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by Ira Shapiro

Lakas, Demetrio

  Lance, Bert

  LAPAC. See Life Amendment PAC

  Larsen, Wendell

  Leahy, Patrick

  and election 1980

  and energy policy (1979)

  and Libyan connection investigation

  Levin, Carl

  achievements of

  and Chrysler Corporation

  education of

  Lewinsky, Monica

  Lewis, Gabriel

  Libyan connection investigation

  and Senate hearings

  Life Amendment PAC (LAPAC). See also Political action committees

  Limitations on outside income. See also Ethics code

  Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

  Loan guarantees, to New York City

  Lobbying power

  of business community

  grassroots

  of labor unions

  Loeb, William

  Long, Russell

  and Chrysler Corporation

  and energy policy (1977)

  and energy policy (1979)

  and labor law reform

  and natural gas legislation

  and patent policy

  power and leadership of

  Lott, Trent

  early career of

  resignation of

  Lugar, Richard

  and Chrysler Corporation

  and labor law reform

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  MacArthur, Douglas

  Mack, Connie

  Madison, James

  Magnuson, Warren

  achievements of

  and election 1980

  and lame-duck session, 1980

  Mansfield, Mike

  early career of

  family background and childhood of

  and intelligence community oversight

  legacy of

  personality of

  and post-cloture filibuster

  as Senate leader

  and Vietnam War

  Mao Zedong

  March Club

  Marine Mammals Protection Act

  Marshall, Thurgood

  Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.

  and Senate committee reorganization

  Mathias, McC. Charles

  Mattingly, Mack

  McCain, John

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  McCarthy, Eugene

  at Democratic convention, Chicago, 1968

  and Vietnam War

  McClellan, John

  McClure, Jim

  and natural gas legislation

  McConnell, Mitch

  McGillicuddy, John

  McGovern, George

  and balanced budget

  and B-1 bomber funding

  and Carter, criticism of

  at Democratic convention, Chicago, 1968

  and Dole, Robert

  early career of

  education of

  and election 1962

  and election 1972

  and election 1980

  energy and idealism of

  family background of

  and hunger in America

  and Kennedy, John

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  and lame-duck session, 1980

  popularity of

  post-Senate career of

  and SALT II

  and Vietnam War

  and Washington, D.C., Metrorail system

  McIntyre, Tom

  McNary, Gene

  Meany, George

  Metzenbaum, Howard

  and energy policy (1977)

  and energy policy (1979)

  and natural gas legislation

  Middle East peace

  and Camp David Accords

  and Israel/Egypt agreement

  Mikulski, Barbara

  Military, gays and lesbians in

  Miller, G. William

  Miller, Zel

  MIRV missiles

  Mitchell, George

  Mitchell, John

  Mondale, Walter “Fritz,”

  achievements of

  and Chrysler Corporation

  early career of

  and energy policy (1977)

  and energy policy (1979)

  and Iran

  and natural gas legislation

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  and presidential campaign 1976

  as vice president

  Moore, Frank

  Moss, Frank

  Mossadegh, Mohammed

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

  achievements of

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  career and education of

  and energy policy (1979)

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  and Panama Canal treaties

  and tax cuts

  Mudd, Roger

  Multilateral “rounds,”

  Muskie, Edmund

  career of

  and energy policy (1979)

  and environmental issues

  and honoraria

  and inspectors general legislation

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  and limitations on outside income

  and natural gas legislation

  and Nixon

  post-Senate career of

  and presidential election 1968

  and presidential election 1972

  as secretary of state nominee

  and Senate staff, professional women in

  strength of

  and tax cuts

  and tax rebate

  Nader, Ralph

  NAM. See National Association of Manufacturers

  National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

  National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC). See also Political action committees

  National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  National Park Service (NPS)

  Natural gas legislation (1977). See also Energy policy

  Natural gas legislation (1978)

  compromise

  See also Energy policy

  NCPAC. See National Conservative Political Action Committee

  Nelson, Gaylord

  achievements of

  and election 1962

  and election 1980

  and environmental issues

  family of

  and honoraria

  legacy of

  and limitations on outside income

  popularity of

  post-Senate career of

  and Senate committee reorganization

  and small business

  Nelson-Bingham Amendment

  Neutrality Treaty

  New right

  and election 1978

  and election 1980

  and Hatch, Orrin

  and Helms, Jesse

  ideology of

  and Panama Canal treaties

  and “permanent campaign,”

  and single issue politics

  See also Christian right; Right wing, of Republican Party

  New York City

  loan guarantees to

  resurgence of

  unions in

  New York City Loan Guarantee Act

  Nitze, Paul

  Nixon, Richard

  and arms control, and Soviet Union

  and Baker, Howard

  and Byrd, Robert

  and China

  détente policy of

  and election 1972

  and Helms, Jesse

  and Muskie, Edmund

  and Panama Canal

  and pardon by Ford

  and reelection campaign investigation

  and Supreme Court nominees

  and Vietnam War

  a
nd Watergate

  NLRB. See National Labor Relations Board

  NOAA. See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  NPS. See National Park Service

  Nunn, Sam

  and Lance investigation

  and SALT II

  Obama, Barack

  and administration executive branch nominees

  and Bayh, Evan

  and bipartisan support

  and economic crisis

  and healthcare issue

  and labor law reform

  Obstructionism

  Ocean Dumping Act

  Ocean pollution

  Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

  Oil

  and energy policy (1977)

  in Iran

  and price decontrol

  Oil embargo, OPEC

  Oil/gas industry

  OMB. See Office of Management and Budget

  O’Neill, Thomas P. “Tip”

  and election 1980

  and energy policy (1977)

  and ethics code

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  OPEC. See Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

  and Iranian Revolution

  oil embargo

  Packwood, Robert

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  and Baker, Howard

  PACs. See Political action committees

  Pahlavi, Mohamed Reza (shah of Iran)

  Panama

  Panama Canal

  history of

  Panama Canal treaties

  and Carter-Torrijos statement

  and DeConcini amendment

  negotiations

  Neutrality Treaty

  original treaty

  second treaty

  Senate debate

  Senate hearings

  Panama Canal Zone

  Paris Peace Accords

  Paster, Howard

  Patent policy

  Peanut warehouse investigation

  Pearson, James

  Pell, Claiborne

  Percy, Charles

  and China/Taiwan debate

  and election 1978

  and energy policy (1979)

  false charge against

  and labor law reform

  and Lance investigation

  Perle, Richard

  Pertschuk, Michael

  Peterson, Peter

  Political action committees (PACs). See also individual PACs

  Political contributions, limits on

  Pork-barrel spending

  Post-cloture filibuster. See also Filibuster

  Powell, Jody

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  Powell, Lewis

  Presidential Records Act

  Privacy Act

  Proposition

  Proxmire, William

  career of

  and Chrysler Corporation

  education of

  and energy policy (1979)

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  personality of

  Purvis, Hoyt

  Quayle, Dan

  Rabin, Yitzhak

  Rayburn, Sam

  Reagan, Ronald

  career of

  and China/Taiwan debate

  and election 1980

  and Iran-contra affair

  and Panama Canal

  Regulatory Flexibility Act

  Rehnquist, William

  Republican Party

  and Christian right

  right wing of (see also New right)

  Ribicoff, Abraham

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  career of

  and civil rights

  at Democratic convention, Chicago, 1968

  and economy, U.S.

  and election 1962

  and election 1980

  and energy policy (1979)

  family of

  and Governmental Affairs

  and Lance investigation

  and limitations on outside income

  and Middle East peace

  personality of

  popularity of

  post-Senate career of

  retirement of

  and social issues

  and trade agreements

  and water projects

  Riccardo, John

  Riegle, Don

  achievements of

  and Chrysler Corporation

  Right wing, of Republican Party

  and election 1980

  See also Christian right; New right

  Robles, Marcos

  Rockefeller, Nelson

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  Roe v. Wade

  Rogers, William

  Rohatyn, Felix

  Roosevelt, Franklin

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  and Panama Canal

  and Panama Canal treaties

  Roth, Bill

  and Alaska lands legislation

  and Chrysler Corporation

  and energy policy (1979)

  and tax cuts

  Rother, John

  Rudman, Warren

  Rule of individuals

  Russell, Richard

  and Humphrey, Hubert

  legacy of

  Senate building named for

  Sadat, Anwar

  Safire, William

  SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks)

  SALT I

  SALT II

  and Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of

  and Cuban missile brigade

  demise of

  negotiations

  Senate debate

  signing of

  See also Arms control, and Soviet Union

  Santorum, Rick

  Sarbanes, Paul

  achievements of

  and arms sales to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

  and Panama Canal treaties

  Metrorail legislation

  Saudi Arabia, arms sales to

  Schiavo, Terry

  Schiavo case

  Schlesinger, James

  Schmitt, Harrison

  School busing

  School Lunch program

  School prayer

  Scott, Hugh

  Sears, John

  Seith, Alex

  Select Committee on Intelligence Activities

  Senate

  composition of (1977)

  and Constitution

  failure of

  and lame-duck session (1980), achievements of

  and lame-duck session (2010), achievements of

  moderate to liberal Republican senators in (1973)

  and new right ideology

  and post-1980 election

  and Republican resentment toward Democrats

  and rule of individuals

  transformation of, need for

  See also Congress; Great Senate

  Senate buildings, naming of

  Senate committee reorganization

  Senate Intelligence Committee

  Senate staff

  Shah of Iran. See Pahlavi, Mohamed Reza

  Shapiro, Ira

  and inspectors general legislation

  and outside income limits

  Shelby, Richard

  Short, Robert

  Simpson, Alan

  Single issue politics

  Six Day War

  SLBMs. See Submarine launched ballistic missiles

  Small business

  and labor law reform

  Smith, Margaret Chase

  Snowe, Olympia

  and economic crisis 2008

  Social issues

  and Helms, Jesse

  and Ribicoff, Abraham

  Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr

  Sorensen, Theodore

  Soviet Union

  and Afghanistan, invasion of

  an
d arms control (see also SALT II)

  and China

  and Cuban missile brigade

  and human rights

  and Nixon’s détente policy

  and United States, hostility between

  Sparkman, John

  START treaty

  Steel industry

  Stennis, John

  Stevens, Ann

  Stevens, Ted

  achievements of

  and Alaska lands legislation

  family tragedy of

  and labor law reform

  personality of

  Stevenson, Adlai

  and Senate committee reorganization

  Stone, Richard

  and China/Taiwan debate

  Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). See also SALT I; SALT II

  Strauss, Robert

  Submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs)

  Sullivan, William

  Supreme Court

  and civil rights

  and Nixon’s nominees

  Symington, Stuart

  Symms, Steve

  Synthetic fuels

  Tack, Juan Antonio

  Taft-Hartley Act

  Taiwan. See also China/Taiwan debate

  Taiwan Relations Act

  Talmadge, Herman

  Tax cuts

  Kemp-Roth

  Tax rebate

  Taylor, Elizabeth

  Tea Party

  Team spirit

  Think-tanks

  Thomas, Clarence

  Three Mile Island disaster

  Thurmond, Strom

  and China/Taiwan debate

  and Panama Canal

  Title IX of Civil Rights Act

  Tokyo Round

  Torrijos, Omar. See also Carter-Torrijos Panama Canal statement

  Tower, John

  and New York City, loan guarantees to

  Trade agreements

  Trade Amendments Act

  Truman, Harry

  Tsongas, Paul

  and Alaska lands legislation

  and Chrysler Corporation

  UAW. See United Auto Workers

  Udall, Morris “Mo,”

  Unemployment benefits

  United Auto Workers (UAW)

  and Chrysler Corporation

  and Kennedy challenge to Carter for Democratic nomination

  See also Labor unions

  United States, and Soviet Union, hostility between

  Vance, Cyrus

  and arms control, and Soviet Union

  and Cuban missile brigade

  and Iran

  and Iranian hostage crisis

  and SALT II

  Vietnam, and China

  Vietnam War

  and Church, Frank

  and congressional authority

  and Gulf of Tonkin resolution

  and Humphrey, Hubert

  and Johnson, Lyndon

  and Mansfield, Mike

  and McGovern, George

  and Paris Peace Accords

  Senate opposition to

  Viewpoints (television news commentary)

  Viguerie, Richard

  Vladivostok Agreement

  Voting Rights Act

  and Brooks, Jack

  and Byrd, Robert

  Wagner National Labor Relations Act

 

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