| DO NOT ASK WHAT GOOD WE DO Inside the U.S. House of Representatives Robert Draper New York: The Free Press, April 2012 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-1-4516-4208-7 | ||||
| ISBN-10 1-4516-4208-3 | 327pp. | HC | $28.00 | |
| Page 62: | "Their insistence on standing by William Jefferson of Louisiana (after federal authorities found $90,000 in his freezer) and Charles Rangel (after the Ways and Means chairman failed to declare some property that he owned in the Dominican Republican gave the House Democrats, and their leader, considerable heartburn." |
| Spelling: S/B "the Dominican Republic". |
| Page 89: | "Weiner found two Republican cosponsors [...] and rigorously defended the amendment on the House floor against the protestations of fellow Democrats." |
| Spelling: S/B "vigorously". |
| Page 112: | "One of the groups that came to Duncan's office represented several small companies in his district. Duncan asked them, 'Is there any money that could be used tor job creation that's just sitting on the sidelines? Do they have cash reserves?' 'Trillions,' was the reply." |
| Several small South Carolina companies with "trillions" in cash reserves? |
| Page 123: | "...Jackson Lee browbeat the agency into holding a job fair in the 17th District, which led to the employment of two hundred constituents." |
| Accuracy: S/B "the 18th District" as specified at the beginning of this chapter (page 117.) |
| Page 253: | "Obama's approval rating was bad, but it was stratospheric compared to Congress's. Within the next week, it would dip to a record low of 13 percent." |
| Vague: probably refers to Congress's rating, but I can't be sure. |
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