Congressional Odyssey: The Saga Of A Senate Bill

Description for CONGRESSIONAL ODYSSEY: THE SAGA OF A SENATE BILL by T R Reid:

IN CONGRESSIONAL ODYSSEY: THE SAGA OF A SENATE BILL you will discover:

*a cast of main characters including Jimmy Carter, Edward Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Hamilton Jordan, Howard Baker, Tip O'Neil, Russell Long, and other key political figures

*a covert alliance between the railroad lobby and environmentalists, masked by a money-laundering scheme

*the White House in-fighting triggered by the bill, leading to the ouster of Brock Adams during President Carter's cabinet shakeup

*Carter's problems with the Congressional leadership, exacerbated by his support of the Inland Waterways Bill authored by Republican Senator Pete Domenici

*"know-who" lawyers, who get things done through their connections rather than their legal abilities

*the Alton, Illinois, Lock and Dam 26 project that earned Senator Proxmire's first "Golden Fleece Award" for wasting tax dollars

*the thoughts and feelings of the dozens of central personalities who talked with surprising frankness to T R Reid

CONGRESSIONAL ODYSSEY: THE SAGA OF A SENATE BILL makes fascinating election-year reading for anyone interested in the people and the power struggles in the public eye, and behind closed doors on Capitol Hill and in the White House.