presidential influence in Congress (continued), 142–144, 148–154, 157–160, 164–166, 180–181, 189–191

public opinion, 21–24, 96, 108–109, 118–120, 155–156, 159, 165–171

Rafshoon, Gerald (Jerry), 105–107, 109–110

Reagan, Ronald, xxii, 38, 44n12, 57, 93n44, 123, 177–178, 181, 184

Republican Party, xxiii, 31, 43, 45, 63, 83, 93n44, 109, 121, 123n3, 124–125, 128, 132, 139, 153, 161, 164, 176, 178–179, 185–186

Rhodes, John, 143

Richard Russell Dam Project, 84–85, 142

Richmond, Fred, 147–148

Risenhoover, Ted, 142

Roosevelt, Franklin D., xx, 5, 36

Roosevelt, Theodore, 3

Rostenkowski, Dan (Rosty), 145–146

Senate Appropriations Committee, 61, 69, 80–86, 99, 109, 115, 123–125, 141, 148, 172, 180n29, 192

Senate Budget Committee, 61, 70, 83, 125–126, 129

Senate Finance Committee, 69–70, 84

Schroeder, Patricia (Pat), 58

Skowronek, Stephen, 5

Sprewell Bluff Dam project, 40, 51

Staggers, Harley O., 125

Stennis, John, 72, 74, 84–87, 116

Sullivan, Terry, 25–26

Stevens, Ted, 176

Subcommittee Bill of Rights, 60

subsystems (water policy), 33–37, 52

Tate, Dan, 29n1, 41n9, 48n15, 49n17, 52n20, 54n23, 70, 72n10, 95n52, 167n10, 171n18, 172–173, 175n24

Taxpayers for Common Sense, 162

Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway project, 70–72, 80, 99

“trustee” president, 38

Udall, Morris (Mo), 38, 72n9

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 4, 35–37, 40, 51, 52n19, 74

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 162

U.S. Department of Interior, 4, 36, 40, 67, 74–75, 78, 91n71

U.S. House of Representatives, 1, 15–16, 19, 27, 39, 55, 60–64, 66, 69, 72, 75, 77, 79–80, 83, 85–87, 99–100, 102, 106–108, 113, 120–129, 144, 153–156, 160–161, 166, 169, 173, 180

U.S. Senate, 1, 16, 19, 39, 55, 61–62, 69–72, 75–77, 84–87, 102, 104, 107, 113, 116