The Price of Politics (65 page)

Kemp, Jack,
83

Kennedy, Ted,
7
,
40

Kerry, John,
273
,
360

Keyes, Alan,
2

Keynsian economic theory,
12
–13,
64

King Solomon analogy,
187
,
189

Klain, Ron,
70
–73,
76
,
78

Krone, David

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
166

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
304
,
310
,
311
,
316
–20,
326
,
331

and continuing resolutions on the budget,
95

and Gang of Six,
258

and Jackson,
95
,
166
,
294
,
318
,
331
,
370

and Obama,
317
–20

and payroll tax cut two-month extension (December 2011),
370

and Reid,
316
,
318
,
320

Kumar, Rohit,
71
,
72
,
197
–98,
210
,
258
,
331
,
341
–42,
346
,
348
,
349
,
352

Kyl, Jon,
63

and American Jobs Act payroll tax cut proposal,
358

and Biden,
136
,
137

and Biden working group,
117
,
122
–23,
125
,
127
,
128
,
130
,
136
,
137
,
140
,
141
–42,
150

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
168

and Bush tax cut extensions,
74
,
75

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
321

and estate tax,
64
,
74
,
75
,
175
,
193

at joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

November 30, 2010,
63
,
64
,
65

July 10, 2011,
190
,
192
–94

July 12, 2011,
215
,
216

July 13, 2011,
221
,
222
,
223
,
224

July 14, 2011,
231
–32

and Obama,
194

and START treaty,
63
,
65

and supercommittee,
360
,
361

and Van Hollen,
125
,
128

Labrador, Raul,
96

LaHood, Ray,
17

lame duck session (December 2010),
69
–72

Larson, John,
148

LaTourette, Steve,
368

Lawrence, John,
274
,
304
,
316
,
318

Lehman Brothers Holdings,
227

Levin, Sandy,
283

Lew, Jack,
89

and Biden working group,
114
–15,
118
,
120
,
121
,
123
,
127
,
141
,
142

and Boehner,
228
,
235
,
236
,
238
,
348
,
375
,
377

and Boehner-Obama negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (June-July 2011),
15
–156,
146
,
161
–64,
170
,
174
,
185

and Bush tax cut extensions,
64
,
75

as Clinton veteran,
89
,
90

and collapse of White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations (July 22, 2011),
294
,
297
,
302
–3

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
307
,
316
,
319
,
326
–27,
331
–33,
335
,
336
,
339
,
348
,
350
,
353
–54,
356

congressional plan veto, at meeting on consequences of,
331
–33,
335
,
336
,
339

and constraints on president in debt ceiling crisis negotiations,
187

and continuing resolutions on the budget,
92
,
93

and firewall placement,
348
,
350
,
353
–54

and Gang of Six,
253

and Jackson,
163
,
228
,
234

and joint congressional leadership meetings on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
196
,
201
,
202
,
204
,
211
,
218
,
219
,
221
,
223
,
228
,
230
,
231

and Loper,
163
–64

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

and Pelosi meetings with Obama on debt ceiling crisis,
151
,
283
,
285

and phone conversation between Obama and Boehner (July 21, 2011),
276
,
279
–80

at Senate Democratic Policy lunch (July 21, 2011),
270
–71,
272
–74

and sequestration trigger,
339
,
341
–42,
344
,
346

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
236
,
237
,
241
,
260
,
263
,
264
,
265
,
269
,
270
,
271
,
272
,
276
,
279
–80,
294
,
297
,
302
–3

LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program),
121

Limbaugh, Rush,
45

Lincoln, Blanche,
74
,
75

Lockheed,
292

Long, Huey,
110

Long, Russell,
110
–11

Loper, Brett

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
156
–58,
162
–64,
167
,
174
,
176
,
180
,
181

and firewall placement,
352

and Gang of Six,
257
,
258

and Lew,
163
–64

“Rubik’s cube problem,” on debt ceiling crisis as,
294

and sequestration trigger in exchange for second-step debt limit increase,
340
,
346

and trigger mechanism,
248

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
260
,
269
,
271
,
289

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP),
121

Luntz, Frank,
85

Making Work Pay program,
72
–73

malpractice, medical,
55

Mastromonaco, Alyssa,
316

McCain, John,
3
,
41
,
371

McCarthy, Kevin,
66
,
148
,
169
,
267
,
294
,
309
–10,
311
,
324
–25,
368

McCaskill, Claire,
117

McConnell Center, University of Louisville,
80

McConnell, Mitch,
6

and American Jobs Act payroll tax cut proposal,
358

author interview with (July 12, 2012),
xiii
,
211
,
323
,
363
–65

and balanced budget amendment,
347

and Biden,
70
–75,
80
,
142
,
208
,
340
,
347
,
352
,
365

on Biden working group,
136
–37

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
155
,
159
,
168
–69,
380

and Bush tax cut extension,
69
,
70
–75,
77
,
79

and business community,
52

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
304
,
305
,
307
,
308
,
310
,
317
,
318
,
321
,
322
–23,
347
,
348
,
349
,
351
–53

and default risk,
333

and firewall placement,
348
,
349
,
351
–53

and Gang of Six,
252
,
254
,
258

at joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

January 5, 2009,
6
,
8
,
9

November 18, 2010, proposed,
61

November 30, 2010,
62
–63

April 13, 2011,
101

July 10, 2011,
192
,
193
,
197

July 11, 2011,
204
,
207

July 12, 2011,
210
–11,
214
,
216

July 13, 2011,
220
,
224

July 14, 2011,
233

and lame duck session (December 2010),
80

and Nabors,
347

and Obama,
70
,
208
,
209
,
365

and payroll tax cut two-month extension (December 2011),
366
–69,
372

and Plan B on debt ceiling crisis,
169
,
233
,
235
,
254
,
258
,
278
,
288
,
294
–95,
298

plan for president to unilaterally raise debt ceiling,
210
–11,
233
,
234
–35,
295
,
307
,
346

press conferences,
343
,
344

and Reid,
228
,
233
,
235
,
254
,
258
,
271
,
288
,
294
–95,
298
,
318
,
322
–23,
343
,
344
,
353
,
365

and sequestration trigger,
340
,
341
,
343
–46

and Simpson,
43
–44

and Simpson-Bowles commission,
41
,
43
–44

and supercommittee,
359
,
360
,
363
–64

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
241
,
248
,
251
,
262
,
266
,
271
,
278
,
281
,
294
,
295
,
298

McKeon, Buck,
350

means testing,
130
,
193
,
204

media

American Jobs Act speech (September 8, 2011),
358
,
359

on collapse of Biden working group,
153
–54

congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis, broadcast speeches on,
323
–24

debt ceiling crisis reports,
96
,
179
–80,
181
,
184
,
207

leaks to,
53
,
112
,
122
,
156
,
166
,
212
,
251
,
297
,
345
,
362

on McConnell plan for president to unilaterally raise debt ceiling,
234
–35

and payroll tax cut extensions (December 2011-February 2012),
370
,
371
,
372
,
373

press conferences,
154
–55,
171
,
200
,
208
–9,
217
,
225
,
229
,
234
,
254
,
296
,
297
,
300
–303,
302
,
333
,
343
,
344
,
345
,
363
,
372

supercommittee failure, announcement of,
363

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
272
,
273
,
274

Medicaid

Biden working group on,
115
,
116
–17,
123
,
140
–41,
142

at joint congressional leadership meetings on debt ceiling crisis,
190
,
195
,
202
–3,
228
,
230

North Dakota provider care reimbursements,
38

and Obama-Boehner debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
157
,
169
,
177

in Obama’s budget plan,
97
–98

prescription drug benefits,
123
–24

and Ryan plan,
82
–85,
87
,
356
,
379

and sequestration trigger,
341
–42

Simpson-Bowles commission proposals regarding,
67

stimulus package and,
6

subsidies,
39

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
243
,
261
–62,
263
,
270
,
274
,
275
,
279
,
283
,
284
,
286