Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage (54 page)

Bielat, Sean

bin Laden, Osama

bipartisanship; breakdown of; in elections

Black, Hugo

Black Panthers

Blair, Warren

Blinder, Alan

Bloomberg, Michael

Blunt, Roy

Blute, Peter

Boehner, John

Boggs, Hale

Bolling, Royal

Bonior, David

Bono

Bono, Sonny

bonuses, in banking industry

Boschwitz, Rudy

Boston: Frank on staff of mayor of; grape boycott in; LGBT people in; Ward Five of; White as mayor of
Boston
(magazine)

Boston Globe, The
; coming out in
Boston Herald

Boutilier, Clive Michael

Boxer, Barbara

boycotting

Bradley, Dan

Branch, Taylor

Breay, Doris

Breay, Jim

Brennan, William

Brier, Jacob

Broder, David

Brooke, Edward

Brookline, Mass.

Brown, James

Brown, Scott

Bryan, William Jennings

Buchanan, Pat

Budget Committee

budget deficits,
see
national debt Buffett, Warren

Bulger, William “Billy”

Bull by the Horns
(Bair) bumper stickers

Bunte, Doris

Burton, Dan

Burton, John

Bush, George H. W.; FMLA and; immigration under; military spending reduced by; Souter and; taxes and Bush, George W.: appointees of; financial crisis and; LGBT rights and; Schiavo and; tax cuts by; in 2000 election; in 2004 election; 2006 elections and; War on Terror of Bush, Jeb

Bush v. Gore

busing,
see
schools: desegregation of Byrd, Robert

Byrne, Charlie

Cahill, Mary Beth

California; marriage in

Campaign for Military Service (CMS)

campaigns; contributions to; effects on governance of; friendship and; hard feelings in; luck and; negativity in; sexism in; timing of;
see also
congressional campaigns; gubernatorial campaigns; mayoral campaigns; presidential campaigns Canada

Cantor, Eric

Cape Verde

capitalism: democracy under; income distribution under; liberal support for;
see also
economy; financial crisis of 2007–2008

Capote, Truman

Cardoza, Dennis

Caro, Robert

Carter, Jimmy; in 1980 elections

Carter, John

Carville, James

Castro, Fidel

Catholic Church

Cato Institute

Cella, Alexander

censorship; advocacy of

census, redistricting following

Center for Responsible Lending

CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

Chamber of Commerce

Chaney, James

Chavez, Cesar

Cheney, Dick; on LGBT people; memoir by; military and Chicago

children, protection of

China

Church, Frank

Churchill, Winston

CIA Gay Pride Day

Cirque du Soleil

Cisneros, Henry

civil disobedience,
see
direct action civil liberties;
see also
free speech Civil Rights Act

civil rights movement, lessons from;
see also
desegregation civil unions

Clark, Arthur

classism

Clayton Antitrust Act

Clean Air Act

Clean Water Act

Cleveland, Grover

Cleveland, Ohio

Clinton, Bill: administration of; affirmative action under; DOMA and; on economy; elections of; on government; health care and; in Lewinsky scandal; LGBT rights supported by; on marijuana; memoirs of; on military LGBT ban; military spending under; minimum wage increase under; supporters of; taxes under; trade under; Whitewater and Clinton, Hillary: as first lady; as presidential candidate; as secretary of state
Clinton Tapes, The
(Branch) cloture; for DADT

CMS (Campaign for Military Service)

cocaine

Coelho, Tony

Cohen, Shelly

Cohen, Steve

Cohn, Roy

Cold War

Collins, Susan

colonialism

Colorado

Colson, Charles

commodities

Commodity Futures Modernization Act (2000)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commonwealth Avenue

communism

community banks

community colleges

“community control”

Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

commuter rail

compensation, political

compromise: importance of; purity vs.

Condit, Gary

Congress: African Americans in; on AIDS; architecture of; campaigns for,
see
congressional campaigns; committees of,
see
Congressional Committees; credentials for; D.C. overseen by; Japanese Americans in; leadership in; privileges of; LGBT people in; procedures of; punishment in; Republican control of in 1980s; reputation of,
see
government: reputation of; scandals in; spouses of members of; term limits in; women in;
see also
legislative work Congressional Black Caucus

Congressional Budget Office

congressional campaigning; for Brooke; for Kennedy; for Saltonstall; for Warren; for Wellstone congressional campaigns: for Mass. House; for U.S. House Congressional Committees and Subcommittees: Administrative Law; Agriculture; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking; Budget; Constitution; District of Columbia; Education and Labor; Employment and Housing; Ethics; Financial Services; Government Operations; Government Reform; International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy; Investigations; Judiciary; Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Rules; Un-American Activities; Ways and Means; Workforce Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Connally, John

Connection, The

conservation,
see
environmentalism Conservation Law Foundation

conservatism; financial crisis explained by; grassroots advocacy by; rise of Constitution, amending of

constitutional rights, as loaded term;
see also
free speech Constitution Subcommittee

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Contract with America

conventional political activity, direct action vs.; wealth and Conyers, John

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

Costanza, Midge

Council of Federated Organizations

Cowan, Mo

Cox, William Harold

CRA (Community Reinvestment Act)

Crane, Robert

Creating Change
(McFeeley) credit cards

criminal justice system,
see
drug law reform Crowley, Sheila

C-SPAN

Cubans

Czolgosz, Leon

DADT,
see
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Daley, William

Dancing with the Stars

Dannemeyer, William

Daughters of Bilitis

Daughters of the American Revolution

Davos

Day, Doris

Dean, Howard

debating

debt; for students;
see also
financial crisis of 2007–2008; national debt decriminalization,
see
drug law reform Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA); Supreme Court on; upshots of de Gaulle, Charles

DeLay, Tom; financial crisis and; impeachment and; Schiavo and Dellums, Ron

democracy, capitalist

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Democratic conventions: in 1964; in 1984; in 2000; in 2004; in 2012

Democratic Study Group (Federal)

Democratic Study Group (Mass.)

Democrats: in Boston; Clinton not supported by; conflict among,
see also
radicalism; Congress controlled by; political machines of; post-Nixon; reliable voters for; slogan for; white men and; youth and;
see also
liberalism;
specific politicians
DeNucci, Joe

Department of Homeland Security

derivatives; oversees; regulation of

DeSapio, Carmine

desegregation; of Congress; of housing; of schools developing countries

Dickinson, Todd

DiMento, Frank

Dingell, John

Dinneen, Joseph

direct action: against private sector; disparagement of;
see also
radicalism discrimination,
see
desegregation; employment discrimination; Jews, prejudice against; LGBT rights movement; racism disenfranchisement,
see
voting dissent vs. personal attack

District of Columbia Committee;
see also
Washington, D.C.

divorce

Dixon, Julian

Dodd, Chris; on bonuses; as cosponsor of bill; during financial crisis Dodd-Frank reforms; aftermath of; final version of; opposition to; payment for; substance of Doing Business report (World Bank)

Dole, Bob

DOMA,
see
Defense of Marriage Act domestic content legislation

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; as compromise; prompting of; rationale for; repeal of; witch hunts after Dorchester, Mass.

Dornan, Robert

Douglas, William O.

Downey, Tom

DREAM Act

Drinan, Robert

Droney, John

drug law reform; Holder on

drunkenness

Drury, Allen

Dukakis, Michael; in 1978 gubernatorial race; policies of; in presidential race Durbin, Dick

Early, Joe

earmarks

Earth Day

East Timor

Eastwood, Clint

economy: collapse of,
see
financial crisis of 2007–2008; conservative theory about; as global; in 1970s; study of; white male voters and;
see also
capitalism education,
see
schools Education and Labor Committee

Einhorn, David

Eisenhower, Dwight

elderly, advocates for

electioneering,
see
conventional political activity elections,
see
campaigns; congressional campaigns; gubernatorial campaigns; mayoral campaigns; presidential campaigns electronic voting

Emanuel, Rahm

Empire State Pride Agenda

Employment and Housing Subcommittee

employment discrimination: against blacks; against Hispanics; against LGBT people; against women Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

“Employment of Homosexuals, The”

Endean, Steve

end-of-life decisions

enemies, benefits of having

England, history of

environmentalism; jobs vs.; Republicans and; tempering of; trade and Equal Rights Amendment

Ervin, Sam

Ethics Committee

ethnicity, immigration and

Europe, military bases in

Evans, Rowland

examinations, in banking

executive branch;
see also
presidential campaigns;
specific presidents
executive compensation

Fall River, Mass.; demographics of

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

family values

Fannie Mae

Farber, M. A. (Myron)

farce

Farley, Joel

farm workers

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission); Bair as head of; in Dodd-Frank reforms Federal Housing Finance Agency

Federal Reserve; creation of; during financial crisis; in Dodd-Frank reforms Federal Trade Commission

Fehrnstrom, Eric

Feingold, Russell

Fenway

Fields, Jack

Filegate

filibuster, on DADT

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

financial crisis of 2007–2008; affordable housing and; bailouts during; conservative take on; derivatives and; foreclosure and; GSEs and; history behind; reforms after financial industry, history of;
see also
economy financial reform bill (2009),
see
Dodd-Frank reforms Financial Services Committee; authority of; chairmanship of
Financial Shock
(Zandi) Fine, Camden

Fingold, George

Finkelstein, Arthur

Fire Island

Fish, Hamilton

fishing industry

flag burning

Flanagan, Michael Patrick

Florida: Schiavo incident and; 2000 election and

Flynn, Ray

FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)

Foley, Heather

Foley, Mark

Foley, Tom

food, regulation of

Ford, Gerald

foreclosures;
see also
financial crisis of 2007–2008

Foreman, Matthew

Fortas, Abe

Foster, Vince

Fox News

France, elections in

Frank, Ann,
see
Lewis, Ann Frank, Barney: career path of; character of; as closeted homosexual; in college; coming out by; congressional campaigns of; dating by; desire to be a politician of; family of; fashion of; in graduate school; health of; international travel by; as Jew; marriage of; in Mass. legislature; pragmatism of; priorities of; retirement of; self-esteem of; Senatorial ambitions of; sense of humor of; techniques of; as teenager; as U.S. congressman; voice of; on White’s staff Frank, David

Frank, Doris,
see
Breay, Doris Frank, Elsie

Frank, Sam

Frank, Thomas

“Frank Breakup Ends an Era”

“Frank rule”

Freddie Mac

Freedom Democratic Party

Freedom Summer

“Free Market Day”

free speech; hate crimes and; money as

free trade

From the Closet to the Altar
(Klarman) Frye, Maurice

“full faith and credit” clause

fund-raising

Furstenberg, Mark

Galbraith, John Kenneth

gambling

game theory

Gandhi, Mahatma

garment industry

Garrett, Scott

gasoline: embargo of; lead-based

gay, homosexual vs.

gay bars

gay pride

gay rights movement,
see
LGBT rights movement Gay Rights National Lobby

Geithner, Timothy

gender equality, in the workplace

gender identity

Gensler, Gary

gentrification

Georgetown Law School