The Dance of Legislation

An Insider's Account of the Workings of the United States Senate

Eric Redman

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9780295801018
• Topic: Historia
• Subtopic: Historia de Norteamérica

The Dance of Legislation has long been considered a classic description of the legislative process. In it, Eric Redman draws on his two years as a member of Senator Warren Magnuson�s staff to trace the drafting and passing of a piece of legislation � S.4106, the National Health Service Bill � with all the maneuvers, plots, counterplots, frustrations, triumphs, and sheer work and dedication involved. He provides a vivid picture of the bureaucratic infighting, political prerogatives, and Congressional courtesies necessary to make something happen on Capitol Hill. In a Postscript to the 2000 edition, Redman reflects on how that process has, and has not, changed in the thirty years since the book was first published.

Index

Adams, Brock

as cosponsor of NHSC, 92–93, 96, 148, 221–22, 249

introduction of NHSC bill and, 103–6

Agnew, Spiro, 156, 165, 217

getting NHSC bill to Nixon and, 258–59, 261, 269n, 272

Airport-Airways Development Act (1970), 196

Albert, Carl, 246, 247

Alcoholism bill (1970), 241, 242, 245–48, 255, 256, 261, 264, 270–73, 280, 282

American Academy of General Practice, 278

American Independent Party, 294

American Medical Association (AMA), 47, 60, 62, 130–31

alcoholism bill and, 264

Knowles opposed by, 42

NHSC and, 39, 135, 152–54, 181, 291–92

1967 draft law and, 65

American Optometrical Association, 249

American Public Health Association (APHA), 127–29, 134

Americans for Constitutional Action (ACA), 204

Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 204

Anderson, Harlan J., 289

Anti-ballistic missile (ABM)

scientists opposed to, 18n

Senatorial opposition to, 56, 85, 201, 203–4

Appropriations Committee (Senate), 29, 45

Armed Services Committees (House and Senate), 33, 40, 83

Association of American medical Colleges (AAMC), 113

Aviation Subcommittee (Senate), 196

Barclay, Robert

NHSC and, 128, 129, 134, 147, 184–85, 248

Barer, Stan, 29–30. 36, 37, 54, 86, 95, 107, 112, 166

Bergman, Abraham B., 142, 164, 169–71, 176

as aide to Magnuson, 27–29

AMA meeting on NHSC and, 152–54

in averting pocket veto, 235, 236

briefing on PHS by, 63

characteristics of, 27–28, 54–55, 295

correspondence with, 215, 217, 218, 231–32

enlisting Johnson's aid, 148

in floor-amendment strategy, 61, 65–67, 72

HEW cooperation and, 43–50

House passage of NHSC and, 243–45, 247, 252–53

lobbying activity of, 219–22, 262–64

national health insurance and, 184

Nelson's NHSC bill and, 80, 81

NHSC Advisory Council and, 288

in NHSC House hearings, 222–24

in NHSC Senate hearings, 114–15, ...