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Clark, Frank M.: as Obama supporter, [>]
Clark, Ross: on insider information, [>]
Clay, Henry, [>]
Clean Energy Fuels: Pelosi buys IPO, [>]–[>]
climate change: Browner and, [>]–[>]
Clinton, Hillary, [>], [>]
and health care reform, [>]
CMEA Capital, [>]
Coburn, Tom: and conflict of interest, [>]
and ethanol tax credit, [>]
on lobbying, [>]
Cognizant Technology Solutions: Soros invests in, [>]–[>]
Coll, Steve: on crony capitalism, [>]–[>]
conflict of interest: Bainbridge on, [>]
Coburn and, [>]
congressional hypocrisy on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
constitutionality of laws against, [>]–[>]
corporations and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
criminalization in Florida, [>]
England and, [>]
Feldman and, [>]
George on, [>]–[>]
Government Rich and, [>]
journalism and, [>]–[>]
Kozlowski and, [>]
nature of, [>]–[>], [>]
Pelosi and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
presidency and, [>]
real estate investment and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
SEC and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Slaughter on, [>]
Supreme Court and, [>]
Winans and, [>]–[>]
Congress: close connections to lobbying, [>]
compensation rates of, [>]–[>]
constitutional authority for self-regulation, [>]–[>]
and constitutional Speech or Debate Clause, [>]
and control of grants & loan guarantees, [>]
ethics committees and crony capitalism, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
exempt from Freedom of Information Act, [>]–[>], [>]
as exempt from rule of law, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
financial disclosure in, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Grassley on accountability of, [>]
hypocrisy on conflict of interest, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
insider trading laws as applied to, [>]–[>]
low public expectations of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
"milker bills" in, [>]–[>]
nepotism in, [>]
and purchase of IPOs, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
threatens retaliation against FBI, [>]–[>], [>]
unrestricted campaign contributions in, [>]
use of blind trusts, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
use of earmarks, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
use of insider information, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
use of political extortion, [>]–[>]
voting tied to stock ownership, [>], [>]–[>]
wealth-building in, [>]–[>]
whistleblowing and, [>]
Congressional Accountability Act, [>]
Constellation Energy Group: Soros invests in, [>]
Constitution: and congressional self-regulation, [>]–[>]
Speech or Debate Clause, [>]
Conyers, John: supports credit card fee reform, [>]
Corinthian Colleges: stock price declines, [>]
corporations: and conflict of interest, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and crony capitalism, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
ex-politicians on boards of directors, [>]–[>]
Coskata: receives federal loan guarantees, [>]
Council of Institutional Investors, [>]
Covanta: Soros invests in, [>]
Covidien: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Credit Card Fair Fee Act: Pelosi suppresses, [>]
credit card fee reform: public support for, [>]–[>]
Visa opposes, [>]–[>]
Credit Card Interchange Fee Act, [>]
Credit Card Reform Act: Pelosi supports, [>]
crony capitalism, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]. See also graft
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Buffett and, [>]–[>]
Coll on, [>]
congressional ethics committees and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
corporations and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Doerr and, [>]–[>]
in economic crisis of 2008, [>]–[>]
Export-Import Bank and, [>]–[>]
Ickes on, [>]
Johnson and, [>]
Kilgore and, [>]
Kristie on, [>]
Krock on, [>]–[>]
Lippmann on, [>]
mechanics of, [>]–[>]
Obama and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and, [>]–[>]
Pelosi and, [>], [>]
Plunkitt on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and political connections, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
presidency and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Redleaf on, [>]
Reid and, [>]
Sohail on, [>]
Stoll on, [>]–[>]
Tammany Hall and, [>]
TARP and, [>], [>]
Tennessee Valley Authority and, [>]–[>]
Teslik on, [>]
Tweed and, [>]–[>]
Wagle and, [>]–[>], [>]
and wealth-building, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Westly and, [>], [>]
Wilkinson on, [>]
CSX: Soros invests in, [>]
Cumming, Ian: as Obama supporter, [>]
currency speculation: Soros and, [>]–[>]
Daschle, Tom, [>]
and health care reform, [>]
defense industry: Lynn and, [>]
Pentagon supports, [>]–[>]
Delphi fund: congressmen trade in, [>]
Department of Education: Eisman advises, [>]–[>]
Department of Energy: and alternative energy, [>]–[>], [>]
Chu at, [>], [>], [>]
Friedman at, [>]
Government Accountability Office on, [>]–[>]
1705 Loan Guarantee Program, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Silver at, [>]
1603 Grant Program, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Spinner at, [>]–[>]
XP Vehicles complains to, [>]
Zoi at, [>], [>]
Department of Health and Human Services: and development of vaccines, [>]
Department of Housing and Urban Development: political influence over, [>]
Doerr, John: and alternative energy, [>]
and crony capitalism, [>]–[>]
as Obama supporter, [>]
Duke Energy: receives federal grant, [>]
Durbin, Dick: invests in Berkshire Hathaway, [>]
trades in financial stocks, [>]–[>]
uses insider information, [>]
earmarks, [>], [>]
personal use of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
economic crisis of 2008: Bernanke and, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Buffett in, [>]–[>]
congressmen trade stocks & options in, [>]–[>]
crony capitalism in, [>]–[>]
General Electric in, [>]
Goldman Sachs in, [>], [>]–[>]
Paulson and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Permanent Political Class and, [>]–[>]
U.S. Bancorp in, [>]
Wells Fargo in, [>], [>]
Economic Stimulus Act. See American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Edeniq: receives federal loans & grants, [>]
Edison International: receives federal grants, [>]
Soros invests in, [>]
education industry: Eisman manipulates stocks in, [>]–[>]
Eisman, Steven: advises Department of Education, [>]–[>]
manipulates education indu
stry stocks, [>]–[>]
Election of 2004, [>]–[>]
elitism: of Permanent Political Class, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Emanuel, Rahm, [>], [>]
dumps Freddie Mac stock, [>]–[>]
EMC: Soros invests in, [>]
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, [>]. See also Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Bush and, [>]
Emulex: Soros invests in, [>]–[>]
Endangered Species Act: political influence over, [>]–[>], [>]
England, Gordon: and conflict of interest, [>]
Entergy: receives federal grants, [>]
Soros invests in, [>]
Environmental Protection Agency: political influence over, [>]–[>]
Environmental Systems Research Institute, [>]
ethanol: as gasoline additive, [>]
tax credit, [>]
Ethics in Government Act, [>], [>]
European Union: insider trading laws in, [>]–[>], [>]
Export-Import Bank: Boeing Corporation and, [>]–[>]
Extreme Networks: Soros invests in, [>]
Farber, Steve: as Obama supporter, [>]–[>], [>]
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Congress threatens retaliation against, [>]–[>], [>]
investigates Jefferson, [>]–[>], [>]
Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services: and pharmaceutical industry, [>]–[>]
Federal Communications Commission, [>]
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), [>], [>]
criminal investigation at, [>]
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), [>], [>], [>]
proposed reform of, [>]
Federal Transit Administration, [>]–[>]
Feinstein, Dianne: trades in alternative energy stocks, [>]
Feldman, Martin: and conflict of interest, [>]
Fiddler, Jerry: as Obama supporter, [>]
financial disclosure: in Congress, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
First Solar: receives federal loans & grants, [>], [>]
First Wind: receives federal grant, [>]
Fish and Wildlife Service: political influence over, [>]–[>]
Fisker Automotive: receives federal loan guarantees, [>]
Florida: and criminalization of conflict of interest, [>]
Fluor Corp.: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Focus media: congressmen trade options in, [>]
Food and Drug Administration: and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [>]
Ford, Henry: and free market capitalism, [>]
Forest Labs: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Frank, Barney, [>]
Frank-Dodd Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [>]
Franklin, Benajmin: on causes of graft, [>]–[>]
free market capitalism: Ford and, [>]
Freedom of Information Act: Congress exempt from, [>]–[>], [>]
Friedman, Gregory: at Department of Energy, [>]
Frist, Bill: SEC investigation of, [>]
Froman, Michael: as Obama supporter, [>]
Gardiner, Robert: as Obama supporter, [>]
Gartman, Dennis: on insider information, [>]
Gayle, Richard: on biotechnology industry, [>]
Geithner, Timothy: and PPIP, [>]
and TARP, [>]–[>]
General Electric: Buffett invests in, [>], [>], [>]
congressmen trade in stock, [>]
in economic crisis of 2008, [>]
receives TARP funds, [>], [>]
George, Andrew: on conflict of interest, [>]–[>]
Gilead Sciences: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Giuliani, Rudy, [>]
Goldman Sachs: Buffett invests in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
congressmen trade in stock, [>]
in economic crisis of 2008, [>], [>]–[>]
Gregg and, [>]
as Obama supporter, [>]
Gore, Al, [>]
and alternative energy, [>], [>]
as Obama supporter, [>], [>]
Government Accountability Office: on Department of Energy, [>]–[>]
Government Rich, [>]
and conflict-of-interest statutes, [>]
graft. See also crony capitalism
bipartisan nature of, [>]
Franklin on causes of, [>]–[>]
Pendergast and, [>]
Plunkitt and, [>]
Truman and, [>]–[>]
Granite Reliable Wind: receives federal loan guarantees, [>]
Grassley, Charles: on congressional accountability, [>]
Gray, Ed, [>]
Great Britain: Financial Services Act, [>]
Gregg, Judd: and Goldman Sachs, [>]
Obama and, [>]–[>]
personal use of earmarks, [>]–[>]
and real estate investment, [>]
Gupta: congressmen buy IPO, [>]
Hainmueller, Jens: on insider trading, [>]
Halpern, Solomon, [>]–[>]
Hambrecht, William, [>]–[>]
Hamilton, Alexander: and insider information, [>]
Hastert, Dennis: acquires wealth, [>]
denounces FBI investigation, [>]
nepotism by, [>]
personal use of earmarks, [>]
political career, [>]
and real estate investment, [>]–[>], [>]
Hastings, Alcee: and congressional ethics committees, [>]
Hatch, Orrin: invests in Berkshire Hathaway, [>]
health care industry: congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>]
and health care reform, [>]–[>]
lobbying by, [>]
and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [>]–[>]
health care reform: Baucus and, [>]
Carper and, [>]–[>]
Clinton and, [>]
Daschle and, [>]
health care industry and, [>]–[>]
Obama and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Polis and, [>]–[>]
public option in, [>], [>], [>]
Health Extras: congressmen trade in stock, [>]–[>]
health insurance industry: and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [>]–[>]
hedge funds. See investment funds
Heinz, Teresa, [>]
Hinchey, Maurice: personal use of earmarks, [>]–[>]
and real estate investment, [>]–[>]
Hobson, David: and real estate investment, [>]–[>]
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Hologic: Soros invests in, [>]
Houghton, Amo: background, [>]
trades in biotechnology industry stocks, [>]
House of Representatives, U.S. See Congress
Hydrogen Energy California: receives federal grant, [>]
Ickes, Harold: on crony capitalism, [>]
ID Biomedical: congressmen trade in stock, [>]
Immelt, Jeffrey, [>]
on "reset" government-business relationship, [>]
initial public offerings (IPOs), [>]
congressmen buy, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
insider information. See also insider trading laws
and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, [>]
Bachus uses, [>], [>]–[>]
Clark on, [>]
congressional use of, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Durbin uses, [>]
Gartman on, [>]
Hamilton and, [>]
investment fund industry and, [>]–[>]
as political intelligence, [>]–[>]
Insider Trading and the Stock Market (Manne), [>], [>]
insider trading laws. See also insider information
as applied to Congress, [>]–[>]
in European Union, [>]–[>], [>]
SEC and, [>], [>]
Internal Revenue Service: polit
ical influence over, [>], [>]
Internet networks: Obama and, [>]
Interwave Communications: congressmen buy IPO, [>]
Invenergy: receives federal grant, [>]
investment fund industry: and insider information, [>]–[>]
lobbying by, [>]–[>]
and political connections, [>]–[>]
Reid and, [>]–[>]
Schumer and, [>]–[>]
supports Obama, [>]
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