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by Ira Shapiro


  and Cuban missile brigade

  early career of

  and election 1980

  and foreign policy

  and intelligence community investigation

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  and IRS investigation

  and OPEC

  and Panama Canal

  and Panama Canal treaties

  personality of

  post-Senate career of

  and presidential campaign 1976,

  and SALT II

  as Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair

  and Vietnam War

  Church Committee

  CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency

  Civil rights

  and Byrd, Robert

  and Eisenhower, Dwight

  and Helms, Jesse

  and Johnson, Lyndon

  and Kennedy, John

  and Ribicoff, Abraham

  Senate support for

  and Supreme Court

  Civil Rights Act

  and Bayh, Birch

  and Brooks, Jack

  and Byrd, Robert

  and Dirksen, Everett

  and Goldwater, Barry

  and Humphrey, Hubert

  and Javits, Jacob

  and Johnson, Lyndon

  and Magnuson, Warren

  and Mondale

  Title IX

  Civil Service Reform Act

  Clark, Dick

  and election 1978

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  Clark, Joseph

  Clean Air Act

  Clifford, Clark

  and Cuban missile brigade

  Clinton, Bill

  impeachment of

  Clinton, Hillary

  Coastal Zone Management Act

  Cohen, William

  COINTELPRO

  Collins, Susan

  and economic crisis 2008

  Colmer, William

  Congress

  Broder’s criticism of

  and Carter, relationship between

  “greatest” members of

  legislative achievements of

  powers of

  and presidential campaign 1976

  Constitution

  Senate oath to defend

  Senate relationship to

  Constitutional system

  Cooper, John Sherman

  Core of Engineers Projects

  Corporations. See also Chrysler Corporation

  Corruption. See also Ethics

  Cox, Archibald

  Cranston, Alan

  and Alaska lands legislation

  career of

  and election 1980

  and SALT II

  Cuba

  Cuban missile brigade

  Cuban missile crisis

  Culver, John

  and B-1 bomber funding

  education of

  and election 1980

  and Iran

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  and SALT II

  Curtis, Carl

  Daley, Richard

  D’Amato, Alphonse

  Danforth, John

  achievements of

  and Christian right

  and energy policy (1979)

  and Schiavo case

  Daschle, Tom

  Dayan, Moshe

  “Deadly dozen” list

  DeConcini, Dennis

  DeConcini amendment (Panama Canal treaties)

  Defense contracts, and bribes to foreign governments

  Defense Intelligence Agency

  Deng Xiaoping

  Department of Energy

  Détente policy

  Dirksen, Everett

  and Baker, Howard

  career of

  legacy of

  Senate building named for

  Dirksen, Joy

  Dixon, Alan

  Dobrynin, Anatoly

  Dodd, Chris

  and election 1980

  Dolan, Terry

  Dole, Robert

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  and Libyan connection investigation

  and McGovern, George

  and patent policy

  as Senate leader

  and World War II

  Domenici, Pete

  and Baker, Howard

  and natural gas legislation

  Douglas, Paul

  Duberstein, Ken

  Dukakis, Michael

  Durenberger, David

  Durkin, John

  Eagleton, Thomas

  achievements of

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  and automobile industry

  career of

  and Chrysler Corporation

  and election 1972

  and election 1980

  and inspectors general legislation

  and Iran

  and limitations on outside income

  and mental illness

  personality of

  physical appearance of

  Earth Day

  Eastland, James

  Economic crisis (2008)

  Economic policy. See also Economy, U.S.

  Economy, U.S.

  and automobile industry (see also Chrysler Corporation)

  and economic crisis (2008)

  and patent policy

  post-World War II

  and small business

  and tax cuts

  and trade agreements

  See also Economic policy

  Egypt

  arms sales to

  See also Middle East Peace

  Ehrenhalt, Alan

  Eisenhower, Dwight

  and civil rights

  and Panama Canal

  Eisenhower administration

  Eizenstat, Stuart

  Election 1948

  Election 1958

  Election 1960

  Election 1962

  Election 1964

  Election 1968

  Election 1972

  Election 1974

  Election 1976

  Election 1978

  Election 1980

  and Great Senate, end of

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  and new right

  and Reagan/Carter debate

  results of

  and right wing, of Republican Party

  and Senate races

  Election 2008

  Elections, and labor unions

  Employee Fair Choice Act

  Employee Retirement Insurance Savings Act (ERISA)

  Energy crisis, and Iranian Revolution

  Energy Department

  Energy Mobilization Board

  Energy policy (1977)

  failure of

  filibuster of

  and natural gas(see also Natural gas legislation, 1978)

  and oil

  Energy policy (1979)

  amendments to

  and Energy Mobilization Board

  filibuster of

  and Muskie-Ribicoff substitute

  and oil price decontrol

  and synthetic fuels

  windfall profits tax

  See also Natural gas legislation (1978)

  Environmental issues

  and Muskie, Edmund

  and Nelson, Gaylord

  Environmental protection and conservation, in Alaska. See also Alaska lands legislation

  Equal Rights Amendment

  ERISA. See Employee Retirement Insurance Savings Act

  Ervin, Sam

  Escobar, Romulo

  Ethics code

  and campaign contributions

  and honoraria

  and limitations on outside income

  Ethics in Government Act

  Europe, and trade agreements

  Executive, power of

  Facts of the Matter (television news commentary)

>   Fahd (crown prince of Saudi Arabia)

  Fairbank, John K.

  FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). See also Intelligence community

  Federal Election Campaign Act

  Federal judgeship

  Feinberg, Kenneth

  F-15s

  Filibuster

  and energy policy (1977)

  and energy policy (1979)

  and Helms, Jesse

  post-cloture

  rules, change in

  See also Holds

  Fireside chats, and Carter, Jimmy

  Fletcher, A. J.

  Flug, Jim

  Food Stamp Program

  Ford, Gerald

  and arms control, and Soviet Union

  and election 1976

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  and Nixon pardon

  Ford, Henry

  Foreign governments, bribes to, and defense contracts

  Foreign intelligence, and wiretapping

  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  Foreign policy

  and Byrd, Robert

  and Church, Frank

  and corporations

  See also individual countries

  Fortas, Abe

  Fosdick, Dorothy

  Fraser, Doug

  Freedom of Information Act

  Frist, Bill

  Fulbright, William

  and arms control, and Soviet Union

  and Vietnam War

  Gaddafi, Muammar al-

  Galifianakis, Nick

  Gann, Paul

  Garn, Jake

  and Chrysler Corporation

  Gays and lesbians in the military

  Gingrich, Newt

  and election 1978

  Giuliani, Rudy

  Glenn, John

  Goldwater, Barry

  and China/Taiwan debate

  and Chrysler Corporation

  and Panama Canal treaties

  praising Gary Hart

  Gore, Albert, Sr.

  Gorton, Slade

  Gould, Lewis L.

  Governmental Affairs

  and Lance investigation

  Grassley, Charles

  Grassroots lobbying. See also Lobbying power

  Gravel, Mike

  and Alaska lands legislation

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  career of

  and election 1980

  and energy policy (1979)

  and Panama Canal treaties

  Great Senate

  achievements of

  and bipartisanship

  brief comeback of

  essence of

  imperfections of

  legislative achievements of

  members of

  qualities of

  and reasons for greatness

  staff of

  and team spirit

  and World War II

  See also Senate

  Greenwald, Gerald

  Griffin, Robert

  as minority whip

  and Senate minority leader bid

  Gromyko, Andrei

  Gruening, Clark

  Gulf of Tonkin resolution

  Gurney, Ed

  Hammond, Jay

  Hansen, Clifford

  Harlan, John

  Harriman, W. Averill

  Harris, Fred

  Hart, Gary

  and Alaska lands legislation

  and election 1980

  and energy policy (1979)

  and natural gas legislation

  and SALT II

  Hart, Peter

  Hart, Phil

  Haskell, Floyd

  Hatch, Orrin

  and labor law reform

  and Panama Canal treaties

  Hatfield, Mark

  and Alaska lands legislation

  and natural gas legislation

  Hayakawa, S. I.

  Haynesworth, Clement

  Healthcare issue

  and Kennedy, Ted

  and Obama, Barack

  Heflin, Howell

  Heinemann, Robert

  Heinz, John

  Helms, Jesse

  and abortion issue

  achievements of

  and China/Taiwan debate

  and civil rights

  and constitutional amendments

  early career of

  and election 1972

  and election 1978

  and filibuster

  forcing of senators to make controversial votes

  and hard-right intolerance

  and national “conservative” constituency

  and new right

  as newly elected senator

  and Nixon, Richard

  and obstructionism

  and Panama Canal treaties

  and “permanent campaign,”

  political strategy of

  and Reagan, Ronald

  as Senate Foreign Relations Committee member

  and social issues

  and Soviet Union

  television editorials of

  Heritage Foundation

  Hill, Anita

  Holds. See also Filibuster

  Hollings, Ernest “Fritz”

  and election 1980

  and labor law reform

  and ocean pollution

  and Panama Canal treaties

  Holtzman, Elizabeth

  Honoraria. See also Ethics code

  Hruska, Roman

  Huckabee, Mike

  Human rights

  in Iran

  Humphrey, Gordon

  Humphrey, Hubert

  achievements of

  career of

  death of

  and Democratic majority leader bid

  and Johnson, Lyndon

  personality of

  as Senate deputy president pro tempore

  and Vietnam War

  Iaccoca, Lee

  ICBMs. See Intercontinental ballistic missiles

  Inouye, Daniel

  and election of 1962

  member of Watergate Committee

  and World War II

  chairs Iran-contra investigation

  Inspectors General Act

  Inspectors general legislation

  Intelligence community. See also CIA; FBI

  Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)

  Interest groups

  Internal Revenue Service, investigation of

  Iran

  arms sales to

  human rights in

  oil in

  Iran-contra affair

  Iranian hostage crisis

  and rescue mission

  and U.S. sanctions

  Iranian Revolution, and U.S. energy crisis

  IRS. See Internal Revenue Service

  Israel

  arms sales to

  See also Middle East Peace

  Israel/Egypt agreement

  ITT-CIA investigation

  Jackson, Henry “Scoop,”

  and ACDA director nominee

  and Alaska lands legislation

  and arms control, and Soviet Union

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  childhood and education of

  and energy policy (1977)

  and energy policy (1979)

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  and natural gas legislation

  personality of

  and presidential campaign 1976,

  and SALT II

  and Senate staff, professional women in

  Jackson, Robert

  Japan, and trade agreements

  Javits, Jacob “Jack,”

  achievements of

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  and China/Taiwan debate

  and election 1980

  family of

/>   health issues of

  and labor law reform

  and Middle East peace

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  personality of

  physical illness of

  post-Senate career of

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Johnson, Lyndon

  and Baker, Bobby

  and civil rights

  and Clark, Joseph

  and Humphrey, Hubert

  and Muskie, Edmund

  and Panama Canal

  personality of

  as Senate leader

  as vice presidential nominee

  and Vietnam War

  Johnston, Bennett

  and energy policy (1979)

  and natural gas legislation

  Jordan, B. Everett

  Jordan, Hamilton

  Jorden, William

  J.P. Stevens Company

  Kassebaum, Nancy Landon

  Kasten, Robert

  Kemp, Jack

  Kemp-Roth tax cut

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,”

  achievements of

  and airline regulation

  attractiveness and personality of

  and challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  and Chappaquiddick incident

  and Chrysler Corporation

  and crime/gun control

  death of

  early career of

  and election 1962

  and energy policy (1979)

  family of

  family tragedies of

  and federal judgeship nominee

  and healthcare issue

  as Judiciary Committee chair

  and lame-duck session, 1980

  legacy of

  and Memphis speech

  and Mudd interview

  and national health insurance

  and Nixon’s reelection campaign investigation

  popularity of

  as Senate whip

  and shah of Iran

  and staff, Judiciary Committee

  and staff, Senate

  and UAW

  and Watergate

  and wiretapping and foreign intelligence

  Kennedy, John

  and American poverty

  assassination of

  and civil rights

  and environmental issues

  and Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

  and McGovern, George

  popularity of

  Kennedy, Robert

  assassination of

  and Vietnam War

  Kerry, John

  Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  Khrushchev, Nikita

  King, Ed

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  Kissinger, Henry

  and arms control, and Soviet Union

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  and China

  détente policy of

  and Panama Canal

  Koch, Edward

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  Korry, Edward

  Kozak, Mike

  Kristol, Irving

  Labor law reform

  and business community

  and cloture

  and small business

  Labor unions

  and elections

  lobbying power of

  in New York City

  See also AFL-CIO; UAW

  Laffer, Arthur

 

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