The New New Deal (80 page)

Franklin, Benjamin,
145
,
416

Freakonomics
,
126

Freedom from Oil
(Sandalow),
165

freight rail,
328
,
356
–59,
360

Fresno, Calif.,
410
–11

Fukushima nuclear meltdown,
360
,
420
,
432

Furman, Don,
311

Furman, Jason,
62
,
69
,
75
,
76
,
77
,
107
,
132
,
152
,
159
,
169
,
185
,
188
–90,
404

in cost debate,
118
,
120
,
121
,
129

as Summer’s deputy,
101
,
340

during transition,
93
–95,
97
,
103

FutureGen,
177
,
395
–96

Gaddafi, Muammar,
258
,
418

Gaddy, James,
368

Galbraith, Jamie,
94

Galbraith, John Kenneth,
94

Gang of 14,
220

gang of 18,
220
–21,
246

gasoline prices,
68
,
106

Gates, Robert,
108

Geithner, Tim,
68
,
77
,
110
,
341
,
402

in cost debate,
129

on deficit reduction,
333
,
335
–37,
420

in economic team conflict,
340

as treasury secretary,
99
–102,
108
,
234
,
240
,
388

Genentech,
43

General Electric,
314
,
318
,
372
,
388

General Motors,
90
,
138
,
291
,
297
,
376

General Services Administration (GSA),
370
–72

General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
(Keynes),
58

genomics,
17
,
318

geothermal energy,
166
,
167
,
239
,
372
,
435

“getting caught trying,”
350
–51,
421

Gibbons, Jim,
63
,
126

Gibbs, Robert,
120
,
163
,
190
,
215
,
294
,
338
,
350
,
383
,
402

Gingrich, Newt,
196
,
217
,
281
,
288
,
365
,
386
,
422
,
440

on GOP resurgence,
201
–2

on health care,
46
–47

partisanship of,
32
,
66

Glickman, Dan,
480

global warming,
3
,
38
–39,
359
,
467

Goodwin, Doris Kearns,
292

“Google for Government” bill,
320

Goolsbee, Austan,
61
–62,
75
,
102
,
110
–11,
115
,
121
,
340

Gordon, Bart,
232

Gore, Al,
38
,
96
,
120
,
266
,
316
,
388

Governing
,
322

Government Accountability Office (GAO),
303
,
307
,
310

government jobs,
331
–32

governors:

and compulsory energy incentives,
167

endorsement of Recovery Act by,
214

rejection of stimulus cash by,
125
–26,
281
–82,
287
–90,
392
,
407
–8,
409

see also
state aid;
specific governors

Gramm, Phil,
69

Granholm, Jennifer,
364

Grassley, Chuck,
205
–6,
208
,
210
,
230
,
299

Grayson, Trey,
348

Great Depression,
7
,
51
,
52
,
56
,
58
–59,
71
,
104
,
114
,
192
,
249
,
286
,
331

Great Recession,
12
,
14
,
57
,
70
,
237
,
276
,
297
,
345
–46,
380
,
477

counterfactual problem in,
424

Great Society,
11
,
30
,
392

Green, Adam,
237
–38

green buildings,
40
,
369
–72,
440
,
446

Green Collar Economy, The
(V. Jones),
305

Green Energy Fund,
428

Green For All That,
305

green manufacturing,
26
,
43
,
155
,
164
,
168
,
372

Green New Deal,
305

Greenstein, Robert,
78
–80,
96
–97,
126
,
238
,
490

Gregg, Judd,
150
,
215
–16,
225
,
235
–36,
239

GRIDS,
378

Grist
,
350

Gronet, Chris,
273
,
386

Ground Zero mosque,
391

Guantánamo,
291

Hamilton Project,
32
,
45
,
62
,
69
,
101

Hanford nuclear reservation,
272

Hannity, Sean,
183
,
409

Harkin, Tom,
153
–55

Harris, Seth,
178
,
264
,
445

Harrison, Brian,
386
–87,
414
,
436

Haskins, Ron,
199

Hatch, Orrin,
210

Head Start,
225
,
419

Health and Human Services Department, U.S.,
108
,
442
,
478

health care,
46

for children,
65

high cost of,
44
–45

U.S. ranking on,
45

see also
universal health care

health reform initiatives,
1
,
11
,
12
,
17
,
26
,
224
,
446

of Clinton,
34

and deficit reduction,
292

GOP spin on,
299
–302

information technology in,
44
–48,
95
,
108
,
171
–74,
179
,
198
,
199
,
235
–37,
239
,
263
,
292
,
393
,
441
–42,
446
,
478
,
480

as “pillar” for change,
35
–36,
44
–48,
55
,
91
,
95
,
105
,
162
,
240
,
246
,
247
,
292
,
343
,
433

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
349
,
350
,
425
,
442
–43,
478

see also specific projects

Heath, Brad,
322
–23

Higginbottom, Heather,
152

high-speed rail,
11
,
16
,
56
,
174
,
219
,
225
,
228
–29,
231
,
237
,
240
,
263
,
282
,
292
,
324
,
352
–59,
360
,
381
,
392
,
400
,
407
–42,
447
,
477

California project for,
359
,
407
,
410
–14

commuter rail connections to,
329
–30

Florida project for,
352
–56,
407
–9

future funding for,
412

obstacles to,
356
–59,
410
–11

as perceived threat to rural culture,
411
–12

Hill, Baron,
193
,
302
,
392
,
400

Hodes, Richard,
443

Hoekstra, Pete,
362

Holmes, Josh,
349

Homeland Security Committee,
130
,
220

Homeland Security Department, U.S.,
181
,
221

green headquarters of,
371
–72

Hoover, Herbert,
15
,
51
,
59
,
91
–92,
104
,
105
,
138
,
198
–99,
421

Hopkins, Harry,
331

House Government Oversight,
437

House of Representatives, U.S.,
129

bipartisanship in,
66
–67

Democratic disunity in,
156
–57

GOP alternative stimulus rejected in,
199
–200

GOP majority in,
399
,
419
,
421

obstructionism in,
142
–46,
189
–204,
399
,
419
,
421

Recovery Act in,
189
–204,
240
–41

Senate vs.,
67
,
232

Housing and Urban Development Department, (HUD), U.S.,
109
,
161
,
215
,
264

housing market:

crash of,
60
,
68
,
90
,
121
,
390
,
427

rescue of,
18
,
109
,
116
,
243
,
291
,
433

“How to Spend a Trillion Dollars” (Grunwald),
119

“How to Take American Health Care from Worst to First” (Gingrich, Kerry and Beane),
47

Hoyer, Steny,
188
,
193
,
339

Humphrey, Hubert,
208

Huntsman, Jon, Jr.,
214
,
279
,
281
,
286
,
422
–23

“Hypocrisy Hall of Fame,”
282

Iberdrola Renewables,
311

“If, When, How,”
62
,
93

Ignatius, David,
101

individual mandate,
44
–45

INEOS,
367
–69

inflation,
14
,
80
,
114
,
118

infotech,
311
,
375

infrastructure,
255

in GOP stimulus alternative,
196
–97

greening of,
170
–71

neglected and outdated,
43
–44,
55
,
253
–55

as stimulus,
82
–83

infrastructure bank,
135
,
178
,
240

infrastructure initiatives,
26
,
55
–56,
75
,
95
,
105
,
108
,
170
,
194
,
196
–97,
220
,
222
,
235
,
238
–41,
245
,
284
,
296
,
340
,
341
,
390
,
430
,
447
,
449
,
451

challenges in,
253
–55,
264

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
349
,
382

Inouye, Daniel,
239

Intel,
378

Interior Department, U.S.,
129

Internet,
271
,
314
–15,
320
,
374

see also
broadband expansion

Investing in Innovation,
239
,
326
–27

Ipsen, Laura,
314

Iraq War,
18
,
26
,
55
,
100
,
111
,
147
,
291
,
349
,
418
,
473

Isakson, Johnny,
218
,
230

Issa, Darrell,
321
,
437

Jackson, Lisa,
265

“Jaguar” supercomputer,
377

Jarrett, Valerie,
385
–86

Jindal, Bobby,
278
,
281
,
282

job creation,
13
–14,
75
,
105
,
107
,
164
,
169
,
238
,
241
,
282
,
294
,
319
–20,
362
,
364
,
380
–81,
388
,
390
,
398
,
409
,
427
–28,
442

competing plans for,
344

negative spin on,
321

as Obama administration focus,
292
–95,
296
,
420
–21

as stimulus,
157
–60,
253

jobless rate,
289
–95,
337
,
341
,
403