The Price of Politics (67 page)

and payroll tax cut extension

American Jobs Act proposal,
358
–59,
373

one-year extension (December 2010),
73
–74

one-year extension (February 2012),
373

two-month extension (December 2011),
366
–72

and Pelosi,
25
,
104
,
206
,
283
–87,
306

press conferences,
154
–55,
200
,
254
,
300
–303,
302
,
333
,
372

and Reid,
26
,
77
–78,
95
,
104
,
283
–88,
295
,
318
–19,
370

on Republican tax principles,
175

and Ryan,
84
–86

and Senate Democratic Policy lunch (July 21, 2011),
273
–74,
291

and Simpson,
44
–45

and Simpson-Bowles commission,
28
–29,
41
,
44
–45,
67
–68

State of the Union address (2011),
68

and stimulus bill H.R. 1 vote,
16
–17,
22
–23

and Summers,
9
–10,
11
,
50
,
81
–82

Super Bowl party (February 7, 2010),
47
–48

and tax reform,
144
,
145
,
157
–58,
166
,
172
–76,
179
,
180
–81,
190
,
212
–15,
231
,
242
,
247
,
248
,
263
,
267
,
274
–75

Obama, Michelle,
2
,
3
,
22
,
95
,
370

Obamacare.
See
health care reform

Obey, David,
89
–90

OCO (Overseas Contingency Operations) fund,
149
,
194
,
195
,
241
,
310
,
316
–19,
321

Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
11
,
89
,
111

one-term presidency

McConnell on,
70
,
365

Obama’s declarations regarding,
28
,
29
,
378

O’Neill, Tip,
74
,
89
,
96
,
179
,
294
,
362

Orszag, Peter,
11
,
89

and Bush administration tax cuts,
34
–35

and Business Council,
48

on Cantor’s House Republican Economic Recovery Plan,
14

and Conrad,
36
–37,
38

departure from administration,
53
–54,
64

and Emanuel,
53
,
55

final memo of,
53
–54

on health care reform,
55
–56

New York Times
columns of,
54
–56

and Obama,
11
,
20
,
28
,
35
,
53
–56

and presidential budget proposal for 2011,
30
–35

and Simpson-Bowles commission,
27
,
28
,
36
–37,
43

and stimulus bill H.R. 1 vote,
20
,
21
,
22

and stimulus package final bill,
24

and Summers,
11

on tax cuts,
54
–55

Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) fund,
149
,
194
,
195
,
241
,
310
,
316
–19,
321

Palmisano, Sam,
50
–51

Panama, free trade agreement with,
108

Part D prescription drug benefits,
123
–24,
140
,
148
,
157
,
177
,
291
–92

“The Path to Prosperity” (Ryan plan),
86
–87,
96

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
See
health care reform

Paul, Ron,
122

pay freezes on federal agencies and workers,
31
,
62
,
223

PAYGO,
20
–21

payroll tax

American Jobs Act proposal regarding,
358
–59,
373

and Biden working group,
137

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations,
163

in joint congressional leadership meetings on debt ceiling crisis,
204
,
214
,
230
–31

one year extension of cut (December 2010),
73
–74

one-year extension of cut (February 2012),
372
–73

two-month extension of cut (December 2011),
366
–72

Pell grants,
204
,
205
,
214
,
269

Pelosi, Nancy,
6

and Biden,
130
,
151

on Biden working group,
124

and Boehner,
229
,
238
,
305

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
166
,
167
,
168
,
169
,
170

and Bush (George W.),
206

and Bush tax cut extension,
69
,
75
,
76

and Cantor,
224

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
304
–8,
310
,
311
,
316
,
320
,
321
,
323
,
325
,
326
,
335
,
349
,
353
,
354
,
355

and Daley,
151
,
304

and debt ceiling crisis meetings with Obama,
139
–40,
151
–53,
283
–87

and firewall placement,
349
,
353
,
354
,
355

and health care reform,
39
,
40

at joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

January 5, 2009,
6
,
9

November 30, 2010,
62
,
65

April 13, 2011,
101

July 10, 2011,
192
,
196

July 11, 2011,
203
,
204
,
206

July 12, 2011,
210
,
213
,
215
,
216

July 13, 2011,
222
,
223
–24

July 14, 2011,
231
,
233
,
234

and Lawrence,
274

and Obama,
25
,
104
,
206
,
283
–87,
306

and Reid’s alternative bill,
342

and sequestration trigger,
340
,
343

and Simpson-Bowles commission,
60
,
65

and stimulus package final bill,
24
–25

and supercommittee,
360

and Van Hollen,
112
,
124
,
139
,
151
–52

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt crisis (July 2011),
249
,
271
,
277
,
279
,
281
,
283
–87,
291

Pension Protection Act of 2006,
200

Pfeiffer, Dan,
272
,
331
,
333
,
350
,
354
–55,
377

pharmaceuticals industry,
123
–24,
148
,
291
–92

Plan B on debt ceiling crisis

Boehner’s Plan B,
169
,
182
,
233
,
235
,
254
,
258
,
278
,
288
,
294
–95,
298
,
299

Obama’s lack of,
313
,
315
,
317
,
337

Plouffe, David,
91
–92

and American Jobs Act payroll tax cut proposal,
359

The Audacity to Win
(2009),
92

and Boehner-Obama negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (June-July 2011),
135
,
146
,
147

and Boehner’s criticism of Obama,
377

and Boehner’s failure to return Obama’s phone calls,
290
,
293

and collapse of White House/Republican negotiations (July 22, 2011),
300
,
302
,
303

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
307
,
319
,
350

congressional plan veto, at meeting on consequences of,
331
,
332

and conversation between Boehner and Obama (July 21, 2011),
280
,
302

and default risk,
188
,
328

and Gang of Six,
252
–53

and House vote polling by Obama’s staff (July 21, 2011),
274

and joint congressional leadership meetings on debt ceiling crisis,
211
,
218
,
219

on public confidence in economy,
218

at Senate Democratic Policy lunch (July 21, 2011),
272
–74

and sequestration trigger,
344

and unemployment rate in September 2011,
357

Politico.com,
153
,
207
,
212
,
372

Portman, Rob,
360

Postal Service reform,
201
,
274

prescription drug benefits under Medicare and Medicaid,
123
–24,
140
,
148
,
157
,
177
,
291
–92

progressivity of tax code,
144
,
145
,
146
,
175
–76,
181
,
214
,
263

Reagan, Ronald, and Reagan administration,
33
,
74
,
83
,
89
,
96
,
107
,
172
,
179
,
225
,
231
,
294
,
313
,
323
,
362
,
379

reconciliation process,
46

Reed, Bruce,
79
,
146
,
147
,
175
,
218
,
269
,
339
,
341
,
348
–49,
352

Reid, Harry,
6

and Biden working group,
125
,
129
,
132
,
148

and Boehner,
228
,
229
,
294
–95,
296
,
304
–5,
318

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
155
,
166
,
168

and Cantor,
197
,
228
,
229

and competing plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
311
,
319
,
320
–27,
342
–44

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
304
–8,
310
–12,
315
,
316
,
318
–19,
320
–27,
332
,
353
,
354

and continuing resolutions on the budget,
95

on earmark reform and 2009 appropriations bill,
26

and firewall placement,
353
,
354

and health care reform,
39
,
40
,
148

at joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

January 5, 2009,
6
,
9

November 30, 2010,
62
,
65

April 13, 2011,
101

July 10, 2011,
191
–93,
195
–97

July 11, 2011,
203
–6

July 12, 2011,
210
,
213
,
214
,
215

July 13, 2011,
221

July 14, 2011,
230
,
232
,
233

and Krone,
316
,
318
,
320

and length of extension of debt limit,
285
,
288

and McConnell,
228
,
233
,
235
,
254
,
258
,
271
,
288
,
294
–95,
298
,
318
,
322
–23,
343
,
344
,
353
,
365

and meeting with Obama and Pelosi on debt ceiling crisis,
283
–88

and Obama,
26
,
77
–78,
95
,
104
,
283
–88,
295
,
318
–19,
370

and payroll tax cut two-month extension (December 2011),
365
,
366
,
367
,
368
,
370

and Republican Plan B on debt ceiling crisis,
233
,
235
,
254
,
258
,
288
,
294
–95,
298

and Republican takeover of House (January 2011),
88

and Senate Democratic Policy lunch (July 21, 2011),
272

and sequestration trigger,
326
–27,
340
,
342
–43,
344
,
346