The Price of Politics (64 page)

Emanuel, Rahm,
12

and Biden,
80

and business community,
50
–51

and Cantor,
12
,
21

and Cao,
18

in Chicago mayoral race,
88

congressional relations, approach to,
108

and Conrad,
37
–38

and health care reform,
39
–40

on health care reform,
12

and Orszag,
53
,
55

and presidential budget proposal for 2011,
33

profanity of,
12
,
19
,
45
,
51
,
108

and Simpson-Bowles commission,
36
,
44

and stimulus package,
12
,
16
–23,
24

enforcement mechanism.
See
trigger mechanism

entitlement programs.
See specific entitlement programs, e.g.
Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security

estate tax rates,
64
,
74
,
75
,
158
,
175
,
193

European economy,
63
,
210
,
336

executive order creating Simpson-Bowles commission,
41
,
42
–45

Face the Nation
,
136

farm subsidies,
121
,
123
,
201

“fat cat,” Obama’s use of,
49
,
52
,
81

filibusters,
24
,
40
–41,
46
,
69
,
71
,
344
,
360
,
364
,
365

firewalls,
128
,
142
,
203
–4,
205
,
222
–23,
315
,
348
–55

fiscal cliff of 2013,
379

fiscal commission.
See
Simpson-Bowles commission

food stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP),
120
–21,
124
,
131
,
132
,
160
,
201
–2,
214
,
216
,
221

14th Amendment,
327
,
328

Fox News,
343

Fox News Sunday,
314
–15

Foxx, Virginia,
368

Frank, Barney,
83

free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama,
108
–9

Friedman, Tom,
3

Furman, Jason,
110
–11,
210
–11

Gang of Six,
251
–52

deficit reduction plan released by (July 19, 2011),
252
–59

delay in release of deficit reduction plan,
96
–97,
172
,
251
–52

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
251
–60,
262
,
270
,
271
,
276
,
278
,
280
,
281
–82,
286

Geithner, Timothy,
10
–11

and Biden working group,
113
–14,
116
,
117
,
118
,
125
,
129
,
141

and Boehner,
345
–46,
374
,
375

and Boehner-Obama negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (June-July 2011),
175

and Bush tax cut extensions,
74
,
75

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
305
,
316
,
331
–38,
350
,
354

congressional plan veto, at meeting on consequences of,
331
–38

on default risk,
189
,
210
,
220
,
230
,
305
,
327
–28,
331
–38,
345

and deficit,
27

and firewall placement,
350
,
354

and free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama,
108

and Gang of Six,
258

at joint congressional leadership meetings

November 30, 2010,
63

April 13, 2011,
100
,
102

July 10, 2011,
197

July 12, 2011,
210
,
211

July 13, 2011 presidential pre-briefing,
218

July 13, 2011,
220
,
222

July 14, 2011,
230
,
231
,
232

and Obama,
10
–11,
275
–76,
327
–28

on overall fiscal picture,
275
–76

at Pelosi meeting with Obama on debt ceiling crisis,
151

and presidential budget proposal for 2011,
30
,
32
,
33
,
34

press conferences,
345

Republican takeover of House (January 2011) and debt ceiling crisis,
88
,
175

and sequestration trigger in exchange for second-step debt limit increase,
344
,
345

and Sperling,
73

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
236
,
237
,
238
,
240
,
241
,
242
,
244
,
260
,
275
–76

George Washington University Speech (April 13, 2011) on long-term debt resolution,
99
–107,
114

Gibbs, Robert,
55

Gingrich, Newt,
96
,
335
,
377

global financial crisis of 2008,
10
,
206
,
227
,
230
,
297
,
334

Goldman Sachs,
81

golf,
6
,
132
,
134
,
135
,
178
,
180
,
235
,
244
,
353

Google,
242

Government Accountability Office,
117

government assets, sale of,
336

government shutdowns,
333
,
335

Graham, Billy,
1

Graham, Lindsey,
15
,
369

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings sequester language,
339
,
340
,
341
,
346

Great Depression of 1930s,
328
,
334

Great Society,
155

Greek economy,
152
,
210
,
336
,
364

Greenspan, Alan,
10

Gridiron Club dinners,
1
–4

Hagan, Kay,
292

Harvard Law Review,
70

Hastings, Doc,
368

Hatch, Orrin,
42

health care reform (Obamacare).
See also
Medicaid; Medicare

and Biden working group,
116

Democratic leadership meeting on (January 14, 2010),
38
–40

disagreement between Obama and top advisors regarding,
12

and George Washington University Speech (April 13, 2011),
99

malpractice reform,
55
–56

Orszag on,
55
–56

passage of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
46
,
58

and pharmaceuticals industry,
124
,
148

and Ryan plan,
82
–87,
356

and Simpson-Bowles commission,
43
,
59
,
66
–67

TRICARE,
201

and trigger mechanism,
248

unpopularity of,
56
,
58

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
261
–62,
264
,
265
,
266
–67,
269

Hensarling, Jeb,
65
–67,
99
–100,
105
,
148
,
169
,
267
,
311
,
360
–63,
371

Hill, Baron,
18
–19,
21
,
22

Holtz-Eakin, Doug,
116

Homeland Security Department,
115
,
352

Hoover Dam,
11

House Appropriations Committee,
89
–90,
93
,
101
,
203
,
223
,
257

House Budget Committee,
75
,
82
–84,
86
,
101
,
346

House Republican Economic Recovery Working Group,
13
–14,
16

House Ways and Means Committee,
65
,
66
,
83
,
101
,
107
–8

Housing and Urban Development Department,
31

housing provisions excluded from stimulus package,
8

Hoyer, Steny

and Blue Dogs,
20

and Boehner,
229
,
238

and Bush tax cut extensions,
75

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
325

on earmark reform and 2009 appropriations bill,
26
–27

at joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

April 13, 2011,
102

July 10, 2011,
190
,
193

July 11, 2011,
203
,
206
,
207

July 13, 2011,
221
,
223
,
224

July 14, 2011,
232

at Pelosi meeting with Obama on debt ceiling crisis,
139
,
151
–52

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
249
,
271
,
283
,
291

Hulse, Carl,
272

Hurricane Katrina,
21
,
31

IBM,
50
–51

immigration and DREAM Act,
65

Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB),
261

infrastructure investment,
97
,
151
,
276

Inouye, Daniel,
118
,
124
,
128

Interior Department,
31

investment spending and stimulus package,
5
,
11

IPAB (Independent Payment Advisory Board),
261

Iraq war,
149
,
194
,
223
,
241
,
342

Jackson, Barry,
158

and Boehner legacy,
179
–80

and Boehner-Obama debt ceiling crisis negotiations (June-July 2011),
158
,
162
–66,
174
,
176
,
179
–83,
185

on Cantor-Obama confrontation over short-term debt limit extension,
226

and collapse of White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations (July 22, 2011),
294
,
296
,
301
–2

and congressional plan on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
304
,
310
,
318
,
331
,
348

and continuing resolutions on the budget,
93
,
95

and Gang of Six,
252
,
254
,
255
,
257
–58

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

and Lew,
163
,
228
,
236

and Nabors,
165
,
183
,
257

on office of presidency,
199

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

and sequestration trigger,
340

and Sperling,
185

and White House staff/Republican leadership negotiations on debt ceiling crisis (July 2011),
240
,
247
,
248
–49,
251
,
260
,
262
,
266
,
269
,
270
,
271
–72,
290
,
294
,
296
,
301
–2

Jarrett, Valerie,
48
,
51
,
52
,
55
–56,
82

Jefferson, William,
17
–18

Jentleson, Adam,
310
–11

Johnson, Katie,
54

Johnson, Lyndon,
155

Joint Committee on Taxation,
101
,
118

joint congressional leadership meetings with Obama

January 5, 2009,
5
–9

January 23, 2009,
13
–14

November 18, 2010, proposed,
60
–61

November 30, 2010,
61
–65

April 13, 2011,
100
–102

July 10, 2011,
189
–97

July 11, 2011,
201
–7

July 12, 2011,
209
–16

July 13, 2011 presidential pre-briefing,
218
–19

July 13, 2011,
220
–25

July 14, 2011,
229
–34

press conferences about,
199
–201

Republican frustration with,
197
–98,
199
–201,
217
,
234

JP Morgan Chase,
81
,
88
,
96

Kasich, John,
132
,
134
,
235