Notes. Folder List.
Any organizational scheme based on subject headings is imperfect, and that certainly holds true in MacNeil’s papers. Similar notes exist under different subject headings. For example, MacNeil’s notes about Senate leadership are found in the chronological series, under the names of individual senators, under “Senate,” and, of course, under “Senate leadership.”
Chronological series, 1780-2000+. Notes about congressional events in that time period organized by decade.
A
- Agnew, Spiro. Resignation
- Ailes, Roger
- Alcohol Consumption
- Aldrich, Nelson
- Alexander, Lamar
- Allison, William
- Appropriations
B
- Baker, Howard H.
- Barkley, Alben
- Benton, Thomas Hart
- Biffle, Leslie
- Bipartisanship
- Borah, William
- Budget
- Bush, George H.W.
- Bush, George W.
- Byrd, Robert
C
- Calhoun, John C.
- Campaign Finance
- Cannon, Joe
- Cannon-Hayden
- Carter, Jimmy
- Civil Rights Bills.
Includes interview notes with senators about Everett Dirksen’s leadership on the 1968 civil rights bill.
- Civility
- Claiborne, Harry E. Impeachment
- Clay, Henry
- Cleland, Max
- Clinton, Bill
- Committees
- Compromise of 1850
- Conference Committee (multiple)
- Congress
- Congressional Community
- Congressional Staff
- Congressional Record
- Conkling, Roscoe
- Constitution
- Credit Mobilier
- Crime Bill
- Critics of Congress
D
- Daschle, Tom
- Debt Limit
- DeLay, Tom
- De Tocqueville
- Dirksen, Everett M.
- Dole, Robert
- Domenici, Pete
E
- Eastland, James
- Education Bill, 1990
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Election of the President by the House
- Ethics
F
-
Filibuster (multiple).
MacNeil’s filibuster notes are extensive. See also Senate Debate.
- First Congress (multiple)
- Flag Office
- Ford, Gerald R.
Includes interview notes with Vice President Ford.
- Fortas, Abe
- Frist, Bill
- Fulbright, J. William
G
- Gingrich, Newt
- Gorman, Arthur
- Gramm-Rudman
H
- Harding, Warren G.
- Hatfield, Mark
- Health Care Bill, 1993-1994
- Helms, Jesse
- Holds
- House of Representatives
- House-Senate
- Humphrey, Hubert
I
- Impeachment
- Investigations (multiple)
J
- Johnson, Lyndon (multiple)
- Johnson, Lyndon. “The Treatment”
- Joint Committees
- Judges
- Junkets
K
- Kampelman, Max
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kern, John
- Kerr, Robert
- King, Rufus
- Knowland, William
L
- Lamar, Lucius
- Line-Item Veto
- Lobbying (multiple).
MacNeil’s lobbying notes are extensive. Includes “The Washington Lobby,” a book proposal by MacNeil.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot
- Long, Russell
- Lott, Trent
M
- Mansfield, Mike
- Martin, Thomas S.
- McCarthy, Joseph
- McConnell, Mitch
- McFarland, Ernest
- McIntyre, Thomas J.
- McNary, Charles
- Millikin, Eugene
- Miscellaneous
- Mitchell, George
- “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”
N
- Names/Nicknames
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Nominations
O
- O’Neill, Thomas P.
P
- Panama Canal Treaties
- People
- Perqs
- Politics
- Pork
- President and Congress
- Presidential Campaigns (multiple)
aka “Nursery.” MacNeil’s presidential campaign notes are extensive.
- Presidential Candidates
- Presidential Coattails
- Press
Q
-
Quotes (multiple)
R
- Rayburn, Sam
- Reagan, Ronald
- Representation
- Robinson, Joe
- Roosevelt, Franklin
- Russell, Richard
S
- Saxbe, William
- Scott, Hugh
- Senate (multiple)
- Senate Absences
- Senate Arrogance
- Senate As a Continuous Body
- Senate As “Saucer”
- Senate Campaign Costs
- Senate Candidates
- Senate Debate (multiple).
MacNeil’s Senate debate notes are extensive. See also Filibuster.
- Senate Dummies. Regarding “less-than-talented” senators.
- Senate Elections (multiple)
- Senate Instructions
- Senate Foreign Relations
- Senate Leadership (multiple).
MacNeil’s Senate leadership notes are extensive. This file contains information about the history of Senate leadership, with an emphasis on pre-World War II years. For notes about more recent Senate leaders see the files about individual leaders. There is comparatively little information about leadership after about 1970.
- Senate “Pairs”
- Senate Pay
- Senate Presidential Candidates
- Senate Retirements
- Senate Rules
- Senate Trivia
- Senate TV
- Senate Violence
- Senators Who Subsequently Served in the House
- Seniority
- Seventeenth Amendment
- Smith, Merriman
- Social Security
- Sources
- Southern Bloc
- Stimulus Bill, 1993
- Sumner, Charles
T
- Taft, Robert
- Tillman, Ben
- Treaties
- Truman, Harry
U
-
Unanimous Consent Agreements
V
-
Vice President
W
- War Powers
- Watergate
- Watson, James
- Webster, Daniel
- Webster-Clay-Calhoun
- Wherry, Kenneth
- Wilson, Woodrow
Fragile Original Documents