Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (52 page)

     Contract with America of,
48

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

     government shutdowns and,
132

     as leader of 1994 revolution,
xvi
,
xvii
,
28
,
29
,
102
,
120
,
156

     overthrow of,
238

     Rangel criticized by,
xviii

     scandal of,
43

Gladney, Rod,
204

Gohmert, Louie,
6
,
72
,
75
,
146
,
148
,
249

Goodlatte, Robert,
34
,
239

GOPAC,
102

Gore, Al,
137

Gosar, Paul,
29

Government Shutdown Prevention Act (2011),
133

government shutdowns:

     in Gingrich years,
132

     looming date of,
126

Gowdy, Trey,
7
,
91
,
129

     Charleston harbor funding supported by,
181
,
182

     short-term budget disdained by,
127
–28

     at Washington Night,
160
,
161

Grady High School,
18

Graham, Lindsey,
113
,
156
,
160
–61,
182
,
230

     Boehner plan opposed by,
251

Grant administration,
28

Graves, Tom,
74
,
112
,
283
,
284

Gray, Jim,
219
,
221

Great Depression,
xix

Greenberg, Stan,
61
–62,
281

Green Leaders,
171
,
172

green-technology vehicles,
171

Green the Capitol,
58

Greenwood, S.C.,
155

Gridiron Club,
69
–70

Griffin, Tim,
146

Grijalva, Raul,
146
–47

Grimm, Michael,
129
,
167

Gross, Joshua,
89
,
91

Ground Zero mosque,
30
–31,
209

Guam,
204

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
157

Gun Club Café,
23

guns,
156
,
162

Gutierrez, Luis,
267

H-107,
79
,
139

Haass, Richard,
103

Hagen, Kay,
242

Haley, Nikki,
156

Hall, John,
205

Hall, Ralph,
272

Hamas,
190

Hamilton, Alexander,
28
,
118
,
222
,
223
–24

Hammoodi, Yehiya Kadoori,
18
–19

Hampton, Wade,
4

Hannibal,
187

Hannity, Sean,
xvi
,
53
,
189
,
226

Hanoi Hilton,
104
,
132

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,
182

Hardball
(Matthews),
116
,
208

Harman, Jane,
35
,
145
,
180

Harris, Andy,
74

Hastert, Dennis,
43
,
45
,
47
,
166
,
175

Hatch, Orrin,
43

Hayworth, Nan,
205

HC-5,
75
,
76
,
127
,
234

Head, Hayden, Sr.,
31

Head Start,
59
,
87

Health and Human Services Department, U.S.,
124

health care,
21
,
122
,
208

     single-payer,
53
,
54
,
179

health care legislation,
8
,
36
,
54
,
60
,
63

     Dingell’s defense of,
12
,
13

     Republican desire for repeal of,
72
–73,
93
,
181
,
216
,
226

     Republican vilification and misrepresentation of,
9
,
29
,
30
,
52
,
56
,
58
,
59

     town hall debates over,
66
–67

     
see also
Affordable Health Care Act (2010)

health centers,
189

health clinics,
216

health coverage for children,
68

Heck, Joe,
129

Heller, Risa,
199
,
200

Helmand Province, Afghanistan,
188

Helms, Jesse,
102

Henderson, David,
70

Hensarling, Jeb,
142
,
255
–56,
285

     debt ceiling and,
23
,
234
,
248
,
251

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

     on Super Committee,
275
,
276
,
277

Heritage Action for America,
110
,
140
,
263
,
271
,
272

Heritage Foundation,
6
,
73
,
74
,
89
,
140
,
141
,
189

Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie,
35
,
78
,
205

Hezbollah,
190

Highway Bill,
45

Hochul, Kathy,
151
,
167
,
193

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,
233

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
,
71
,
76
,
78
,
80
,
81
–83,
85
,
86
,
88
,
122
,
134
,
182
,
184
,
195
,
254

     Armed Services Committee of,
15
,
23
,
37
,
188
,
221
,
273

     Boehner on excitement of,
43
–44

     Budget Committee of,
7
,
74
–75,
130
,
137
,
138
,
139
,
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,
xvi
,
xvii
,
28
,
29
,
102
,
120
,
156

     as open to public,
xx
–xxi

     reduction of congressmen’s budget in,
55

     Rules Committee of,
97
,
112
,
120
,
196
,
277

     Science and Technology Committee of,
37

     Select Committee on Global Warming of,
175

     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
,
181
,
221

     violence against members of,
41
–42

     Ways and Means Committee of,
xviii
,
41
,
46
–47,
62
,
80
,
117
,
142
,
165
,
226
,
275

House of Representatives, U.S. (112th Congress),
33

     Appropriations bills in,
277
–80

     balanced budget amendment in,
253
,
264
–65

     Boehner’s plan in,
247
,
250
,
257
–62

     Constitution read by,
xxi
,
33
–34,
49
,
52
,
55

     Cut, Cap, and Balance passed in,
239

     Dingell’s speech on,
11
–12

     Giffords’s bill on cutting salary of,
39

     low approval rating of,
xxi
–xxii,
253
,
266
,
270
–71,
273
,
282
,
283

     morning debate masters in,
98

     Republican majority in,
xxii
,
3
,
4
,
7
,
48

     Republican sights on,
xvii

     rules for,
33
,
47

     Ryan budget on floor of,
144

     workdays scheduled away from D.C.,
xxi

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
,
229

     assertiveness of,
75
–76

     as blank slates,
167

     Boehner’s dinner for,
4

     debt ceiling and,
225
–27

     McCarthy’s bond with,
78
–79,
82
,
127
–32

     as not monolithic,
29

     Reagan revered by,
96

     spending slashed by,
140

     weeknight party for,
11

     women in,
203
–7

House Resolution 1 (H.R.1),
83
,
86
–92,
207
,
255

     failure in Senate of,
95
,
126
,
240

     on floor of House,
86
–91,
92
–93,
95
,
140

     passage in House of,
95
,
126
,
255

House Resolution 6675 (H.R.6675),
164
–65

House whip,
81

Houston, Tex.,
122

Houston, University of,
119

Houston Ship Channel,
123

Hoyer, Steny,
53
,
55
,
61
,
63
,
107
,
195
,
263
,
279

     Andrews included in message meetings by,
196

     CBC praised by,
17

     debt ceiling and,
233
,
258
,
259

     final Continuing Resolution supported by,
134
–35

     on Jones’s anti-war speech,
100

     on Obama’s budget,
139

     in run for Speaker,
175

     Weiner scandal and,
193
–94