Lion of the Senate : When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress /
Littlefield, Nick,
Lion of the Senate : When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress / Nick Littlefield and David Nexon ; introduction by Doris Kearns Goodwin. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xx, 505 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction by Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Election Day -- The contract with America -- The failed struggle for health reform -- Kennedy in the minority -- Preparing the resistance -- The struggle for the mind of the President -- Orrin Hatch -- Rallying the Democrats -- The fight begins -- The Republican attack -- Senate rules -- Will Democrats unite? -- The Capitol, the Senate, and Washington -- Exposing the republican budget before labor day -- The senate returns to the budget after labor day -- The first train wreck -- The second train wreck -- A new "big idea" -- Laying the groundwork -- The clash of the titans: Dole vs. Kennedy -- Clash of the titans, round 2 -- Victory -- The Children's Health Initiative -- A dream fulfilled: "We owe it to Ted" -- The new challenge and the Kennedy vision -- Epilogue.
"Two former top domestic-policy advisors to Senator Ted Kennedy offer an inside look at the fight he took up that led the demoralized 1994 Democrats to push ahead with their agenda and reach across the aisle to work with Republicans to pass key progressive legislation, "--NoveList.
9781476796154 1476796157 9781476796161 1476796165
40025457148
2015008579
Kennedy, Edward M. 1932-2009.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
Biographies.
Lion of the Senate : When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress / Nick Littlefield and David Nexon ; introduction by Doris Kearns Goodwin. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xx, 505 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction by Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Election Day -- The contract with America -- The failed struggle for health reform -- Kennedy in the minority -- Preparing the resistance -- The struggle for the mind of the President -- Orrin Hatch -- Rallying the Democrats -- The fight begins -- The Republican attack -- Senate rules -- Will Democrats unite? -- The Capitol, the Senate, and Washington -- Exposing the republican budget before labor day -- The senate returns to the budget after labor day -- The first train wreck -- The second train wreck -- A new "big idea" -- Laying the groundwork -- The clash of the titans: Dole vs. Kennedy -- Clash of the titans, round 2 -- Victory -- The Children's Health Initiative -- A dream fulfilled: "We owe it to Ted" -- The new challenge and the Kennedy vision -- Epilogue.
"Two former top domestic-policy advisors to Senator Ted Kennedy offer an inside look at the fight he took up that led the demoralized 1994 Democrats to push ahead with their agenda and reach across the aisle to work with Republicans to pass key progressive legislation, "--NoveList.
9781476796154 1476796157 9781476796161 1476796165
40025457148
2015008579
Kennedy, Edward M. 1932-2009.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
Biographies.