G

Gallup polls, 19 -20, 51 , 56 , 67 -68, 72 , 116 , 180 , 204 , 423 -24, 567

"Gang of five," 122 , 244 , 369

"Gang of four," 115

"Gang of 17 ," 32 , 234 -41, 242 -45, 251 , 253 , 277 , 288 , 311 -12, 319

Garn, Jake, 119 , 202 , 359

General Revenue Sharing (GRS), 32 , 40 , 434 , 517

George III, King, 577

Gephardt, Richard, 31 , 43 , 47 -48, 115 , 117 , 161 , 172 , 244 , 253 , 361 , 373 , 376 , 445 -48, 473 -74, 477 , 494 , 496 , 503 , 538

Gergen, David, 88 , 235 , 372

Gettinger, Stephen, 465

Giaimo, Robert, 40 -43, 45 -46, 49 , 53 , 55 , 60

Gibbons, Sam, 163 , 166 , 401

Gingrich, Newt, 256 , 359 , 410

Ginn, Bo, 178 -79

Glenn, John, 399 , 419

Glickman, Dan, 178 -80

Goldwater, Barry, 371 , 433 , 515

Gonzales, Henry, 184

Goodman, George (Adam Smith), 264 -65, 537

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 453 , 515 , 547

Gorton, Slade, 230 , 241 , 309 , 369 , 396 , 399 , 435 , 438 , 442 , 490 , 507

Governmental process:

balance, 504

capacity to govern by Congress, 503 , 541

compromise, 552 , 566 , 573

dissensus, 502 , 548

ideological conflict, 563 -70, 575

interest groups role, 532 , 546

legitimacy, 545

pluralism in, 543 , 550 -58

responsibility, 544

"rules of the game," 550 -60

separation of powers, 534 , 542

See also Budgetary process; Procedural collapse; Procedure vs. substance

Grace Commission, 386 , 394 , 627

Gradison, Bill, 159 , 175 , 448 , 498 , 517

Graham, Katherine, 90

Gramm, Phil, 31 , 42 , 81 , 92 , 101 , 115 , 124 -29, 138 , 142 , 145 -47, 244 , 281 , 361 , 394 , 410 , 439 -44, 446 -47, 450 -52, 456 , 490 , 512 , 545 , 555 , 559 , 588 , 591

Gramm-Latta budget resolution, 127 , 129 -34, 147 , 160

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, xiv -v, 121 , 331 , 379 , 384 -85, 411 -12, 428 , 429 -67, 506 -29, 559 , 637 , 644

and the Constitution, 446 , 448

as integrative solution, 504

and the Supreme Court, 451 , 457 , 509 -11

See also Control procedures

Gramsci, Antonio, 538 , 546 -47

Grassley, Charles, 126 , 230 , 352 , 368 -69, 396 -97, 436 , 484

Gray, William, 429 , 434 -39, 450 , 513 , 516 , 523

Great Depression, xiii , 21 , 55 , 71 , 74 , 184 , 208 , 213 , 263 , 265 , 286 , 518 , 536 , 545

Great Society, 36 , 67 , 74 , 336 , 389

Green, S. William, 127 , 129 , 147 , 186 , 313

Greenspan, Alan, 27 , 75 -76, 82 , 98 , 100 , 133 , 311 , 313 -14, 319 , 351 , 587

Greider, William, 58 , 83 , 103 , 105 , 107 , 122 , 132 , 141 , 181 , 189 , 197 -98, 271

Gypsy Moths, 127 , 129 -30, 131 , 147 -48, 155 , 158 , 160 , 175 -76, 185 , 188 , 191 -92, 195 -96, 216 , 230 -31, 244 -46, 253 -54, 258

See also Boll Weevils, Cleavages in the House