The New New Deal (77 page)

as representative of Obama,
19
–20

in Senate,
207
–26,
241
–42

signing of,
7
,
241
–44,
321

spending cuts in,
219
–26,
229
–34,
302

spending deadlines in,
254
–55,
263
–65,
270
,
408

as transformative,
10
–11,
16
–18,
263
–64,
372
,
413
,
435
,
450

transparency in,
11
,
177
–78,
260
–62,
320
–22,
445

winding down of,
420

see also specific projects

Americans for Tax Reform,
300

American Wind Energy Association,
165

Amtrak:

Biden and,
69
,
174
,
285
,
352
,
355

upgrades for,
180
–81,
354
–59,
412
–14,
477

Animal Spirits
,
126

antipoverty programs,
11
,
106
,
162
,
170
,
224
,
225
,
434

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
424
–25

Armstrong, Lance,
328

Army Corps of Engineers,
200

ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy),
4
,
6
–7,
16
,
168
,
178
,
266
,
268
,
270
,
375
,
376
–79,
419
,
440
,
445
,
455

arts initiatives,
181
,
182
,
185
,
195
,
198
–99,
239
,
315
,
480

Associated Press,
184
,
322

“audacity of hope,”
1
–2,
7
,
35
,
374

Audacity of Hope, The
(Obama),
28
,
30
,
33
–34,
53
,
226

austerity:

as anti-stimulus,
14
,
58
,
104

appeal of,
333
–34

FDR’s shift to,
192
,
333
,
419

Tea Party support for,
281
,
288
,
290
,
292
,
300
,
342
,
375

auto industry:

energy initiatives for,
37
,
40
,
181
,
240
,
291
,
359
–65

failure of,
75
,
111
,
121
,
157

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
365

rescue of,
12
,
18
,
109
,
116
,
243
,
274
,
292
,
297
–98,
340
,
349

see also
electric vehicles

Axelrod, David,
7
,
70
,
105
,
113
,
115
,
121
,
125
,
127
–28,
139
,
154
,
176
,
190
–91,
243
,
248
,
276
–77,
299
,
345
,
393
,
402

Ayers, Tom,
315

Bachmann, Michele,
282
,
422
,
436

banking industry,
350

failures in,
68
–71,
111
,
121

rescue of,
18
,
116
,
148
,
281
,
291
,
297
,
337

Bank of America,
70

Barbour, Haley,
125
,
281
,
287
,
397

Barnes, Melody,
93
,
129
,
152

Bartlett, Roscoe,
191
–92

Bartley, Duane,
380
–81,
383

Bass, Gary,
322

battery production industry,
17
,
43
,
166
,
178
,
267
–68,
323
,
360
–65,
375
–76,
378

Baucus, Max,
129
,
154
,
205
–6,
299
,
344

Bayh, Evan,
137
–38,
184
,
220
,
448

Bazile, Dan,
283

Beane, Billy,
47

Bear Stearns,
68

Beccera, Xavier,
134
,
206
,
216
,
232
,
234

Beck, Glenn,
183
,
305
,
315
–17,
320
,
409

BEEST (Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation),
378

BEETIT (Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices),
378

Begich, Mark,
220
–21,
237

behavioral economics,
126
–27,
474
–75

Bennett, Bob,
147
,
207
,
208
–9,
346
–47,
399

Bernanke, Ben,
52
,
68
,
69
,
71
,
75
,
111
,
298
,
339
,
433

Bernstein, Jared,
15
–16,
102
,
113
,
118
,
121
,
169
,
237
,
260
,
269
,
332
–33,
335
,
364
,
420

press corps update by,
294
,
297

see also
Romer-Bernstein report

Better Buildings,
440

Biden, Joe,
6
–7,
10
,
28
,
29
,
70
–71,
78
,
97
,
102
,
116
,
120
,
219
,
295
,
316
,
322
,
332
,
339
,
346
,
361
,
363
,
364
,
390
,
419
,
423
,
427
,
445
–46

as “Amtrack Joe,”
174
,
252
,
285
,
355
,
413

in charge of Recovery Act oversight,
256
–66,
296
,
320
,
397
–98

compared to Obama,
256
,
258

in cost debate,
123
–24,
129
,
137

as deal maker,
209
,
237
,
404
–5

on economic resilience,
380
–82

management style of,
259
–60

on Obama,
245

as Obama’s running mate,
69

political acumen of,
256
–60

as Recovery Act point man,
15

Recovery Act PR message of,
301
,
304

and Senate,
162
,
195
,
404

Senate outreach for Recovery Act by,
207
–9,
225
,
237

and Specter,
285

as vice president,
192
,
242
,
243
,
252
,
404
–5

Biden Bridge,
253
–55,
322

BigBelly trash compactors,
417
,
450

Bingaman, Jeff,
167
–68

bin Laden, Osama,
38
,
418

biofuels,
4
–6,
26
,
43
,
168
,
266
,
268
,
270
,
366
,
440
–41

biomass program,
367
–69

biotech,
311
,
365
–67,
375

bipartisanship,
64
,
138
–39,
362

after 2010 midterm,
404
–5

in House,
65
–67

in No Child Left Behind,
49

of Obama,
29
,
50
,
70
,
151
,
205
–6,
215
,
245
,
247
–48

Blagojevich, Rod,
125

Bloom, Ron,
299
,
363
–64

Bloom Energy,
388

Blue Dog Democrats,
81
,
118
,
184
,
193
,
199
,
241
,
302
,
335
,
351
,
400

Blumenthal, David,
46
,
393

Boardman, Joe,
358

Bode, Denise,
165

Boehner, John,
50
,
66
,
71
–72,
98
,
143
–44,
150
,
151
,
196
,
230
,
245
,
247
,
280
,
293
,
296
,
338
,
387
,
421

Pelosi and,
66
–67,
145
–46

on Recovery Act,
189

as Speaker,
202
,
403
,
419
–20,
421
,
423

spending freeze of,
281
–82

Bond, Christopher “Kit,”
218
,
475

bond market,
336
–37,
490

Book, Ron,
424

“boondoggles,”
137
,
180
,
447

Borosage, Bob,
246
,
342
–43,
392

BP,
359
–60,
365
,
366

Branson, Richard,
272

Bridge to Nowhere,
56

BrightSource,
324
,
373

broadband expansion,
16
,
26
,
55
,
100
,
174
–76,
178
,
197
,
199
,
231
–32,
239
,
240
,
416
,
441

Brookings Institution,
32
,
53
–54,
57
,
62
,
161
,
341

Brooks, David,
221
–22

Brown, Jerry,
412

Brown, Scott,
343
,
348
,
349

Brown, Sherrod,
241

Brownback, Sam,
218
,
475

Browner, Carol,
77
,
95
–96,
124
–25,
129
,
164
,
167
–69

Bryan, Paul,
367
,
368
–69

budget,
9
,
111

balanced,
54

cuts in,
419
–20

deficit,
59
,
96
–98,
292
,
300
,
331
–51,
419
–20,
490

dilemma,
246

Obama’s plan for,
335

Buffett, Warren,
53

Build America Bonds,
170
,
323
–24

Building America’s Future,
253

Building Red America
,
140

Bunning, Jim,
348

Bureau of Labor Statistics,
442

Burris, Nelson,
212

Bush, Barbara,
236

Bush, George H. W.,
316

Bush, George W.,
12
,
84
,
92
,
147

benefits for rich under,
33
,
53
–55

compared to Romney,
454

economy under,
51
–55,
57
–58,
69
–71,
76
,
104
,
105
,
144
,
148
,
246
,
334
,
338
,
482

education policy of,
50

energy policy of,
38
–39,
42
,
167
,
368
,
395

failures of,
1
–2,
140

health care under,
44
–45,
46

infrastructure legislation under,
55
–56

Obama’s inheritance from,
8
,
13
,
15
,
76
,
79
,
246
,
248
,
276
,
283
,
296
,
297
,
298
,
300
,
304
,
334
–35,
398
,
428
,
434

partisanship of,
32
,
65
,
67

S-CHIP expansion scuttled by,
205
–6

and Solyndra,
272
–73

stimulus plan of,
66
–67,
70
,
81
,
95
,
122
,
127
,
338
,
428

and TARP,
71
–73,
210

tax cuts,
see
tax cuts, Bush

Tea Party’s repudiation of,
346
–47

Bush, Jeb,
327
,
329

Byrd, Robert,
246
,
345
,
433
,
481