Arc of Power

Arc of Power

Inside Nancy Pelosi's Speakership, 2005-2010

Lawrence, John A.

University Press of Kansas

09/2022

384

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Inglês

9780700633791

15 a 20 dias

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Dedication and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue: Discouraged, Disorganized, Defeated
1. The New Direction: ":6 for '06"
2. "I Had to Win the House First" 3. Madam Speaker


4. "Everything Becomes Urgent"
5. "The Slowest Ship"
6. The Economy Wobbles
7. "The Flagship"
8. "You Can't Have It the Way You Want to Have It"
9. "The Prospects Don't Look Good"
10. Yes, We Can!
11. The Abyss
12. "We Have to Look Out for Ourselves"
13. "The Country Is Falling Apart!"
14. "Like Swans going Across the Lake"
15. The Firehose
16. Short-Circuited
17. "Number One among Equals"
18. The Summer of Hate
19. "The Most Important Bill You Will Ever Vote For"
20. "Let's Go for It!"
21. The Unwinnable War
22. "Keep Steering the Ship"
23. The Unfinished Agenda
24. The "Shellacking"
25. Their Last Bow
Conclusion: The Perishability of Power
Notes
Bibliographical Guide to the John A. Lawrence Papers
Selected Bibliography
Index
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Nancy Pelosi; George W. Bush; Barack Obama; harry Reid; Steny Hoyer; John Boehner; TARP; Affordable Care Act; 2008 Fiscal Crisis; Don't Ask Don't Tell; Iraq and Afghanistan War