121

Novak, Robert, 133

Oberdorfer, Don, 114, 169

Obey, David, 133

Oleszek, Walter, 9, 169, 172, 176

Olson, Mancur, 171

O’Mahoney, Joseph C., 52, 56, 63

Oppenheimer, Bruce, 4

Ornstein, Norman, 8

Paige, G., 170

party caucuses, 11, 13, 23, 26–28, 173

party government, 7, 14, 19, 27–30, 34–37, 39, 44, 52, 58, 86, 90, 158, 175

path dependence, 2, 99–100, 160, 175

Patterson, Samuel, 73

Peabody, Robert, 4–5, 8, 49–50, 58, 74, 77, 93, 157, 173

Pernacciaro, Samuel, 73–74, 157

Peters, Guy, 175

Pierre, Jon, 175

Pierson, Paul, 99

Pig Book, 128

Plattsburgh Press-Republican, 146