Lion of the Senate: When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress

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“The best book I have read about the inner dynamics of the United States
Senate.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin Two top domestic policy advisors to Senator
Edward Kennedy offer an insider’s view of several remarkable years when
Kennedy fought to preserve the Democratic mission against Newt Gingrich’s
Contract with America and a Republican majority in both houses—a story that
has special resonance now as a resurgent Republican right once again controls
Congress. In November 1994 the election swept a new breed of Republicans into
control of the United States Congress. Led by Speaker Newt Gingrich, the
Republicans were determined to enact a conservative agenda that would reshape
American government. Had it not been for Ted Kennedy, they would have
succeeded. In 1994, after defending his Senate seat against challenger Mitt
Romney, Kennedy came back to Washington to find Democrats, including President
Clinton, demoralized and leaning toward “compromises” that would adopt much of
the Republican agenda. Undaunted, Kennedy pressed the agenda he would have
championed had his party held power. He rallied the Democrats. He reached
across the aisle to craft and pass key progressive legislation. And he stopped
the Gingrich revolution in its tracks. Nick Littlefield and David Nexon tell
this story of a bare-knuckled and sometimes hilarious fight in the United
States Senate. It is a political lesson for all time. Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster (November 10, 2015)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 54
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.68 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.75 x 9.75 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #2,653,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #842 in U.S.Congresses, Senates & Legislative #11,283 in Political Leader Biographies #19,500 in United States Biographies
• #842 in U.S.Congresses, Senates & Legislative