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53. Ibid.
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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
21CSC
21st Century Conservation Service Corps
AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
ACORN
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
AIFA
American Infrastructure Financing Authority
AE
Americans Elect
AUC
Americans United for Change
AUFC
Americans United for Change
BGA
BlueGreen Alliance
CAP
Center for American Progress
CBPP
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
CFPB
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CHIP
Children’s Health Insurance Program
COWS
Center for Wisconsin Strategy
CPC
Congressional Progressive Caucus
CRU
Climatic Research Unit
CSIS
Center for Strategic and International Studies
DOE
Department of Energy
DOT
Department of Transportation
EAC
Election Assistance Commission
EFCA
Employee Free Choice Act
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
eTec
Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation
EUC
Emergency Unemployment Compensation
EVs
Electric Vehicles
FAST!
Fix America’s Schools Today
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FEEI
Free Enterprise Education Institute
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
GJA
Green Jobs Act
HCAN
Health Care for America Now
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
ICC
International Criminal Court
ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
IPS
Institute for Policy Studies
Know Your Care
MWP
Making Work Pay
NAF
New America Foundation
NEERS
National Energy Efficiency Resource Standard
NIB
National Infrastructure Bank
NPV
National Popular Vote
PYC
Protect Your Care
R2P
Responsibility to Protect
SDTF
Sustainable Defense Task Force
SEIU
Service Employees International Union
SERRA
Solar Energy Regulatory Relief Act
START
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
TRAC
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
USB
Unified Security Budget
USCAP
United States Climate Action Partnership
USCIS
United States Citizenship and Immigrant Services
WAP
Weatherization Assistance Program
WPA
Works Progress Administration
INDEX
9/11: 7, 94
99%: 69, 92, 108, 117, 131, 139
21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC): 89, 91
A
Abrams, Jim: 59
Affordable Care Act: 141, 143, 148, 156
Afghanistan: 18, 94, 131
Agency for International Develo
pment: 12
Agenda for Shared Prosperity: viii
AIG: 31
al–Qaida: 8
Amar, Akhil Reed: 163–169
Amar, Vikram David: 163–169
America’s Great Outdoors Council: 91
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP): 139
American Enterprise, The: 63, 124, 133, 156
American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA): 105, 108–109
American Jobs Act: 64, 81, 108, 117
American Opinion: 14
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: 28
American Spectator: 125, 126
American Thinker: 141, 157
American–Made Energy Act: 23
Americans Elect (AE): 174–176
Americans United for Change (AUC): 142, 147, 151
Anzalone, John: 147, 154
Apollo Alliance: 23, 28, 73, 85, 93
Arab Spring: 10–11
Arafat, Yasser: 17
Argonne National Laboratory: 29
Arizona: 29, 39, 43
Arno Political Consultants: 174
Arno, Kellen: 174, 177
Arno, Michael: 174, 177
Aspin, Les: 14
Associated Press: 57–58, 135
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN): 59, 177
Ayers, Bill: ix, 32, 55, 121
Ayers, Tom: 32
B
BAIF Granite Holdings: 30
Baker, Dean: 64, 65
Balderton Capital: 170
Batchelor, John: ix
Baum, Caroline: 71
Bay Citizen, The: 27
Bear Stearns: 41
Beck, Glenn: ix
Becker, Bernie: 136
Becker, William S.: 21
Beer, Samuel H.: 169–170
Bell, Derrick: 165
Benjamin, Caren: 151
Bennet, Robert: 163–165
Berlin, Ken: 23
Berman, Russell: 118
Bernstein, Jared: 67
Biden, Joe: 67, 99, 144, 154
Big Labor: 58, 72, 73, 142
Biggs, Andrew: 133–134
Bingaman, Jeff: 74
Black Box Voting: 171
Blackmun, Harry: 166
Blair, Anita: 124
Blair, Dennis: 177
Blinder, Alan S.: 61
Blitzer, Wolf: 149–150
Bloomberg News: 71
Bloomberg, Michael: 30, 175
Blue Line Strategic Communications: 147
BlueGreen Alliance (BGA): 23, 72–75, 82–83, 91
Blueprint for Legislative Action: 31
Bluey, Robert: 155
Booth, Heather: 152
Booth, Paul: 152
Boston Globe: 150
Boushey, Heather: 124–126
Bovard, James: 78–79
Boyd, Michael: 27
BP: 31, 33
Bradley Jr., Robert: 36
Brengel, Kristen: 90
Bretton Woods Committee: 161
Brewer, Jan: 39
Breyer, Stephen: 166
BrightSource Energy: 27
Brookfield Asset Management: 30
Brookfield Renewable Power: 30
Brown Jr., George E.: 14
Brown, Jerry: 83
Brown, John: 120–121
Brown, Sherrod: 108, 115
Brownback, Sam: 74
Bryson, John: 28
Buffenbarger, Thomas: 85
BUILD Act: 105
Building Star: 74
Burton, Philip: 14
Bush, George W.: x, 31, 34, 43, 84, 97, 128–130, 151, 163
Buy American Act: 116
Buy Canada: 116
Byrd, Kahlil: 175, 177
C
Caddell, Patrick: 177
Callahan, David: 51, 53, 56, 65–67
Campaign Against Pollution: 152
Campaign for America’s Future: 47, 73, 85, 101
Campaign Legal Center: 176
Candidate Certification Committee: 176
Cantor, Eric: 153
Carney, Timothy: 105, 130
Carr Center: 16
Carter, Jimmy: 16, 177
Casey Jr., Robert P.: 115
Caterpillar Inc.: 33
Cato Institute: 78–79, 98
Cavanagh, John: 68
Center for American Progress (CAP): 1–2, 8, 10–12, 15, 19, 21–23 30, 36, 46, 48, 57, 70–75, 90, 92–93, 132, 138–142, 144, 147–148, 153, 155, 177
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP): 66–67
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation: 132
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): 102–103
Center for Union Facts: 60
Center for Wisconsin Strategy (COWS): 73, 93
Century Foundation, The: 48, 77, 128
Chapter 11: 20
Chavez, Hugo: 64
Chen, Michelle: 93
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): 140
Choate, Pat: 100
Chowder, Ken: 121
Citizens Action: 54
City Journal: 53
Civil Rights Journal: 124
Clean Energy Standard: 74
Climate Adaptation Fund: 11
Climatic Research Unit (CRU): 24
Clinton, Bill: 23, 28, 31, 41, 61, 116, 123, 127, 147, 167
Clinton, Hillary: 32, 38, 59, 102, 144, 177
Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform: 40
Commission on Budgeting for National Security and International Affairs: 7
Common Purpose Project: 147
Commonwealth Edison: 32
Communist Manifesto: 53
Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity: 42
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC): 42, 50, 69, 88, 92, 101–102, 131, 139
Conley, Laura: 10
Connect Fund (Connect U.S. Fund): 2, 13, 15
Conoco–Phillips: 31, 33
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): 111–112
Conyers Jr., John: 121
Corsell, Peter L.: 29
Coulter, Ann: 167
Covert Cadre: 14
Creamer, Robert: 151–152
Crebo–Rediker, Heidi: 101
Critz, Mark: 115
Crockett, George: 14
Crudele, John: 63
Cutter, W. Bowman: 177
D
Daley, Richard: 152
Damascus: 5
Daschle, Tom: 123, 145
Deeds, Creigh: 97
DeLauro, Rosa: 101, 123, 127
Democracy 21: 176
Demos: 48, 50–53, 56–57, 59–61, 64–70, 77, 80, 128, 131–132, 162
Department of Energy (DOE): 22, 27, 29
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): 22
Department of Transportation (DOT): 22, 82
Diamond, Larry: 176
DiLorenzo, Thomas: 79
DiMartino, David: 147
Discover the Networks: 34, 151
Dodd, Christopher: 14, 102, 111–112
Dohrn, Bernardine: 55, 121
Donohue, Thomas: 105
Draut, Tamara: 51, 53, 56, 65–67
Duke Energy: 31–33
Dunkelberg, Bill: 71
Dunn, Anita: ix
Duvall, Cathy: 72
E
Economic Policy Institute: viii, 57, 59, 62, 67, 69 77, 79, 82, 85, 88, 93, 100, 120, 123–124, 128
Edwards, Chris: 98
Elders, The: 16
Election Assistance Commission (EAC): 171–172
Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec): 29
Electric Vehicles (EVs): 29
Ellison, Keith: 69, 92, 102, 108
Emanuel, Rahm: 31, 107
Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC): 131
EMILY’S List: 145
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA): 60
Energy Independence Trust: 22
England, Trent: 161–162
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): 22, 37
Equal Pay Initiative: 123
Exelon: 31–32
Export Import Bank: 105–106, 116
Extension Amnesty: 41
F
F–35 Joint Strike Fighter: 6
Fadem, Barry: 159–161
Fair Labor Standards Act: 52
Fairness Doctrine: 25
FairVote: 161–62
Family and Medical Leave Act: 52
Family Leave Insurance Act: 52
Federal Communications Commission (FCC): 20, 25, 177
Federal Reserve: 32, 61
Fieldhouse, Andrew: 128
Fix America’s Schools Today (FAST!): 93
Flood, Warren: 154
Folsom Jr., Burton W.: 120
Ford Motor Company: 31, 33
Fox News: ix, 29, 137
Frank, Barney: 15
Frank, Robert: 67
Free Enterprise Education Institute (FEEI): 33
Freed, Josh: 114
Furchtgott–Roth, Diana: 124–126
G
Gardner, Fay: 141
Gaza Strip: 12, 16
General Motors: 20, 33, 56, 99
Gerwin, Ed: 114
Gitlin, Todd: 166
Glasscock, James A.: 84
Glauthier, T.J.: 28–30
Global Climate Change Initiative: 11
GM: 31, 33
Golisano, Tom: 161
Gordon, Kate: 24
Gore, Al: 26, 73, 127, 161, 163
Graham, Lindsey: 115
Great Society: 119
Green American Dream: 72
Green Dividend, The: 8–9
Green Jobs Act (GJA): 83–84
Greenhouse Gas (GHG): 8, 31, 33, 36
Greider, William: 31
GridPoint: 28–29
Grijalva, Raúl: 69, 108
Ground–Based Midcourse Defense: 5
Gutierrez, Luis: 42
H
Hagel, Chuck: 102
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: 41