Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (49 page)
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Authors: Robert Draper
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death threat over,
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Dingell’s support for,
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Luntz’s renaming of,
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,
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public option lacking in,
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,
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,
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Ryan’s attack on,
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vote on,
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see also
health care legislation
Afghanistan War,
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,
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,
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Jones’s speech against,
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–100,
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Obama’s announcement of troop drawdown in,
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–89
African-Americans, first Florida congressman from among,
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Agriculture Department, U.S.,
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Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud,
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AIDS,
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Air Force, U.S.,
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air quality,
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Akerson, Daniel,
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Alberto’s,
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Alexander the Great,
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Amash, Justin,
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American Clean Energy and Security Act,
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–65,
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American Conservative Union CPAC convention,
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American Insurance Organization,
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American Jobs Bill,
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–70
American Medical Association,
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–65
American Modern Insurance,
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American Revolution,
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,
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,
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Americans for Prosperity,
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Americans for Tax Reform,
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AmericaSpeakingOut.com,
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America Speaks Out project,
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Ames, Fisher,
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,
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–24,
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Anderson, S.C.,
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Andrews, Camille,
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Andy’s Café,
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Aniston, Jennifer,
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Arab Spring,
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Arizona,
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1st Congressional District of,
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8th Congressional District of,
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solar power industry in,
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Arlington National Cemetery,
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Armey, Dick,
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Army Corps of Engineers,
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,
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Art and Soul,
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Assad, Bashar al-,
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Associated Press,
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“A to Z Spending Cut Plan,”
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bailouts,
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auto parts industry,
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Bachmann, Michele,
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Bakersfield Tea Party rally,
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Balanced Budget Amendment,
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,
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debt ceiling and,
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–27,
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–39,
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,
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–52,
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,
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,
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in House,
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,
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–65,
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Balanced Budget Amendment Caucus,
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Barnes, Fred,
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at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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–xix
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC),
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Bass, Charlie,
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Batiste, John,
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Bean, Melissa,
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Becerra, Xavier,
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Benishek, Dan,
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Bennett, Bill,
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Ben’s Chili Bowl,
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Berg, Rick,
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Berlin Wall,
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in talks over debt ceiling,
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–33,
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,
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,
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–57,
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Bill of Rights:
House recitation of,
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writing of,
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,
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Bipartisan Policy Center,
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Bishop, Sanford,
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Black, Diane,
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Blackburn, Marsha,
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Blue Dog Democrats,
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–39,
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DISCLOSE Act opposed by,
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–80
health care bill watered down by,
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Pelosi opposed by,
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women in,
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Blyth, Jonathan,
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BMW,
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Boehner, John,
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–72
Cardinals’ meeting on Appropriations bills with,
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–80
crying by,
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death threats denounced by,
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debt ceiling and,
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–37,
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see also
Budget Control Act (Boehner plan)
default fears of,
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dinner for freshmen hosted by,
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on Duncan’s spending-slashing bill,
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earmarks disdained by,
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,
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elected new Speaker-designate,
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–4
on excitement of House,
43
–44
final Continuing Resolution supported by,
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,
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,
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freshmen granted privileges by,
75
–76
Giffords shooting and,
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–41
in government shutdowns,
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Highway Bill denounced by,
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House administrative budget cut desired by,
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H.R.1 and,
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,
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–88
on Libyan attack,
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Luntz disliked by,
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made House Speaker,
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as not inhabiting cutting edge,
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–48
openness and frugality pushed by,
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,
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payroll tax bill and,
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in planning for Speaker role,
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,
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–49
Pledge to America and,
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,
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in rise through House,
44
–47
in run for majority leader,
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on Ryan budget,
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short-term budget plans of,
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,
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,
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–32,
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,
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swearing-in ceremony executed by,
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tax reform desired by,
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at Tea Party rally,
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Weiner scandal and,
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Boeing,
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Bonior, David,
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Bono, Sonny,
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Boone, Pat,
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Bordallo, Madeleine,
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Boren, Dan,
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Borgnine, Ernest,
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Bosch,
157
–58
Boustany, Charles, Jr.,
283
Bowles-Simpson report,
230
–31
Boyd, Allen,
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Brady, Kevin,
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Braley, Bruce,
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breast cancer,
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Brewster, Daniel,
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Brooks, Preston,
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Brown, Corrine,
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Brown, James,
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Brownsville Transit Authority,
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BTUs,
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budget,
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Obama’s,
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,
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,
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,
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Pledge to America and,
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Ryan’s plan for,
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,
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–41
see also
Continuing Resolution (CR); debt ceiling; House Resolution
1
Budget Control Act (Boehner plan),
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–50
Cut, Cap, and Balance vs.,
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,
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,
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House vote on,
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,
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,
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–62
Buerkle, Ann Marie,
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Bunker Hill, Battle of,
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Bunyan, John,
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Bureau of Labor Statistics,
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Bureau of the Public Debt,
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–25
Burgess, Michael,
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Bush, George W.,
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,
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,
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,
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,
205
bank bailout of,
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energy bill and,
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Medicare subsidies supported by,
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tax cuts of,
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,
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,
270
Bush administration,
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Buyer, Steve,
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Byrd, Harry,
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cabaret tax,
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Caesar, Julius,
187
Cain, Herman,
188
Cajun Caucus,
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–86
Calhoun, John,
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California State Assembly,
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Cambridge, Md., House Democrats’ retreat in,
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Camp, David,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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campaign advertising,
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campaign finance reform,
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Campbell, George Washington,
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Cannon, Joseph “Uncle Joe,”
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Cannon Building,
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–6,
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Cantor, Eric,
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–72
balanced budget amendment scrapped by,
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Cardinals’ meeting on Appropriations bills with,
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–80
debt ceiling issue and,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–38,
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,
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,
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at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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–xix
Duncan’s spending-slashing bill and,
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food stamp blocking supported by,
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House schedule designed by,
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,
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as McCain’s alleged vice presidential candidate,
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