Reasonable Disagreement: Two U.S. Senators and the Choices They Make [Paperback]

Acknowledgments -- chapter 1 -- Two Senators and Their Disagreem ents -- The Research Task -- The Determinants of Senatorial Action -- Two Senators and the Senate -- chapter 2 -- Personality: Becoming the Sons of Their Fathers -- The Legacy of a Hoosier Republican -- The Making of a Maryland Democrat -- Future Senators Growing Up -- chapter 3 -- Ideology and the Growth of Am bition -- A Balliol Scholar -- The American at Pembroke -- Ideology and Ambition at Oxford -- A Front Row Seat at the Pentagon -- Four Mentors and Three Levels of Government -- The Return of the Natives -- chapter 4 -- Evolving Constituencies: The Political Cultures of Maryland and Indiana -- Maryland: The Assault on Privilege -- Indiana: Old-Fashioned Parties -- Two Senators and Their States -- chapter 5 -- Apprenticeships: Party Support and Political Styles -- School Issues Awaken Indianapolis -- The Making of Modern Indianapolis -- Paul Sarbanes Goes to Annapolis, Then Washington -- The Election of Two Senators -- The Second Time Is the Charm -- The Impact of Apprenticeships -- chapter 6 -- Partisanship, Ideology, and C hoice -- Benchmarks of Partisanship and Ideology -- Unavoidable Choices: The Roll-Call Votes -- Voluntary Decisions: The First Committee Assignments -- First Legislative Initiatives -- chapter 7 -- Changing Political Contexts: Policy and Presidential Influence -- The Birth of Budgetary Stalemate -- Senator Lugars Response to Economic Distress -- Senator Sarbanes Resists the Conservative Advance -- The Political Context Changes Again -- Adaptations -- chapter 8 -- Reelections: Renewing Constituency Ties -- A Good Man for Tough Times -- The Dilemmas of Campaign Finance -- Paul Sarbanes: Working for Maryland -- Contesting for a Third Term -- Campaigns lË