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Product Identifiers
PublisherCenter Street
ISBN-101546001468
ISBN-139781546001461
eBay Product ID (ePID)18058805129
Product Key Features
Book TitleTitan of the Senate : Orrin Hatch and the Once and Future Golden Age of Bipartisanship
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPolitical, American Government / General, United States / General
Publication Year2023
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorWilliam Doyle
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-478650
SynopsisIf greatness is measured by achievement, Orrin Hatch was the greatest U.S. senator of modern times--discover the life and career of the senator through archival material, original research, and exclusive interviews. This is the dramatic story of a conservative champion who shaped modern America--by leading a Golden Age of Bipartisanship and passing more legislation than any other Senator in the post-Vietnam era. Senator Orrin Hatch co-wrote the most sweeping civil rights bill since the 1960s, launched a health insurance program for 25,000,000 uninsured children, co-created the generic drug industry, and championed the greatest HIV/AIDS legislation in American history, while sponsoring or co-sponsoring over 750 pieces of legislation. Based on interviews with Hatch and many of his Senate colleagues plus over 10,000 pages of research from the U.S. Senate Historian's files, this is also the story of a leader who envisions a New Golden Age of Bipartisanship for the future of American politics., This is the dramatic story of a conservative champion who shaped modern America-by leading a golden age of bipartisanship and passing more legislation than any other senator in the post-Vietnam era. Senator Orrin Hatch cowrote the most sweeping civil rights bill since the 1960s, launched a health insurance program for twenty-five million uninsured children, cocreated the generic drug industry, and championed the greatest HIV/AIDS legislation in American history, while sponsoring or cosponsoring over 750 pieces of legislation. Based on interviews with Hatch and many of his Senate colleagues plus more than ten thousand pages of research from the US Senate historian's files, this is also the story of a leader who envisioned a new golden age of bipartisanship for the future of American politics.