Isbn: 9780813177458 - the us senate and the commonwealth: kentucky lawmakers and the evolution of legislative leadership (3 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. vii, [1], 415, [7] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Note on Political Party Abbreviations. Illustrations. Afterword by Senator Lamar Alexander. Notes. Index. Chapters address Richard Mentor Johnson, John C. Breckinridge, John Brown, John Pope. Henry Clay, John Crittenden, John Stevenson, James Beck, Joseph Blackburn, Alben Barkley, Wendell Ford, Earle Clements, Thruston Morton, John Sherman Cooper, Mitch McConnell. Roy "Reb" Brownell is co-author of The U.S. Senate and the Commonwealth and co-editor of Magna Carta and the Rule of Law. He writes and lectures about Congress and separation of powers and has contributed to a number of books and scholarly publications on the presidency, the vice presidency, the legislative branch, foreign affairs, and sports history. Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell has been the Senate leader of the Republican Party since 2007 and has served as minority leader since 2021, having previously held that post from 2007 to 2015 and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021. In 1997, he founded the James Madison Center for Free Speech, a Washington, D.C.-based legal defense organization.[218][219] McConnell was inducted as a member of the Sons of the American Revolution on March 1, 2013.[220] McConnell is on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service. Kentucky has long punched above its weight in the US Senate, as some of the nation's most distinguished senators have hailed from the Commonwealth. Despite its relatively small population for much of American history, Kentucky has produced a record two Senate majority leaders, a record three Senate majority whips, and one of the country's greatest lawmakers, Henry Clay. These Kentuckians played an important role in the evolution of leadership institutions in the Senate. Official positions such as Senate majority leader and majority whip are nowhere to be found in the Constitution or early American history, yet today these offices have essentially eclipsed the constitutionally created legislative leadership positions of vice president and president pro tempore. While Kentucky senators have played a vital role in leading the Senate and in its institutional history, no book has told the story in its entirety. The US Senate and the Commonwealth is the first book of its kind to provide a detailed, yet accessible, discussion of the US Senate's leadership throughout its 225-year history. Senator Mitch McConnell and Roy E. Brownell II weave together the history of the Senate with lively portraits of prominent Kentucky senators as well as firsthand reflections about legislative leadership by a Senate majority leader. The authors illuminate and humanize this discussion by exploring the colorful and vivid lives of fifteen Kentucky lawmakers, including Henry Clay, Alben Barkley, and John Sherman Cooper. This compelling and fascinating study is an essential resource.…