PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
Addresses
Crisis of the Presidency: Senator Simon, 11996 [12MY]
Dedication of Statue of Liberty: Grover Cleveland, 3408 [17FE]
Farewell Address: George Washington (read by Senator McCain), 3340-3344 [16FE]
Honoring Dead Veterans: Abraham Lincoln, 29763 [28OC]
Metlakatla Indian Community: Warren G. Harding, 23116 [7AU]
Peace Without Victory, Woodrow Wilson, 1839 [22JA]
Reminiscence: Liz Carpenter, 17821-17823 [26JN]
Roles of President and Congress in Foreign Affairs: Vice President Bush, 3467 [18FE]
Amendments
Elections: single poll closing time (H.R. 435), 31425 [9NO], 31603, 31605, 31606 [10NO]
Independent Counsel Act: amend (H.R. 2939), 25483 [29SE], 28519 [20OC], 28576, 28582, 28585, 28587, 28589, 28593, 28594, 28595, 28596, 28610, 28611 [21OC]
Appointments
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission: members, 36695 [20DE]
Articles and editorials
Case for Giving the President a Line-Item Veto, 2124 [28JA]
Ethics Games, 28569 [21OC]
Historical ``Memory'' for Presidents, 4423 [26FE]
Iowa Caucuses Have No Clothes, 15602 [11JN]
Item Veto—A Misconception, 4034 [24FE], 4420 [26FE]
Madison Laid Foundation of Liberty, 11804 [8MY]
Other Countries Lobbying Hill—Trade Bill Attracts Attention, 18790 [7JY]
President's Power To Defer Spending Voided—Appeals Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Yearlong Delays, 5264 [10MR]
Presidential Hopefuls Focus on Family, 23671 [9SE]
Some Qualities To Look for in the Next President, 37889 [21DE]
Something We Still Need To Know, 5282 [10MR]
State vs. the President, 4693 [3MR]
War Powers Act, 24768 [22SE]
War Powers Act Allows President Too Much Elbow Room, 21053 [23JY]
Bills and resolutions
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on President's line-item veto authority (see S.J. Res. 6)
———enroll continuing appropriations legislation agreed to by both Chambers in same form as series of separate bills or resolutions (see H.R. 3199)
———line-item veto authority (see H.R. 804, 805, 2363; H.J. Res. 117, 238)
Budget: effective dates of deferral of budget authority (see H.R. 1181)
———require submission of analysis of impact of U.S. business on international competitiveness (see H.R. 1307)
———require that Presidential budget contain operating budget and capital budget (see H.R. 3714)
Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries: abolish (see H.R. 140)
Congress: define type of adjournment that prevents the Presidential return of a bill (see H.R. 3141)
———expeditious consideration of President's impoundment of appropriated funds (see S. 256)
Constitution: amend to permit certain naturalized citizens to hold offices of President and Vice President (see H.J. Res. 229), 7780 [2AP]
Constitutional amendment: Presidential pardon (see H.J. Res. 358)
Dept. of the Interior: acquisition of land adjacent to Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, TN (see S. 1290; H.R. 2503)
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: issue $1 coins in commemoration of 100th anniversary of birth (see S. 1982)
Elections: campaign reform (see S. 1326)
———direct popular election(see H.J. Res. 5, 12)
———establish regional primaries (see H.R. 62)
———establish series of Presidential nominating primaries (see S. 1786; H.R. 62, 2784)
———fair and nonpartisan administration (see H.R. 682)
———integrity of Presidential process (see S. Res. 330)
———restriction on use of Presidential campaign funds (see H.R. 2155)
———single 6-year term (see H.J. Res. 6, 22)
———single poll closing time (see H.R. 435)
Ex-Presidents: monetary allowances (see H.R. 565)
Foreign countries: Presidential regulation of travel transactions with countries to which passports are restricted (see H.R. 3713)
Foreign trade: Presidential authority on reciprocal nondiscriminatory treatment (see H.R. 647)
Former Presidential Enough Is Enough and Taxpayers Relief Act: enact (see H.R. 478)
Former Presidents Act: enact (see H.R. 3282)
House of Representatives: former Presidents shall be nonvoting members at large (see H.R. 3813)
Impoundment Control Act: process for budget rescission disapproval by Congress (see H.R. 1685)
———time restriction for executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.R. 1684)
Independent Counsel Act: consideration of H.R. 2939, amend (see H. Res. 273)
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and Preservation District, GA: establish (see S. 1779)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 78)
Laws: reform (see S. 1647)
Line-Item Rescission Act: enact (see H.R. 3129)
Madison, James: placement of bust in Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 72)
National Guard: Federal/State authority (see S. 375)
National Policy and Technology Foundation: establish (see H.R. 2165)
NRC: require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of Executive Director for Operations (see H.R. 3124)
NSC: prohibit active duty officer from serving as Assistant to President for National Security Affairs (see S. 715)
Political campaigns: amend Constitution relative to contributions and expenditures (see S.J. Res. 166)
———reform (see H.R. 2895)
Regional Presidential Primaries Act: enact (see S. 1786)
Safety: reimbursing State and local governments for providing protection (see H.R. 171)
Senate: transmittal of copies of executive sessions (see S. Res. 135, 136)
Standing Consultative Commission: submission of annual reports (see H.R. 1724)
Tariff: surcharge on products of certain countries (see H.R. 1107)
Terms of office: constitutional amendment to repeal limitation (see H.J. Res. 156)
———single 6-year (see H.J. Res. 66)
Trade Expansion Act: improve President's ability to prevent imports impairing national security (see S. 529)
War Powers Act: Presidential policy restrictions (see H.J. Res. 387)
———repeal (see H.R. 2525)
———use of Armed Forces in absence of declaration of war by Congress (see H.R. 508)
Chronologies
Watergate crisis, 3432-3436 [17FE]
Documents
Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson, 20268 [17JY]
Senate Motions in Jackson Matter, 11605 [7MY]
U.S. Constitution: Article II, section II, 12573 [15MY]
War Powers Act, 24487, 24493 [18SE]
Essays
Hands-On Manager: Hugh Sidey, 30569 [3NO]
Herbert Hoover and the Boxer Rebellion: Tom Walsh, 21770-21772 [30JY]
Making the Constitution Work—The Separation of Powers: Liza Johnson, 38294 [22DE]
Excerpts
``Federalist Papers,'' Alexander Hamilton (excerpt), 16837 [19JN]
``Federalist Papers,'' James Madison, 4283, 4285 [26FE]
``4 Presidents as I Saw Them'': Wilson Brown, 12290 [13MY]
``Impeachment in America 1635-1805,'' Peter C. Hoffer and N.E.H. Hull (excerpt), 16837 [19JN]
``Justices & Presidents,'' Henry J. Abraham, 22286 [4AU]
Interviews
Yalta Conference, Merle Miller with Harry S. Truman, 12290 [13MY]
Letters
Government power of borrowing: Thomas Jefferson, 16577 [17JN]
Line-item veto: Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, 9157 [21AP]
———Michael N. Castle, Governor of Delaware, 8999 [10AP]
———William P. Clements, Governor of Texas, 9157 [21AP]
Northwest Ordinance: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 15232 [10JN]
Role of Congress and President in treaty negotiations: Senator Byrd, 24359 [17SE]
Taxation, Iran/Contra hearings, and line-item veto: Paul E. Stine, 21056 [23JY]
Lists
Statements of Senators concerning relevance of nominee's views (Fortas hearings and debates), 20911, 20912 [23JY]
Meetings
Committee on Rules: require the President to submit with his budget an analysis of its impact on international competitiveness of U.S. business (H.R. 1307), D286 [27AP]
Memorandums
Appeal to Next President for Improvement of Education: American Council on Education, 36653 [19DE]
Petitions
Line-item veto: California Republican Assembly, 11619 [7MY]
Permission for citizens of U.S. territories to vote in Presidential elections: National Conference of State Legislatures, 30765 [4NO]
Questionnaires
Presidential election polling information, 31595, 31596 [10NO]
Questions
Presidential election polling information: Max Cleland, 31591 [10NO]
———Virginia M. Dennis, 31590 [10NO]
Quotations
Importance of education: Thomas Jefferson, 33384 [1DE]
Separation of Powers: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 25670 [29SE]
Remarks in House
Appropriations: enroll continuing appropriations legislation agreed to by both chambers in same form as series of separate bills or resolutions (H.R. 3199), 25050 [23SE]
———line-item veto authority, 4034 [24FE], 4420 [26FE], 19837 [15JY]
———line-item veto (H.R. 2363), 11953 [11MY]
———require that Presidential budget contain operating budget and capital budget (H.R. 3714), 34573 [9DE]
Constitution: separation of powers, 16081 [16JN]
Elections: constitutional amendments on contributions and expenditures (H.J. Res. 285), 12742 [18MY]
———presidential candidates, 30636 [3NO]
———selection, 15602 [11JN]
Foreign relations: policy, 1552 [20JA]
House of Representatives: former Presidents shall be nonvoting members-at-large (H.R. 3813), 36511 [18DE]
Impoundment Control Act: amend (H.R. 1535), 5264 [10MR]
———congressional process for budget rescission disapproval (H.R. 1685), 6151 [18MR]
———restore congressional authority (H.R. 1684), 6151 [18MR]
Independent Counsel Act: amend (H.R. 2939), 25474 [29SE], 28562 [21OC], 28609 [21OC]-28612 [21OC], 31574 [10NO], 33721-33728 [2DE]
———amend (H.R. 2939), consideration (H. Res. 273), 28558-28562 [21OC]
———conflict of interest, 28596-28610 [21OC]
———congressional oversight, 28611 [21OC]
———criminal intent, 28576-28581 [21OC]
———custody of records, 28594-28596 [21OC]
———executive departments, 28611 [21OC]
———extent of investigation, 28582-28585, 28610 [21OC]
———special employee time limitation, 28585-28594 [21OC]
———sunset provision, 28612 [21OC]
Inflation: Presidential authority for wage and price controls (H.R. 272), 808 [6JA]
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and Preservation District, GA: designate (H.R. 2416), 26354-26356 [5OC]
Kennedy, John F.: remembrance, 33202 [20NO]
Line-Item Rescission Act: enact (H.R. 3129), 22995 [6AU]
NRC: require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of Executive Director for Operations (H.R. 3124), 22696 [5AU]
Regulatory Oversight and Control Act: enact, 1098 [8JA]
Standing Consultative Commission: submission of annual reports (H.R. 1724), 6601 [23MR]
Terms of office (H.J. Res. 77), 818 [7JA]
Treaties: role in making, 10609 [29AP]
War Powers Act: executive and legislative roles, 21052 [23JY]
———Presidential policy restrictions, 27163, 27165 [9OC], 27637 [13OC], 27846 [14OC], 28556 [21OC]
Remarks in Senate
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto authority (S.J. Res. 6), 757 [6JA]
———line-item veto authority, 2353 [29JA]
———line-item veto authority (S. 402), 3816 [19FE]
Bicentennial minute: September 18, 1793—George Washington Places Capitol Cornerstone, 24478 [18SE]
———May 29, 1917—John F. Kennedy Is Born, 14141 [29MY]
———December 7, 1931—President Hoover and the Senate, 34325 [8DE]
Budget: line-item veto (S. 402), 8999 [10AP], 9156 [21AP]
Cleveland, Grover S.: anniversary of birth, 3408 [17FE], 5951
Congress: bicentennial, 3073 [5FE]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: issue $1 coins in commemoration of 100th anniversary of birth (S. 1982), 36614 [19DE]
Elections: campaign reform (S. 1326), 14672 [4JN]
———constitutional amendment on campaign contributions and expenditures (S.J. Res. 21), 3424 [17FE]
———establish series of Presidential nominating primaries (S. 1786), 27813 [14OC]
Foreign trade: authority, 18769-18800 [7JY]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (S.J. Res. 126), 11803 [8MY]
Hoover, Herbert C.: Boxer Rebellion siege, 21770 [30JY]
———tribute, 31550 [10NO]
Impoundment Control Act: enhance budget rescission procedures (S. 401), 2122 [28JA]
Independent Counsel Act: amend (H.R. 2939), conference report, 33081 [20NO]
———amend (H.R. 2939), conference requested, 30805 [4NO]
———amend (H.R. 2939), S. 1293 language substituted in lieu, 30518 [3NO]
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and Preservation District, GA: designate (H.R. 2416), 35635 [15DE]
———establish (S. 1779), 27307 [9OC]
Laws: reform (S. 1647), 23240 [7AU]
Madison, James: placement of bust in Capitol (S. Con. Res. 72), 24005 [15SE]
NSC: prohibit active duty officer from serving as Assistant to President for National Security Affairs (S. 715), 5344 [11MR], 30491 [3NO]
Pay Equity Act: enact (S. 5), 366-374 [6JA]
Proxmire, Senator: observation on certain Senators' initials, 1253 [14JA]
Regional Presidential Primaries Act: enact (S. 1786), 27813 [14OC]
Senate: role in confirmation of Supreme Court nominees, 20908-20915 [23JY]
Simon, Senator: institution of the Presidency, 11996 [12MY]
War Powers Act: Presidential policy restrictions, 14291 [2JN], 24480-24503 [18SE]
Reports
Independent Counsel Act: Committee on the Judiciary (1978), 28563 [21OC]
War Powers: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Rept. 93-220), 24484 [18SE]
Watergate Affair: Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Senate, Select), 15056 [9JN]
Reports filed
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and Preservation District, GA: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 2416) (S. Rept. 100-250), 34461 [9DE]
———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2416) (H. Rept. 100-342), 26400 [5OC]
Statements
Antiballistic Missiles: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 23096 [7AU]
Appointment of Federal Judges: Thomas Jefferson, 23895 [15SE]
Ban on Nuclear Weapons Testing: John F. Kennedy, 9544 [23AP]
Charge to George Washington: Continental Congress, 24502 [18SE]
Congress Restrained From Oppressive Measures: Alexander Hamilton, 28560 [21OC]
———James Madison, 28560 [21OC]
Constitution: Benjamin Franklin, 22005 [3AU]
———Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6729 [25MR]
———George Washington, 22003, 22004 [3AU]
———Grover Cleveland, 22004 [3AU]
———James Madison, 29087 [23OC]
———John Adams, 13613 [21MY]
———Thomas Jefferson, 6729 [25MR], 13613
Declarations of War: Woodrow Wilson, 16784 [18JN]
Defense of Freedom: Harry S. Truman, 5434 [11MR]
Foreign Policy and Treaty Termination: Senator Dole, 13140 [20MY]
Foreign Trade: Thomas Jefferson, 3687 [19FE]
Freshman Senator: Harry S. Truman, 11751 [8MY]
———J. Hamilton Lewis, 11751 [8MY]
Government of Laws: Thomas Jefferson, 826, 827 [7JA]
Greece: President Eisenhower, 6751 [25MR]
Home Rule Act: Richard M. Nixon, 27853 [14OC]
Human Rights: Jimmy Carter, 37929 [21DE]
Independent Counsel Act: Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., 28564 [21OC]
———Edwin Meese III, Attorney General, 28578 [21OC]
———Elizabeth Holtzman, 28599 [21OC]
———Griffin B. Bell, 28566 [21OC]
———Representative Hyde, 28601 [21OC]
Individual Rights: James Madison, 28565 [21OC]
Knowledge: James Madison, 35280 [11DE]
Natural Resources: Theodore Roosevelt, 17202 [24JN]
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: John F. Kennedy (1962), 12070 [12MY]
Nuclear Test Moratorium: John F. Kennedy, 9682 [23AP]
Nuclear Weapons: John F. Kennedy, 12812 [19MY]
Outer Space: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 4149 [26FE]
Presidential Powers: Alexander Hamilton, 17608 [25JN]
Price of Freedom: Thomas Jefferson, 24319 [17SE]
Reasoning: Thomas Jefferson, 12809 [19MY]
Relevance of Nominee's Views: Charles Black, 20914 [23JY]
———Edmund S. Muskie, 20914 [23JY]
———Felix Frankfurter, 20913 [23JY]
———George W. Norris, 20911 [23JY]
———Jack Miller, 20912 [23JY]
———Learned Hand, 20913 [23JY]
———Philip B. Kurland, 20914 [23JY]
———Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 20912 [23JY]
———William E. Borah, 20911, 20914 [23JY]
Response to Accusations About Pet Dog: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 20733 [22JY]
Response to Senate Action: Andrew Jackson, 11605 [7MY]
Roosevelt's Supreme Court Proposal: British ambassador, 20915 [23JY]
Space science: John F. Kennedy, 16616 [18JN]
Test of Progress: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 14905 [9JN]
U.S. Assistance to Freedom Seekers: Harry S. Truman, 6480 [20MR]
Uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections: Sherrod Brown, 31595, 31604 [10NO]
Vesting Power in the People: Thomas Jefferson, 10932 [1MY]
War Powers: Abraham Lincoln, 24481 [18SE]
———Alexander Hamilton, 24481 [18SE]
———James Buchanan, 18104 [29JN]
———James Madison, 18104 [29JN], 24480 [18SE]
———Wayne Morse, 18104 [29JN]
War Powers Act, 24769 [22SE]
Summaries
Reform of Laws Relative to Presidents of the U.S. (S. 1647), 23241 [7AU]
Regulatory Oversight and Control Act, 1098 [8JA]
Tables
Proposed executive impoundment of appropriated funds, 1975-86, 2122 [28JA]
State poll closing times in Presidential elections, 31589 [10NO]
Supreme Court nominees rejected or withdrawn, 1795-1970, 20910 [23JY]
Testimonies
Watergate: John Dean, 3428 [17FE]
Texts of
H.R. 272, Economic Stabilization Act, 808 [6JA]
H.R. 435, single poll closing time for Presidential elections, 31603, 31610 [10NO]
H.R. 2416, Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and Preservation District, GA, 26354 [5OC]
H.R. 2939, Independent Counsel Act amendments, 30518-30522 [3NO]
H.R. 3813, former Presidents shall be nonvoting members-at-large of the House of Representatives, 36512 [18DE]
S. 5, Pay Equity Act, 374-377 [6JA]
S. 53, Mount Rushmore Improvements Act, 506 [6JA]
S. 401, enhance budget rescission procedures, 2122 [28JA]
S. 1326, Federal Campaign Reform Act, 14672-14675 [4JN]
S. 1786, Regional Presidential Primaries Act, 27814 [14OC]
S. 1982, mint and issue $1 coins in commemoration of 100th anniversary of birth of Dwight David Eisenhower, 36615 [19DE]
S.J. Res. 6, constitutional amendment on authority to disapprove or reduce an item of appropriations, 758 [6JA]
S.J. Res. 90, disapproval of certification by President under section 481(h) of Foreign Assistance Act, 7820 [2AP]
S.J. Res. 91, disapproval of certification by President under section 481(h) of Foreign Assistance Act, 7820 [2AP]
S.J. Res. 92, disapproval of certification by President under section 481(h) of Foreign Assistance Act, 7820 [2AP]
S.J. Res. 166, constitutional amendment on political campaign contributions and expenditures, 16817 [19JN], 22839 [6AU]
Tributes
Cleveland, Grover, 6236 [18MR]