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Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In this timely call to action, Snowe explores the roots of her belief in principled policy-making and bipartisan compromise. A leading moderate with a reputation for crossing the aisle, Snowe proposes solutions for bridging the partisan divide in Washington.
3) The Congress
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004 1988]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this elegant, penetrating and moving portrait of the United States Congress, filmmaker Ken Burns profiles an American institution whose ideals and actions affect us all. Narrated by David McCullough, the program employs historic film footage and interviews with insiders" including David Broker, Alistair Cooke and Cokie Roberts to detail the personalities, events and issues that have animated Congress' first 200 years."--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of women's contributions to politics in the United States traces the period between the women's suffrage movement and the 2018 election, and includes portraits of such luminaries as Hattie Caraway, Patsy Mink, and Shirley Chisholme.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This brilliantly argued new perspective on the Civil War overturns the popular conception that Abraham Lincoln single-handedly led the Union to victory and gives us a vivid account of the essential role Congress played in winning the warBuilding a riveting narrative around four influential members of Congress--Thaddeus Stevens, Pitt Fessenden, Ben Wade, and the pro-slavery Clement Vallandigham--Fergus Bordewich shows us how a newly empowered Republican...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
For the first 128 years of our countrys history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress, even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across the United States the right to vote. Beginning with the womens suffrage movement and going all the way through the results of the 2012 election, Ilene Cooper...
Publisher
Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This site, created and maintained by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, "contains biographical profiles of former African-American Members of Congress, links to information about current black Members, essays on institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of African Americans in Congress, and images of each individual Member, supplemented by other historical photos."
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