List of AbbreviationsSeries Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments 1 Robert H. Michel: A Life Preparing for Public Service2 Bob Michel and the Politics of Appropriations3 Bob Michel in the Land of Giants: Relationship Politics in the 1980s4 Rising to Leadership in an Era of Political Change: Bob Michel and the 1970s House Minority Party5 Michel as Minority Leader: Minority Party Strategies and Tactics in the Postreform House6 Leading the Minority: Guiding Policy Change through Legislative Waters7 Leading Gently on Taxes8 From "Exhilarating Days" to Pragmatic Politics: Bob Michel's Leadership in the Budget Process, 1981--19949 Anticipating the Revolution: Michel and Republican Congressional Reform Efforts10 Bob Michel and the Legacy of Committee Reform11 Bob Michel, Newt Gingrich, and the Republican Leadership Dilemma12 A "Less Pleasant" Election: Bob Michel and the 1982 Congressional Midterms13 From Expansionism to Protectionism and Back Again: Conditional Incumbency, Disruption, and the Reimagination of Bob Michel's Representational Style14 Bob Michel Calls It QuitsAppendix: Reflections About Robert H. Michel BibliographyContributors Index