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Journalists have called the U.S. Senate an empty chamber; politicians have lamented that the institution is broken--yet the Senate was once capable of greatness. Senators of the 1960s and '70s overcame southern opposition to civil rights, passed Great Society legislation, and battled the executive branch on Vietnam, Watergate, and its abuses of power. The right's sweep of the 1980 elections shattered that Senate, leaving a diminished institution in its wake.

Ira Shapiro spent 12 years working for Senators Gaylord Nelson, Abraham Ribicoff, Thomas Eagleton, Robert Byrd, and Jay Rockefeller. The Last Great Senate is his vivid portrait of the statesmen who helped steer America during the crisis years of the late 1970s, transcending partisanship and overcoming procedural roadblocks that have all but strangled the Senate since their departure. The Last Great Senate is necessary reading for all those who wonder how the Senate used to work and what happened to the world's greatest deliberative body.

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  • Title The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis
  • Author Ira Shapiro
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 475
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2012-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781586489366 / 1586489364
  • Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 6.37 x 1.63 in (24.26 x 16.18 x 4.14 cm)
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011039314
  • Dewey Decimal Code 328.730

About the author

Ira Shapiro came to Washington in 1975 and spent 12 years working in senior positions in the Senate, playing important roles in accomplishments as diverse as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Senate Code of Ethics, and completing the Metrorail system. During the Clinton administration, he served as a leading U.S. trade negotiator, ultimately earning the rank of ambassador. He lives in Potomac, Maryland.
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