Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets
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Kangas, Edward, [>]
Katzenberg, Jeffrey, [>], [>], [>]
KBR (Halliburton subsidiary), [>]
Kelleher, Dennis, [>]
Kennedy, Joe, III, [>]
Kinder, Peter, [>]
Koch, Charles, [>]
Koch, David, [>]
Koch Industries, [>]
Koehler, Mike, [>]
Kolb, Charles, [>]
Kraft Foods, [>]
Krug, Anita, [>]
Kynikos Associates, [>]
Lady Gaga, [>]
LaHood, Ray, [>]
Lansky, Meyer, [>], [>]
Lanza, Adam, [>]
Las Vegas Sands, Inc., [>]
Las Vegas Sun, [>]
Lathrop & Gage (law firm), [>]
law firms in Washington D.C.: art of line-crossing and, [>]–[>]; complexity of laws and, [>]–[>]; DOJ enforcement trends and, [>]–[>]
laws: ambiguities in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; bills passed vs. bills introduced and, [>]–[>]; complexity of, [>]–[>]; enforcement of reforms and, [>]; reading of, by Congress, [>]; single-subject rule for, [>]. See also legislative process; “milker bills”; entries for specific laws
leadership PACs, [>]–[>]; abuse of, [>]–[>]; banning of, [>]–[>]; benefits to family members and, [>], [>]–[>]; donation limits and, [>]–[>]; personal uses of, [>], [>]–[>]; regulation of, [>]–[>], [>]; retired Congressmen and, [>]; spending for elections from, [>], [>], [>]; spending on other candidates, [>]–[>], [>]
Leading Us in Success PAC, [>]
Leahy, Patrick, [>]
Lee, Mike, [>]
legal system. See also Department of Justice (DOJ); financial crimes; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); “protection money”; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Legal Times (journal), [>]
legislative process: Access to Capital for Job Creators Act and, [>]–[>]; extortive practices in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; fund-raising obligations and, [>]–[>]; fund-raising reforms and, [>]–[>]; gridlock in, [>]–[>]; “milker bills” and, [>]–[>]; number of laws passed and, [>]–[>]; “tax extender” method and, [>]–[>]; transparency in, [>]; Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 and, [>]–[>]
LeMieux, George, [>]–[>], [>]
Levin, Carl, [>]
Levy, Paul, [>]–[>]
Lewis, Jerry, [>]
Lewis, Rita, [>]
Licari, Michael J., [>]
Licklider, Sam, [>]
Light, Martin, [>]–[>]
Lionel Sawyer & Collins (Nevada law firm), [>]
loans to campaign committees, [>]–[>], [>]
lobbyists for firms and industries: benefits of gridlock and, [>]–[>]; factors in choice of, [>]–[>]; fraud detection and, [>]–[>]; politicians’ family members as, [>], [>]; reforms and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Locke, Gary, [>]
Lockheed Martin, [>]
Lofgren, Zoe, [>]
Longhorn PAC, [>]
Lopatin, Jonathan, [>] n [>]
Ludwig, Eugene, [>]–[>]
Lugar, Dave, [>]
Lugar, Dick, [>]
Lynton, Jamie, [>]
Lynton, Michael, [>], [>], [>]
MacMillan, [>]
Madison Group, [>]
Mafia, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]. See also organized crime in Nevada
Markey, Ed, [>]
Martinez, Mel, [>]
Mason, Karol, [>], [>]
MasterCard, [>]
Mattoon, Dan, [>]
Maximus, Inc., [>]
Mayer, Marissa, [>]
McAuliffe, Terry, [>]
McCain, John, [>]
McCarthy, Kevin, [>]
McCotter, Thaddeus, [>]
McCue, Susan, [>]–[>], [>]
McKeon, Buck, [>]
McKinley, William (U.S. president), [>]
Meade, Daniel, [>]
Meeks, Gregory, [>], [>]; leadership PAC(s) of, [>]
Mehlman, Ken, [>]
Mehra, Sanjeev, [>] n [>]
Melin, Mark, [>]
“members points system,” [>]–[>]
Mendelsohn, Mark, [>]–[>]
Meng, Mu, [>]
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, [>]
Meyer, Barry, [>], [>]
MF Global, [>]–[>], [>]
MGM, [>]–[>]
MICHELE PAC, [>]
Microsoft, [>], [>], [>]; online piracy legislation and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]. See Herbold, Robert
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, [>]–[>]
midterm elections (2010), targeted industries in, [>]
Milam, Chris, [>]–[>]
“milker bills,” [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Miller, Gary, [>], [>]
Miller Brewing Company, [>]
Minnick, Walter, [>]
Mintz, Joel, [>]
Missouri: driver’s license fees in, [>]–[>]; ethanol legislation in, [>]; medical records legislation in, [>]–[>]; real estate legislation in, [>]; telephone rates bill in, [>]. See also Blunt, Roy
Mitchell, George, [>]
“mob tax,” [>], [>]
Moffett, Toby, [>]–[>]
Molinari, Susan, [>]
Mollohan, Alan, [>]
“monitoring fees,” [>]
Moran, Jim, [>]
Mother Jones (magazine), [>]
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
MPAA. See Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
“Mr. Cleanface,” [>], [>]. See also Reid, Harry
“Mr. Plain English,” [>]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (film), [>], [>]
Mullins, Brody, [>]
Murdoch, Rupert, [>]
Murphy, Chris, [>]
Murphy & McGonigle, [>]
Myers, John, [>]
Myrick, Sue, [>]
Napolitano, Grace, [>]
National Association of Broadcasters, [>], [>], [>]
National Association of Homebuilders, [>]
National Association of Realtors, [>]
National Cable and Telecommunications Association, [>], [>]
National Football League, [>], [>]
National Forensic Technology Center, [>]
National Journal, [>], [>]
National Journal Daily, [>]
National Leadership PAC, [>]
National Music Publishers Association, [>]
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), [>]. See also Republican Party
National Stripper Well Association, [>]
National Telephone Cooperative Association, [>]
NBC Universal, [>]
Nevada, [>]–[>]. See also Reid, Harry
Nevada Gaming Commission, [>]–[>]
New York City “mob tax,” [>]–[>]
New York Law Journal, [>]
New York Life, [>]
New York Times, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
News Corporation, [>], [>]
Nixon, Richard M. (U.S. president), [>], [>], [>]
Nocera, Joe, [>]
Nomura Securities, [>]
Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, [>]
Notzon, Monica, [>]
NRCC. See National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
Obama, Barack (U.S. president), [>]; AT&T merger and, [>]; Dodd-Frank and, [>]; entertainment industry and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; high-tech industry and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; Justice Department and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>] (see also Department of Justice); publishing industry and, [>]; telecom industry and, [>]; 1012 election and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Wall Street and, [>]–[>]
“Obamacare.” See Affordable Health Care Act
O’Brien, Edith, [>]
O’Callaghan, Mike, [>]
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), [>], [>]
Occupy Wall Street movement, [>], [>], [>]
Office of Information and Regulatory Affair
s (OIRA), [>]
oil and gas industry, [>], [>]
OIRA. See Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
O’Leary, Michael, [>]
online piracy legislation: entertainment industry and, [>]–[>], [>]; high-tech industry and, [>]–[>]
organized crime, [>]–[>]. See also family political machines; Mafia
Oriental DreamWorks, [>]
Orrick, William, [>]
Overton, Spencer, [>]
Oyama, Katherine, [>]
PACs. See corporate PACs; leadership PACs; entries for specific PACs
“partisan bias”: Justice Department and, [>], [>]–[>]
party dues, [>]–[>]; Democratic Party lists, 1013–1015, [>]–[>]; Republic Party lists for 1013, [>]–[>]
Patek, Jewell, [>]
Patterson, Jeanne, [>]–[>]
Paul, Joanna, [>]
Paul, Rand: leadership PAC(s) of, [>]
Paul, Ron, [>]–[>]
Paul Hastings (firm), [>]
PAUL PAC, [>]
Paulson, John, [>]–[>]
Paxon, Bill, [>]
Pelosi, Nancy, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
The Penguin Group, [>]
People (magazine), [>]
Peoria Journal Star: quoted, [>]
Perlman, Abigail, [>]
Permanent Political Class, as buyer of influence, [>]–[>]. See also bureaucratic extortion; committee assignments; Congress, members of; incumbents; lobbyists for firms and industries; Washington law firms; entries for specific politicians
Perrelli, Thomas, [>], [>]
Peterson, Collin, [>]
Petrocelli, William (“Butch”), [>]
Pew Research, [>]
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, [>]
pharmaceutical industry, [>]
Philip Morris (company), [>], [>]
PIPA. See Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA)
Pitt, Harvey, [>]
Plank, Ray, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Plouffe, David, [>]
Podesta, Tony, [>]
Podesta Group, [>]
“policy dinners,” [>]–[>]
political corruption: buyers vs. sellers of influence and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; extortionist as symbol of, [>]–[>]; legality and, [>]–[>], [>]; MF Global case and, [>]–[>]; solutions to, [>]–[>]; style and, [>]–[>]; in U.S. and other countries, [>]; warnings in 1940 of, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Politico (journal), [>], [>], [>], [>]; quoted, [>], [>]
Posner, Richard, [>]
presidential election of 1012: Obama fund-raising for, [>]–[>]
Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Price, Tom, [>]
PricewaterhouseCoopers, [>]
Promontory Financial Group, [>]–[>], [>]
“protection” method, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; reform and, [>]–[>]. See also Department of Justice (DOJ)
Pryor, Mark, [>]
public financing of campaigns, [>]–[>]
publishing industry, [>]
quid pro quos, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Rahall, Nick, [>]
Ralston, Jon, [>]
Rangel, Charlie, [>]
Rangel, Steven, [>]
R&D tax credit, [>]–[>]
Real Estate Roundtable, [>]
Reclaim America PAC, [>]
Redding Rancheria Indian Tribe, [>]
reform efforts: public financing of campaigns and, [>]–[>]; regulation of political class and, [>]–[>]; regulation of special interests and, [>]–[>]; “soft money” contributions and, [>]–[>]; Tillman Act of 1907 and, [>]; vote-buying and, [>]–[>]
regulation of campaign money, [>]; campaign committees and, [>]; leadership PACs and, [>]–[>]
regulatory agencies, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also legal system
Reich, Robert, [>]
Reichard, Jay, [>], [>]
Reid, Harry, [>], [>]–[>]; family machine of, [>], [>]–[>]
Reid, Joshua, [>], [>], [>]
Reid, Key, [>], [>]
Reid, Rory, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Reid Majority Fund, [>]
Reid Nevada Fund, [>]
Reid Searchlight Fund, [>]
Reid Victory Fund, [>]–[>]
Reinventing a New Direction (PAC), [>]
Rely on Your Beliefs (RoyB) leadership PAC, [>], [>]
Republican Majority Fund (PAC), [>]
Republican Party: contributions to other candidates and, [>]–[>]; family syndicates and, [>]–[>]; party dues and, [>], [>]–[>]; Sixth Congressional District Committee, [>]–[>]; “soft money” contributions and, [>]–[>]; Wall Street and, [>], [>]–[>]
resort expenditures, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Restore Our Future (PAC), [>]
Reyes, Silvestre, [>]
Rivlin, Gary, [>]
Road to Senate Victory Fund, [>]
Rockefeller, Jay, [>]
Rogers, Harold, [>]
Roll Call, [>], [>], [>]
Romney, Mitt, [>], [>], [>]
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (U.S. president), [>]
Roosevelt, Teddy (U.S. president), [>]–[>]
Rosen, Hilary, [>]
Royal Dutch Shell, [>]
RoyB. See Rely on Your Beliefs (RoyB) leadership PAC
Rubio, Marco, [>]
Rush, Bobby, [>]
Rush, Carolyn, [>]
SAIC. See Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Sandberg, Sheryl, [>]
Santa Fe railroad, [>]
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
SBC Communications, [>]–[>]
Schakowsky, Jan, [>]
Scher, Susan, [>] n [>]
Schmidt, Eric, [>], [>], [>]
Schneider, Gabriella, [>]
Schneider’s (liquor store), [>]
Schock, Aaron, [>]
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, [>], [>]–[>]
Schumer, Chuck, [>]
Schwartz, Alyson, [>]
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), [>]
Scully, Thomas, [>]–[>]
Searchlight Leadership Fund (PAC), [>], [>], [>]
Searchlight Tahoe Victory Fund, [>], [>]
SEC. See Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; FCPA enforcement trends and, [>], [>]
Securities Regulation Law Journal: quoted, [>]
“self-audit” regulations, [>]–[>]
Semler, Eric, [>]
Senate Judiciary Committee: online piracy legislation and, [>]
Sessions, Pete, [>]
SGT, Inc., [>]
The Shame of the Cities (Steffens), [>]
Shapiro, Gary, [>]
Shell Oil Company, [>]
Shirley, Jon, [>]
Shulman, Douglas, [>]
Siegel, Alan, [>], [>]
Signatures restaurant, [>]
Silicon Valley. See high-tech industry
Sillerman, Bob, [>]
Silverglate, Harvey, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Simon & Schuster, [>]
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, [>], [>]
SKDKnickerbocker, [>]–[>]
Small Company Capital Formation Act (H.R. 1070), [>]–[>]
Smith, Brad (FEC Commissioner), [>]
Smith, Bradley, [>]
Smith, Gordon, [>]
Smith, Lamar, [>], [>], [>]
solicitation ban, [>]–[>]
Solomon, Howard, [>]
Sony Pictures, [>], [>], [>], [>]
SOPA. See Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
Southwestern Bell, [>]
SOX. See Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
Speaker of the House: leadership PACs and, [>]–[>]; toll taking and, [>]–[>]. See also Boehner, John; Hastert, Dennis
special interes
ts: public focus on, [>]–[>]; reform efforts and, [>], [>]–[>]. See also lobbyists for firms and industries
Spielberg, Steven, [>], [>], [>]
Spilotro, Tony (“The Ant”), [>]
“squeegee men,” [>]–[>], [>]
Steelman, Sarah, [>]
Steffens, Lincoln, [>]
Stewart, James B. (Times writer), [>]
Stewart, Jimmy (actor), [>], [>]
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), [>], [>], [>]
“strike bills,” [>]. See also “milker bills”
Sunlight Foundation, [>]
Sunstein, Cass, [>]
Susman, Sally, [>]
“sweeps,” [>]
Tabankin, Marge, [>]–[>]
Tammany Hall, [>]–[>]
TARP. See Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
“tax extender” method, [>]–[>]
taxes, and Wall Street, [>]–[>]
telecom industry, [>]–[>]
Telecom Industry Association, [>]
Tenenbaum, Samuel, [>]
Tenn PAC, [>]
Texas Freedom Fund (PAC), [>]
Thirty-Second Republican Legislative District Committee, [>]
Thompson, John, [>]
Thompson Communications, [>]–[>]
Thune, John, [>]
Tiberi, Pat: tax extenders and, [>]
Tillman, Benjamin (“Pitchfork Ben”), [>]
Tillman Act of 1907, [>]
Time Warner Cable, [>]
Time Warner, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Timmerman, Lisa, [>]–[>]
T-Mobile, [>]; AT&T merger with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
tobacco industry, [>]
“tollbooth” method, [>], [>]–[>]. See also legislative process
Toward Tomorrow PAC, [>]
Towns, Ed, [>]
Transparency International, [>]
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), [>]
20th Century Fox, [>]
UBS (Swiss bank), [>], [>]
Udall, Mark, [>]
Udall, Tom, [>]
underground Washington economy: contributions to other politicians and, [>]–[>]; loans to campaign committees and, [>]–[>]; party dues and, [>]–[>]; payments to family members and, [>]–[>]; pressure to extort in, [>]–[>]; time spent fund-raising in, [>]–[>]. See also campaign contributions; family members of politicians; fund-raising; legal system; legislative process; party dues
United Auto Workers, [>]
U.S. Telecom Association (USTA), [>]
UPS, [>], [>]
Upton, Fred, [>]
Valenti, Jack, [>]
Van Scoyoc, Stewart, [>]
Van Scoyoc Associates, [>]
Verizon, [>], [>], [>