Leadership Series

As part of his leadership responsibilities, Bob Michel sent letters to his colleagues on a variety of subjects. The Leadership series includes three types of letters. His staff called them “Dear Colleague”, “Dear Republican Colleague”, and “Joint” letters. Although filed separately, there is considerable overlap among the three. Also included in the Leadership series are Leadership files and Member Contact files.

Dear Colleague Letters | 1981-94

Dear Republican Colleague Letters | 1989-94

Joint Letters | 1983-94

Leadership Files | 1963-96

Member Contact Files | 1980-92

Dear Colleague Letters | 1981-94

Date Prepared: November 10, 2009

The “Dear Colleague” letters are the most numerous at 625 letters amounting to 3,817 pages. The topics include housekeeping details for House Republicans, notices of meetings and events, briefing materials for pending legislation, complaints about treatment by Democrats, and requests for votes. In most cases, the file consists simply of a copy of the letter. In other cases, however, the file includes drafts and reference materials. The best-documented subjects include the budget, federal spending and the economy; House rules; health care reform; the Republican Conference; and Republican proposals for House reform.

RHM Leadership Series, 97th Congress, Box 4, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
3.16.81	Reagan Legislative Program	1
4.23.81	Reagan Economic Program	6
4.23.81	Gramm/Latta vs. Jones Analysis	8
5.21.81	Social Security [financing]	7
5.28.81	Reconciliation markup	1
5.29.81	Tax Bill	1
6.1.81	Reconciliation Instructions	20
6.4.81	Desk Assignments for Reconciliation	2
6.12.81	Bipartisan Reconciliation Substitute	74
6.15.81	Legal Services/Meese Letter	2
6.23.81	Gramm/Latta Amendments to Reconciliation	86
6.26.81	Gramm/Latta Explanation	113
7.17.81	Social Security	11
7.20.81	Gramm/Latta Amendment	24
9.16.81	CBO Economic Forecast	1
9.24.81	[David] Stockman at Republican Conference	5
9.25.81	OMB Forecast	2
9.30.81	Budget	7
10.1.81	Economic Indicators	19
10.19.81	Farm Bill	8
10.28.81	Harper/OMB	3
11.10.81	Appropriations Bills	3
11.13.81	Appropriations Bills	1
11.16.81	Five percent cut [appropriations]	2
1.21.82	Desk Assignments	2
1.22.82	Schedule [opening day]	2
2.5.82	Budget	64
2.6.82	Budget	3
2.9.82	Reagan Budget/Fiscal Program	74
2.19.82	Budget	7
2.19.92	Budget Letter to H[oward] Baker	2
2.26.82	Reagan Budget	7
3.9.82	Banking/Housing	4
3.23.82	Caribbean Basin Initiative	6
3.24.82	Emergency Petroleum Allocation	2
3.25.82	HR 5900, Caribbean Basin	2
4.1.82	Newsweek Article [“Reagan’s Polarized America”]	8
4.21.82	Rich vs. Poor Issue	6
5.21.82	Bipartisan Recovery Budget Update	14
6.5.82	Tax/Spending Reduction Bill Conference	10
6.8.82	Bipartisan Budget Package	4
6.16.82	Stockman Letter on HR 5922	2
6.16.82	Michel Speech on Poverty	6
7.8.82	Supplemental Appropriations Bill	1
7.20.82	START [arms reduction]	1
7.26.82	Nuclear Arms Resolution, HJ Res 538	13
7.27.82	Nuclear Arms Resolution	1
8.4.82	Reconciliation, HR 6812	1
8.5.82	Tax/Spending Reduction Bill	10
8.12.82	Extended Unemployment Benefits	3
8.17.82	Tax Provisions	17
9.7.82	Economic Recovery	1
9.8.82	Veto of Supplemental Appropriations Bill	3
9.8.82	Older Americans Employment Program	2
9.14.82	Shipping bill, HR 4374	1
9.15.82	Job Creation Bill, HJ Res 562	6
9.16.82	Jobs Bill (Lynn Martin)	5
9.23.82	U.S. Pipeline Sanctions	1
9.29.82	Paul Hays Appointment	1
10.82	Breakfast Meetings	1
10.27.82	Desk Assignments	1
11.30.82	Special Order	1
12.9.82	Domestic Content Bill	1

RHM Leadership Series, 98th Congress, Box 6, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
12.2.82	Executive Committee on Committees	2
12.10.82	House Rules	6
12.16.82	House Rules	6
12.31.82	Opening Day	3
1.13.83	97th Congress Summary	5
1.18.83	National Commission on Social Security Reform	5
1.27.83	Social Security	12
1.28.83	FY 1984 Budget	45
2.1.83	Desk Assignments	2
2.9.83	Staff Contact List	14
2.18.83	Phil Gramm	1
2.18.83	Natural gas	1
2.22.83	Republican Senior Staff Group	1
2.28.83	National Business Consortium for the Gifted . . . .	2
3.3.83	Jobs Task Force	3
3.14.83	Michel Award (Leoffler)	3
3.14.83	Nuclear Freeze	2
3.15.83	Jobs Task Force	17
3.21.83	Nuclear Freeze	2
4.5.83	Parliamentary Law Seminars	1
4.6.83	Nuclear Freeze	3
4.14.83	Taxes	4
4.21.83	Central America	3
4.25.83	Nuclear Freeze	2
5.12.83	National Heritage Corridor	4
5.17.83	Deficits	1
5.19.83	International Monetary Fund	2
5.27.83	Tax Cut	2
6.6.83	Staff Contact List	45
6.9.83	McCormack Award	2
6.16.83	Defeat Milk Bill	1
6.17.83	Anti-Zionist	3
6.21.83	National Endowment for Democracy	2
7.11.83	Caribbean Basin	2
8.4.83	Health Insurance	4
8.16.83	Clinch River	3
9.28.83	Democrats’ Attacks	2
9.29.82	Export Legislation	1
9.29.83	Vladimir Feltsman	2
9.30.83	“Jackson Commission”	1
10.3.83	Democrats’ Attacks on Deficits	29
10.17.83	Dairy Bill	1
10.27.83	Baltimore Conference	2
11.1.83	United Way	1
11.7.83	Dairy Bills	1
11.7.83	Blood Drives	2
11.8.83	National Endowment for Democracy	3
11.10.83	Grenada	3
11.0.83	Title IX	2
11.11.83	Grenada	8
11.15.83	Corporation for Public Broadcasting	1
11.15.83	Elie Wiesel	11
12.83	Youth Exchange	1
12.7.83	Capitol Steps Show	1
12.19.83	Key Deficit Reduction Vote	7
1.16.84	Desk Assignments	2
1.24.84	Weatherization and Employment Act	1
2.84	National Town Hall Meeting	3
2.1.84	Tax Equity, HR 4500	2
2.1.84	National Convention Coverage	3
2.3.84	Congressional Oversight	2
2.23.84	Federal Deficit	4
2.24.84	Superfund	2
2.27.84	Impoundment	15
2.28.84	Select Committee on Hunger	1
3.6.84	“Leader’s Line”	1
3.7.84	Joint Session	1
3.9.84	Republican Budget Meetings	1
3.16.84	Budget Deficit	1
3.20.84	Education Day	2
4.12.84	Budget Reconciliation	3
5.4.84	Staff Contact List	2
5.7.84	Tax Reform Act Conferees	2
5.8.84	Merchant Marine Committee Vacancy	1
5.11.84	Camera Coverage of Special Orders	6
6.14.84	Immigration	1
6.14.84	Law Enforcement Officers . . .	1
6.26.84	Deficit Reduction/Rose Garden Budget	4
7.26.84	Women’s Issues	5
8.8.84	Special Orders	1
8.9.84	Superfund	1
8.14.84	Democratic Platform	34
9.84	Law Enforcement Officers . . .	2
9.11.84	CBO Budget Analysis	8
9.25.84	Continuing Resolution	4
9.26.84	Special Orders	1
9.27.84	Republican Conference	1
9.28.84	Deficit Reduction	31
10.2.84	Key Spending Votes	6
10.2.84	White House Meeting	1
10.18.84	End-of-Year Budget Actions	15
10.24.84	Deficit Reduction Votes	17
10.26.84	Operation and Management of the House	15

RHM Leadership Series, 99th Congress, Box 8, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
12.4.84	Rules Changes	27
12.27.84	Rules Package	42
12.28.84	Opening Day	4
1.8.85	Leadership Desk Assignments	2
1.17.85	Seminar [Freshman]	9
1.30.85	Natural Gas Reform Act	2
1.31.85	Staff Contact List	1
2.1.85	Mock Session	1
2.1.85	McIntyre Seating	4
2.6.85	McIntyre Seating	2
2.7.85	McIntyre Seating	3
2.8.85	Blood Drive	1
2.21.85	Parliamentary Law Seminars	2
2.28.85	Japanese Auto Imports	2
3.5.85	McIntyre Seating	1
3.5.85	Farm Bill Rule	1
3.7.85	Soviet Dialogue	4
3.7.85	Staff Contact List	16
3.8.85	Education Day, USA	2
3.18.85	Sandanistas	1
3.21.85	“Working with Agencies”	1
4.1.85	McIntyre Seating	1
4.15.85	Vander Jagt Debate	1
4.18.85	Vander Jagt Debate	8
4.23.85	Michel Amendment Contra Aid	1
4.29.85	McIntyre Seating	2
5.1.85	Budget Hearings	1
5.8.85	McIntyre Seating	6
5.8.85	Public Works Committee	1
5.8.85	Parliamentary School	1
5.16.85	Staff Contact List	2
5.21.85	Latta Budget Amendment	28
6.6.85	Michel Amendment, Nicaragua	15
6.7.85	Nicaragua, Boland Amendment	2
6.11.85	Reagan Letter on Nicaragua	4
7.5.85	Fascell Portrait	1
7.26.85	“Year of Thanksgiving”	2
8.1.85	Farm Bill	1
9.3.85	Post-Recess Questionnaire	7
9.11.85	Dairy Bill	1
9.11.85	Trade Package	6
9.24.85	Staff Contact List (2)	141
9.26.85	Trade Package	39
9.30.85	Hansen/Stallings Contested Election	1
10.4.85	Trade Package	34
10.9.85	Trade Package	13
10.21.85	Latta Substitute, Deficit Reduction	1
11.13.85	Year of Thanksgiving	1
11.19.85	Reagan’s Summit Address	3
11.21.85	Competitive Natural Gas Industry	3
12.31.85	Blood Drive	1
1.16.86	Desk Assignments	7
1.17.86	Washington Conference	1
1.27.86	Washington Conference	2
2.4.86	Washington Conference	28
2.19.86	Washington Conference	1
2.21.86	Washington Conference	1
2.27.86	Washington Conference	7
3.5.86	Billy Graham	1
3.7.86	Nicaragua	1
3.10.86	Contra Aid	3
3.11.86	Nicaragua	2
3.12.86	Nicaragua	2
3.14.86	Nicaragua	3
3.17.86	Nicaragua	3
3.17.86	Nicaragua	2
3.24.86	Nicaragua	1
3.25.86	Education Day, USA	2
3.25.86	Staff Contact List	2
4.8.86	Central America	4
4.9.86	Joint Budget Committee	2
4.10.86	Education Day, USA	3
4.18.86	Michel Deferral Amendment	1
4.28.86	Reduce Newsletters	1
5.2.86	Budget Resolution	9
5.7.86	House Child Care Center	1
5.8.86	Ethics Report	1
5.13.86	Potomac Paddle-Thon	1
5.14.86	GOP Budget Alternative	7
5.15.86	Michel Trade Expansion Act	11
5.19.86	Michel Trade Summary	16
6.11.86	Desk Assignments	2
6.24.86	Legislative Procedures Manual	1
6.30.86	Blood Drive	1
7.23.86	Child Care/Low-Income Families	2
7.28.86	United Way	3
7.28.86	Special Order—O’Brien	1
8.4.86	Drug Task Force	2
8.4.86	Textile Bill Override	4
8.4.86	Clean Water Act	5
8.8.86	Drug Task Force	3
9.3.86	Drug Bill	12
9.23.86	McCormack Award	1
9.26.86	Continuing Resolution	3

RHM Leadership Series, 100th Congress, Box 10, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
1.2.87	Opening Day Schedule	3
1.2.87	Republican Rules Package	8
1.9.87	Desk Assignments	3
1.21.87	No Tax Increase Pledge	3
1.23.87	New York Conference	1
1.27.87	Legislative Procedure	1
2.4.87	Hungarians in Romania	12
2.11.87	Staff Contacts	2
2.12.87	New York Conference	3
2.18.87	Leadership Task Forces	2
2.24.87	Freedom Seder for Soviet Jews	1
2.24.87	Parliamentary Class	1
3.2.87	Republican Pages	6
3.2.87	Bryce Harlow Special Order	3
3.11.87	Gradison Health Care Task Force	25
3.16.87	Wallenberg Release	1
3.19.87	Page Information	1
3.24.87	Education Day	1
3.25.87	Institute of Gas Technology	2
4.3.87	FY88 Budget	10
4.7.87	Domestic Energy Supply Act	3
4.28.87	HR 2150, Michel Trade Substitute	2
4.29.87	Hammerschmidt Portrait	6
4.29.87	DoD—Aircraft Carriers	6
5.5.87	State Department Cuban Affairs	3
5.5.87	Budget Reform	1
5.12.87	Debt Ceiling	4
5.14.87	Leadership Elections	2
5.18.87	White House Letter on Debt	3
5.21.87	Budget Reform Task Force	2
5.28.87	Contact List	2
5.29.87	Leadership Election Reminder	1
6.24.87	Merchant Marine Vacancy	1
7.1.87	Catastrophic [Insurance] Survey	1
7.10.87	Office Contacts	16
7.17.87	Joint Committee on Intelligence	2
7.29.87	Congressional Institute Survey	4
8.4.87	Contact List	2
8.7.87	Recess Budget	18
9.24.87	Elizabeth Dole Reception	1
10.5.87	Fall Offensive	4
10.21.87	Michel Reconciliation Plan	2
10.21.87	Persian Gulf Resolution	2
11.4.87	Democrats’ Abuse of Power	1
11.11.87	Michel Plan for Budget Negotiations	8
11.19.87	Gorbachev Visit/Budget	3
11.23.87	Budget Agreement	5
12.8.87	Prison Information/Justice Department	3
12.22.87	Republican Achievements	8
1.19.88	Desk Assignments	4
1.28.88	Contra Aid	2
1.29.88	Congressional Reform Task Force	1
2.1.88	Congressional Arts Caucus	3
2.2.88	Hail to the Redskins	2
2.3.88	Department of Commerce Day	2
2.23.88	El Salvador Elections	1
2.24.88	Republican Conference	2
2.24.88	Education Day, USA	4
3.2.88	Page Program	3
3.9.88	Republican Conference—Houston	2
3.9.88	Legislative Schedule	4
3.15.88	Contact List	2
3.23.88	Smokeless Tobacco	3
4.14.88	Safe Kids Week	2
5.9.88	Firearms Detection Act	1
5.11.88	Sundquist, Supreme Court	2
5.20.88	“Broken Branch of Government”	2
6.1.88	SuperCollider	1
6.1.88	Medicare	1
6.7.88	Michel Amendment to HR 3436	6
6.14.88	Drug Bill	1
6.16.88	Iranian Bahai Resolution	1
6.21.88	Fair Housing Bill	2
6.28.88	Release of Lein Family	2
6.28.88	Conference Rules Changes (1)	39
6.28.88	Conference Rules Changes (2)	39
7.6.88	Military Base Closings	1
7.11.88	Trade/Strike Ethanol	2
7.12.88	Trade Bill/Ethanol	2
7.12.88	Justice Department/Meese	30
7.29.88	McClory Special Order	1
8.1.88	Technical Corrections	1
8.30.88	McClory Special Order	1
9.8.88	Justice, State, Judiciary Appropriations	1
9.14.88	Republican Rules Package	12
9.19.88	Mitterrand Bill Signing	1
9.22.88	Speaker [Jim Wright] and Central America	30
9.23.88	Leadership Work	2
10.19.88	100th Congress Summary	23

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 12, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
9.14.88	Republican Rules Package	6
11.18.88	Organizational Conference (1)	35
11.18.88	Organizational Conference (2)	35
12.14.88	Electoral College	10
12.16.88	Opening Day	6
12.19.88	House Rules Package (1)	50
12.19.88	House Rules Package (2)	50
12.28.88	Desk Assignments	4
1.11.89	Republican Rules Package	10
1.16.89	Heritage Foundation Conference	2
2.8.89	Savings and Loan Recovery Plan	3
2.21.89	Page Program	3
3.1.89	MIA/POW Ceremony	1
3.7.89	Education Day, USA	1
3.15.89	Minimum Wage	24
3.21.89	Ethics Information	2
3.21.89	Page Applications	1
3.23.89	Bryce Harlow Scholarship	2
3.27.89	March of Dimes Walk	2
3.29.89	Alaskan Oil Spill	2
4.17.89	Ethics Committee	3
4.21.89	Special Order, Lebanon	2
5.11.89	National Historic Preservation Week	3
5.17.89	West German Youth Exchange	2
6.6.89	Campaign Reform	3
6.7.89	Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Day	1
6.7.89	Staff Contact List	2
6.7.89	State Department on China	8
6.29.89	Flag Amendment	2
7.14.89	Michel Staff Changes	1
7.21.89	Design Anti-Piracy Act of 1989	2
10.26.89	[Illinois] Judges	1
11.7.89	General Counsel	1
11.15.89	Government Ethics/Pay Reform	12
11.20.89	Committee Vacancies	1
11.21.89	Legislative Accomplishments	19
12.5.89	Legislative Agenda/State of the Union	1
1.4.90	Congressional Institute	1
1.10.90	Desk Assignments	7
1.12.90	Census Guidelines	4
1.18.90	Joe Paterno Luncheon	1
1.21.90	Opening Day	3
1.24.90	Parliamentary Law Classes	2
2.5.90	Motor Voter Legislation	1
2.6.90	Leader’s Legislative Agenda	2
2.6.90	Congressional Institute	4
2.15.90	Parliamentary Law School	1
2.19.90	Princeton Retreat	8
2.22.90	Page Program	3
2.28.90	Congressional Institute—Nixon	1
3.3.90	Eastern Airline Veto	2
3.6.90	Education Day USA	4
3.7.90	Parental Leave	2
3.13.90	“Surprising Peoria”	6
3.21.90	Committee Funding	1
3.26.90	Carter Middle East Briefing	1
4.2.90	Price Fixing Prevention Act	2
4.12.90	Bryce Harlow Scholarship	2
4.19.90	Superconducting Super Collider	3
4.20.90	House-Senate “Floor Watch”	1
4.24.90	House-Senate “Floor Watch”	35

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
5.1.90	Lombardi Tournament	1
5.2.90	Contact List	4
5.7.90	Michel Franking Bill	2
5.8.90	GOP Candidate Conference	3
5.11.90	Historic Preservation Week	6
5.18.90	Victims of Crime Bill of Rights	2
5.23.90	Heroism Reception	2
5.23.90	Supplemental—Franking	1
5.24.90	Change in Candidate Conference	1
6.6.90	Amtrak Veto	4
6.6.90	Campaign Reform	4
6.7.90	AIDS Prevention Act	2
6.8.90	Republican Bulletin Board	1
6.11.90	Violent Crime/Drug Bill	2
6.19.90	Flag Amendment	2
6.28.90	Candidate Conference	3
7.2.90	Campaign Reform	2
7.9.90	Candidate Conference	2
7.9.90	Parental Leave Act	1
7.13.90	McClory Post Office	1
7.24.90	Parental Leave Bill Veto	1
7.25.90	Campaign Reform	8
7.30.90	Reapportionment Task Force	1
8.2.90	Savings and Loans	8
8.2.90	Campaign Finance Reform	1
9.13.90	Shogun—Kennedy Center	1
9.14.90	Frank for Military Mail	1
10.3.90	Budget Summit Agreement	58
10.3.90	Crime Bill Amendment	1
10.10.90	Angola Letter from Baker	3
10.12.90	Congressional Cemetery	1 + brochure
10.16.90	Year of Thanksgiving	1
11.14.90	Organizational Conference	36

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 14, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
11.14.90	Organizational Conference	36
11.14.90	Opening Conference Agenda	4
11.29.90	CBO/OMB Rules Changes	4
12.5.90	Redistricting Rules Change	4
12.11.90	Swearing-In Tickets	1
12.26.90	Opening Day	4
12.27.90	Republican Rules Alternative	40
1.3.91	Resource/Interest Questionnaire	4
1.4.91	ABC/Washington Post Poll	1
1.10.91	Committee Vacancies	1
1.14.91	Red, White, and Blue Committees	1
1.16.91	Desk Assignments	4
1.28.91	Red Cross Blood Drive	1
2.1.91	Education Day USA	2
2.20.91	Special Order—Conte	1
2.25.91	“Congress and the Media”	1
3.1.91	Fast Track Legislation	2
3.1.91	Conte Staff	2
3.5.91	Civil Rights Bill	2
3.5.91	Pages	5
3.7.91	Education Day Reception	1
3.13.91	Striker Replacement Bill	1
3.15.91	Design Protection Bill	1
3.20.91	Banking Reform Bill	12
3.20.91	Crime Bill	1
4.9.91	Dalai Lama Speech	1
4.15.91	Race for the Cure	6
4.18.91	Women In Congress Book	1
4.23.91	Richard Bolling Memorial	1
4.26.91	Olympic Dinner	1
4.30.91	Mo Udall Tribute	1
5.6.91	General Schwartzkopf Address	1
5.10.91	Historic Preservation Week	3
5.13.91	Memorial Day Concert	1
5.14.91	Crime Bill	1
5.16.91	Staff List	2
6.91	DC Federal Payment	1
6.4.91	Stealth Tours	1
6.13.91	Education Bill	1
6.25.91	Drug Treatment bill	2
7.8.91	Eastern Europe Initiative	1
7.9.91	SDI	12
7.26.91	Meeting with Israeli Budget Director	1
7.29.91	Health Care Package	2
7.31.91	MFN for Soviet Union	1
7.91	Police Corps Act	3
7.91	Congress-Bundestag Exchange	3
8.1.91	CBO Neutrality Act	3
8.6.91	Police Corps Legislation	3
9.91	Drug Supply Reduction Act	1
9.19.91	Red Cross Blood Drive	1
9.19.91	Accessible Housing Month	1
9.23.91	Air & Space Museum Reception	1
10.1.91	Family and Medical Leave Act	2
10.21.91	Desk Assignments	6
10.22.91	“The Podium”	1
11.12.91	October Surprise	28
11.14.91	No Federal Funds for Voter Lists	1
11.18.91	Campaign Reform Bill	1
12.3.91	Leader’s Task Force on Health	17
1.3.92	Republican Health Care Package	13
1.3.92	Desk Assignments	6
1.30.92	Republican Manifesto (1)	54
1.30.92	Republican Manifesto (2)	62
2.18.92	Chronology of Economic Growth	22
2.20.92	President’s Economic Growth Package	10
2.24.92	Republican Economic Growth Proposal	6
2.24.92	$500 Personal Exemption for Children	4
2.24.92	Economic Growth Talking Points	6
3.4.92	Young Republican Leadership Conference	1
3.9.92	Budget Process Reform Act 1992	1
3.10.92	MFN for China	1
3.10.92	Access to Justice Act Information	2
3.20.92	Tax Bill Conference Report Talking Points	8
3.30.92	Congressional Institute	1
3.31.92	Bryce Harlow Scholarships	4
4.6.92	Republican House Reform Proposal	8
4.8.92	Mickey Edwards Letter	1
4.9.82	Campaign Reform	1
4.24.92	Wiley Subpoena Request	6
4.27.92	Kevin Coffey	1
4.27.92	Race for the Cure	1
4.28.92	Smithsonian Jazz Concerts	2
4.28.92	Wilkey Letter	6
4.29.92	Balanced Budget Amendment	1
5.5.92	Congressional Institute	4
5.7.92	Gorbachev Address	1
5.12.92	Inner City Plan	8
5.13.92	Pay Raise	2
5.14.92	Republican Convention	2
5.15.92	National Youth Apprenticeship Act	1
5.19.92	Energy Bill	2
5.20.92	HR 5100, Trade Bill	1
5.20.92	Congressional Institute	2
5.27.92	Republican Health Care Plan	14
5.27.92	House Director and Inspector General	1
6.5.92	Unemployment Compensation	2
6.5.92	Balanced Budget Amendment	1
6.9.92	Congressional Institute	3
6.23.92	Clinton Economic Plan	4
6.23.92	Legislative Branch/House Rules	1
7.2.92	Trade Expansion Act	1
7.10.92	Foley Letter re Budget Enforcement	8
7.29.92	Convention Information	1
8.10.92	Convention Information	1
8.11.92	Health Care Task Force	8
10.1.92	White House Ethanol Announcement	9
10.23.92	House Administrator Wishart	7
10.26.92	Building Commission	1
11.12.92	Organizational Information	5

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 16, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
11.12.92	Organizational Information	5
11.19.92	Republican Conference Notice	1
11.20.92	Open Letter	2
11.30.92	Committee on Committees	1
12.14.92	Health Care Bill	2
12.15.92	Opening Day	5
12.16.92	Princeton Issues Retreat	1
12.16.92	Inauguration	1
12.29.92	Media Guidelines	1
12.31.92	Delegate Voting Lawsuit	6
12.31.92	Opening Day	4
1.15.93	Desk Assignments	2
1.15.93	Response to Clinton	1
1.18.93	Health Care Briefing	2
1.20.93	Committee Vacancy—Gradison	1
1.25.93	Organizational Conference/Rules	30
1.27.93	Delegate Lawsuit	3
1.28.93	Enhanced Rescission/Receipts Act	2
1.28.93	Motor Voter Legislation	1
1.28.93	Enhanced Rescission/Receipts Act	1
2.17.93	Response to Clinton Joint Session	3
3.1.93	Republican Pages	5
3.2.93	Parliamentary Procedure Class	2
4.19.93	Enhanced Oversight	2
4.20.93	Blueprint for Leadership	25
4.21.93	Expedited Rescission Act	1
4.22.93	HR 5, Striker Legislation	10
4.23.93	Congratulations to Senate Republicans	1
5.11.93	Race for the Cure	1
5.12.93	Staff Contact List	2
5.17.93	Clinton Tax Package	6
5.19.93	Committee Vacancies	1
5.19.93	Smoking	2
5.25.93	Rules Committee Editorial	2
6.16.93	Reserve Account Savings Act	1
6.17.93	Republican Health Bill	3
6.22.93	Mrs. Nixon	1
7.6.93	NRCC Financial Seminar	1
7.12.93	Travelgate	1
7.27.93	Health Briefings	1
7.28.93	Taste of America Reception	1
8.4.93	Reserve Account	1
8.6.93	Congressional Institute	1
8.17.93	White House Health Care Document	59
9.8.93	Response to National Performance Review	4
9.13.93	Health Care Workshops	1
9.17.93	Health Care Workshops	12
9.29.93	Line-Item Veto Discharge	1
9.29.93	NAFTA-Clinton Letter	3
9.30.93	Discharge Petition	1
10.7.93	NAFTA Presidential Letters	8
10.8.93	“Words Taken Down” Document	48
10.14.93	Bicentennial of the Capitol	3
10.18.93	Clinton Health Care Plan	2
10.18.93	Independent Counsel Reauthorization	2
10.19.93	Campaign Reform	2
10.20.93	Worker Training/Fawell Amendment	2
10.21.93	Town Hall Meetings re Health	2
10.27.93	White House Health Care Briefing	1
11.2.93	Crime Victims Restitution	1
11.2.93	Veterans Day Concert	1
11.10.93	Judge Bork re Sovereignty	3
11.16.93	Penny/Kasich Amendment	2
11.18.93	EPA/Vote Against Rule	1
1.21.94	Major Legislation	9
1.24.94	Desk Assignments	4
1.25.94	Independent Counsel	2
2.1.94	EPA/Rule Vote	2
2.7.94	Parliamentary Class	6
2.8.94	D-Day Commemoration	2
2.23.94	Morning Hours/Special Orders	2
3.21.94	Michel Substitute to HR 6	1
3.21.94	Olympic Dinner	2
3.23.94	Race for the Cure	3
4.13.94	Excessive Government Regulation	19
4.22.94	Discharge Petitions	1
4.28.94	Congressional Agendas	7
5.24.94	Committee Procedures and Reforms	1
6.16.94	Independent Counsel Reauthorization	2
8.11.94	Affordable Health Care Now Act	5
8.31.94	CBO Analysis of Health Bill	20
11.7.94	Veterans Day Salute—Concert	1

RHM Leadership Series, 104th Congress, Box 17, f. Dear Colleague

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
11.14.94	Call of the Conference Notice	1

Dear Republican Colleague Letters | 1989-94

This file consists of letters written on behalf of the Republican leadership to Republicans in the House of Representatives. There are occasional letters signed by both Democratic and Republican leaders — bolded titles/subjects signify letters signed only by Republicans. Topics range from invitations to Republican organizational matters to legislation to legislative procedures.

The series consists of 394 letters totaling 1,007 pages.

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1989 (1)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
1.2.89	Opening Day—Rules/Opening Day of 101st Congress—Adoption of House Rules	5
1.12.89	Cosponsors Rules/Proposal to revise House rules	10
1.16.89	Heritage Foundation/Invitation to attend conference	1
2.8.89	S&L Recovery Plan/Administration’s proposal	3
2.21.89	Page Program Info/Application procedures for Republican pages	3
3.1.89	MIA-POW Ceremony/Invitation to flag placement ceremony	1
3.7.89	Education Day USA/Joint Resolution requesting the president to designate	1
3.15.89	Minimum Wage Information/Cover letter with no enclosure	1
3.21.89	Page Application/same	1
3.21.89	Ethics Information/Talking points re Jim Wright inquiry	3
3.23.89	Harlow Scholarship/explanation	2
3.27.89	March of Dimes Walk/Invitation	1
3.29.89	Alaskan Oil Spill/Encl. Editorial	1
4.17.89	Ethics Committee/Committee on Standards of Official Conduct procedures	3
4.21.89	Special Order Lebanon/Notification	1
5.11.89	Historic Preservation/National Historic Preservation Week	1
5.17.89	Youth Exchange/Notification of selection	2

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1989 (2)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
6.6.89	Campaign Reform/Suggestions to achieve bipartisan reform	3
6.7.89	China Information/Situation report from the State Department	4
6.7.89	Contact List/Republican leadership and staff contacts	2
6.7.89	Civil Rights Day/Proposal to designate	1
6.29.89	Flag Amendment/Prohibit flag desecration	2
7.14.89	Staff changes/To Michel staff	1
7.21.89	Industrial Design/Design Anti-Piracy Act	2
8.9.89	Campaign Reform Proposal/25 proposals	11
8.14.89	Campaign Contributions/Solicitation	2
10.5.89	Drug Control Bill/Invitation to co-sponsor	2
10.26.89	Illinois Judges/Increase number	1
11.7.89	General Counsel/Information	1
11.15.89	Pay and Ethics Package/Government Ethics Reform Act	6
11.20.89	Committee Vacancies/Announcement	1
11.21.89	Legislative Accomplishments/Republican efforts	22
12.5.89	Legislative Agenda Request/Invitation to suggest	1

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1990 (1)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
1.3.90	Litterest and Feehery/Resumes	3
1.4.90	Congressional Institute/Republican retreat	1
1.10.90	Desk Assignments/Republican leadership desk assignments	2
1.12.90	Census Guidelines/Comments	4
1.15.90	Law School/Invitation to attend parliamentary law seminar	1
1.18.90	Joe Paterno Lunch/Invitation	1
1.21.90	Opening Day/Schedule for 101st	3
1.24.90	Law Seminars/Announcement	2
2.5.90	Voter-Motor Bill/Voter registration	1
2.6.90	Leader’s Agenda/Republican legislative agenda	22
2.6.90	Congressional Institute/Republican retreat	4
2.14.90	Princeton Retreat/Republican retreat	7
2.22.90	Page Program	3
2.28.90	Nixon Speech Invitation	1
3.3.90	Eastern Airlines/Labor dispute	2
3.6.90	Education Day/ Joint Resolution requesting the president to designate	4
3.7.90	Parental Leave/Urge no commitment	1

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1990 (2)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
3.13.90	Peoria Promo/Cover letter with no enclosure	1
3.21.90	Committee Funding/Request for support	1
3.26.90	Carter Briefing/President Carter on Middle East	1
4.2.90	Price Fixing Bill/HR 1236	2
4.12.90	Bryce Harlow Award/Announcement	2
4.19.90	SSC Bill/Superconducting Super Collider	3
4.20.90	“Floor Watch”/Bills status	35
4.24.90	“Floor Watch”/Bills status	35
5.1.90	Lombardi Tournament/Invitation	1
5.2.90	Republican Contact List/Leadership and staff contacts	2
5.7.90	RHM’s Franking Bill/Proposal to reduce number	2
5.8.90	GOP Candidate Conference/Invitation	1
5.11.90	Historic Preservation/National Historic Preservation Week	1
5.18.90	Victims Bill of Rights/Cosponsor request	2
5.23.90	Heroism Reception/Announcement	1
5.23.90	Supplemental/Franking bailout	1

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1990 (3)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
5.24.90	Change Candidate Conference/Reschedule	1
6.6.90	Amtrak Veto/Sustain veto	4
6.6.90	GOP Campaign Reform/Summary of 25 bills	4
6.7.90	AIDS Prevention/AIDS Prevention Act	2
6.8.90	GOP Bulletin Board/Cover letter, no enclosures	1
6.11. 90	Violent Crime & Drug/Republican bill	2
6.19.90	Flag Amendment/Proposal	2
6.28.90	Candidate conference/Agenda	3
7.2.90	Campaign Reform/Rule debate	2
7.9.90	Candidate Conference/Agenda	2
7.9.90	Parental Leave Act/Veto override effort	1
7.13.90	McClory Post Office/Support	1
7.24.90	Parental Leave Act Veto/Override effort	1
7.25.90	Campaign Reform/Debate over rule	4
7.30.90	Reapportionment/Meeting agenda	1
8.2.90	S&L Information Treasury/History of S&L crisis	8
8.2.90	Campaign Finance Reform/Debate over rule	1
9.13.90	Shogun-Kennedy Ct./Kennedy Center	1
9.14.90	Frank Free Mail/Free mail for troops	1

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1990 (4)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
10.3.90	Budget Summit Agreement/Background information	58
10.3.90	Crime Bill Amendment/Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act	1
10.10.90	Angola Sec. Baker/Intelligence Authorization Bill	3
10.16.90	Year of Thanksgiving/Designation	1
10.12.90	Congressional Cemetery/Brochure	10

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1990 (5)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
11.14.90	Organizational Conference/Rules of the Republican Conference	32
11.14.90	Organizational Conference/Agenda	4
11.29.90	Rule Change for CBO/Democrats’ efforts to change rule	4
11.29.90	CBO and OMB Rule Changes/Democrats’ efforts to change rules	4
12.11.90	Redistricting/Rule change proposal	4
12.11.90	Swearing-In Ticket/Obtaining tickets	1
12.26.90	Opening Day/Scenario for first day of 102nd Congress	4
12.27.90	Republican Rules/Proposal for rules	40

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 14, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1991 (1)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
1.3.91	Whip Questionnaire/Resource and interest questionnaire	5
1.4.91	ABC Washington Post Poll/Persian Gulf	1
1.10.91	Committee Vacancies/List	1
1.14.91	Committee Classification	1
1.16.91	Desk Assignments/Leadership desk	2
1.28.91	Blood Drive/Announcement	1
2.1.91	Education Day/ Joint Resolution requesting the president to designate	2
2.20.91	Committee Special Order/Death of Silvio Conte	1
2.25.91	CRS Media Program/Invitation	1
3.1.91	Fast Track Legislation/Trade	2
3.1.91	Conte Staff Resumes	2
3.5.91	Civil Rights Bill/Invitation to sponsor	2
3.5.91	Republican Page Program/Application information	5
3.7.91	Education Day USA/ Joint Resolution requesting the president to designate	1
3.13.91	Striker Replacement/Oppose HR 5	1
3.15.91	Design Protection/Cosponsor Industrial Design Protection Act	1

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 14, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1991 (2)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
3.20.91	Banking Reform/Administration’s proposal	12
3.20.91	Crime Bill/Cosponsor administration’s proposal	1
4.9.91	Dalai Lama Speech/Invitation	1
4.15.91	Race for the Cure/Invitation	1
4.18.91	Women in Congress/Publication	1
4.23.91	Congressman Bolling/Invitation	1
4.26.91	Olympic Dinner/Invitation	1
4.30.91	Mo Udall Tribute/Special Order	1
5.6.91	Schwartzkopf Speech/Invitation	1
5.10.91	Historic Preservation/National Historic Preservation Week	1
5.13.91	Memorial Day Concert/Invitation	1
5.16.91	Staff Contact List/Republican leadership	2
5.14.91	President’ Crime Bill/ Cosponsor request	1
6.91	DC Federal Payment/Payment formula for District of Columbia	1
6.4.91	Stealth Congressional Tours/Invitation to see technology	1
6.13.91	President’s Education Bill/HR 2460 America 2000 bill	1
6.25.91	Drug Treatment Bill/Cosponsor request	2
7.91	Police Corps Act/Cosponsor request	3
7.91	Congress-Bundestag/Exchange program	3
7.8.91	Eastern Europe/Free Market Assistance and Technological Innovation Act	1
7.9.91	SDI Information/Strategic defense	1

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 14, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1991 (3)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
7.26.91	Meeting Israel Budget/Invitation	1
7.29.91	Health Care Package/Cover letter without enclosure	2
7.31.91	MFN Soviet Union/Tariffs	1
8.1.91	CBO Neutrality Act/CBO too responsive to Democrats	3
8.6.91	Police Corps Bill/Cosponsor request	3
9.91	Drug Reduction Act/Cosponsor request	1
9.19.91	Blood Drive/Schedule	1
9.19.91	Accessible Housing/Cosponsor request	1
9.23.91	Air & Space Reception/Invitation	1
10.1.91	Family and Medical Leave Act/Veto possibility	2
10.21.91	Desk Assignments/Leadership desk	2
10.22.91	Accessible Housing/Cosponsor request	1
10.22.91	“The Podium”/Publication	1
11.12.91	October Surprise/Investigations	27
11.14.91	Voter List Prohibition/ Franking privilege	1
11.18.91	Campaign Reform/Cosponsor request	1
12.3.91	Health Task Force/ Republican Leader’s task force report	17

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 15, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1992 (1)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
1.3.92	Desk Assignment/Leadership desk	2
1.8.92	Health Care Report/Republican Leader’s task force report	12
1.30.92	Republican Manifesto/House reform—cover letter only	1
2.18.92	Growth Chronology/Democrats’ misrepresentation of the economy	22
2.20.92	President’s Economic/Stimulus package	10
2.24.92	Economic Growth/Pension reform talking points	6
2.24.92	Child Exemption/President’s support	1

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 15, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1992 (3)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
2.24.92	Economic Talking/Economic growth talking points	6
3.4.92	Young Republican Conference/Invitation	1
3.9.92	Budget Reform/Oppose HR 3732	1
3.10.92	MFN for China/Tariffs	1
3.10.92	Access to Justice/Cosponsor request	2
3.20.92	Tax Bill Conference Report/Talking points	8
3.30.92	Congressional Institute/Invitation	1
3.31.92	Bryce Harlow Scholarship/Explanation	2
4.6.92	Republican House Reform/HRes 419	10
4. 8.92	Congressman Edwards Letter/Support Edwards campaign	1
4.9.92	Campaign Reform/Oppose conference report on S3	1
4.24.92	Wilkey Subpoena/House bank	1
4.24.92	Wilkey Letter/House bank	5
4.27.92	Kevin Coffey/Death of son	1
4.27.92	Race for the Cure/Invitation	1
4.28.92	Smith Jazz Concert/Announcement	2
4.28.92	Judge Wilkey Letter/House bank	6
4.29.92	Balanced Budget/Proposal	1

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 15, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1992 (2)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
5.5.92	Institute Health Conference/Invitation	1
5.7.92	Gorbachev Address/Invitation	1
5.12.92	Administration City Plan/Aid to cities	7
5.13.92	Madison Pay Raise/James Madison on public compensation	2
5.14.92	Republican Convention/Who will attend?	2
5.15.92	Youth Apprentice/Cosponsor request	1
5.19.92	Energy Bill/Oppose efforts to derail HR776	2
5.20.92	Trade Bill/Oppose HR 5100	1
5.20.92	Congressional Institute Issues/Schedule	1
5.27.92	Republican Health Care/Leader’s task force proposal	14
5.27.92	House Director/Recruitment	1
6.5.92	Unemployment/Benefits	2
6.5.92	Balanced Budget/Vote upcoming	1
6.9.92	Congressional Institute/Invitation and schedule	3
6.23.92	Clinton Economic Plan/Talking points	4

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 15, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1992 (4)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
6.23.92	House Rules/Rules Committee prevents amendments to appropriations bills	1
7.2.92	Trade Bill/Oppose	1
7.10.92	Budget Enforcement/Correspondence with Foley	4
7.29.92	Convention Information/Republican National Convention	1
8.10.92	Convention Information/Republican National Convention	1
8.11.92	Health Task Force/Briefing materials	8
10.1.92	White House Ethanol Announcement/Fact Sheet	9
10.23.92	House Administration, Wishart/Resume of Director	7
10.26.92	Building Commission/Vacating offices	1
11.12.92	Organizational Information/Republican Conference	5
11.19.92	Republican Conference Notice/Agenda	1
11.20.92	Letter to 103rd/Open letter to new members	2
11.30.92	Committee on Committees/Procedures	1
12.14.92	Health Care Bill/Cosponsor request	2
12.15.92	Opening Day Scenarios/Program for first day of 103rd Congress	5
12.16.92	Princeton Retreat/Republican issues retreat	1
12.16.92	Inaugural Information/Meeting	1
12.29.92	Media Guidelines/Rules in the Capitol	1
12.31.92	Delegate Voting/Proposal to extend voting privileges	6
12.31.92	Opening Day Scenarios/Delegate voting	4

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 16, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1993 (1)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
1.15.93	Desk Assignments/Leadership desk	2
1.18.93	Health Care, CRS/Invitation	2
1.20.93	Committee Vacancies/Announcement	1
1.25.93	Organizational Meeting, Conference/Updated Republican Conference rules	30
1.27.93	Delegate Lawsuit/Republican challenge allowing delegates to vote	3
1.28.93	Motor Voter Bill/Oppose HR 2	1
1.28.93	Enhanced Rescission/Michel bill to permit presidential action	1
2.17.93	Response, Clinton/Talking points, Republican response to State of the Union	3
3.1.93	Republican Page Information	5
3.2.93	Parliamentary Class/Invitation	2
4.19.93	Enhanced Oversight/Support	2
4.20.93	Leadership Blueprint/Action plan for Republicans	26

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 16, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1993 (2)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
4.21.93	Rescission Act/Presidential authority	1
4.22.93	Striker Legislation/Oppose HR 5	10
4.23.93	Congratulations Senate Republicans/On opposition to Clinton stimulus package	1
5.11.93	Race for the Cure/Invitation	1
5.12.93	Staff Contact List/Republican leadership	2
5.17.93	Clinton Tax Bill/Briefing materials	6
5.19.93	Committee Vacancies/Announcement	1
5.19.93	Smoking Policy/No smoking	2
5.25.93	Rules, Editorial/House Rules Committee	2
6.16.93	Reserve Account Act/Cosponsor request	1
6.17.93	Republican Health Bill/Action Now Health Care Reform Act	3
6.22.93	Information on Mrs. Nixon/Funeral arrangements	1
7.6.93	NRCC Seminar/Invitation	1
7.12.93	Travelgate Scandal/Transmits editorial	1
7.27.93	Republican Health Brief/Invitation	1
7.28.93	Taste of America/Announcement	1
8.4.93	Reserve Account Act/Cosponsor request	1
8.6.93	Congressional Institute/Role of Institute	1
8.17.93	White House Health Care Document/Cover with no enclosure	1
9.8.93	National Performance/Response to National Performance Review six-month report	4
9.13.93	Health Workshops/Announcement	1

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 16, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1993 (3)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
9.17.93	Questions on Health/Questions to pose at administration’s briefings	12
9.29.93	Line-Item Veto/Sign discharge petition for HR 493	1
9.29.93	NAFTA-Clinton Letter/Clinton letter to Michel about congressional action on NAFTA	3
9.30.93	Discharge Petition/Guidance	1
10.7.93	NAFTA Presidents’ Letters/Letters from former presidents	8
10.8.93	Words Taken Down/Guidance	1
10.14.93	Capitol Bicentennial/Invitation	3
10.18.93	Clinton Health Plan/Editorial	2
10.18.93	Independent Counsel/Reauthorization	2
10.19.93	Campaign Reform/Republican proposals	1
10.20.93	Worker Training/Fawell amendment	2
10.21.93	Health Town Meetings/Request for participation	2
10.27.93	White House Health Briefing/Invitation	1
11.2.93	Crime Victims Act/Cosponsor request	1
11.2.93	Veterans Day Concert/Announcement	1
11.10.93	Bork on Sovereignty/NAFTA	3
11.16.93	Penny,Kasich Amendment/Rescission legislation	2
11.18.93	EPA Rule/Oppose rule on HR 3425	1

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 16, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1994 (1)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
1.24.94	Desk Assignments/Leadership desk	2
1.25.94	Independent Counsel Legislation/Republican proposal for reauthorization	2
2.1.94	EPA Rule Vote/Oppose rule on EPA bill	2
2.7.94	Parliamentary Class/Announcement	3
2.8.94	HJRes 303, D-Day/Sponsorship request	2
2.23.94	Morning Hours/Guidance	2
3.21.94	HR 6, Michel Substitute/Support amendments to Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments Act of 1993	1
3.21.94	Olympic Dinner/Invitation	1
3.23.94	Race for the Cure/Invitation	3
4.13.94	Excessive Government Hurts Economy/Resource book on government regulation	19
4.22.94	Discharge Petitions/Guidelines	1
4.28.94	Side-by-Side Comparisons of Congressional Agendas/Republicans vs. Democrats	7

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 16, f. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1994 (2)

DATE	TAB TITLE/SUBJECT	PGS
5.24.94	Committee Reforms/Strategy	1
6.16.94	Independent Counsel Reauthorization/Oppose	2
8.11.94	Michel Health Bill/Explanation of changes	5
8.11.94	CBO, Health Care/CBO analysis of Michel bill	20
11.7.94	Salute to Veterans/Announcement	1
11.9.94	NAFTA Cuts Taxes/Background materials	66
11.14.94	Conference Announcement/Organizational meeting	1

Joint Letters | 1983-94

Date Prepared: November 16, 2009

The “Joint Letters” series consists of letters signed by members of the House of Representatives—sometimes just Republicans, other times members of both parties. Most of the letters are directed to members of the executive branch, including the president. Others were sent to colleagues in the House and Senate. A few of the files contain responses. The subjects run from procedural matters in the chamber to issues of the day.

The letters number 461, totaling 1,669 pages.

RHM Leadership Series, 98th Congress, Box 6, f. Joint Letters

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
1.14.83	Job Creation Bill	2
1.18.83	Public Conference on Gas Imports	6
2.28.83	Gifted and Talented	2
3.14.83	National Airport	2
4.13.83	Nuclear Freeze	2
4.27.83	Central America	5
5.17.83	Debt Limit	1
5.19.83	Exchange Rates	2
5.19.83	International Monetary Fund	5
5.27.83	Taxes	1
6.8.83	Regulatory Reform	3
6.13.83	Romania Human Rights	2
6.17.83	Long-Term Agreement on Agricultural Products with Soviet Union	2
6.20.83	American Chiropractic Association	2
6.22.83	International Seminars in American Studies	3
7.13.83	Veto Strategy	6
7.13.83	Monetary Policy and Interest Rates	2
8.4.83	HR 3442, Private Bill	2
8.19.83	Exports to Soviet Union	1
9.12.83	CBO—Reserve Fund	8
9.14.83	Legislative Strategy	1
9.14.83	Supreme Court Film	2
11.1.83	Art Competition	2
11.8.83	Domestic Contents Bill	2
11.17.83	Right to Work at Home	2
12.1.83	Algerian Natural Gas	2
1.3.84	State of Union	1
2.3.84	Mine Warfare	2
2.6.84	Algerian Natural Gas	3
2.25.84	Coors to Replace Meese	2
3.21.84	Machine Tools	3
3.27.84	North Atlantic Assembly	2
4.84	First One Hundred Days Committee	1
4.6.84	Soviet Immigration	5
4.10.84	Voice of America	3
4.11.84	Asian Development Bank	1
4.16.84	Boy Scout Stamps	9
4.18.84	First One Hundred Days	5
4.25.84	FERC—Gas Pipeline Company	30
5.7.84	Tax Bill Conferees	7
6.5.84	Federal Election Commission	1
6.18.84	Texaco-Getty	5
6.26.84	Republican Platform	5
6.27.84	Synthetic Fuels	2
6.29.84	Machine Tools	2
7.84	Railroad Acquisition	2
7.30.84	Congress-Executive Reform	1
8.84	Youth for Understanding	1
8.15.84	Public Broadcasting	17
9.84	Kennedy Center	2
9.5.84	Software Engineering Institute	5
9.8.84	Public Broadcasting	2
9.11.84	Sugar Imports	1
9.14.84	Modai Breakfast	1
9.26.84	Public Broadcasting	3
10.9.84	Public Broadcasting	9
11.15.84	American Security Council	4
12.4.84	Morris Goldman	1
12.19.84	Milwaukee Railroad	2
12.20.84	Northern Ireland	3

RHM Leadership Series, 99th Congress, Box 9, f. Joint Letters

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
2.1.85	Mock Congress	1
2.6.85	Linda Chavez	3
2.8.85	President’s Dinner	2
2.15.85	Health Fairs	4
2.22.85	Budget	3
2.26.85	Harold Wills	3
2.27.85	Japanese Voluntary Restraint	3
2.28.85	A.E. Sheehan	4
3.5.85	Famine Relief	1
3.5.85	McIntyre	1
3.7.85	Soviet-US	2
3.8.85	Education Day	2
3.15.85	Japanese Restraint	2
3.21.85	Soviet-US	2
3.26.85	Geneva Talks	1
3.29.85	Richard Krieger	3
4.85	Peace Through Strength	1
4.4.85	Political Prisoners	1
4.29.85	McIntyre	2
4.24.85	McIntyre	2
5.10.85	Lebanon Hostages	4
5.20.85	Natural Gas	2
5.20.85	National Symphony	1
5.22.85	N.J. Latker	2
6.10.85	Baseball	4
6.21.85	Arab Satellite Communications Organization	5
6.26.85	Congressional Record	1
6.28.85	US-Japan	3
6.29.85	Priests	3
7.23.85	Hugo at FTC	1
7.24.85	Deficit	9
7.26.85	J. O’Shaughnessy	2
9.18.85	National Airport	4
10.6.85	Bundestag Exchange	1
10.30.85	SDI	2
11.85	Achille Lauro	1
11.85	Wastewater	3
11.18.85	Technology Transfer	1
11.21.85	Elie Wiesel	1
12.85	Textiles	4
12.18.85	Radio Free Europe	3
12.19.85	Tax Bill	2
12.20.85	20th Century Rail Club	2
1.23.86	Cooper Evans	5
1.29.86	Space Program	3
1.31.86	Machine Tools	4
2.7.86	Sugar and Sweetner	5
2.6.86	Budget	1
2.10.86	Japanese Trade	2
3.6.86	Competitiveness	7
3.7.86	M. Silander	1
3.25.86	100th Congress	6
3.25.86	Supplemental	1
4.1.86	100th Congress	2
4.10.86	Budget	1
4.18.86	Illinois Debt Repayment	4
4.22.86	Libyan Terrorism/Mitterand	9
4.22.86	Libyan Terrorism/Thatcher	7
4.23.86	Budget	3
4.24.86	American Health Care Association	2
4.29.86	House Office Building	1
5.1.86	Trade Deficit	4
5.14.86	Resource Center	3
5.29.86	Health Fair	1
6.86	Mormon University	1
6.4.86	Army Tractor	3
6.5.86	Tax Reform	2
6.24.86	Deaf Smith County	3
6.27.86	1930 Tariff Act	9
6.30.86	Institute of Illinois	1
7.1.86	Bundestag Youth Program	2
7.21.86	Rural Communities Task Force	2
8.12.86	Budget Reconciliation	1
8.15.86	Drugs	14
9.86	Wastewater	4
9.23.86	C. Warner	2
9.24.86	Chiang Kai-Shek	7
9.26.86	U.S. News	2
9.29.86	Illinois Coops’ Debt	3
9.30.86	L.S. Elliott	6
10.1.86	O’Neill Furniture	1
10.8.86	Michelson Family	5
10.8.86	Video Cassettes	2
10.15.86	SDI	3
10.15.86	S. Parris	3
10.17.86	Water Quality Act	2
11.86	New Member Orientation [Reference materials from 1994]	14
11.10.86	Appliances	3
11.25.86	Food Stamps	1

RHM Leadership Series, 100th Congress, Box 11, f. Joint Letters

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
1.8.87	House Office Building	2
1.12.87	House Telephones	2
1.28.87	Clock for Lott	3
2.2.87	Social Security Rhetoric	2
2.4.87	Human Rights	11
2.6.87	A. Fogel	3
2.6.87	Carpet for Foley	2
3.27.87	Sematech	2
4.2.87	Soviets’ Visits	2
4.9.87	G. Shultz’s Visit	5
4.18.87	Soviet Human Rights	1
4.18.87	House Day Care	1
4.27.87	Offshore Oil	14
5.14.87	Michel/Wright Trip	2
5.20.87	Digital Equipment	2
5.21.87	Nuclear Power	6
6.87	ABM	5
6.2.87	Budget	3
6.8.87	House Uniform Security	73
6.12.87	Tufeld Emigration	1
6.18.87	Philadelphia Trip	1
6.23.87	Appropriations	2
7.27.87	H. Hyde	9
7.21.87	Emissions	3
8.4.87	Peace Through Strength	3
8.4.87	H. Ford	1
8.5.87	C. Shays	2
8.7.87	7-GeV Photon	2
9.10.87	Budget/Appropriations	2
9.18.87	Sanchez Letter	12
9.24.87	NSF	3
9.29.87	Welfare Reform	1
10.30.87	Ethanol	3
12.2.87	Turtle Excluder	4
12.14.87	Scroll of Honor	2
12.15.87	Social Security	1
1.14.88	Marathon Co.	3
2.12.88	K. Kramer	1
2.24.88	Geneva Talks	3
2.24.88	Grove City	5
2.26.88	Department of Commerce Day	3
3.15.88	Contra Aid	2
3.23.88	Contra Aid	4
4.88	Summer Olympics	2
4.8.88	7-GeV Advanced Photon	10
4.19.88	Argonne Lab	1
4.25.88	Chicago Air Station	2
4.28.88	Firearms	2
5.6.88	Ernie Konnyu	1
5.10.88	Congress of Tomorrow	1
5.12.88	Summit	5
5.19.88	1990 Census	4
6.9.88	J. McCrery	1
6.15.88	Photon and Fast Reactors	8
6.17.88	Minimum Wage	1
6.20.88	SDI Conference	1
6.22.88	Congressional Award	16
6.28.88	House Proceedings	1
7.1.88	Canadian Agreement	8
7.6.88	American Family Leave Act	1
7.14.88	Charles Stalon	4
7.29.88	Baltic States	2
8.5.88	Lein Family	21
8.12.88	Second Harvest/IRS	4
9.20.88	Final Days of 100th	3
9.21.88	Drug Bill	2
9.27.88	Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuel	1
10.20.88	Medal of Freedom	2
10.21.88	US Coast Guard	4
11.3.88	Pruitt Military Ops	2
11.10.88	T. Coleman	2
11.10.88	Superconducting Super Collider	2
12.1.88	House Restaurant	1

RHM Leadership Series, 101st Congress, Box 13, f. Joint Letters

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
1.1.89	Catastrophic Health Care	5
2.23.89	Law Suit	1
3.1.89	To Mrs. Dole [empty]	0
4.25.89	Americans with disabilities Act	4
5.3.89	Imported Steel	1
5.3.89	Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week	4
5.4.89	Poland Democracy	1
5.5.89	American Economic Opportunity Act	1
5.17.89	Multiphase Flow Research Institute	2
5.23.89	Peace in Central America	2
5.25.89	Airline Employees	2
6.1.89	Clean Air Proposal	4
7.7.89	Texas v. Johnson	1
7.18.89	Bundestag Youth Program	1
7.26.89	Drug Free America	4
7.27.89	Drug War Bond Act	3
7.31.89	Reactors and Levitation Project	2
8.3.89	Rose Case	1
8.4.89	Two Forks Water Containment Project	1
8.4.89	Anti-Drug Strategy	1
8.14.89	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	2
8.16.89	Coastal Patrol Boats	2
10.3.89	Ukrainian Catholic church	2
10.17.89	Block Grant Program	2
11.19.89	Bartlett Solid Waste Facility	5
11.21.89	Pocket Veto Clause	3
12.19.89	Legislative Agenda	16
1.7.90	Angolan Troops	3
1.25.90	SDI in State of the Union	1
1.25.90	Air Service, Chicago to Tokyo	4
1.30.90	Nicaraguan Election	2
2.5.90	Airline Mergers	2
2.6.90	SDI	1
3.5.90	Capitol Concerts	1
3.7.90	Concert	1
3.7.90	Acid Rain	2
3.28.90	Education Day	1
3.27.90	Breast Cancer	2
4.3.90	Legal Services Corporation	3
4.4.90	Tobacco Exports	4
4.5.90	7-GeV Advanced Photon	3
5.3.90	Franking Cost	12
5.23.90	Anti-Semitism	4
5.25.90	Eastern Europe	10
6.5.90	Drugs	35
6.6.90	House Budget Resolution	3
6.14.90	House Budget Resolution	2
6.20.90	Vaclav Havel	1
6.22.90	Flag Desecration	1
7.9.90	Family Leave Act	1
7.11.90	Legislative Alert	27
7.17.90	GAO Funding	4
9.90	Capitol Hill Chorale Society	1
9.90	Future Farmers	1
9.11.90	Capitol Fourth Project	1
9.27.90	Crime Bill	7
10.4.90	Budget Resolution	8
10.24.90	Polish Constitution	1
10.25.90	A. Mark Neuman	2
11.15.90	Freshman Orientation	2
12.3.90	Peter Smith	2
12.4.90	Redistricting Contributions	2
12.14.90	National Energy Strategy	4
12.19.90	Four Freedoms	1

RHM Leadership Series, 102nd Congress, Box 15, f. Joint Letters

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
1.2.91	White House Meetings	1
1.3.91	Surface Transportation Bill	8
1.7.91	T.J. Josefiak	2
1.11.91	Legislative Digest and Alert	2
1.18.91	Joint Spending	2
2.91	National Leadership Forum	3
2.4.91	Saddam Hussein	4
2.25.91	Thomas Ewing	1
3.1.91	Education Day	1
3.14.91	Leadership Forum	3
3.15.91	Caterpillar	2
3.21.91	Defense Appropriations	1
3.28.91	Airline Transfer Certificates	3
4.4.91	Capital Gains	3
4.15.91	Chorale Society	2
4.16.91	Banking Lending	2
4.16.91	Republican Energy Proposal	2
4.23.91	Civil Rights	1
4.24.91	Brady Handgun Act	1
5.1.91	Committee Funding	1
5.1.91	Striker Replacement	2
5.2.91	Argonne IFR	7
5.20.91	Operation Desert Shield & Storm	1
5.30.91	Iran-Contra Office	2
6.4.91	Banking Lending	1
6.18.91	Legal Services Reform	2
7.1.91	Fire Prevention Week	5
7.18.91	Lamar Alexander	1
7.19.91	Lamar Alexander	3
7.23.91	Luxury Tax	3
7.29.91	Argonne IFR	4
7.30.91	Physician Payments	3
8.28.91	Firefighters’ Memorial	7
9.9.91	Credit Availability	1
9.20.91	Community College Association	4
9.26.91	Federal Funding	2
1.2.92	National Security Caucus	2
1.31.92	Committee Funding	25
2.7.92	Roosevelt Conservation Award	4
2.11.92	Soviet Food Aid	8
2.27.92	Lincoln Museum	4
4.2.92	House Post Office	1
4.3.92	1992 GOP Convention Hotels	2
4.6.92	Advanced Technology Program	1
4.17.92	Health Care Task Force	40
4.21.92	Commemoratives	1
4.28.92	Federal Crop Insurance	2
5.12.92	Committee Funding	2
5.12.92	House Post Office	1
5.20.92	Ethanol Production	1
5.21.92	Technical Statutory Construction	8
6.4.92	Base Re-Use	2
6.6.92	Base Re-Use	4
6.8.92	Health Care	7
6.17.92	“Cop Killer”	7
6.18.92	Des Plaines River Wetlands	1
6.25.92	Leader’s Task Force [Health]	2
6.26.92	Illinois Cancer Center	1
7.24.92	Sports Blackout	8
8.6.92	Iran-Contra	3
8.10.92	China	2
8.12.92	Council of Competitiveness	3
9.23.92	Andy Ireland	5
10.20.92	Fermi National Lab	5
12.16.92	Clinton-Gore Event	3
12.23.92	Corps of Engineers	6

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 16, f. Joint Letters

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
1.6.93	Budget Rules	2
1.14.93	Deficit	2
1.25.93	Rescission and Taxes	3
1.29.93	Budget	21
2.2.93	BRAC/RTC	1
2.5.93	Thank Yous	1
2.12.93	Military Force	8
2.16.93	S.K. Berry	2
2.23.93	Health Care	1
2.24.93	Nicaragua	2
3.2.93	Physicians’ Health Care Reform	1
3.4.93	J. Laverty	1
3.11.93	Job Retraining	2
3.12.93	Fireworks at Capitol	7
3.15.93	Clinton and Democrats in Congress	3
3.15.93	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	4
3.16.93	Stimulus Package	2
3.19.93	Special Orders	2
3.25.93	Clinton Economic Program	2
3.30.93	Congressional Reform	4
4.1.93	Conservative Opportunity Society	1
4.19.93	Loyal Opposition	2
4.22.93	Restrictive Rules	3
4.22.93	Clinton’s Tax Proposal	2
4.26.93	Drug Sentencing	4
5.3.93	Deliberative Democracy	1
5.6.93	Military in Balkans	1
5.7.93	P. Barca	1
5.21.93	Election Condolences	4
5.24.93	Clinton Tax Increase	1
5.25.93	Neumann Election	1
5.26.93	White House Travel Staff Firing	2
5.27.93	FBI/Travel Office	3
5.28.93	Biden Crime Bill	1
6.9.93	Budget Reconciliation	1
6.10.93	Ethanol Blends	2
6.15.93	White House Staff Reduction	2
6.16.93	Travelgate	9
6.18.93	Printers	1
6.21.93	Congressional Schedule	2
6.22.93	Gonzalez	1
6.28.93	Travelgate	1
7.13.93	Flooding	5
7.14.93	Troops in Macedonia	2
7.15.93	Flood Victims	1
7.20.93	Budget Process	1
7.28.93	Flooding	3
7.29.93	Clinton Tax Plan	1
7.30.93	Flooding	1
8.6.93	Iraqi Prisoners	5
8.26.93	National Performance Review	2
9.7.93	National Performance Review	1
9.24.93	Capitol Bicentennial	3
9.29.93	Capitol Cornerstone	1
10.1.93	Health Care Reform	5
10.6.93	Somalia	10
10.13.93	Travel Office Firing	6
10.19.93	House Information Systems	1
10.19.93	Ron Brown Special Prosecutor	8
10.27.93	Travel to Lebanon	1
11.3.93	Religious Bigotry	5
11.9.93	Crime Bill	4
11.9.93	Health Care Reform	2
11.18.93	EPA to Cabinet	4
11.19.93	Health Care Reform	3
11.22.93	Lobbying/Gift Reform	2
11.22.93	Voter Fraud in Pennsylvania	7
12.1.93	Ethanol	3
12.2.93	Health Care Campaign	3
12.6.93	Uruguay Round	2
12.6.93	U.S. Intelligence Report	2
12.27.93	Health Care Town Meetings	14
1.7.94	Committee Funding	21
1.10.94	Whitewater	6
1.24.94	Prime Concerns of American People	6
1.24.94	Legislative Agenda	1
2.7.94	Bosnia	1

RHM Leadership Series, 103rd Congress, Box 17, f. Joint Letters

DATE	TAB TITLE	PAGES
2.15.94	Republican Agenda	18
2.22.94	Tibet	2
2.23.94	Chicago for Democratic Convention	6
3.4.94	America Discovery Trail	2
3.7.94	FmHA	1
3.8.94	Kasich Budget	3
3.10.94	Agricultural Organization Tax	3
3.24.94	Republican Alternatives	1
4.11.94	Russian Trip	1
4.13.94	Campaign Reform	4
4.15.94	Emissions	1
5.11.94	Health Reform Budget	1
5.11.94	Whitewater	1
5.11.94	OMB/CBO	1
5.16.94	HR 4301 Amendment	7
5.17.94	Federal Crimes	4
5.17.94	Whitewater	14
5.23.94	USACERL	2
5.25.94	Diesel Research	3
6.9.94	Crime Bill	4
6.14.94	Whitewater	1
6.20.94	JQA Society	1
6.20.94	Whitewater	2
7.20.94	Defense Authorization Bill	5
7.21.94	Clinton Legal Fund	4
8.9.94	Crime Bill	2
8.10.94	North Atlantic Assembly	1
9.14.94	US in Haiti	2
9.22.94	Base Realignment	3
10.5.94	GATT	1
10.5.94	North Atlantic Assembly	1
10.9.94	Capitol Event	4
11.16.94	GATT	1

Leadership Files | 1963-96

Date Prepared: September 21, 2001 [Portions of this series were first opened on May 24, 1996]

The Leadership Series of the Robert H. Michel Papers consists of documents relating to Michel’s service as Republican Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives (1975-80) and as Minority Leader (1981-94).

These files originally were scattered throughout the Michel collection. Portions appeared in a “Dear Colleagues’ file, in staff members Linda Steele, Ted Van Der Meid, and Mike Johnson’s files, and in the “Other Legislative Files Subseries,” among other locations. They were brought together in the Leadership Series to facilitate research.

The series is organized primarily by Congress, beginning with the 94th (1975-76). Within each Congress, the materials are arranged alphabetically by subject. An accompanying box list details folder titles. Information is relatively scanty for the 94th through the 96th Congresses. Beginning with the 97th and continuing through the 101st, the quality of documentation improves with comparatively extensive files documenting the work of the Republican Committee on Committees. These files relate to committee assignment requests and decisions, committee operations, and occasional meeting notes. Included are many letters from Members requesting the Leader’s assistance in obtaining committee seats and ballots recording votes in the Committee on Committees. Additional information about committee assignments is located in the Legislative series, Former Members.

Mr. Michel also took notes during many of the meetings between the Republican congressional leadership and the President, 1987-92. These sessions dealt with the entire range of then-current issues. The minutes are filed by congressional session under “Leadership Meeting Minutes.”

Other types of materials include copies of “Dear Colleague” and “Joint” letters, occasional material about other Republican House leadership groups and organizations, information about procedures such as new Member orientation, and reports from Republican study groups and task forces. Documents about leadership elections are rare. The Leadership Series also contains briefing books on major legislative issues.

The Robert H. Michel Papers are currently being processed. It is possible that additional leadership materials will be added to the series later. See also the David Kehl Files, “Republican Party – House.”

Box 1

Leadership Series. 88th Congress, 1963-64. Whip

Leadership Series. 88th Congress, 1963-64. Whip Count Rules Committee

Leadership Series. 89th Congress, 1965-66. Whip

Leadership Series. 93rd Congress, 1973-74. Whip (2)

Leadership Series. 94th Congress, 1975-76. Whip Polls (1/27/75 – 4/26/76)

Box 2

Leadership Series. 94th Congress, 1975-76. Whip Polls (4/30/76 – 9/29/76)

Leadership Series. 95th Congress, 1977-78. Whip Instructions

Leadership Series. 95th Congress, 1977-78. Whip Polls Index

Leadership Series. 95th Congress, 1977-78. Whip Polls (2/28/77 – 9/29/78)

Leadership Series. 96th Congress, 1979-80. Campaign Contributions

Leadership Series. 96th Congress, 1979-80. Leadership Contest, 1980 (3)

Leadership Series. 96th Congress, 1979-80. Leadership Strategy Meetings, 1980

Leadership Series. 96th Congress, 1979-80. Lists of Members

Leadership Series. 96th Congress, 1979-80. Whip Instructions

Leadership Series. 96th Congress, 1979-80. Whip Polls (1/30/79 – 6/27/79)l

Box 3

Leadership Series. 96th Congress, 1979-80. Whip Polls (7/17/79 – 9/23/80)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Black Republican Council

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. L. Steele Notebook (4)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Ballots (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Ballots (Executive Committee)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Executive Committee Meetings (4/28/81 – 6/8/82)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Exemption Requests

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Follow-up Requests (5)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Retiring Members

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Vacancies (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee on Committees. Working Book (4)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Committee Requests (8)

Box 4

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Congressional Award (9)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Dear Colleague (3/16/81 – 12/9/82)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Election (1980)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. New Member Orientation

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Official Objectors

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Reagan Film Sessions

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Republican Conference

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Republican National Committee

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Republican Personnel Committee

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Republican Policy Committee

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Republican Research Committee

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Republican Task Forces

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Republicans – Lists (Notebook) (3)

Leadership Series. 97th Congress, 1981-82. Statutory Appointments Notebook (5)

Box 5

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees Notebook (5)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees. Ballots (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees. Executive Committee Meetings (2/23/83 – 8/9/84)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees. Preference Sheets Notebook (6)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees. Preparation Notebook (2)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees. Working Book (6)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committee on Committees. Working Book. Copy 2 (3)

Box 6

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Committees (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Dear Colleague (12/2/83 – 10/26/84)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Democratic Steering Committee. Committee Assignments (2)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Election. 1982

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Joint Letters (1/14/83 – 12/20/84)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. National Republican Congressional Committee

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. New Member Orientation

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Official Objectors

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Ranking Positions

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Republican Conference

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Republican Freshman

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Republican Pages

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Republican Personnel Committee

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Republican Policy Committee

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Republican Research Committee

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Statutory Appointments Notebook (5)

Leadership Series. 98th Congress, 1983-84. Task Force on the BudgetPolls (1/27/75 – 4/26/76)

Box 7

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee, Commission, & Board Assignments

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Ballots (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Ballots, Motion to Table

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Executive Committee

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Executive Committee Meetings (1/3-4/85 – 9/18/86)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Preference Sheets Notebook (4)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Preparation Notebook (7)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Waiver Requests

Box 8

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee on Committees. Working Book (5)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committee Memberships

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Committees (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Data Notebook (10)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Dear Colleague (12/4/84 – 9/26/86)

Box 9

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Election (1984) (2)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Election (1984), RHM Letters

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Election Notebook (1984) (2)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Joint Letters (2/1/85 – 11/25/86)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. New Member Orientation

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Official Objectors

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Opening Day of Session

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Republican Congressional Committee

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Republican Research Committee

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Republican Study Committee

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Statutory Appointments Notebook (6)

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Subcommittee Assignments

Leadership Series. 99th Congress, 1985-86. Vital Statistics

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Appointments (Congressional Record) (2)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Ballots

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Ballots (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Executive Committee

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Executive Committee Meetings (12/10/86 – 6/1/88)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Executive Committee Resolutions

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Meeting, 1/6/87

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Michel Notebook (4)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Preference Sheets Notebook (6)

Box 10

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Steele Notebook (7)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Vacancies – Stewart McKinney

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Vacancies (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Waiver Recommendations

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Waiver Requests

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committee on Committees. Working Book (8)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committees

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Committees (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Convening

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Dear Colleague (1/2/87 – 12/22/87)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Dear Colleague (1/19/88 – 10/19/88)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook. Republican Budget Reform Task Force, 1987 (2)

Box 11

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Democratic Study Group Committee Assignments

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Election (1986)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Election Notebook (1986) (4)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Freshman Member Information (5)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Joint Letters (1/8/87 – 12/1/88)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Leadership Elections

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Leadership Meeting Notes

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Member Data Notebook (2)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Organizing Conference

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Republican Conference Leadership Responsibilities

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Republican Congressional Committee

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Republican Study Committee

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Republicans at Federal Hall Notebook (3)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Standing Committees Constituting Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Resolution

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Statutory Appointments Notebook (7)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Task Force on Conference Rules and Procedures. Committee Task Force (Lagomarsino) (3)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Task Force on Conference Rules and Procedures. Rules Task Force (Meyers)

Leadership Series. 100th Congress, 1987-88. Task Force on Conference Rules and Procedures Notebook (5)

Box 12

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Administrative Matters

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Committee Data Notebook (13) Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Committee on Committees. Ballots (by Committee)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Committee on Committees. Preference Sheets Notebook (4)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Committee on Committees. Steele Notebook (4)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Committee on Committees. Working Book (2)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Dear Colleague (9/14/88 – 12/28/88)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Dear Colleague (1/11/89 – 4/24/90)

Box 13

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Dear Colleague (5/1/90 – 11/14/90)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Dear Republican Colleague (1989) (2)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Dear Republican Colleague (1990) (5)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Election Notebook (1988) (5)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Increasing Size of House

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Joint Letters (1/11/89 – 12/19/90)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Leadership Meeting Notes (3)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Member Data Notebook (6)

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Reference (6)

Box 14

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Republican Conference. Minutes

Leadership Series. 101st Congress, 1989-90. Statutory Appointments

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Administrative Matters

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Committee on Committees (2)

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Dear Colleague (11/14/90 – 11/12/92)

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1991 (3)

Box 15

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1992 (4)

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Democratic Caucus Rules

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Joint Letters. Miscellaneous

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Joint Letters (1/2/91 – 12/23/92)

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Leadership Meeting, 1/29/91(2)

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Leadership Meeting Notes (2)

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Republican Conference.

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Republican Conference. Freshman Members

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Republican Conference. Organizational Meeting, December 1990

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Republican Conference. Reform Proposals

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Republican Conference. Resolutions (2)

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Republican Conference. Rules

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. “The Republican Congress: A Manifesto for Change in the House of Representatives”

Leadership Series. 102nd Congress, 1991-92. Statutory Appointments Notebook (8)

Box 16

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. “A Blueprint for Leadership”

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Administrative Matters

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Dear Colleague (11/12/92 – 11/7/94)

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1993 (3)

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Dear Republican Colleague Notebook, 1994 (2)

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Joint Letters. Miscellaneous

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Joint Letters (1/6/93 – 2/7/94)

Box 17

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Joint Letters (215/94 – 11/16/94)

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Leadership Meeting Notes

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. Republican Conference

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. “Setting Legislative Goals: Discussion Papers”

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. “Side by Side, Republican vs. Democrat: A Comparison of Congressional Agendas”

Leadership Series. 103rd Congress, 1993-94. “Words Taken Down: The History, Evolution, & Precedents of an Important House Rule”

Leadership Series. 104th Congress, 1995-96. Dear Colleagues. 11/14/94: Call of the Conference Notice

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 5/79, SALT II Reference Guide

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 1/82, Manual on Legislative Procedure

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 11/4-7/83, Grenada

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 3/85, U.S. – U.S.S.R. Interparlimentary Delegation

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 1986, Nicaragua

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 1/31 – 2/2/86, Baltimore Conference

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 5/86, Manual on Legislative Procedure

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 6/1-4/86, Central American Trip

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 9/86, Strategic Defense Initiative

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 3/87, The First Congress (Prepared for Meeting of 100th Congress of Federal Hall, New York City)

Box 18

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 5/87, Republican Budget Reform Task Force

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 7/87, Central American Voting Study

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 9/87, Central American Voting Study

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 1/88, Contra Aid

Leadership Series. Briefing Books. 3/16/89, Glasnost & Perestroika –What Is Going on in the Soviet Union?

Leadership Series. Legislative Service Organizations (5)

Leadership Series. Motion to Recommit

Leadership Series. Special Order. “Broken Branch of Government” (1987-89) (4)

Member Contact Files | 1980-92

Date Prepared: April 6, 2000

The Member Contact Files of the Leadership Series was maintained by the office staff. The original name assigned by the staff to the series, i.e., Member Contacts Files, was misleading, however, for its contains documentation about House Republican Members then serving with Mr. Michel, about prospective candidates for House seats, and about former or retiring Members.

The bulk of material consists of correspondence between Michel and the Member. Files are brief, typically, with only a few documents, although occasional files may contain thirty or more documents.

Topics include campaigns and campaign funding, committee assignments, resignations from the House of Representatives, appointments to commissions and boards, and administrative issues in the House. The richest material pertains to requests from Members for assignments to particular committees. Related information can be found in the Leadership Files.

The Robert H. Michel Papers are currently being processed. It is possible that additional material related to the Former Member series will be located and added to the series later.

Member Contacts

Member Contacts. Badham, Robert

Member Contacts. Bailey, Wendell

Member Contacts. Bartlett, Steve

Member Contacts. Benedict, Cleve

Member Contacts. Bethune, Ed

Member Contacts. Boulter, Beau

Member Contacts. Brown, Hank

Member Contacts. Broyhill, James

Member Contacts. Buechner, Jack

Member Contacts. Campbell, Carroll

Member Contacts. Carman, Greg

Member Contacts. Carney, William

Member Contacts. Chappie, Gene

Member Contacts. Cheney, Richard

Member Contacts. Coats, Dan

Member Contacts. Cobey, William

Member Contacts. Conable, Barber

Member Contacts. Conte, Silvio

Member Contacts. Corcoran, Thomas

Member Contacts. Couter, James

Member Contacts. Craig, Larry

Member Contacts. Crane, Dan

Member Contacts. Daub, Hal

Member Contacts. Davis, Jack

Member Contacts. DeWine, Mike.

Member Contacts. DioGuardi, Joseph

Member Contacts. Douglas, Chuck

Member Contacts. Duncan, John J.

Member Contacts. Eckert, Fred

Member Contacts. Edwards, Jack

Member Contacts. Evans, Cooper

Member Contacts. Fieldler, Bobbi

Member Contacts. Forsythe, Edwin

Member Contacts. Franklin, Webb

Member Contacts. Frenzel, Bill

Member Contacts. Gramm, Phil

Member Contacts. Grant, Bill

Member Contacts. Gregg, Judd

Member Contacts. Grotberg, John E.

Member Contacts. Hansen, George

Member Contacts. Harnett, Thomas

Member Contacts. Hendon, Bill

Member Contacts. Hiler, John

Member Contacts. Hillis, Elwood

Member Contacts. Holt, Marjorie

Member Contacts. Horton, Frank

Member Contacts. Jeffords, James

Member Contacts. Kemp, Jack

Member Contacts. Kindness, Thomas

Member Contacts. Konnyu, Ernest

Member Contacts. Kramer, Ken

Member Contacts. Latta, Del

Member Contacts. LeBoutiller, John

Member Contacts. Loeffler, Tom

Member Contacts. Lott, Trent

Member Contacts. Lujan, Manuel

Member Contacts. Lukens, Donald “Buzz”

Member Contacts. Lungren, Dan

Member Contacts. Mack, Connie

Member Contacts. Madigan, Edward

Member Contacts. Marriott, Dan

Member Contacts. Martin, James G.

Member Contacts. Martin, Lynn

Member Contacts. McCain, John

Member Contacts. McKenna, John R. Jr.

Member Contacts. McKinney, Stewart B.

Member Contacts. Molinari, Guy

Member Contacts. Monson, David S.

Member Contacts. Moore, W. Henson

Member Contacts. Napier, John

Member Contacts. Nelligan, James

Member Contacts. Nielson, Howard C.

Member Contacts. O’Brien, George M.

Member Contacts. Parris, Stan

Member Contacts. Pashayan, Charles, Jr.

Member Contacts. Paul, Ron.

Member Contacts. Pritchard, Joel

Member Contacts. Roberts, Clint

Member Contacts. Robinson, Tommy

Member Contacts. Rowland, John

Member Contacts. Rudd, Eldon

Member Contacts. Saiki, Pat

Member Contacts. Sawyer, Harold

Member Contacts. Schneider, Claudine

Member Contacts. Schuette, Bill

Member Contacts. Shumway, Norman O.

Member Contacts. Siljander, Mark

Member Contacts. Slaughter, D. French

Member Contacts. Smith, Denny

Member Contacts. Smith, Larkin

Member Contacts. Smith, Peter

Member Contacts. Smith, Robert C.

Member Contacts. Smith, Virginia

Member Contacts. Snyder, Gene

Member Contacts. Staton, Mick

Member Contacts. Stang, Mike

Member Contacts. Strangeland, Arlan

Member Contacts. Sweeney, Mac

Member Contacts. Swigert, Jack

Member Contacts. Swindall, Pat

Member Contacts. Tauke, Thomas

Member Contacts. Taylor, Gene

Member Contacts. Whitehusrt, G. William

Member Contacts. Williams, Lyle

Member Contacts. Wortley, George C.

Member Contacts. Zschau, Ed

Dear Colleague Letters | 1981-94

Dear Republican Colleague Letters | 1989-94

Joint Letters | 1983-94

Leadership Files | 1963-96

Member Contact Files | 1980-92

Michel Collection

Alphabetical Series

Audiovisual Series

Campaigns and Politics Series

District Office Series

General Series

Interfile Series

Leadership Series

Legislative Series

Voting Records

Memorabilia Series

Patronage Series

Personal Series

Press Series

Project Series

Schedules Series

Scrapbook Series

Speeches and Trip Series

Staff Series

J. Douglas Smith

John J. Pitney Jr.

Jeffrey Crouch

Laura S. Jensen

Todd S. Purdum

Julian Zelizer