Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (52 page)
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Authors: Robert Draper
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Contract with America of,
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at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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–xix,
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government shutdowns and,
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as leader of 1994 revolution,
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,
xvii
,
28
,
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,
102
,
120
,
156
overthrow of,
238
Rangel criticized by,
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scandal of,
43
Gladney, Rod,
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Gohmert, Louie,
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,
72
,
75
,
146
,
148
,
249
GOPAC,
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Gore, Al,
137
Gosar, Paul,
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Government Shutdown Prevention Act (2011),
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government shutdowns:
in Gingrich years,
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looming date of,
126
Charleston harbor funding supported by,
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,
182
short-term budget disdained by,
127
–28
at Washington Night,
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,
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Grady High School,
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Graham, Lindsey,
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,
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,
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–61,
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,
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Boehner plan opposed by,
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Grant administration,
28
Great Depression,
xix
green-technology vehicles,
171
Green the Capitol,
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Greenwood, S.C.,
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Gridiron Club,
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–70
Griffin, Tim,
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Grijalva, Raul,
146
–47
Guam,
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
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Gun Club Café,
23
Gutierrez, Luis,
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Haass, Richard,
103
Hagen, Kay,
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Haley, Nikki,
156
Hall, John,
205
Hall, Ralph,
272
Hamas,
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Hamilton, Alexander,
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,
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,
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,
223
–24
Hammoodi, Yehiya Kadoori,
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–19
Hampton, Wade,
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Hannibal,
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Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,
182
Harris, Andy,
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Hastert, Dennis,
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,
45
,
47
,
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,
175
Hatch, Orrin,
43
Hayworth, Nan,
205
Head, Hayden, Sr.,
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Health and Human Services Department, U.S.,
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single-payer,
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,
54
,
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health care legislation,
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,
36
,
54
,
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,
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Dingell’s defense of,
12
,
13
Republican desire for repeal of,
72
–73,
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,
181
,
216
,
226
Republican vilification and misrepresentation of,
9
,
29
,
30
,
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,
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,
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,
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town hall debates over,
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–67
see also
Affordable Health Care Act (2010)
health centers,
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health clinics,
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health coverage for children,
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Heck, Joe,
129
Helmand Province, Afghanistan,
188
Helms, Jesse,
102
Henderson, David,
70
Hensarling, Jeb,
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,
255
–56,
285
debt ceiling and,
23
,
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,
248
,
251
at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
xv
–xix
on Super Committee,
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,
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,
277
Heritage Action for America,
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,
140
,
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,
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,
272
Heritage Foundation,
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,
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,
74
,
89
,
140
,
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,
189
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie,
35
,
78
,
205
Hezbollah,
190
Highway Bill,
45
Hoekstra, Pete, at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
xv
–xix
Hogg, Herschel,
69
Holtz-Eakin, Douglas,
135
Homeland Security Department, U.S.,
87
,
112
Hook, Janet,
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House Concurrent Resolution 13,
272
–73
House Mouse, Senate Mouse
,
53
House of Representatives, U.S.:
Administration Committee of,
285
Agriculture Committee of,
15
Appropriations Committee of,
15
,
45
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–83,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Armed Services Committee of,
15
,
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,
37
,
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,
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,
273
Boehner on excitement of,
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–44
Budget Committee of,
7
,
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–75,
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,
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,
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,
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,
150
,
278
Democratic control of,
xv
Education Committee of,
45
,
46
Energy and Commerce Committee of,
14
,
15
,
63
–64,
96
,
114
,
137
,
173
–78,
195
,
281
Financial Services Committee of,
84
Foreign Affairs Committee of,
72
,
112
,
240
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of,
196
Homeland Security Committee of,
72
,
113
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of,
173
Judiciary Committee of,
117
–18,
174
Natural Resources Committee of,
72
,
112
,
174
1994 Republican takeover of,
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,
xvii
,
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,
29
,
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,
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,
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as open to public,
xx
–xxi
reduction of congressmen’s budget in,
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Rules Committee of,
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,
112
,
120
,
196
,
277
Science and Technology Committee of,
37
Select Committee on Global Warming of,
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in Sixth Congress,
28
Small Business Committee of,
209
Steering Committee of,
75
,
80
,
83
,
129
three types of congressmen in,
15
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of,
15
,
45
,
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,
221
violence against members of,
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–42
Ways and Means Committee of,
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,
41
,
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–47,
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,
80
,
117
,
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,
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,
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,
275
House of Representatives, U.S. (112th Congress),
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Appropriations bills in,
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–80
balanced budget amendment in,
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,
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–65
Boehner’s plan in,
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,
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,
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–62
Constitution read by,
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,
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–34,
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,
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,
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Cut, Cap, and Balance passed in,
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Dingell’s speech on,
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–12
Giffords’s bill on cutting salary of,
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low approval rating of,
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–xxii,
253
,
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,
270
–71,
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,
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,
283
morning debate masters in,
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Republican majority in,
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,
3
,
4
,
7
,
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Republican sights on,
xvii
rules for,
33
,
47
Ryan budget on floor of,
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workdays scheduled away from D.C.,
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House of Representatives, U.S., freshmen in:
of 1902,
69
large classes of,
28
–29
House of Representatives, U.S., freshmen class of 2010,
28
,
33
,
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assertiveness of,
75
–76
as blank slates,
167
Boehner’s dinner for,
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debt ceiling and,
225
–27
McCarthy’s bond with,
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–79,
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,
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–32
as not monolithic,
29
Reagan revered by,
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spending slashed by,
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weeknight party for,
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women in,
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–7
House Resolution 1 (H.R.1),
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,
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–92,
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,
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failure in Senate of,
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,
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,
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on floor of House,
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–91,
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–93,
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,
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passage in House of,
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,
126
,
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House Resolution 6675 (H.R.6675),
164
–65
House whip,
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Houston, Tex.,
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Houston, University of,
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Houston Ship Channel,
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Hoyer, Steny,
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,
55
,
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,
63
,
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,
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,
263
,
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Andrews included in message meetings by,
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CBC praised by,
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debt ceiling and,
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,
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,
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final Continuing Resolution supported by,
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–35
on Jones’s anti-war speech,
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on Obama’s budget,
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in run for Speaker,
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Weiner scandal and,
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–94