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1999

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31 décembre 1999

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9781612772615

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English

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Four decades of Democratic control of Congress abruptly came to an end with the 1994 elections, which propelled the Republican party to an unfamiliar role as the majority party in both houses of Congress. Second-term congressman from Ohio Sherrod Brown was thrust into this frenetic first 100 days which were very partisan and often very nasty. Congress from the Inside takes freshman Congressman Brown through the halls of the Capitol as he learns his job; depicts the inner-working and deal-making of Congress; shows how legislation is crafted; and visits the offices of other members and small meetings where much of the work of Congress is done. Brown's third term, still as a member of the minority party, exposes the strengths and weaknesses of Congress as an institution, its successes and failures, its diversity and its elitism. This account of the transition from a political majority status to minority status discloses the trauma felt by one party and the exhilaration experienced by the other as one era ended and a new one began.

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Publié par

The Kent State University Press

Date de parution

31 décembre 1999

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781612772615

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

Congress from the Inside

Two ofSherrod Brown’spassions are baseball and politics. He has represented Ohio’s13th Congressional District since1992, after having served for two decades as a state politician, initially in the Ohio legislature and then as Ohio’s Secretary of State. Brown, from Lorain, Ohio, is currently the ranking Democrat on the House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. He plays center field and leads off for the Democrats in the annual congressional baseball game.

Congress from the Inside

Observations from

the Majority and

the Minority

Sherrod Brown

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by The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio44242

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number2003113910 isbn0-87338-7929-9 Manufactured in the United States of America

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Political cartoons by Dick Bartlett reprinted with permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Brown, Sherrod,1952– Congress from the inside : observations from the majority and the minority / by Sherrod Brown.—3rd ed. p. cm. Includes index. isbn0-87338-792-9(pbk. : alk. paper) ∞ 1. United States. Congress.2. Political parties—United States.3. United States— Politics and government—1989– I. Title. 2003113910

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C O N T E N TS

Prefacexi

Acknowledgmentsxvii

Introductionxix

Part I

1 Election1992eG:nitthTgere3

2 In the District22

3 InCommittee35

4 IntheChamber46

5 TheBudget62

6 TheNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement71

7 TheGreatHealthCareDebate83

8 TheCrimeBill92

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9 The Mail, the Phones, and Other Things100

10 Election1994110

Part II

11 Intelligence and Surveillance129

12 TheCoupandtheRevolution133

Contents

13 Storming the Palace: The Government Shutdown158

14 TheCounteroVensive: M2E2177

15 TheTruce188

16 TheCampaign199

17 The105th Congress217

18 Election1998and the106th Congress225

Contents

Part III

19 Florida2000, Class Warfare, and a Missed Opportunity249

20 September11and the107th Congress256

21 Redistricting272

22 A Case Study of the Drug Industry and Its Political Power in the Halls of Congress282

23 Tuberculosis: How an Issue Gets on the Public Agenda295

24 War in Iraq301

25 Postscript310 Index311

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