Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (50 page)

     new rules package of,
33
,
47

     Ryan budget and,
138
,
144

     tax increases opposed by,
231

cap-and-trade legislation,
8
,
36
,
38
,
166

Capitol,
28
,
263

     gunman in,
42

Capitol Hill Club,
47

Capitol Visitor Center,
16
,
65
,
75

Caplin, Glen,
199

Capps, Lois,
85

Capps, Walter,
85

Capuano, Mike,
65
–66,
195

Cardinals (of House Appropriations Committee),
81
–82,
83
,
84
,
134
,
277
–80

Cardoza, Dennis,
68
,
258
–59

Carroll, Daniel,
28

Castro, Fidel,
86

Caterpillar,
112

Cato Institute,
140

Caucus Room,
xv
–xix,
xxi
,
xxii
,
28

Chaffetz, Jason,
43
–44,
266
–67

Chamberlain, Neville,
109
,
190

Chao, Elaine,
203

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation,
183

Charleston, S.C.,
157

     seaport at,
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,
181
–82,
230

Charlie Palmer steak house,
35

Cheney, Dick,
207

Cherokees,
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,
156

China,
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,
130
,
168
,
225

Christian Coalition,
89

Churchill, Winston,
190

“citizen-politicians,”
29

Citizens United
ruling,
179

civil rights,
105

Civil War, U.S.,
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,
51
,
105
,
228

class warfare,
21

Clay, Henry,
43

Clay, Lacy,
107

Clean Air Act (1970),
173
,
174

clean energy technology,
58

Clean Water Act (1972),
14

Cleaver, Emanuel,
II
,
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,
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,
108
,
267

     debt ceiling criticized by,
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–56

climate change,
63
,
177

Clinton, Bill,
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,
51
,
56
,
64

     swearing-in of,
xvii

Clinton, Hillary,
51
,
56

Club for Growth,
238

Clyburn, James,
16
,
17
–18,
106
–7

     Andrews as advisor to,
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     at CBC lunch,
229
–30,
231
,
232

     Charleston harbor funding supported by,
181
,
182

     Ryan budget denounced by,
161

     on Super Committee,
276

     in talks with Biden over debt ceiling,
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,
230
–32,
233

     at Washington Night,
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,
161

CNBC,
20
,
53

CNN,
31

Coburn, Tom, at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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–xix

Coffee with Your Congressman,
221

committee congressmen,
15

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS),
88
,
90

ConflictedClarenceThomas.com,
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Congressional Black Caucus (CBC),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–8,
229
,
230
,
256

     lunch on debt ceiling of,
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–30,
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,
232

     Pelosi supported by,
9

     Republican budget plan condemned by,
108

     swearing-in ceremony of,
16

Congressional Budget Office,
144

congressional delegation (CODEL),
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,
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,
204
,
206
,
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Congressional Record
,
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Congressional Women’s Softball Game,
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Congress on Your Corner,
200

Conservatives Taking America Back,
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–60

constituent work week,
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Constitution, U.S.,
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,
21
,
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     House recitation of,
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,
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–34,
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,
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,
55

     Jordan’s study of,
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,
119

     sharia and,
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,
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     writing of,
xx

consumer confidence,
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Consumer Price Index,
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consumer protection,
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Continuing Resolution (CR),
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–78,
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,
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,
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,
280

     emergency relief in,
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     final version of,
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–35,
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,
229

     final vote on,
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–50,
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,
269
,
270
,
272

     Jackson Lee’s amendments to,
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     McCarthy’s presentation on lessons from,
226

     short-term budgets and,
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–29,
131
–32,
133
,
134

     signing of,
160

     
see also
House Resolution
1

Contract with America,
48

Conyers, John,
16

Cooper, Anderson,
31

Corker, Bob, at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
xv
–xix

Corwin, Jane,
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,
167

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR),
108
–9

Council on Foreign Relations,
103

Cramer, Jim,
13

Cravaack, Chip,
89

Crowley, Joe,
193

C-SPAN,
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,
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,
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,
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Cuba,
86

Cuellar, Henry,
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Cut, Cap, and Balance:

     Boehner plan vs.,
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,
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,
249

     House passage of,
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,
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     in Senate,
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,
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–42

Dahlkemper, Kathy,
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Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The
,
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,
13

D’Alesandro, Thomas, Jr.,
60

Daley, Bill,
107
,
255

Daschle, Tom,
42

Daum, Debra,
159

Davis, Artur,
16

Davis, Lincoln,
6

death panels,
55

debt ceiling,
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–56,
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,
225
,
269

     balanced budget amendment and,
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–27,
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–39,
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,
251
–52

     Biden talks on,
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–33,
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,
237
,
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,
253
,
256
–57

     bill on,
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     Boehner and Obama’s talks on,
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,
236
–37,
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–43

     Boehner’s two-stage plan on,
see
Budget Control Act (Boehner plan)

     Cleaver’s criticism of,
255

     Democrats’ willingness to cut entitlements for,
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,
232
,
233

     increased revenue and,
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–32,
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,
242
–43

     McConnell-Biden deal on,
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,
256
–57

     Republican freshmen and,
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–27

     
see also
Cut, Cap, and Balance; Super Committee

default, possibility of,
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,
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–40

Defense Department, U.S.,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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     funding of,
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,
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,
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     spending,
235

deficit,
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,
144
,
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–10,
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–31,
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,
245
,
262

     Reid’s plan for reduction of,
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     Super Committee’s reduction plan for,
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–76

Deficit Reduction Act (2005),
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deficit reduction package,
227

DeGette, Diana,
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,
64
,
257
–58,
262

DeLauro, Rosa,
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,
83
,
87
,
89
,
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,
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Delaware,
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DeLay, Tom,
15
,
44
,
45
,
59
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81
,
166
,
174
,
279

     Cuban embargo and,
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DeMint, Jim:

     Boehner plan opposed by,
251

     Charleston harbor funding supported by,
181
,
182

     at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
xv
–xix

     on short-term budget,
126
–27,
133

     at Washington Night,
160

Democratic caucus,
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–56,
62
,
202
,
233

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC),
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,
144
,
167
,
195
,
233

Democratic National Committee,
204

Democratic Party, U.S.:

     compromise eschewed by,
269
–70

     as party of government,
257

     self-definition desired by,
169
–70

     as upset with Obama over debt ceiling,
269

     West’s view of,
188

     
see also
Blue Dog Democrats

Denham, Jeff,
150

Dent, Charlie,
245

De Priest, Oscar,
106

Derrick, Butler,
156

DesJarlais, Scott,
78
,
84

DeStefano, Johnny,
208

Detroit, Mich.,
17

Detroit Free Press
,
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,
177

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge,
184
,
280
–81

Dicks, Norm,
88
,
279

Dingell, Deborah,
176
,
179
,
282

Dingell, John,
33
,
63
,
117
,
122
,
145
,
148
,
158
,
166
,
181

     American auto industry supported by,
171
–73

     Andrews’s get-togethers with,
196

     bullying efficiency of,
174
,
178
–79

     as cantankerous,
12

     debt ceiling criticized by,
257
,
262

     DISCLOSE Act supported by,
179
–80

     environmental protection efforts of,
173
,
280
–81

     fuel-efficiency standards and,
172
–73

     health care bill supported by,
179

     H.R.1 disliked by,
95

     knee surgery of,
176

     made chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee,
173
–74

     and Medicare bill passage,
165

     at party for freshmen,
11
–12

     payroll tax cut bill considered by,
282

     as pushed to the margins,
14
–15

     River Raisin Battlefield made park by,
182
–85

     Tea Party disdained by,
12
–13,
97
,
180

     and Waxman’s challenge for Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship,
175
–78