- 1974 Budget Impoundment Act; how Cutler came to work for government; the importance of seniority on committees; Cutler's work on veterans' affairs; Wilbur Cohen and the creation of Medicare; Jacob Javits' national health care…
- How Whittington came to work for LBJ following President Kennedy's assassination; Whittington's duties; LBJ's secretaries' rotating schedules; traveling with LBJ to the Ranch and Austin; Whittington as the first African American…
- Mary Lasker's influence as a lobbyist for health legislation; alcoholism-related legislation introduced by Jacob Javits; Partnerships in Health Act; the Senate's ability to reallocate funds without increasing authorization; Javits'…
- LBJ's meeting with Richard Nixon and members of Nixon's Cabinet following the 1968 election; LBJ's interest in finding a cure for cancer; problems enacting civil rights legislation, such as "white flight"; problems with the…