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Millions Of Americans Distrust Congress And Its Members. In Combat: Twelve Years In The U.s. Senate, One Of The Most Respected And Popular Senators Of Recent Times Shows From The Inside How The Senate Works - And Why It Often Doesn't Work. Admired By His Colleagues For His Bluntness, Decency, And Courage, Warren B. Rudman Gives A Candid Account Of The Legislative Process As It Really Is. Rudman Focuses On Four Historic Senate Actions In Which He Played A Central Role: The Gramm-rudman Act - The Audacious 1985 Attempt To Force A Balanced Budget On An Unwilling Congress And President; The Keating Five Ethics Committee Hearings, Which Revealed The Thin Line Between Campaign Finance And Corruption; The Iran-contra Investigation, Rudman's No-holds-barred Account Of The Reagan Administration's Biggest Scandal; And The Appointment Of His Colleague And Close Friend David Souter To The Supreme Court. Rudman Offers Vivid Portraits Of The Men He Worked With: Dole, Packwood, Baker, Helms, Gramm, And The Two Presidents He Served Under - Reagan And Bush. He Writes Unflinchingly About His Colleagues And About The Legislative Process. Here Is The Inner World Of The Senate Club, Revealed By The Man

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Author

Warren B. Rudman

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679441359

Category

biography

Subjects

Political Science, Memoir, History

Rating

3.92 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14