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a history of the modern United States Senate
By Gould, Lewis L.
- ISBN
- 978-0-46502-778-1
- Publisher
- New York : BasicBooks ; c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2005
The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, which created the U.S. Senate to be a deliberative body that would check both presidential power abuse and the bedlam inherent in the House of Representatives, would be disheartened by its current sad state, says Gould (history, emeritus, Univ. of Texas; Grand Old Party ). The author presents a revealing account showing that over the last century the Senate has been more a repressive and r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
