interest groups (continued )

public interest group, 14, 18, 24–25, 27, 31, 38, 42, 46, 142

and qualitative studies, 23–24

and quantitative studies, 23–24

selective benefits, 27

intergovernmental relations, xiii, 4, 41, 167

Internet, 18, 43, 62, 73–83, 86–95, 102, 173

Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), 18, 70, 73, 75–76, 78, 80–81, 83, 85–87, 89–91, 94, 156, 160, 167, 170, 173

extensions of, 73, 75–76, 88–89, 93, 173

Internet tax moratorium, 73–74, 82, 91

Internet Tax Non-discrimination Act, 92

Iraq, 100

Kentucky, 60, 161

Kettl, Donald, 6, 22, 71–72

Leavitt, Michael, 57, 64, 71, 78, 81–82

Lew, Jack, 59

Lingle, Linda, 91

Locke, Gary, 78

Lott, Trent, 64

Maine, 104105

Massachusetts, 7, 19, 81, 88, 90, 93, 104

McCain, John, 80, 83–84, 124

Medicaid, 2, 46, 49–51, 53, 55, 58, 63–64, 121–122

Medicare, 2, 52

Michigan, 8, 81, 86, 90

Minner, Ruth Ann, 107

Mississippi, 51

mixed method approach, xiii, 5, 44, 151, 155, 158

Montana, 104–105

Murkowski, Frank, 63

Napolitano, Janet, 98, 106, 110–114, 171

National Association of Attorneys General, 55

National Association of Counties, 136

National Association of County Managers, 47

National Civic League, 136

National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL), 30, 47, 101–103, 106, 113, 136, 157, 165

National Defense Authorization Act of 2006, 47

National Guard, 34, 47, 136

National League of Cities, 47

New Deal, 28, 34

New Hampshire, 88, 91

New Mexico, 90, 104

New York, 88

New York Times, 78

NGA

annual meeting, 76, 105, 119