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Kaiser, Robert G. : Act of Congress: How Americas Essential
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- ISBN
- 9780307700162
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
030770016X
ISBN-13
9780307700162
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038284669
Product Key Features
Book Title
Act of Congress : How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Business & Financial, American Government / Legislative Branch, Economic History, United States / 21st Century, Industries / Financial Services, Government & Business
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
28.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"If you want to know how Washington really works, read this book. It's the ultimate inside story of a major piece of legislation that will affect the way the country does business for decades to come. Robert G. Kaiser, who knows the terrain like few others, was given unique access to the key players as they pasted this complicated package together. Kaiser shows us the personalities, the politics, and the process." -Cokie Roberts, political commentator, NPR and ABC News "It's wonderful to read a story about how Congress can actually get something done. This is an exclusive behind-the-scenes tale of how an important bill became law. It's a book we really need now." -Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs "Kaiser writes with the clarity of a world-class journalist, the depth of a scholar, and the evocative style of a novelist. His latest book about Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and financial reform is a master class in understanding the modern Congress." -David Maraniss, author of Barack Obama: The Story
Synopsis
An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works--and doesn't--that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken--as its justifiably dismal approval ratings suggest--so is our democracy. Here, Robert G. Kaiser, whose long and distinguished career at The Washington Post has made him as keen and knowledgeable an observer of Congress as we have, takes us behind the sound bites to expose the protocols, players, and politics of the House and Senate--revealing both the triumphs of the system and (more often) its fundamental flaws. Act of Congress tells the story of the Dodd-Frank Act, named for the two men who made it possible: Congressman Barney Frank, brilliant and sometimes abrasive, who mastered the details of financial reform, and Senator Chris Dodd, who worked patiently for months to fulfill his vision of a Senate that could still work on a bipartisan basis. Both Frank and Dodd collaborated with Kaiser throughout their legislative efforts and allowed their staffs to share every step of the drafting and deal making that produced the 1,500-page law that transformed America's financial sector. Kaiser explains how lobbying affects a bill--or fails to. We follow staff members more influential than most senators and congressmen. We see how Congress members protect their own turf, often without regard for what might best serve the country--more eager to court television cameras than legislate on complicated issues about which many of them remain ignorant. Kaiser shows how ferocious partisanship regularly overwhelms all other considerations, though occasionally individual integrity prevails. Act of Congress , as entertaining as it is enlightening, is an indispensable guide to a vital piece of our political system desperately in need of reform., A fascinating account of the dramatic journey of a financial reform bill in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse that shows just how Congress really works. Never before has the birth of a major bill been dissected in such vivid detail.
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