taxation of, [>]–[>]
Isakson, Johnny: trades in pharmaceutical industry stocks, [>]
ITT Education Services: stock price declines, [>]
Ivanpah Solar Electrical System, [>], [>]
Jefferson, William: FBI investigates, [>]–[>], [>]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: and crony capitalism, [>]
use of blind trusts, [>]
Johnson & Johnson: congressmen trade in stock, [>], [>], [>]
Jones, Paul Tudor: as Obama supporter, [>]
Jones, Stephanie Tubbs: and congressional ethics committees, [>]
journalism: and conflict of interest, [>]–[>]
Kaiser, George: as Obama supporter, [>]
Kennedy, Robert, Jr.: supports Obama, [>]
Kerry, John, [>], [>], [>]
background, [>]–[>]
trades in financial stocks, [>], [>]
trades in health care industry stocks, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
trades in pharmaceutical industry stocks, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Khosla, Vinad: as Obama supporter, [>]
kickbacks: Baird on, [>]
Kilgore, Tom: and crony capitalism, [>]
King, Angus: as Obama supporter, [>]
Kozlowski, Dennis: and conflict of interest, [>]
Kramer, Orin: as Obama supporter, [>]
Kristie, James: on crony capitalism, [>]
Krock, Arthur: on crony capitalism, [>]–[>]
Kuttner, Robert: on TARP, [>]
Lampe, Henry: on Buffett, [>]
Lantos, Tom: and Boeing Corporation, [>]–[>]
law, rule of: Congress as exempt from, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Madison on, [>]–[>]
Lazzaro, Vic, [>]
Legato Systems: congressmen buy IPO, [>]
Leucadia Energy: receives federal grants, [>]–[>]
Lewis, Jerry: personal use of earmarks, [>]–[>]
and real estate investment, [>]
Lewis, Michael: The Big Short, [>]
Lightspeed Ventures, [>]
Lippmann, Walter: on crony capitalism, [>]
lobbying, [>]
by Berkshire Hathway, [>]–[>]
by Blackstone Group, [>]
close congressional connections to, [>]
Coburn on, [>]
by health care industry, [>]
by investment fund industry, [>]–[>]
by Managed Funds Association, [>]
and political intelligence, [>]–[>]
Lofgren, Zoe: supports credit card fee reform, [>]
Lott, Trent: nepotism by, [>]
Luongo, John: as Obama supporter, [>]
Lynn, William J.: and defense industry, [>]
M&T Bank: and PPIP, [>]
Maclay, William, [>]
Madison, James: on rule of law, [>]–[>]
Madison Dearborn Partners, [>]
Maloney, Carolyn: facilitates mass transit project, [>]–[>]
personal use of earmarks, [>]
and real estate investment, [>]–[>]
Managed Funds Association: lobbying by, [>]
Manne, Henry: Insider Trading and the Stock Market, [>], [>]
Market Vectors TRN fund: congressmen trade in, [>]
mass transit projects: Maloney facilitates, [>]–[>]
Pelosi facilitates, [>]–[>]
Mathis, Brian: as Obama supporter, [>]
Maxim Pharmaceuticals: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
McCain, John, [>]
McCaskill, Claire: invests in Berkshire Hathaway, [>]–[>]
McChesney, Fred: on political extortion, [>]
McDermott, Jim: trades in biotechnology industry stocks, [>]–[>]
medical technology: and Medicare Prescription Drug Act, [>]
medical tourism, [>]–[>]
Medicare Prescription Drug Act: Bush signs, [>], [>]
medical technology and, [>]
Medicare reform, [>]–[>], [>]
Merck: congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>], [>]
MiaSole: receives federal manufacturing credits, [>]
Microsoft: congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>]
MidAmerican Energy Holdings: receives TARP funds, [>]
Miller, Laura, [>]
Montesquieu, Baron de: The Spirit of the Laws, [>]
Moran, Jim: background, [>]
dumps financial stocks, [>]
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick: on low public expectations, [>]–[>]
Musk, Elon: as Obama supporter, [>]–[>]
Mylan: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Nanogen: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
National Association of Convenience Stores: supports Credit Card Fair Fee Act, [>]
National Association of Realtors, [>]
National Grocers Association: supports Credit Card Fair Fee Act, [>]
National Retail Federation: supports Credit Card Fair Fee Act, [>]
Nationwide Health Properties: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Nelsen, Bob: as Obama supporter, [>]
Nelson, Ben: invests in Bekshire Hathaway, [>]
nepotism: in Congress, [>]
Netscape: congressmen buy IPO, [>]
NexGen: Soros invests in, [>]–[>]
Nordic Windpower: receives federal loan guarantees, [>]
Northfield Labs: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
NRG Energy: receives federal grants, [>]
Soros invests in, [>]
Obama, Barack: and alternative energy, [>]
Audacity of Hope, [>]
Buffett supports, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and crony capitalism, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and Gregg, [>]–[>]
and health care reform, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and Internet networks, [>]
investment fund industry supports, [>]
Kennedy supports, [>]–[>]
and political connections, [>]–[>]
Soros as economic adviser to, [>]–[>]
Soros supports, [>], [>]
and Strategic Petroleum Reserve, [>]
supports railroad investment, [>]–[>]
and TARP, [>]
Oberstar, James: trades in pharmaceutical industry stocks, [>]–[>]
OnDisplay: congressmen buy IPO, [>]
Opal: congressmen buy IPO, [>]
open protocols: Silver Spring Networks and, [>]
options trading, [>]–[>], [>]
Oxford Health Plans: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Page, Larry: as Obama supporter, [>]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: biotechnology industry and, [>]–[>]
and crony capitalism, [>]–[>]
Food and Drug Administration and, [>]
health care industry and, [>]–[>]
health insurance industry and, [>]–[>]
pharmaceutical industry and, [>]
United Health affected by, [>]–[>]
Paulson, Henry: and Buffett, [>]–[>]
and economic crisis of 2008, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Paulson, John, [>]
Pease International Tradeport, [>]–[>]
Peco Energy: receives federal grant, [>]
Pelosi, Nancy: buys Clean Energy Fuels IPO, [>]–[>]
buys Quest Energy Partners IPO, [>]
buys Visa IPO, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and conflict of interest, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and crony capitalism, [>], [>]
denounces FBI investigation, [>]
facilitates mass transit project, [>]–[>]
personal use of earmarks, [>]
and real estate investment, [>]–[>]
supports Credit Card Reform Act, [>]
suppresses Credit Card Fair Fee Act, [>]
and TARP, [>]
Pendergast, Tom: and graft, [>]
Pentagon: supports defense industry, [>]–[>]
Permanent Political Class, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
&nb
sp; arrogance and elitism of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and economic crisis of 2008, [>]–[>]
Pfizer: congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>], [>]
pharmaceutical industry: congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>]
Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and, [>]–[>]
and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [>]
Pharmaceutical Resources: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Pickens, T. Boone, [>]
Plunkitt, George Washington: on crony capitalism, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and real estate investment, [>]
Podesta, John, [>]
Polis, Jared: and health care reform, [>]–[>]
trades in health care industry stocks, [>]–[>]
political connections: crony capitalism and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
investment fund industry and, [>]–[>]
Obama and, [>]–[>]
Soros and, [>]–[>]
and TARP, [>]–[>]
White House staff on, [>]–[>]
political corruption: "traditional," [>]–[>]
political extortion: congressional use of, [>]–[>]
McChesney on, [>]
political intelligence: Brown and, [>]–[>]
insider information as, [>]–[>]
lobbying and, [>]–[>]
Portnoy on, [>]–[>]
politics: Weber on, [>]–[>]
Polsky, Michael: as Obama supporter, [>]
Portnoy, Elliott: on political intelligence, [>]–[>]
PowerShares Dynamic Biotech and Genome ETF: congressmen trade in, [>]
Powershares QQQ fund: congressmen trade in, [>]
Powerspan: Soros invests in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
PrairieGold Venture Partners, [>]
presidency: and conflict of interest, [>]
and crony capitalism, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Pritzker, Penny: as Obama supporter, [>]
Project Bioshield: biotechnology industry and, [>]–[>]
Bush signs legislation for, [>]–[>]
Proshares Ultra-Short QQQ fund: congressmen trade in, [>], [>]
Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP): banking industry and, [>]–[>]
Buffett proposes, [>]–[>], [>]
Geithner and, [>]
Public Service Enterprise Group: Soros invests in, [>]
Quantum Fund, [>]
Quayle, Dan, [>]
Quest Energy Partners: Pelosi buys IPO, [>]
Radware: Soros invests in, [>]
Rahn, Richard: on Soros, [>]
railroads: Obama supporters' investments in, [>]–[>]
Randolph, John, [>]
Rattner, Steven: on Buffett, [>]
Reagan, Ronald, [>]
real estate investment: and conflict of interest, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
members of Congress and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Plunkitt and, [>]
Record Hill Wind: receives federal loan guarantees, [>]
Recyclebank: receives federal loans & grants, [>]
Redleaf, Andrew: on crony capitalism, [>]
Redman, Eric: as Obama supporter, [>]
Reicher, Dan: as Obama supporter, [>]
Reid, Harry, [>]
and crony capitalism, [>]
and investment fund industry, [>]–[>]
personal use of earmarks, [>]
and real estate investment, [>]–[>]
Remedy Corporate: congressmen buy IPO, [>]
ResMed: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Rice, Zeb: as Obama supporter, [>]
Rich, Frank: on Soros, [>]
Rio Tinto, [>]
Rock Center for Corporate Governance (Stanford), [>]
Roda Group, [>]
Rogers, Jim: as Obama supporter, [>]
Rogers, John, Jr.: as Obama supporter, [>]
Salix Ventures II fund: congressmen trade in, [>]
Sanders, Bernie: on Export-Import Bank, [>]
Sapphire Energy: receives federal grant, [>]–[>]
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: and whistleblowing, [>]–[>]
Scalia, Antonin: on conflict of interest, [>]
Schmidt, Eric: as Obama supporter, [>]
Schumer, Charles, [>]
and investment fund industry, [>]–[>]
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): and conflict of interest, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and insider trading laws, [>], [>]
investigates Frist, [>]
political influence over, [>], [>]
and short selling, [>]
Seelig, Jonathan: as Obama supporter, [>]
Senate, U.S. See Congress
Sensenbrenner, James: declines to trade in pharmaceutical stocks, [>]
Shaw, David: as Obama supporter, [>]
short selling: SEC and, [>]
Shuler, Heath: and real estate investment, [>]–[>]
Silver, Jonathan: at Department of Energy, [>]
Silver Lake Kraftwerk fund, [>]
Silver Spring Networks: and open protocols, [>]
and "smart-grid," [>], [>]
Simons, James, [>]
Slaughter, Louise: on conflict of interest, [>]
"smart grid": Silver Spring Networks and, [>], [>]
Sohail, Faysal: on crony capitalism, [>]
Sokol, David, [>]–[>]
Solar City: receives federal loan guarantees, [>]
Solar Reserve: receives federal loan guarantees, [>]
Solar Trust of America, [>]
Solazyme: receives federal grants, [>]
Solyndra: receives federal loan guarantees, [>], [>]
Soros, George, [>]
and currency speculation, [>]–[>]
invests in alternative energy companies, [>]–[>]
invests in technology companies, [>]–[>]
as Obama economic adviser, [>]–[>]
and political connections, [>]–[>]
political views, [>]
Rahn on, [>]
Rich on, [>]
supports Center for American Progress, [>]
supports Obama, [>], [>]
Vachon on, [>]–[>]
and Zoi, [>]
Spinner, Steve: at Department of Energy, [>]–[>]
as Obama supporter, [>]
Spirit of the Laws, The (Montesquieu), [>]
stock ownership: congressional voting tied to, [>], [>]–[>]
Stoll, Ira: on Buffett, [>]
on crony capitalism, [>]–[>]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Obama and, [>]
Strauch, Roger: as Obama supporter, [>]
Stryker, Pat: as Obama supporter, [>]
subprime-mortgage bailout, [>]
Summers, Graham: on Buffett, [>]
Summers, Larry, [>]
as Obama supporter, [>]
Summit Texas Clean Energy: receives federal grant, [>]
Supreme Court: and conflict of interest, [>]
on constitutionality of conflict-of-interest laws, [>]–[>]
Susman, Louis, [>]
Sutton, Willie, [>]
Sweet, Scott, [>]
Tammany Hall, [>], [>], [>], [>]
and crony capitalism, [>]
Targeted Investment Program, [>]
Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, [>]
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): and crony capitalism, [>]–[>]
Teradata: Soros invests in, [>]
Tesla Motors: receives federal loans & grants, [>], [>]–[>]
Teslik, Sarah: on crony capitalism, [>]
Teva Pharmaceuticals: congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>], [>]
Thermo Fisher Scientific: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Third Street Light Rail Project (San Francisco): Pelosi gets federal funding for, [>]–[>]
Thomas H. Lee Partners, [>]
Thompson, Bennie: personal use of earmarks, [>], [>]
Torricelli, Robert: buys IPOs, [>], [>]
"transi
t premium," [>]–[>], [>]
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), [>]–[>], [>]. See also Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
banking industry receives funds from, [>]–[>]
Berkshire Hathaway and, [>]
Buffett benefits from, [>], [>]
Buffett supports, [>]–[>], [>]
Bush signs legislation for, [>]
crony capitalism and, [>], [>]
Geithner and, [>]–[>]
General Electric receives funds from, [>], [>]
Kuttner on, [>]
MidAmerican Energy Holdings receives funds from, [>]
Obama and, [>]
Pelosi and, [>]
political connections and, [>]–[>]
Wilmers on, [>]
Truman, Harry: and graft, [>]–[>]
Turner, Ted: as Obama supporter, [>]
Tweed, William "Boss": and crony capitalism, [>]–[>]
United Airlines: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
United Health Group: affected by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [>]–[>]
congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>]
U.S. Army: lack of graft in, [>]–[>]
U.S. Bancorp: in economic crisis of 2008, [>]
and PPIP, [>]
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