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Alexander, Rodney, [>]
Alexander Strategy Group, [>]
Allison, Bill, [>]
Allison, John, [>], [>]
Alston & Bird (consulting firm), [>]
Altman, Roger, [>]
Altria (company), [>], [>]
Amazon, [>]
America Forward PAC, [>]–[>], [>]
American Airlines, [>]
American Automotive Policy Council, [>]
American Clean Energy and Security Act, [>]
American Dental Association, [>]
American Independent Energy PAC, [>]
American Petroleum Institute, [>]
Ameripac, [>]
ANDER PAC, [>]
Anderson, Chris, [>]
Andrews, Mrs. Robert, [>]–[>], [>]
Andrews, Robert (“Rob”), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Apple, [>]
arms manufacturing industry, [>]. See also defense industry
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, [>]
Associated Milk Producers, [>]
AT&T, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; merger with T-Mobile, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Bachmann, Michele, [>]; leadership PAC(s) of, [>]
Bair, Sheila, [>]
Baird, Brian, [>]
Bank of America, [>], [>], [>]
Barclays, [>]
Barrick Gold (mining company), [>]
Barringer, Steve, [>], [>]
Barron’s, [>]
Barton, Joe, [>], [>]
Battelle, John, [>]
Baucus, Max, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bauer, Robert, [>]
Beale, Sara Sun, [>]
BearingPoint, Inc., [>]
Biden, Joe, [>]; anti-piracy legislation and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
bills. See laws; legislative process; “milker bills”; entries for specific laws
Bing, Steve, [>]
Bishop, Tim, [>], [>]
Black, Diane, [>]
Black, Ed, [>]
blackmail, [>]
Blackstone’s Law Dictionary, [>]
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin (firm), [>]
Blagojevich, Rod (“Blago”), [>]–[>]
Blom, Bryan, [>]
Bloomberg, [>], [>]–[>]
Blue Cross, [>]
Blue Dog Democrats, [>]–[>]
Blunt, Amy, [>], [>]
Blunt, Andy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Blunt, Matt, [>], [>], [>], [>]; as Missouri governor, [>], [>]–[>]
Blunt, Roy, [>], [>], [>]–162, [>]–[>]; family machine of, [>]–[>]
Blunt Victory Committee, [>]
Boehner, John, [>], [>], [>]; fund-raising machine of, [>]–[>], [>]; stopgap spending bill and, [>]–[>]; toll taking and, [>]–[>], [>]; Wall Street and, [>]–[>]
Boren, David, [>]
Boxer, Barbara, [>]
Breuer, Lanny, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
bribery: antibribery law enforcement and, [>]–[>]; vs. extortion, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bronfman, Edgar, [>]
Broun, Paul, [>]
Brown, Jay, [>]
Brown, Michael, [>]
Brown, Ron, [>]
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck (Las Vegas firm), [>]
Bryan, Richard, [>]
Buchanan, Vernon, [>]
Buckley v. Valeo, [>]
Build America PAC, [>]
bureaucratic extortion, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also Department of Justice (DOJ)
Burlington Northern railroad, [>]
Bush, George W. (U.S. president), [>], [>]
BusinessWeek, [>]
California, fund-raising in, [>]–[>]
Camp, David, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
campaign committees: loans to, [>]–[>], [>]; personal expenses and, [>]; regulation of, [>]; transfers to other candidates and, [>]. See also leadership PACs
campaign contributions: lifestyle enhancement and, [>], [>]–[>]; from other politicians, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; “protection money” and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; regulation of, [>]; vote-buying and, [>]–[>]. See also fund-raising; leadership PACs; “milker bills”
Campbell, John, [>]
Cantor Fitzgerald, [>]
Capone, Al, [>]–[>]
Card, Andy, [>]
“Cardinals,” [>]
Carney, Jay, [>], [>]
“cashing in,” [>], [>]–[>]
Cassidy & Associates (lobbying firm), [>], [>]
Castro, Joaquin, [>]
Cellular Telephone and Internet Association, [>]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), [>]–[>], [>]
Central Missouri Biofuels, [>]
Cerner Corporation, [>]–[>]
CFPB. See Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
CFTC. See Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
challengers, and reforms, [>]–[>], [>]
Chambliss, Saxby, [>]
Chanos, Jim, [>]
Chicago Mob (“the Outfit”), [>]
China, and Hollywood films, [>]–[>]
Chubb Corporation, [>]
Chun, A. Marisa, [>]
CISPA. See Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)
Civella, Nick, [>]
Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002, [>]
Clean Energy Act, [>]
Clear Channel Communications, [>], [>]
Clinton, Bill (U.S. president), [>], [>]
Clinton, Hillary, [>]
Clyburn, James, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Clyburn, Mignon, [>]
Clyburn, William, Jr., [>]
CME Group, [>]–[>]
CMS. See Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
CNet News, [>]
Cobra Oil and Gas, [>]
Cochrane, John, [>]
Comcast, [>], [>], [>]
Committee for Economic Development, [>], [>]
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), [>]–[>], [>]
Communication Workers of America, [>]
complexity of laws and regulations, [>]–[>]
compliance, [>]; complexity and, [>]–[>]; prosecutory discretion and, [>]–[>]
Computer and Communications Industry Association, [>]
“conduit contributions,” [>]
Congress, members of: airline privileges and, [>]–[>]; fund-raising during sessions and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; reading of bills by, [>]; salaries of, [>]
Congressional committees: assignment to, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; leadership of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; staff of, as consultants, [>]–[>]
Connecticut campaign financing law, [>]–[>]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), [>]
Conyers, John, [>]–[>]; leadership PAC(s) of, [>]–[>], [>]
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, [>]–[>]
Cooper, Jim, [>]
Corleone, Don Vito (film character), [>]
Corleone, Michael (film character), [>]–[>]
corporate PACs, [>], [>]
Cortelyou, George, [>]–[>]
Corzine, Jon, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Covington & Burling (law firm), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Cox Enterprises, [>]
Credit Suisse Securities, [>]
Crenshaw, Ander, [>]
Crowley, Joseph, [>]–[>], [>]
Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), [>]–[>]
Dakota PAC, [>]
Danner, Dan, [>]
Dante, [>]
Daschle, Tom, [>], [>]
Davis Polk (law firm), [>]
DCCC. See Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)
defense industry, [>]–[>], [>]
DeLauro, Rosa, [>]
DeLay, Christine, [>]
DeLay, Tom, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC): party dues, [>], [>]–[>]
Democ
ratic Future (PAC), [>]
Democratic National Committee, [>], [>], [>], [>]; April 1012 fund-raisers and, [>]–[>]
Democratic Party: CISPA and, [>]–[>]; donations to other candidates and, [>]–[>], [>]; family syndicates and, [>]–[>]; “soft money” contributions and, [>]
Department of Energy (DOE), [>]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), [>], [>]–[>]
Department of Justice (DOJ): appointments to, [>], [>]; Covington & Burling and, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; election of 1012 and, [>]–[>]; employment of former officials of, [>]–[>]; enforcement of antibribery law by, [>]–[>]; Nixon and, [>], [>]; Obama administration and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], 210n19; online piracy and, [>]; “partisan bias” and, [>], [>]–[>]; prosecution of financial crimes and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Dershowitz, Alan, [>], [>]
Deutsche Bank, [>]
Dingell, John, [>]
Directors Guild of America, [>]
Disney Corporation, [>], [>]
Dodd, Chris, [>], [>]
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [>]; consultants and, [>]–[>], [>]; crafters of, [>]–[>]; fund-raising during passage of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; size and complexity of, [>]–[>]
DOE. See Department of Energy (DOE)
DOJ. See Department of Justice (DOJ)
Domestic Energy Producers Alliance, [>]
Domino, Tony, [>]
Donlan, Thomas G., [>]
“double-milker bill,” [>]
DreamWorks, [>]
DRS Technologies, [>]
Duffy, Terry, [>]
Dunn, Anita, [>]–[>]
Dutko Grayling (lobbying firm), [>]
eBay, [>]
Echostar Dish Network, [>]
Economic Leadership PAC, [>]
The Economist (journal), [>]
Edisonian Innovation Works, [>]
Edmonds, Nathaniel, [>]
election campaigns: joint fund-raising efforts and, [>]–[>]; leadership PAC spending on other candidates and, [>]–[>], [>]; “milker bills” and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; personal spending in, [>]–[>]; prosecution of financial crimes and, [>], [>]–[>]; protection and, [>], [>]–[>]
Elmendorf Strategies (firm), [>]
Endere, Rob, [>]
energy industry, [>]–[>]
Engel, Liz, [>]
ENN (Chinese energy company), [>]
entertainment industry: online piracy legislation and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; trade with China and, [>]–[>]
Entertainment Software Industry Association, [>], [>]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), [>]–[>]
EPA. See Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ethics law, [>]–[>]
extortion: bureaucrats and, [>]–[>]; definition of, [>]; fear in politics and, [>]–[>], [>]; historical instances of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; legality and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; methods of, [>]–[>]; “milker bills” as, [>]–[>]; street-level activities and, [>]–[>]; style and, [>]–[>]; tribute and, [>]; vs. bribery, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]. See also legislative process; Mafia; “protection money”
Facebook: politics and, [>]
Fagell, Steven, [>], [>]
family members of politicians: banning of, as lobbyists, [>]; benefits from campaign funds and, [>]–[>]; jobs for, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; leadership PACs and, [>], [>]–[>]; participation in extortion by, [>]; powerful families and, [>]–[>]. See also family political machines
family political machines: Harry Reid and, [>], [>]–[>]; Roy Blunt and, [>]–[>]
Fannie Mae, [>]
Farmer, John, [>] n [>]
Farrell, John Aloysius, [>]
Fazio, Vic, [>]
FBI, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
FCC. See Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
FCPA. See Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
FEC. See Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal City Caterers, [>]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), [>]–[>]
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, [>]
Federal Election Commission (FEC): leadership PACs and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; Reid family and, [>]–[>], [>]
Federal Reserve Act of 1913, [>]
Feingold, Russ, [>]
Feinstein, Dianne, [>]
“fetcher bills.” See “milker bills”
financial crimes: prosecution of, [>]–[>]
financial crisis of 2009, [>]–[>]
financial reform. See Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Financial Services Forum, [>]
Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), [>]
Financial Times: quoted, [>]
Finley, Shannon, [>]
First Amendment, [>], [>], [>]
FIRST Group, [>]
Flake, Jeff, [>]
Florida: campaign financing law in, [>]–[>]; single subject rule in, [>]
Forbes, Randy, [>]
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), [>]–[>]; business opportunities and, [>]–[>]; enforcement trends for, [>], [>]–[>]; provisions of, [>]–[>]; targeted industries and, [>]–[>]
Forest Labs, [>]
Fortane, Johnny (film character), [>]
Fortuno, Luis, [>]
Fowler, Elizabeth, [>]–[>]
Fox Films, [>], [>]
Foxx, Jamie (actor), [>]
Frank, Barney, [>]
Franken, Al, [>]
Franks, Trent, [>]
Freeh, Louis, [>]
Friend, Amy, [>], [>]
Friends of Harry Reid (PAC), [>], [>]
FSOC. See Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)
fund-raising: necessity of, [>]–[>]; networks of operations and, [>]–[>]; as political motive, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; reforms on timing of, [>]–[>]; time spent on, [>]–[>]; use of legislative process for, [>]–[>]. See also campaign contributions; “milker bills”
G. Miller Development Company, [>]
Gardner, Tom, [>]
Garland, Jim, [>], [>]
Gates, Bill, [>], [>]
General Electric, [>]
Gensler, Gary, [>]
Gephardt, Dick, [>]
Gianopulos, Jim, [>]
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, [>]
Gibson, Joe, [>]
Gibson Group, [>]
Gillmor, Paul, [>]
Giuliani, Rudy, [>]
Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, [>]
Global Competitiveness Report (World Economic Forum), [>]
GoDaddy, [>]
Goldman Sachs, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>] n [>]
golfing, [>]
Google, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; politics and, [>]
Gordon, Jack, [>]
Gordon, Sanford, [>]
Gorton, Slade, [>]
Grassi, Libero, [>]
Graves, Sam, [>]
Gray, William, [>]
Greenberg, Stanley, [>]
Gregory, Doug, [>]
Haar, Stanley, [>]
Hachette Book Group, [>]
Hacienda Hotel Casino, [>]
Hafen, Andy, [>]
Hall, Ralph, [>]
Hanabusa, Colleen, [>]–[>]
Hanks, Tom (actor), [>]–[>]
Hanna, Mark, [>]
HarperCollins, [>]
Hartley, Gregg, [>]–[>], [>]
Hastert, Dennis, [>], [>]
Hastert, Joshua, [>]
Hastings, Alcee, [>]
Hatch, Orrin, [>]–[>], [>]
Hayes, Keri Ann, [>]
Haynes, Brad, [>]
health care reform, [>]–[>]
Healthcare Technology Fund (Missouri), [>]–[>]
Heartland PAC, [>]
hedge-fund industry, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]. See also Chanos, Jim; Paulson, John
Hefley, Joe, [>]
Herbold, Robert, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Heyes, Anthony G., [>], [>], [>]
Heyman, Bruce, [>] n [>]
HHS. See Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
high-tech industry: campaign donations from, [>]–[>]; online piracy legislation and, [>], [>]–[>]; political involvement and, [>]; video-game regulation, [>]–[>]
The Hill (newspaper), [>]
Hoeven, John, [>]
Hofmeister, John, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; quoted, [>]–[>], [>]
Hogan Lovells (lobbying firm), [>]
Holder, Eric, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hollywood. See entertainment industry
Hollywood Reporter, [>], [>], [>]
House Appropriations Committee: Subcommittee on Defense, [>]–[>]
House Judiciary Committee: antipiracy bills and, [>]; fund-raising and, [>]
House Ways and Means Committee: campaign fund-raising and, [>]
Houston Chronicle, [>]
Hoyer, Steny, [>], [>], [>]
H.R. 1002. See Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1002)
H.R. 1070. See Small Company Capital Formation Act (H.R. 1070)
H.R. 2940. See Access to Capital for Job Creators Act (H.R. 2940)
H.R. 3630. See Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
Hulshof, Kenny, [>]
Humana, [>]–[>]
Huvelle, Ellen Segal, [>]
Impact (PAC), [>]
incumbents: personal loans to own campaigns and, [>]–[>], [>]; public financing of elections and, [>]–[>]; restriction on fundraising by, [>]–[>]. See also leadership PACs
individual targets: Justice Department and, [>]
Innospec (chemical firm), [>]
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), [>]–[>]
Internet Association, [>]
Internet sales tax bill, [>]–[>]
Internet service providers, [>]
Iraq War Emergency Appropriations Bill, [>]–[>]
Jackson, Robert H., [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
J.C. Flowers & Company, [>]
job creation in Washington: antibribery law enforcement and, [>]–[>]; complexity of laws and, [>]–[>]; leadership PACs and, [>]; “protection” and, [>]–[>]. See also family members of politicians; law firms in Washington D.C.; lobbyists for firms and industries
Joe Barton Family Foundation, [>]
Johnson, Broderick, [>]–[>]
Johnson, Lyndon B. (U.S. president), [>]
Johnson, Ron, [>]
Johnson & Johnson, [>]
Jolly, David, [>]
JP Morgan, [>], [>], [>]
JP Morgan Chase, [>], [>]
“juicer bills.” See “milker bills”
Kaiser, Robert, [>
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