McKay, Gunn, 82

McIntyre, James (Jim), 86, 93–95, 99–100, 103n65, 105n66

Meeds, Lloyd, 58

Merrill, Frederick T. (Rick), 50, 53, 83n27

Michel, Robert (Bob), 109

Mikva, Abner (Ab), 85, 103

Miller, George, 84

Mondale, Walter, xviii, xx, 57, 75, 113

Moore, Frank, 1, 29, 31–32, 41–42, 47–49, 52, 54n23, 58, 62, 70, 72–76, 81n23, 83n27, 84, 85n29, 88–91, 94n49, 95n52, 96–97, 100, 103n65, 105, 107n69, 111, 115, 128, 130, 132, 134, 139n7, 141–142, 145–148, 151–152, 154, 167, 171–172, 174–175, 191

Muskie, Edmond, 70

Myers, John, 143

National Taxpayers Union, 162

Nature Conservancy, 162

Neustadt, Richard, 22–23, 45, 66, 95

Nixon, Richard, 7n9, 32, 37–39, 42, 44, 49, 51, 53, 55–56, 60–61, 94, 181

Nowak, Henry, 144n16

O’Neill, Thomas P. (Tip), xxi, 2, 32, 44, 52–53, 56–58, 62–63, 73n12, 78–79, 86–88, 94, 98, 120, 167–168

Office of Congressional Liaison, xiv, 1n1, 11, 31–32, 53, 62, 67n2, 69, 70n7, 72, 75nn14–16, 76nn17–18, 81n25, 83n27, 84n28, 85nn29–30, 86n31, 96, 97n55, 100nn59–61, 108–110, 116, 129, 138, 139n7, 141n8, 142n13, 145nn17–20, 148n23, 152, 166n7

Office of Management and Budget, 37, 53n21, 66–67

Office of Public Liaison, 109–110, 112

OMB. See Office of Management and Budget

Panama Canal Treaty, xix, 92, 123n3

patronage, 54, 57

Pepper, Claude, 145

Perkins, Carl, 63, 141

political appointmentsSee also patronage, xxii, 52, 54, 57–58, 73n11.

Polsby, Nelson, 30–31

pork barrel projectsSee also Carter, Jimmy and pork barrel projects, xx, 4–6, 8, 34–36, 39, 42, 67, 83, 100, 114n80, 141, 158, 161, 176–181, 184–187.

Powell, Jody, 45n13, 46n14, 73n11

presidential influence in Congress, 3, 6–7, 10, 17–18, 22–27, 33, 53, 66, 114–119, 129–130, 139,