Last Great Senate - Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis

The Last Great Senate is a narrative history of the Senate from 1977 through 1980, the closing years of the progressive Senate of the 1960s and 1970s which compiled a record of accomplishment unmatched in the country's history. The book recounts legislative battles which present remarkable case studies of the lawmaking process in action.

List of contents

Prologue

1977
Chapter 1: The Grind
Chapter 2: The Natural
Chapter 3: Great Expectations, Different Agendas
Chapter 4: Hawk and Dove
Chapter 5: The Appearance of Impropriety
Chapter 6: The Liberal Filibuster

1978
Chapter 7: A Year of Living Dangerously
Chapter 8: The Panama Canal Fight
Chapter 9: Venturing into the Middle East
Chapter 10: An Epic Business-Labor Clash
Chapter 11: Saving New York
Chapter 12: Closing Days

1979
Chapter 13: Before the Storm
Chapter 14: Energy Battles After the Iranian Revolution
Chapter 15: Fighting the Economic Tide
Chapter 16: SALT II: Death by a Thousand Cuts

1980
Chapter 17: A Tough Political Climate
Chapter 18: America's Last Frontier
Chapter 19: Fighting to Survive
Chapter 20: The Lame-Duck Session

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

By Ira Shapiro

Summary

The Last Great Senate is a narrative history of the Senate from 1977 through 1980, the closing years of the progressive Senate of the 1960s and 1970s which compiled a record of accomplishment unmatched in the country's history. The book recounts legislative battles which present remarkable case studies of the lawmaking process in action.

Product details

• Authors: Ira Shapiro, Ira S. Shapiro, Shapiro Ira
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781538109786
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0978-6
• No. of pages: 524
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, History and Archaeology, Political leaders and leadership, Central / national / federal government