Advocacy and Lobbying

Among Friends: Lynn Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Race for Chair of House Republican Conference

Publication Date: March 01, 1989

When Illinois Representative Lynn Martin seeks a place in the Republican congressional leadership, she finds herself in a very different kind of election campaign one without speeches or rallies. The dynamics of this quiet campaign among...

Selling Innovation: FOG-M, William McCorkle and the US Army (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

Throughout military history, soldiers have searched for new technology and new weapons that would give them a decisive advantage over their enemies. Some of these inventions -- the atomic-powered airplane, for example -- were met with great...

Selling Innovation: FOG-M, William McCorkle and the US Army

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

Throughout military history, soldiers have searched for new technology and new weapons that would give them a decisive advantage over their enemies. Some of these inventions -- the atomic-powered airplane, for example -- were met with great...

US and South Africa: The Sanctions Debate of 1985

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

When a celebrated series of demonstrations and arrests outside the South African embassy puts US policy toward that nation on the front pages, Congress faces growing pressure to limit the US economic relationship with South Africa by imposing...

Interest Withholding Tax (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In January 1982, Senator Robert Dole successfully pushed through Congress a package of budget cuts and "revenue enhancements" that included a ten percent withholding tax on interest and dividends. This case examines Dole's methods and the...

Interest Withholding Tax (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In January 1982, Senator Robert Dole successfully pushed through Congress a package of budget cuts and "revenue enhancements" that included a ten percent withholding tax on interest and dividends. This case examines Dole's methods and the...

Interest Withholding Tax (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In January 1982, Senator Robert Dole successfully pushed through Congress a package of budget cuts and "revenue enhancements" that included a ten percent withholding tax on interest and dividends. This case examines Dole's methods and the...

President Cleveland and the Pullman Strike

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

On July 3, 1894, on orders from President Grover Cleveland, Secretary of War David S. Lamont ordered the commanding general of the Military Department to prepare the US army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, for immediate deployment. Lamont told...

Deciding to Use Force in Grenada

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In late October 1983, United States military forces landed on the Caribbean island-nation of Grenada—the first time U.S. forces had intervened in their own hemisphere in a generation. The United States' immediate concern was the safety of...

India Milk (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In October 1964, Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri visited Amul, a village-based dairy cooperative that produced, processed, and distributed high quality dairy products. Impressed with its achievements, Shastri proposed making Amul a...

India Milk (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In October 1964, Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri visited Amul, a village-based dairy cooperative that produced, processed, and distributed high quality dairy products. Impressed with its achievements, Shastri proposed making Amul a...

NHTSA and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

On March 1, 1985, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received separate petitions from GM and Ford, asking the agency to reduce corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards from 27.5 mpg to 26 mpg, beginning with the...