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Index ABC News, 163 abdication of responsibility, 20, 26, 32, 36, 118, 136, 156 Aberbach, Joel D., 34, 37 Abu Ghraib prison, 117, 141, 143, 150 accountability, 15, 82, 125, 132, 134, 136, 145, 148, 152, 168 activism, 35, 42, 122 Afghanistan, 73, 118, 146, 148, 150– 51, 159, 167 AFL-CIO, 86 Air Force, U.S., 58, 61, 62, 64–66, 70, 165 ambition, institutional, 3, 20, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 42, 43, 46, 116, 136, 138, 161, 162, 164 ambivalence. See congressional ambivalence amendments, 9, 17–18, 46, 49–53, 67–68, 71–76, 78, 85–89, 98, 102–3, 105–6, 111, 120–22, 129, 133, 137–40, 145–46, 148–49, 150, 154–56 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 124, 134 Andrews, Thomas, 2–3, 67–68, 165 appropriations, 9, 26, 46, 49, 57, 59, 74, 111, 121, 146–48, 150–51 armed forces. See military Armey, Dick, 50, 54, 56, 64, 68–69, 76 Army, U.S., 45, 58, 62, 78, 151 Arnold, R. Douglas, 27, 47, 49, 55, 57, 76 Ashcroft, John, 118–19, 123, 158 Aspin, Les, 50, 55, 60–63, 66 Australia, 101, 107 authority, constitutional, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 51, 54, 71, 76, 79–81, 83, 85–89, 94–95, 98–106, 108–10, 112–13, 115–16, 123–25, 127–29, 134–36, 139–40, 142, 153 authorization, 14, 47, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 67, 71–75, 78, 79, 81–86, 88– 92, 94, 96, 122–23, 128, 135–40, 143–48, 153, 155, 163 “axis of evil,” 117 Bachus, Spencer, 15 bailouts, 1, 10, 11, 14, 15–16, 26 Baker, James, 94 balance of power, 3, 7, 24, 27, 43, 87, 104–5, 112, 153, 168 Baldacci, John, 165 banking, 1, 10, 12, 14, 15, 69, 99. See also financial system Barr, Robert, 122, 161 base closures, 116, 153, 161, 163, 164–65, 166, 167 base realignment and closure (BRAC), 2–3, 4–6, 8, 14, 16–17, 37, 45–62, 64, 66–72, 74–82, 84, 109, 115, 167 Bateman, Herbert, 51–52 Baucus, Max, 105 Bayh, Evan, 139 Bentsen, Lloyd, 95 Berman, Howard, 125 Bernanke, Ben, 10, 14–15 Biden, Joe, 1, 3, 137–38, 142, 144–45, 157, 158 bilateralism, 2, 92, 95, 102, 107 198 Index Binder, Sarah, 20 bipartisanship, 10, 13, 14, 16, 58, 59, 62–63, 71, 75, 84, 86, 89, 90, 95, 97, 105, 107, 110, 120, 122, 137, 139, 142–43, 145, 149, 154, 166 Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act (2002), 105 blank check, 103, 110, 138, 140, 147, 148 Boehner, John, 113 Bond, Kit, 131 Bonior, David, 100, 104–5 Boston University Law School, 27 Boxer, Barbara, 121, 157–58 BRAC. See base realignment and closure Brainard, Lael, 85, 89, 110 Brock, William, 92, 93 Broken Branch, The (Mann and Ornstein), 20, 27 Brookings Institution, 20, 21, 27, 89 Brooks, Jack, 53 Brown, George, 61 Brunswick Naval Air Station, 68, 165 Budget Enforcement Act, 9 budgets, 9, 10, 12, 18, 32–33, 40, 49– 54, 58, 62, 65, 67, 72, 74, 79, 117, 141, 145–48, 150, 154, 156, 166 Bunning, Jim, 72, 73, 74, 137 bureaucracy, 34, 51, 78, 153, 155 Bush, George H. W., 47, 58, 59, 66, 84, 96, 137 Bush, George W., 1, 3, 5, 18–20, 26, 28 domestic policy and, 38–40 economy and, 10–11, 13, 15 elections and, 46, 75 executive power and, 41 fast track and, 81, 83, 84, 87, 96, 102–3, 106, 108, 110–12 Homeland Security and, 153–55 immigration law and, 41 Iraq War and, 116–19, 135–43, 146–49 reelection of, 156–57 USA PATRIOT Act and, 120–22, 128–34, 150 War on Terror and, 157–60, 163, 165 businesses, 23, 69, 90–91, 101–7, 113, 125, 127 Bustamante, Albert, 53 Byrd, Robert, 1, 3, 72, 94, 98–99, 111, 124–25, 136, 137, 139, 140, 147– 48, 155–56, 160 California, 61, 65–66, 69, 74–75, 126, Campbell, Colton, 47 Canada, 92, 95, 97, 99, 109 Canon, David T., 31 Capital Purchase Program, 15 Caribbean Basin Initiative and Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (2000), 107 Carlucci, Frank, 50, 53, 55 Carpenter, Daniel P., 28 Carswell Air Force Base, 64 Carter, Jimmy, 85, 90, 91 Central America, 18, 62, 102, 106–8, 111 Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), 102, 108 Charleston Naval Shipyard and Station, 66 checks and balances, 20, 23–24, 32, 34, 122, 123, 133...
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