Esteemed Colleagues: Civility and Deliberation in the U.S. Senate

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index 261 261 Index ABA. See American Bar Association Abourezk, James (D-S.Dak.), 94–95 Achenbach, Joel, 33 Adams, John Quincy, 118 Africa trade legislation, 101 Agency for International Development (AID), 207 Alaskan lands legislation, 93–94 Albright, Madeleine K., 202 Aldrich, Nelson (R-R.I.), 90 Allard, Wayne (R-Colo.), 40 Allen, William (D-Ohio), 109 Allison, William (R-Iowa), 108 American Bar Association (ABA), 211 American National Election Study, 51 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 249 Annals, 112 Anthony, Henry B. (R-R.I.), 107, 108, 120, 121, 124–25 Appointments and nominations, 19, 195, 203–12 Apportionment: indexes, 139–40; constituents and, 140–43; effects of, 137, 138; malapportionment of the Senate, 137–40, 157 Armey, Dick (R-Tex.), 38, 49 Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 207 Articles of Confederation, 15 Ashcroft, John (R-Mo.), 62 Ashurst, Henry (D-Ariz.), 86, 91 Associated Press, 172 Atchison, David R. (D-Mo.), 109 Atwood, J. Brian, 207 Bacon, Augustus (D-Ga.), 127 Badger, George (W-N.C.), 109 Bailey, John, 21 Baker, Howard (R-Tenn.), 41, 53n39, 196, 202 Baker, Richard, 10 Baker, Ross K., 1–2, 35, 39 Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 247 Balanced Budget Amendment. See Constitutional issues Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (1985). See Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act Barbour, James (R-Va.), 112, 114 Barkley, Alben (D-Ky.), 90 Barr, Bob (R-Ga.), 33, 225–26, 235 262 index Barton, David (Adams RepublicanMo .), 118 Bellmon, Henry L. (R-Okla.), 245–46, 247, 248, 253 Bennett, James Gordon, 170 Bennett, Robert (R-Utah), 33 Bennett, Wallace (R-Utah), 18 Benton, Thomas Hart (D-Mo.), 117, 119 Bernstein, Robert, 20 Biden, Joseph (D-Del.), 39, 210, 238 Bilbo, Theodore (D-Miss.), 18, 21 Blumenthal, Sidney, 180, 230 Boxer, Barbara (D-Calif.), 82 Bradley, Bill (D-N.J.), 9, 22, 41–42, 244 Brady Bill legislation, 67–68 Breaux, John (D-La.), 1, 8, 17 Bright, Jesse D. (D-Ind.), 109–10, 119 Bristow, Joseph (R-Kans.), 127 Brooks, Preston (D-S.C.), 119–20, 228–29 Brownback, Sam (R-Kans.), 40, 62, 82 Brown, Hank (R-Colo.), 9 Budget Act, 250 Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, 245, 247, 251 Budget issues: 1999 budget agreement , 5; Balanced Budget Amendment , 65, 71; deadlock, 255–56; deficits and debt, 196–97, 246, 249–50, 251, 252; modern budget process, 155, 245; partisanship, 253; reconciliation, 248; rule changes, 247; votes on resolutions, 249t Bumpers, Dale (D-Ark.), 17 Bunning, Jim (R-Ky.), 40 Burke, Sheila, 10 Burnside, Ambrose (R-R.I.), 125 Bush, George, 198, 212, 251 Butler, Andrew (D-S.C.), 119 Byrd, Robert (D-W.Va.): budget issues , 251; Clinton impeachment, 184; Ed-Flex legislation, 99; leadership style, 64, 96, 208; Senate incivility , 41; as senior senator, 232; unanimous consent agreements, 91–97; use of obstructionism, 70; view of Ric Santorum, 239 Calhoun, John C., 112, 116–17, 118, 119 California, 138, 139, 147 Campaign finance and fund-raising: reform legislation, 69–70, 101; patterns of, 144–45, 153; sources of funds, 19–20, , 24, 145–47; state size and, 143–47, 153 Campaigning: costs of, 143, 153, 154; negative, 25, 241; permanent, 180. See also Elections Cardin, Ben (D-Md.), 234, 236 Carpenter, Matthew H. (R-Wis.), 107 Carter, Jimmy, 197, 199–200, 202 Case, Clifford (R-N.J.), 18 Castro, Bernadette, 26 Caucuses. See Senate Chafee, John (R-R.I.), 1, 8, 50 Chemical Weapons Agreement, 202–03 Civility: congressional, 3, 5–6, 7, 8, 11n18, 32–51; deliberation and, 2–3, 8, 10; effects of constituency size, 154–57; ideology and, 46–48; public, 36–37, 42–43; public trust and, 48; views of, 33–34. See also House of Representatives; Senate Clay, Henry, 118, 169, 171, 188n34 Clinton, Bill: 103d Congress and, 67; appointments, 41, 205, 207–09, 212; budget issues, 247, 252; Internal Revenue Service reorganization , 198; minimum wage index 263 legislation, 68–69; nominations, 198–99; party votes under, 197; support index, 198–200. See also Clinton impeachment Clinton (Bill) administration, 99, 203, 207, 210–11 Clinton impeachment: conduct of House and Senate, 223–37; media coverage, 175, 184–85; partisanship , 215; role of congressional leadership, 74–75; Senate role, 3, 5–6, 10, 50, 72; voting, 6. See also Clinton, Bill; Hyde, Henry Cohen, William (R-Maine): farewell plea for civility, 41–42; loss of, 244; George Mitchell and, 25; Olympia Snowe and, 21, 27, 30n20 Cole...