Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (56 page)

Tucson shooting,
39
,
40
–41,
71
,
75

Tuesday Group Republicans,
73
,
84
,
141
,
145

Tunisia,
187
,
190

Twitter,
xxi
,
48
,
193
,
197
,
198
,
200

Udall, Mark,
42

Udall, Tom,
286

unemployment, rate of,
xix
,
65
,
217

unemployment insurance,
17
,
282

unions,
136

Upton, Fred,
137
,
180
–81,
281

U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP),
89
,
92

Van Hollen, Chris,
88
,
103
,
143
–45,
230
,
256
,
276

     DISCLOSE Act of,
179
–80

     in push for budget plan,
144
–45,
148

     revenue increase desired by,
231
–32

     Ryan plan criticized by,
149
–50

Vermont,
xx

veterans’ programs,
84

Vietnam War,
18
,
42
,
67
,
103
,
132

Virginia,
158

Virginia, University of,
119

Voting Rights Act,
230

Walden, Greg,
247
–48

Wall Street Journal
,
233
,
236

Walls, Josiah,
105
–6

Walsh, Joe,
204
,
208

Walter Reed Medical Center,
100

Ward, Donovan F.,
164

Ware Shoals, S.C.,
155

War of 1812,
182

War Powers Act,
190

Washington, Consuela,
178

Washington, Craig,
120

Washington, D.C.,
224

     building of,
28

     1968 riots in,
186

Washington, George,
xx
,
118
,
226
,
250

Washingtonian
,
124

Washington Night,
160
–63

Washington Post
,
97
,
141

Washington Sports Club,
136

Wasserman, David,
31

Wasserman Schultz, Deborah,
56
,
98
,
204

     GOP’s “extreme anti-woman agenda” denounced by,
203
,
207

     Weiner scandal and,
201

     West’s dispute with,
243
–45

waterfowl, protection of,
173

Watergate,
28
,
118
,
120

water quality standards,
173

Waters, Maxine,
255

Watts, J. C.,
45

Waxman, Henry,
62
,
63

     Dingell’s Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship challenged by,
175
–78

     Dingell’s relationship with,
14
,
63
,
174
–75

     made chairman of Energy and Commerce Committee,
14

     Pelosi’s relationship with,
14
,
175

Webster, Daniel,
11

Weekly Standard
,
xv

Weiner, Anthony,
51
–57,
110
,
113
,
169

     attitude of,
51
–53,
197

     on debt ceiling,
55
–56

     H.R.1 amendments of,
87
–88,
90
,
92

     mayorship of New York desired by,
56
,
88
,
194
–95,
198

     Republican rule-breaking pointed out by,
52

     resignation of,
200
,
201
–2

     scandal of,
193
–94,
197
–202

     single-payer system advocated by,
53
,
54

Weiner, Fran,
188

Weiner, Mort,
194

Welch, Peter,
243

welfare reform,
62

West, Allen Bernard,
16
–23,
28
,
106
–11,
145
,
205
,
272
–74

     accused of misogyny,
187
,
244

     Arab Spring mistrusted by,
190
–91

     Article 32 hearing of,
19
–20

     assassination plot against,
18
–19

     background of,
18
–19,
245
,
246

     on budget cuts,
77

     conservative rating of,
110

     considered for presidential run,
110
,
186

     Cut, Cap, and Balance defended by,
243

     death threat against,
133
–34

     debt ceiling and,
245
,
246

     Ellison insulted by,
107
–8

     first piece of legislation of,
111

     growing fame of,
109
–10

     health care legislation opposed by,
189

     instructions to staff from,
22
–23

     money raised by,
271

     in move to D.C.,
21
–22

     on nanny-state,
109
,
114

     national security road map desired by,
189
–90

     Pakistan defunding desired by,
189

     scuba diving incident of,
186
–87

     short-term budget proposal denounced by,
133
,
134

     strong foreign policy desired by,
168
,
190
–92

     at Tea Party rally,
20
–21

     town hall presentation of,
168
–69

     Wasserman Schultz’s dispute with,
243
–45

West, Angela,
20
,
168
,
169

West, Herman,
18

whip check,
82
,
257
–58

White, George Henry,
106

White House Correspondents Association Dinner,
121

White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
182

Willard Hotel,
156

Williams, Brian,
253

Wilson, Frederica,
98

Wilson, Joe,
127
,
160
,
204

     Charleston harbor funding supported by,
181

Wisconsin,
136

     7th Congressional District of,
78

Wisconsin State Democratic Convention,
198

Wolf, Frank,
90

Women Impacting the Nation,
187

World War II,
18
,
51
,
228
,
278

Wrenn, Carter,
30

Wurzelbacher, Joseph “Joe the Plumber,”
30

Yale University,
119

Yemen,
187
,
190

Yoder, Kevin,
83
–84,
112

Young, Don,
80

Young Guns troika,
130
–31,
143
,
238

Young Survival Coalition,
204

Zeliff, Bill,
195

Zimmerman, Gabe,
41
,
75

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert Draper is a contributing writer to the
New York Times Magazine
and
National Geographic
and a correspondent to
GQ
. He is the author of several books, most recently the
New York Times
bestseller
Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush
. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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