A70 INDEX
government, local, 8
civil rights and, 399
federalism and, 6, 31, 58, 59, 67, 70, 70,
71, 79–80
participation in, 81
public support for, 74, 81
responsibilities of, 58, 71, 75, 114
rights of, 65, 73, 76, 107
social policy formation and role of, 433,
460–61
spending by, 71
government, spending, 426, 429, 430
government, state, 8
Articles of Confederation power of, 26,
28, 29
civil rights and, 399
constitutional amendments and, 42–45,
43, 59, 61, 94
Constitutional Convention issues of,
30–32, 33–36, 35, 37
death penalty and, 115
distribution of resources among, 82–83
drug testing by, 112
electoral process and, 33, 61, 62
power of, 27, 37, 41, 94, 109, 112
ratifi cation of Constitution by, 36–38, 94
relationships between, 61–62
sovereign immunity of, 77
spending by, 71, 71, 73
taxation diff erences among, 80
see also states’ rights
government, unifi ed, 182
Government Accountability Offi ce (GAO), 148
Government Performance and Results Act
(GPR A) (1993), 428
government surveillance, 91
Grand Canyon Trust, 446
grandfather clause, 393
grand juries, 97
grants, 70–72, 70, 71, 72
block, 70, 70, 71, 72, 461
categorical, 70, 70, 71, 72, 73
general revenue sharing (GRS), 70
grassroots lobbying, 242–43, 249
Gratz, Jennifer, 417
Graves, Sam, 202
grazing rights, 446, 446
Great Britain, 6, 26, 33, 58, 472, 481, 482,
486, 486
French war with, 317
Oregon Treaty and, 295
Great Compromise, 32, 35
Great Depression, 333
fi fth party system born out of, 167, 169
presidential actions in, 296
social policies enacted in response to,
449
Great Society, 23, 70, 72, 73, 143, 168, 296,
333–34, 432, 449–50
Greece, 486
Green, Tom, 107
Green Party, 182, 184
Greensboro, N.C., sit-ins in, 401–2, 403
Greenspan, Alan, 443
G regory v. Ashcroft, 77
Greve, Michael, 84
gridlock, 267
Griff en, Michael, 342
Griswold, Estelle, 116
Griswold v. Connecticut, 96
gross domestic product (GDP), 70, 71, 439,
455, 457, 484, 484
federal spending as percent of, 339
gross national income (GNI), 486, 487
ground game, 204
see also get-out-the-vote activities
Grutter, Barbara, 417
Guam, 364
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 318, 318, 482
Gulf war, see Persian Gulf War
gun control, 14, 57, 58, 74, 77–78, 77, 78,
109–10, 109, 119, 230, 300, 428
Gun-Free School Zones Act (1990), 77–78, 78habeas corpus, Lincoln’s suspension of, 295
Hague v. CIO, 96
Haiti, 297, 301, 476
earthquake in, 486
Hamacher, Patrick, 417
Hamilton, Alexander, 27, 29, 63, 317
on weakness of Supreme Court, 357, 358
Hamilton v. Regents of the University of
California, 96
Handgun Control, 230
Hansen, James, 343
hard money, 208
Harris Poll, 337
Hartnett, Tommy, 112
Hatch, Orrin, 194
Hatch Act (1939), 342
hate crimes, 399, 399, 414
hate speech, 100–101
Hawaii, 62, 472
Hawaii Healthcare Network, 273
head of government, 298
head of state, 298
health, 16, 45, 59, 81, 103
Health and Human Services Department,
U.S., 298, 335, 338
health care, 11, 55–56, 55, 57–58, 72, 79, 79, 117,
143, 262, 279, 294, 305, 308, 450
Clinton and, 297, 460
costs of, 55
”death panels” and, 138, 143
fi scal problems of, 456–57, 457, 458
government spending on, 455, 456–57, 457
health insurance and, 175, 297, 305
reform of, 10, 73, 78, 79, 84, 125, 132, 134,
138, 143, 161, 171, 181, 204–5, 233,
248–49, 310, 311, 334, 355–56, 429,
432, 433, 450, 457–59
social policies for, 450, 455–59
health insurance, 175, 305, 356, 458, 459
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (1996), 457
Hedden, Bill, 446
Hillary: The Movie, 211
Hispanics, see Latinos; specifi c groups
Hobbes, Thomas, 6, 8
Hollings, Ernest F., 112
Holocaust, 101
Homeland Security Council, 476–77
Homeland Security Department, U.S., 7, 72,
235, 241, 335Coast Guard transferred to, 343–44, 349
creation of, 343–44, 349, 476
foreign policy and role of, 476–77
number of employees in, 338
homes:
constitutional protection of, 93, 101, 110,
118, 119
Fourth Amendment protection of, 93
homosexuals, see gays, gay rights
”honest graft,” 166
Hoover, Herbert, 167, 296
hotels, desegregation of, 405
House of Representatives, U.S., 162, 334, 414
Agriculture Committee of, 277, 278
apportionment of seats in, 263
Appropriations Committee of, 284
Bill of Rights creation in, 94
bills in, 286
Budget Committee of, 284, 285
caucus chair in, 272
Committee on Foreign Aff airs of, 477
congressional district lines in elections
for, 194
Constitutional Convention organization
of, 28, 32, 35
constitutional requirements of
candidates for, 197
Democratic Caucus of, 171–72
Democratic control of, 218, 305, 419
in economic policy making, 429
election to, 193–94, 257
gerrymandering of districts of, 265, 266
impeachment in, 318
incumbents in, 261, 268, 269
Intelligence Committee of, 477
Iraq War and, 478
Judiciary Committee of, 285
majority whip in, 272
minority leader in, 274
Natural Resources Committee of, 277
party ideological diff erences and
polarization in, 172–73, 172
presidential elections and potential role
of, 199
racial redistricting and, 405–6
redistricting and, 263–66
Republican conference of, 171–72
Republican control of, 181, 305, 312, 334
rules and procedures in, 12
Rules Committee in, 278–79, 285, 286
Select Committee on Energ y
Independence and Global Warming
of, 277
Senate vs., 257–58
slave state representation in, 35
Speaker of, 163, 311
veto overridden by, 305
see also Congress, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
housing, 16, 45, 72, 143, 323–24
discrimination in, 404, 405
Housing and Urban Development
Department, U.S., 335, 338
Hudson River, 63, 349
Hu Jintao, 303, 480
human nature, Founders’ views on, 7–8, 29, 31
human rights, foreign policy and, 469, 473,
474, 476, 485