by Tim Alberta
Armed Services, 148
Bank, 58
Benghazi, 251, 330
Budget, 33, 88, 184, 436, 440
Financial Services, 32
Intelligence, 84–85, 476–77, 487, 509, 591
Judiciary, 513
Oversight, 6, 369, 513, 604–5
Parliamentarian, 220
Post Office, 58
Steering, 251
Ways and Means, 84, 263, 440, 477
U.S. House of Representatives. See also House Democrats; House Republicans; and specific caucuses
ACA and, 68–69
budget of 2013 and, 153
budget of 2018 and, 497–98
Bush and, 15–17
cap-and-trade and, 61
criminal justice reform and, 563, 566
elections of 2010 and, 72–77, 83, 156–57
elections of 2012 and, 122, 137
elections of 2014 and, 192, 210
elections of 2018 and, 539–44, 560–61, 574–80
financial crisis and, 28–34
fiscal cliff and, 146
immigration reform and, 17
McCain and, 19–20, 23
Obama and, 42, 45
Pence career in, 118, 119, 343
primaries and, 157, 196
Senate vs., as institution, 156–57
Social Security privatization and, 15–16
Steve King rebuked by, 581–82
stimulus and, 46, 47–49, 51
U.S. Senate Committees
Foreign Relations, 339, 473, 510, 556
Intelligence, 509
Judiciary, 156, 162
U.S. Senate. See also Senate Democrats; Senate Republicans; and specific caucuses
ACA and, 63, 67–69, 167, 173
budget of 2013 and, 185
budget omnibus of 2018 and, 498
criminal justice reform and, 563–64
elections of 2010 and, 72, 77–83
elections of 2012 and, 133, 137
elections of 2014 and, 192, 210
elections of 2018 and, 532–39, 541–43, 545–47, 552, 560
financial crisis and, 29, 31, 33–34
fiscal cliff and, 146
House vs., as institution, 156–57
immigration reform bill of 2013, 154–56, 159, 161–64, 170
nuclear option invoked by Reid, 183
Obama bipartisan efforts and, 44–45
primaries of 2014 and, 194–96
reconciliation process and, 435
stimulus and, 47, 49
TPA and, 232
University of Virginia, 465–66
Univision, 291
Upton, Fred, 32–33
urban voters, 405, 547
USA Today, 364
Utah, 62, 76–77, 295, 308, 311, 550
“vacating the chair” tactic, 232–33
Values Voter Summit, 120, 243
Vance, J.D., 397
Vander Plaats, Bob, 267, 282
Vanity Fair, 107, 214
Vatican, 172, 240
Ventura, Jesse, 98
Vermont, 397
Veterans Affairs Department, 506
Vice News, 466, 468
Vickers, Darrell, 356
victimization, 3, 36
Victoria, Queen of England, 531
Vietnam War, 10, 101, 452
View, The (TV show), 97
Vigurie, Richard, 267
Violence Against Women Act, reauthorization of, 153, 182
Virginia, 67, 115, 121, 127, 138, 147, 200–203, 529, 543–44, 551, 577
voter fraud, 429, 543
voter suppression, 129, 542, 565, 600
voting laws, 83–84, 545
voting rights, 597
Vox, 205, 559
wages, 424, 611
Wagner, Ann, 372
Walker, Mark, 231
Walker, Scott
elections of 2018 and, 543, 579
GOP primaries of 2016 and, 216, 258, 310, 313
Wallace, Chris, 540–42
Wall. See Mexican border wall
Wall Street, 5, 125, 131. See also banks
bailouts, 28–30, 34, 62, 73
Wall Street Journal, 5, 25, 82, 88, 128, 134, 165, 305, 322, 484–88, 558
Walsh, Katie, 244, 290, 390, 413
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 18
Walter Scott Notification Act (2017), 468
war crimes, 263
Ward, Vaughn, 74
Ware, Artis, 470
Warren, Elizabeth, 130, 249–50, 597–98
Washington Examiner, 176, 346, 382, 588–89
Washington Free Beacon, 421
Washington Post, 15, 49, 208, 358, 362, 366–67, 369, 379, 445, 455, 475, 500–501, 516, 519, 556, 580, 606
Magazine, 580
Washington Redskins, 249
Wasserman, David, 405–6, 578
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, 356
Watergate, 444, 520, 579
Waters, Maxine, 532
wealthy, 257, 451, 475, 476
Webster, Daniel, 220
Weekly Standard, 20, 21, 516
Wehner, Pete, 18, 39, 456, 499
Weigel, David, 195
Weinstein, Harvey, 472
Wenstrup, Brad, 460
West, Allen, 143
West, Kanye, 530–31, 563
Westerhout, Madeleine, 409–10
Westmoreland, Lynn, 150
West Virginia, 311, 323, 533
White House
chaotic nature of, under Trump, 461–63
GOP, with loss of Priebus, 463
GOP invitations to, 514
Map Room, 538–39, 540
White house chief of staff
Kelly as, 463–64, 553–54, 556
Mulvaney as acting, 554–55, 567
Priebus as, 411–13, 462–63
White House communications shop, 430, 463, 541
White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, 2012, 100
White House Office of Legislative Affairs, 407, 502, 515, 573
White House Office of Political Affairs, 491, 492, 538
whites, 37, 130, 135–36, 157–58, 260, 391, 394–95, 544–47
college-educated, 544, 546, 579
noncollege, 130, 137, 299, 346, 391, 394, 544
working-class, 4, 11–12, 16, 38, 111, 115, 123–24, 127, 130, 135–36, 232–33, 261, 320, 324, 345–46, 257, 391, 394, 397–98, 419, 544, 547, 576, 609
white supremacists, 466–68, 474, 581
Whitver, Jack, 275
Whole Foods, 405–6
WikiLeaks, 356, 369–70, 390, 591, 604, 607
Will, George, 500–501
Williams, Juan, 112–13
Williamsburg Accord (Huelskamp memo), 152–54, 176, 182–85
Wilson, Chris, 300
Wilson, Joe, 63, 73
Winfrey, Oprah, 98
Wisconsin, 35, 51, 52, 77–78, 127, 134–35, 216, 260–61, 299, 310–13, 323, 355–58, 364, 367–68, 391–95, 397, 543, 545, 577, 579
GOP Fall Fest, 367–68, 374–75
Wisconsin, USS, 126
Wolff, Michael, 481–82
Womack, Steve, 572
women, 37, 80, 128, 131, 136, 138, 143, 181, 196, 235, 237–38, 544, 579
college-educated, 37, 138, 394, 398, 544
elected to House, 157, 579–80
#MeToo and, 472–73
Women’s March, 428–29
Woods, Tiger, viii
Woodson, Bob, 182
Woodward, Bob, 88
World Series, 391
World Trade Organization (WTO), 325
World War II, 56, 425
Wright, Rev. Jeremiah, 35
WVLK radio, 537
Wynn, Steve, 322–25
xenophobia, 18, 362, 414, 425
Yemen, 429
Yiannopoulos, Milo, 458
Yoder, Kevin, 529
Yoho, Ted, 149, 177, 179–80, 220
York, Byron, 583
Young, Don,
58–59
Young, Neil, 227
Young Guns (Cantor, Ryan, and McCarthy), 105
young voters, 37, 137, 181, 260, 394
YouTube, 25
zero-sum legislation, 523
zero-tolerance policy. See family-separation policy
Zinke, Ryan, 553
Zucker, Arieanne, 367
About the Author
TIM ALBERTA is the chief political correspondent for Politico Magazine and has reported for National Review, National Journal, the Hotline, and the Wall Street Journal. His work has been featured in dozens of major publications, including Sports Illustrated and the Atlantic, and he frequently appears as a commentator on political television programs. A graduate of Michigan State University, he lives with his wife and three sons in Falls Church, Virginia.
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