Showdown
Subtitle: The Struggle Between the Gingrich Congress and the Clinton White House
Edition: 1st Touchstone ed edition
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: February 18, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780684825519
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political History; Gingrich, Newt; Politics / Current Events; United States; Politics/International Relations; Government - Legislative Branch; Government - U.S. Government; Clinton, Bill; Political Science / General; Political Science-Government - Legislative Branch; Political Science-Political History; Clinton, Bill,; 1946-; 1993-; Politics and government
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.