U.S. Senate (continued), 160–161, 163–164, 166, 172–173, 176, 179–180

veto

and process, 17–22

and U.S. Constitution, 15–17

veto strategy, xx–xxi, 1–3, 7, 12, 21, 66, 92–97, 103n65, 105n66, 152, 157, 165–166, 174–175

vice president. See Mondale, Walter

Vietnam War, xx, 32n5, 38, 59–60

Warren, Charles, 40

Washington communitySee also Neustadt, Richard, 6, 45–46, 159, 165.

water policy, 3–4, 33–37, 41, 52, 80, 111–112, 161, 165–167

water projects. See specific projects

Water Resources Development Act of 2007, 7, 160–161

Watergate, xx, 32n5, 38, 45, 59, 149

Watson, Jack, 48, 112

Wayne, Stephen J., 30–31

Wexler, Anne, 55, 69n3, 103n65, 105n66, 107n69, 110–112

Whitten, Jaime, 82

Wilson, Woodrow, 38–39

Wright, James C. (Jim), 2, 42, 43n11, 58, 62, 64, 79–80, 82, 89, 102–104, 124, 141, 143, 146–148, 160

Yates, Sidney, 139–141

Young, Don, 176