The American Senate : an insider's history /
MacNeil, Neil,1923-2008.
Baker, Richard A.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
[2013]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-436) and index.
Entering the contemporary Senate -- Money and politics : electing US senators -- The collapse of campaign finance reform -- Dancing with Presidents : a wary embrace -- Struggling for primacy : from TR to FDR -- Losing ground to the imperial presidency -- Living with the House of Representatives -- The center to which everyone comes -- Leadership empowered : the modern era -- The Senate investigates -- The watchdogs -- Debate, deliberation, and dispute -- Dilatory tactics -- Reform and reaction -- To the future.
United States. Congress. Senate