Ford, Gerald, 32, 37–39, 43–44, 56–57, 63, 66, 93–94, 114

Francis, Les, xiv, xxiv, 1, 3, 6, 87, 89, 96–97, 174–175

Free, James (Jim), 5, 9, 19n2, 52n20, 85, 88–89, 92, 100, 108–109, 129–130, 132, 187, 192

Georgians (in the administration), 45–46, 92–93, 114

Gilman, Benjamin, 144n16

Granum, Rex, 40n8, 73n11

grant programs, 53–57

Haldeman, John, 56

Harris, Hubert (Herky), 93, 100, 142, 145, 148n23

Heclo, Hugh, 58

Hollings, Earnest (Fritz), 79

House Appropriations Committee, 69, 80–83, 86, 99, 109, 115, 123–125, 141, 148, 155, 172, 180n29, 192

House Budget Committee, 61, 83, 125–126, 129, 152–153

House Committee on Ways and Means, 61, 69

House Energy and Commerce Committee, 125–126, 129, 132–133, 152–155

House Public Works Committee, 42, 52n20, 70, 82–83, 89, 97, 121, 124–125, 129, 132–133, 145, 152–155, 163, 172, 190, 192

Humphrey, Hubert, 77

Ickes, Harold, 36

influence. See presidential influence

Inhofe, James, 163

Interior Department. See U.S. Department of Interior

interest groupsSee also specific interest groups, 33–34, 36–37, 50, 97, 108, 110, 112, 118–120, 155, 159–160, 162–163, 165.

Iranian hostage crisis, xix, 123n3, 169–170

Jackson, Andrew, 3

Johnson, Bizz, 72, 79, 82

Johnson, Lyndon, xx, 5, 8, 22, 25, 30, 32, 39, 43, 55, 59, 61

Johnston, Bennett, 84, 103

Jones, Charles O., 38, 45

Jordan, Hamilton, 46–47, 58–59, 88n34

Kennedy, Edward, xxii

Kennedy, John F., 39, 43, 55

Kernell, Samuel, 24

Lawrence Welk Museum, 178–179

Leibach, Dale, 5n6, 10n11, 73n11, 177n27

Long, Russell, 69–70, 77, 84

Lott, Trent, 164, 179

Maass, Arthur, 2n2, 4, 36–37

Mahon, George, 99–100, 125

Martin, Guy, 40, 91n41