Defending the Filibuster, Revised and Updated Edition: The Soul of the Senate

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academia, xiv, xv, 1, 2, 7, 61, 62, 124 Adams, John, 67 Adams, John Quincy, 20 Adelman, Kenneth, 145 adjournment sine die, 23, 118, 144, 206n23, 223n10 “advice and consent,” 137, 190 Alaska “hostage crisis,” 165 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), xiii, 30, 47, 132, 164–167. See also Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Albright, Madeline, 89 Aldrich, Nelson, 122 Alexander, Lamar, 52, 151, 179, 180, 188, 226n22 Alito, Samuel, 59–60, 137, 170 Allen, James, 130 Allen, William, 120 all-night filibuster, 39, 40, 147–151 amend, xv, xvii, 4, 12, 14, 29, 53, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 86, 87, 90, 91, 96–97, 99–102, 103, 105–108, 112, 114, 116, 121, 124–125, 173, 186; second-degree, 105, 106; simultaneously pending, 96; unfettered amendment, 10–11, 62, 84, 85, 104, 105–106, 107, 115, 162, 177 American Political Science Association, 41 Index American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 57, 143, 159, 160. Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 45 Anderson, Clinton, 119, 120, 123, 127 appropriations bill, 98, 166, 205n4. Appropriations Committee, House, 58, 82 Appropriations Committee, Senate, 44 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), 132, 164, 166–167 Arenberg, Richard, xiii, xiv, 30, 39, 44, 45, 47, 145–146, 164, 209n55, 214n14 Armed Services Committee, Senate, 101, 102 Armed Ship bill, 124 Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 145 assault weapons ban, 168 authorization bill, 90, 101, 102, 107, 113, 149, 151, 160, 163, 174. See also Defense Authorization bill Babington, Charles, 136–137 Baker, Howard, 41, 46, 112–113 Baker, Richard, 21–22 bank bailout, 57 Barkley, Alben, 3, 25–26 Barrasso, John, 188 250 · Index Bayard, Thomas, 76–77, 78 Bayh, Birch, 47 Bayh, Evan, 45 “bed-check votes,” 33 Begich, Mark, 33, 190 Bellmon, Henry, 46, 110 Bentsen, Lloyd, 47 Berra, Yogi, 41 Beth, Richard, 117–118 Biden, Joseph, 7, 128–129, 166, 167, 207n38 bill clerk, 30 Binder, Sarah, 3, 51, 57, 212n32 Boehner, John, 81 Boren, David, 46, 87 Boxer, Barbara, 70 Brown, Scott, 67, 160, 226n20, 226nn22–23 budget, federal: balanced, 80; battles over, 36, 54, 114; policy, 110; process, 80, 111, 115, 166 Budget Act of 1974, 61, 63, 80, 110–111, 113, 115, 219n5; reconciliation, 37, 68, 80, 109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 132, 153, 166, 205n4, 219n5, 219n13. See also reconciliation Budget Committee, House, 54, 82, 112, 114 Budget Committee, Senate, 111, 112 budget resolution, 53, 80–88, 110–112, 175, 205n4, 219n5 Bumpers, Dale, 47 Bunning, Jim, 153, 225n1 Burdette, Franklin, 10, 23, 64, 146 Burr, Aaron, xiii, xiv, xvii, 5, 20 Bush, George W., 6, 29, 31, 38, 55, 69, 71, 73, 78, 82, 89–90, 92, 105, 106, 135, 140, 167, 222n1; administration of, 29, 37–38, 59, 69, 70, 89, 110, 112, 113, 138, 140; Iraq policy of, 150, 151; judicial nominees of, 135, 143, 148, 155, 167, 170–171, 176–177, 222n1 Bush v. Gore, 82 Byrd, Harry, 210n62 Byrd, Robert C., xiv, 5–6, 30, 40, 41, 47, 64, 68, 69, 102, 110, 113–114, 115–116, 121–122, 128, 130, 131, 140, 147–148, 157, 173, 175, 183, 203n10, 211n11, 219n1, 219n13, 220n20; hated by the House, 114 “Byrd Rule,” 61, 113–114, 115, 132 Calhoun, John C., 21, 206n19 campaign finance reform bill, 40, 98, 147 Cannon, Joseph “Czar,” 59 Cantwell, Maria, 166, 226n20 “cap and trade,” 168 Capra, Frank, 3 Cardin, Ben, 143 Caro, Robert, 157–158 Carter, Jimmy, 1, 30, 164, 165 caucus, party, 14, 31, 33, 34, 44, 48, 83, 90, 91, 115, 155, 179–180, 183, 185–186, 188, 189, 190, 214n26, 218n27; homogenous , 34, 44, 48, 90; ideological, 34, 44, 48, 90 Center for American Progress, 89 Chafee, John, 46, 48 Chafee, Lincoln, 48, 211n11, 219n1 checks and balances, xiv, 7, 66, 70, 77, 140, 155, 181 Cheney, Dick, 37, 83, 136, 139, 167 Chiles, Lawton, 47 Chinese currency bill, 189 Church, Frank, 130 circuit court nominees, 6 civil rights, 8, 42, 64, 65, 127, 138, 140, 147, 153 Civil Rights Act of 1957, 144 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 64 Clay, Henry, 20–21, 206n19 Cleveland, Grover, 76, 215n33 Clinton, Bill, 1, 30, 35–36, 38, 43, 80, 89, 90, 92, 155, 167, 208n26; administration of, 36, 98, 113 Index · 251 Clinton, Hillary, 33, 166, 207n38 cloture, 5–6, 8, 11, 12, 19, 20, 28, 31, 34, 63, 65, 67–68, 75, 91, 94, 98, 102, 109, 110, 113, 124...