SHOWDOWN
Subtitle: The Struggle Between the Gingrich Congress and the Clinton White House
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: April 12, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780684815183
Subjects: Politics/International Relations; Politics - Current Events; U.S. - Contemporary Politics; United States; Politics and government; Government - U.S. Government; History & Theory - General; Clinton, Bill; Current Events / General; Clinton, Bill,; 1946-; 1993-; Gingrich, Newt
First sentence: In the afternoon of January 4, opening day of the first session of the 104th Congress, Newt Gingrich, the newly sworn-in Speaker of the House, was striding across the Capitol Plaza, and giving a disquisition on power.