Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 86–87, 124

Senate Finance Committee, 87

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee, 107

Social Security Act, 63, 66

Social Services Block Grant, 122

Southern Governors Association, 9, 160–161

Specter, Arlen, 65

State Childrens Health Insurance Program, 86, 122

Steinhardt, Barry, 104

Streamlined Sales Tax Project, 86, 88, 91

Sundquist, Don, 56

Tennessee, 56, 91

Texas, 11, 90–91

Thompson, Tommy, 6

tobacco industry, 18, 49–53, 5758, 62, 66, 69, 71, 75, 93, 160

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, 106, 169

U.S. Council of Mayors, 136

U.S. Department of Justice State grant programs, 122

USA Today, 71

Vermont, 50, 60, 104, 112

Voice over Internet Protocol, 89

Voinovich, George, 63, 84–85, 91, 126

Washington, 8, 22, 47, 61, 78, 90, 104, 165

Washington, D.C., xi, 15, 22, 40, 167, 178–180

Washington Post, 22, 32, 62

welfare reform, 6, 61, 68, 86

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), 2, 122, 168–169

Western Governors Association, 9, 160

White House, 13, 53, 59, 68, 161

White House Office of Management and Budget, 59, 107

Wilson, Pete, 95

Wisconsin, 6–7

Wiseman, Brady, 104

Wyoming, 86