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Broken

Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?
  • ISBN-13: 9781538105825
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Ira Shapiro
  • Price: AUD $82.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/05/2018
  • Format: Hardback 322 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: General studies [GTG]
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While the hyper-partisanship in Washington that has stunned the world has been building for decades, Ira Shapiro argues that the U.S. Senate has suffered most acutely from the loss of its political center. In Broken, Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staffer and author of the critically-acclaimed book The Last Great Senate, offers an expert's account of some of the most prominent battles of the past decade and lays out what must be done to restore the Senate's lost luster. Shapiro places the Senate at "ground zero for America's political dysfunction"--the institution that has failed the longest and the worst. Because the Senate, at its best, represented the special place where the Democrats and Republicans worked together to transcend ideological and regional differences and find common ground, its decline has intensified the nation's polarization, by institutionalizing it at the highest level. Shapiro documents this decline and evaluates the prospects of restoration that could provide a way out of the polarized morass that has engulfed Congress. With a narrative that runs right through the first year of the Trump presidency, Broken will be essential reading for all concerned about the state of American politics and the future of our country.
Introduction Chapter 1: McConnell's Power Play Chapter 2: In the Shadow of Mansfield's Great Senate Chapter 3: From Baker and Dole to Gingrich and Lott Chapter 4: Bipartisanship Tried, Lost and Found Chapter 5: Mitch McConnell's Senate Chapter 6: McConnell and Schumer Face President Trump Chapter 7: The Confirmation Process Chapter 8: The Gorsuch Nomination: When No Compromise is Possible Chapter 9: Investigating the Russian Connection Chapter 10: In Sickness and in Health Chapter 11: Immigration and Border Security Chapter 12: Moderating Economic Nationalism Chapter 13: Climate Change Denial Chapter 14: Reconceiving the Senate A Note on Sources
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