Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (51 page)

     Waxman’s relationship with,
63
,
174
–75

Dingell, John, Sr.,
12
–13,
14
,
96
–97,
164
,
172

Dingell-Johnson Act (1950),
184

DISCLOSE Act,
179
–80

district congressmen,
15

doctors,
66

Dodd, Chris,
55

Doheny, Tom,
207
–8,
209

Dole, Elizabeth,
203

Domenici, Pete,
230
,
231

Donnelly, Joe,
35

Dow Jones Industrial Average,
247
,
266

DownWithUpton.com,
180

Doyle, Mike,
177

Drive to
25
,
233

Drudge Report
,
94
,
210
,
278

drug regulations,
58

Duffy, Sean,
29
,
78
,
129
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138
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205
,
253

Duncan, Jeff,
28
,
155
,
283
–87

     balanced budget amendment speech of,
264
–65

     Boehner plan passage desired by,
250
–51

     budget cuts desired by,
5
,
9
,
70
–71,
77
,
126
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127
,
129
,
132
–33,
147
,
161

     busy schedule of,
112

     buttons of,
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,
287

     Charleston harbor funding supported by,
181
–82

     at Conservatives Taking America Back rally,
159
–60

     Constitution carried by,
4
,
72

     Constitution read by,
34

     Cut, Cap, and Balance’s passage in Senate desired by,
240
–42

     deficit and debt worries of,
262

     election of,
7

     financial situation of,
158
–59

     Guantanamo Bay trip of,
157

     gun law desired by,
71
,
162

     health care bill repeal desired by,
72
–73

     Islamic radicalism opposed by,
113
–16,
160
,
162

     job creation desired by,
112
–13,
157
–58

     Legal Services Corporation amendment of,
89
–91,
92

     as most conservative House member,
272

     in move into office,
3
–8

     near anonymity of,
162
–63

     own budget cut 10 percent by,
7
–8

     Path to Prosperity voted for by,
156

     prayer breakfast of,
27

     religious views of,
4
–5,
6

     resolution on nonessential programs of,
70
–71

     RSC budget supported by,
147

     short-term budget plan disdained by,
126
,
127
,
129
,
132
–33

     TARP condemned by,
156

     at Washington Night,
160
–63

     weekly basketball game of,
79

Duncan, Jimmy,
103

Duncan, Melody,
157
,
158
,
162
–63

Duncan, Parker,
263
–64,
265

Dunn, Anita,
176

earmarks,
46
,
49
,
81
,
83
,
84
–85,
156
,
181
,
182
,
184
,
249
,
272
,
277

Ebenezer Baptist Church,
17

Economic Policy Institute,
95

Edmund Pettus Bridge,
136

education,
58
,
105
,
161

Eerie Publications,
119

Egypt,
113
,
187
,
190

8 Mile Road,
172

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
96

elections and campaigns, U.S.:

     of 1868,
105

     of 1874,
28
,
106

     of 1890,
28

     of 1932,
28

     of 1974,
28

     of 1980,
28
,
165

     of 1994,
xvi
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xvii
,
28
,
29
,
64
,
120
,
156

     of 2000,
60
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165

     of 2004,
205

     of 2006,
61
,
175

     of 2008,
xvi
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61
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165
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176
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205

     of 2010,
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–14,
17
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35
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36
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48
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61
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68
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92
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102
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125
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144
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207
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277

     of 2012,
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,
110
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167
,
186

Ellison, Keith,
98
,
107
–8,
115
,
147

Ellmers, Renee,
29
–30,
33
,
145
,
167
,
206
–8,
210
–11,
236

     on Boehner plan,
248

     Cut, Cap, and Trade supported by,
240
–41,
242

     on debt ceiling vote,
267
–68

     Geithner questioned by,
209
–10

     Ground Zero mosque opposed by,
30
–31,
209

Emanuel, Rahm,
63

emergency relief,
270

Emerson, Bill,
85
–86,
206

Emerson, Jo Ann,
84
–86,
141
,
211
,
256
,
267
,
271

     debt ceiling and,
239
–40,
262

     default worries of,
239
–40

     at McCarthy’s dinner for Republican women,
203
–6

Emerson, Riley,
206

Emerson, Victoria,
206

Emily’s List,
36

Empower America,
136

Endangered Species Act (1973),
14

energy,
122

Energy Department, U.S.,
29
,
156
,
158
,
254

energy legislation,
8
,
36
,
38
,
166

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

entitlement class,
21

environmentalists,
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,
162
,
173
,
177
,
281

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
110
,
139
,
181
,
254
,
279
,
280
–81

environmental regulations,
58

Erie, N.Y.,
166
–67

Erickson, Erick,
271

Etheridge, Bob,
30
,
31

fair pay,
68

faith based organizations,
48

family values,
48
,
102

Fannie Mae,
275

Farenthold, Blake,
29
,
129
,
215
–21

     in debate on H.R.
1
,
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–93

     debt ceiling and,
217
–18,
249
–50,
253
–54

     dependency on government criticized by,
216
–17

     disputed election of,
31
,
32

     money raised by,
271

     at town hall meeting,
217
–21

     website of,
93

Farenthold, George,
31

Farenthold, Morgan,
94

Farenthold, Randy,
31
–32

Farenthold, Sissy,
31

FBI,
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,
134

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act,
180

federal bank, establishment of,
xx
,
222

federal disaster relief,
84

Federal Housing Administration,
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–78

Federalists,
xx
,
223

federalized student loans,
68

federal prisons,
235

financial crisis of 2008,
xix

financial reform bill,
54
,
55
,
68

Fincher, Stephen,
78
,
79
,
112

firearms,
71

Fire-Eaters,
155

First Amendment,
xx
,
34
,
115

First Federal Congress,
xx
,
222

Fish & Wildlife,
281

fish, protection of,
173

Flake, Jeff,
83

     earmarks disdained by,
84
–85

flat tax,
23

flood insurance,
275

Flores, Bill,
271

Florida:

     first black congressman from,
105
–6

     22nd Congressional District of,
17
,
273

     waterways of,
110

Fonda, Jane,
145

Food and Drug Administration,
97

food regulations,
58
,
97

food safety bill,
15

food stamps,
83
,
230

Ford, Danny,
159

Ford Motor Company,
184

foreign aid,
220

Fort Bragg, N.C.,
208

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tea Party rally in,
20
–21

Fort Leavenworth,
19

“Four Horsemen,”
7
,
163
,
181

Fourteenth Amendment,
235

Fox News,
186
,
189
,
208
,
211
,
267

Foxx, Virginia,
211

Frank, Barney,
55
,
110
–11,
137

Franken, Al,
242

Franks, Trent,
166
,
264

Freddie Mac,
275

Freedman, Tom,
198
,
199

FreedomWorks,
74
,
180

Friedman, Thomas,
177

“Friends of Boehner” group,
237

Friends of Norway Caucus,
121

fruit juice,
93

fuel efficiency standards,
172
–73

Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (2011),
see
House Resolution
1

Gadhafi, Muammar,
187
,
190
,
191

Gaffney, Frank,
114
,
115

Gang of Seven,
44

Gang of Six,
243

Gardenier, Barent,
41

gas,
281

Gaspard, Patrick,
54
,
201

Gawker,
166

gays, in military,
188

Geithner, Tim,
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,
xix
,
209
–10,
226

General Electric,
83

General Motors,
14
,
176

George Washington University,
142

Georgia,
74
,
158

Gephardt, Dick,
61

Gerlach, Jim,
131

Giffords, Gabrielle,
35
–39,
49
,
75
,
138
,
244
,
261

     congressional salary cutting bill of,
39

     congressional tribute to,
52

     Constitution read by,
34

     district border studied by,
37

     Pelosi’s relationship with,
36
,
38

     resignation of,
286

     shooting of,
39
,
40
–41,
71
,
75

     spending bills voted for by,
36
,
38

Gingrey, Phil,
149
,
150
,
235
–36

Gingrich, Newt,
44
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59
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81
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85
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89
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238