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extension for all tax brackets,
62
,
71
–79,
144
–45,
290
Orszag’s proposals regarding,
54
pending expiration of,
34
–35,
62
,
146
–47,
166
,
366
in presidential budget proposal for 2011,
41
–42
and stimulus package,
5
,
6
,
13
–14
and supercommittee,
362
viewed as spending,
222
vote on (December 15, 2010),
79
tax deductions, proposals to limit or eliminate,
125
,
152
–53,
172
,
173
tax increases,
101
–2,
125
,
144
,
145
,
154
,
255
–56,
259
,
272
–73,
340
,
380
tax loopholes, proposals to close,
125
,
152
,
154
,
157
–58,
162
,
172
,
193
,
262
tax principles,
174
–76
tax progressivity,
144
,
145
,
146
,
175
–76,
181
,
214
,
263
tax revenue
as percentage of GDP,
162
,
165
,
166
,
180
revenue neutrality,
137
–39,
193
,
195
–96,
211
,
216
,
229
–31
taxes, pledges not to raise,
102
,
152
,
172
,
191
,
256
,
301
Taxpayer Protection Pledge,
60
Tea Party
and balanced budget amendment,
347
and debt ceiling crisis,
88
,
96
,
102
,
111
,
122
,
135
–36,
179
,
228
,
302
,
318
,
325
,
347
and elections of 2010,
58
power of,
172
and Republican ability to compromise,
375
–76,
377
taxes, pledge not to raise,
102
,
152
territorial corporate tax system,
242
Thomas, Bill,
83
Toomey, Pat,
360
The Town
(film),
325
Transportation Department,
31
,
113
transportation spending cuts,
216
,
263
,
265
Tribe, Laurence,
70
TRICARE,
201
trigger mechanism
and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
310
,
339
–46
and fiscal cliff of 2013,
379
and joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama on debt ceiling crisis (April and July 2011),
215
,
224
,
231
,
233
sequestration as,
215
,
224
,
326
–27,
339
–46,
360
and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt crisis (July 2011),
245
,
248
,
261
,
263
–64,
265
,
266
–67,
269
,
272
–73
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP),
7
,
297
two-step proposals on debt ceiling crisis,
237
–38,
240
,
295
,
312
,
318
,
319
,
332
U.N. Security Council,
65
unemployment
unemployment insurance, extension of,
64
,
75
,
221
–22
United Kingdom, deficit reduction plan in,
129
University of Louisville McConnell Center,
80
Upton, Fred,
360
Van Hollen, Chris
in Biden working group,
112
,
121
,
123
,
124
,
125
,
127
–33,
137
,
140
–43,
148
–49
and Boehner-Obama negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (June-July 2011),
180
budget developed by,
101
and Bush tax cut extensions,
75
and Reid’s alternative bill,
342
on Ryan plan,
87
on supercommittee,
360
Veterans Affairs Department,
115
,
352
veto of congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis, repercussions of,
331
–38
Wall Street Journal
,
150
,
165
,
179
,
181
,
184
,
259
,
356
,
371
Wallace, Chris,
314
–15
Walmart,
64
Warner, Mark,
252
Washington Post,
3
,
122
,
256
,
356
,
363
,
372
Wheaton, Illinois,
1
–2
Whitman, Meg,
13
Wilder, Douglas,
17
Woodhouse, Brad,
57
The World is Flat
(Friedman, 2005),
3
Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders
(Ryan, Cantor, and McCarthy, 2010),
65
–66
Zadroga Act,
65
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