The Price of Politics (62 page)

Authors: Bob Woodward

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and debt ceiling crisis

Boehner-Obama negotiations (June-July 2011),
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134
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135
–36,
143
–47,
150
–51,
154
–60,
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–69,
174
–78,
180
–86,
192
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361
,
378
,
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calculation of potential votes on (July 21, 2011),
288
–90

failure to return Obama’s phone calls,
290
,
293
–94,
296
–301,
303

firewall placement,
349
–55

in George Washington University Speech (April 13, 2011),
100

in lame duck session (December 2010),
80

leveraging political process with,
239

McConnell plan for president to unilaterally raise debt ceiling,
235
,
295

phone conversation with Obama (July 21, 2011),
276
–80,
288
,
302
,
378
–79

Plan B on,
169
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182
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233
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235
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254
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258
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278
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288
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294
–95,
299

after Republican takeover of House (January 2011),
88

sequestration trigger,
340
–46

short-term versus long-term extension,
219

supercommittee on,
359
–62

two-step proposal on,
237
–38,
240
,
295

White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on (July 2011),
236
–51,
260
–68,
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–72,
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–86,
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–90,
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earmarks, Boehner’s spokesman on,
26

and elections of 2010,
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–58

on
Fox News Sunday
(July 24, 2011), and Gang of Six,
254
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255
,
258

and Geithner,
345
–46,
374
,
375

Golf Summit with Obama,
132
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134
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House Republicans, control of,
377
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379

and Hoyer,
229
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238

at joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

January 5, 2009,
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–9

November 18, 2010, proposed,
60
–61

November 30, 2010,
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63

April 13, 2011,
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–101

July 10, 2011,
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–95,
197

July 11, 2011,
204
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205
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207

July 12, 2011,
209
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211
–16

July 13, 2011,
220
–23

July 14, 2011,
231
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233
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234

frustrations regarding,
197
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199
–201,
217
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228

and lawnmower,
180

legacy of,
179
–80,
239

and Lew,
228
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235
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,
348
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375
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377

and Nabors,
375
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377

and Obama,
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–58,
60
–61,
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–36,
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–47,
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–51,
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–60,
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–68,
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–78,
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–83,
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–200,
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–14,
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–44,
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–80,
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–94,
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–303,
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–12,
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–31,
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–55,
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374
–77

and payroll tax cut two-month extension (December 2011),
365
–68,
370
–72

and Pelosi,
229
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238
,
305

press conferences,
154
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171
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200
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208
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297
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300
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344

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

and Ryan,
135

and Sperling,
235

and stimulus package bill,
16

on unemployment rate,
171

Boeing,
292

BoG (Bureau of Gene),
73

bond markets and debt ceiling crisis,
105
,
114

Bowles, Erskine,
43
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44
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45
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59
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60
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65
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66
,
99
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106

Boyd, Allen,
20

BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) process,
191

Bradley, Neil,
120
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255
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260
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269
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Breckinridge, Anita Decker,
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Brookings Institution,
53

Brown, Corrine,
283

Brown, Greg,
49
–50,
52

Brown, Scott,
40
–41

Brown, Sherrod,
78

Buck, Brendan,
323

Budget Control Act of 2011,
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–56,
359
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366
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See also
congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis

Bureau of Gene (BoG),
73

Bush (George W.) administration,
7
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41
–42,
52
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225
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226
,
376

Bush (George W.) administration tax cuts.
See
tax cuts

Bush, George H. W.,
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313
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376

Bush, George W.,
1
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3
,
47
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158
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206
,
335

business community

on debt ceiling crisis,
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Obama’s relationship with,
47
–53,
81
–82

Business Council,
48

Business Roundtable,
47
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48
,
51
–52

Camp, Dave,
65
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–100,
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–5,
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–9,
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–62

Cantor, Eric,
8

and American Jobs Act payroll tax cut proposal,
358

and Biden,
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–26,
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–29,
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–38,
142
–43,
151
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and Biden working group,
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–17,
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–26,
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–29,
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and Boehner,
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–78,
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–12,
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267
–68,
288
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309
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367
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376
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377
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379
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380

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
143
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150
–51,
154
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155
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167
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168
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169

and Bush tax cut extensions,
74

and calculation of potential votes on debt ceiling deal (July 21, 2011),
288
–89

and Cao,
18

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
309
,
311
,
324

and default risk,
234

and Durbin,
201
–2

and Emanuel,
12
,
21

and Gang of Six,
255

and Hensarling,
148
,
267
,
360

at joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

January 5, 2009,
8
–9

January 23, 2009,
13
–14

November 18, 2010, proposed,
60
–61

November 30, 2010,
62
,
63
,
64

April 13, 2011,
101
–2

July 10, 2011,
190
–97

July 11, 2011,
201
–7

July 12, 2011,
211
–16

July 13, 2011,
220
–21,
224
–25

July 14, 2011,
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233
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and Obama,
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–14,
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–17,
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–14,
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–21,
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–26,
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–44,
245
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246
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247
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265
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267
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339

and payroll tax cut two-month extension (December 2011),
366
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367
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368
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372

and Pelosi,
224

press conferences and media interviews,
217
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225
,
229
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234

and Reid,
197
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228
,
229

and revenue neutrality,
137
–39,
193
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195
–96,
216
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229
–31

and Ryan,
65
–66,
148
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255
,
267

and short—versus long-term debt ceiling crisis extension,
219
,
224
–26,
238

and stimulus bill H.R. 1 vote,
16
–17,
18
,
21
–22

and stimulus package,
12
–14

Tea Party connections of,
62
,
377

and
Wall Street Journal
editorial on debt ceiling crisis negotiations,
179
–80

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
237
,
238
,
240
,
243
–48,
251
,
260
–68,
275
,
278
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288
–89,
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