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xviii, 363 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Discouraged, disorganized, defeated -- The new direction : '6 for '06' -- "I had to wine the House first" -- Madam Speaker -- "Everythign becomes urgent" -- The slowest ship -- The economy wobbles -- The flagship -- "You can't have it the way you want to have it" -- "The prospects don't look good" -- Yes, we can! -- The abyss -- "We have to look out for ourselves" -- "The country is falling apart!" -- "Like swans going across the lake" -- The firehose -- Short-circuited -- "Number one among equals" -- The summer from Hell -- "The most important bill you will ever vote for" -- "Let's go for it!" -- The unwinnable war -- "Keep steering the ship" -- The unfinished agenda -- The "shellacking" -- Their last bow -- Conclusion: The perishability of power. |
| Summary |
"Drawing from his thousands of pages of notes written while serving as Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, John Lawrence has written a narrative documenting the years 2005 to 2010 from his insider perspective. These momentous years included debates over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the economic recession, the 2008 presidential election, the productive first two years of Barack Obama's presidency, as well as many key legislative products, such as TARP, the Affordable Care Act, and Wall Street Reform. Lawrence's fly-on-the-wall observations give readers a first-hand perspective of this significant period in political history. While other accounts provide insights into the battles that shaped the 2005-2010 period, nowhere else can a reader enter the room, listen in on the phone calls, and overhear the conversations of the key participants in real time"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Pelosi, Nancy, 1940-
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United States. Congress. House -- Speakers.
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Political culture -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Pelosi, Nancy, 1940- (OCoLC)fst00503560
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United States. Congress. House. (OCoLC)fst00536930
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Orators. (OCoLC)fst01047212
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Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2001-2017
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| ISBN |
9780700633791 hardcover |
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0700633790 hardcover |
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9780700633814 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40031373343 |
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