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Author: Mitch McConnell Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813177472 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 319
Book Description
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.
Author: Mitch McConnell Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813177472 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 319
Book Description
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.
Author: Pennsylvania General Assembly Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780332300023 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 356
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Excerpt from Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Commencing on Tuesday, the Sixth Day of December, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twenty-First A perfect view of the interefls ofpennfylvanialeading 413, 'naturally, to contemplate her relative fituation, as amember of the union, it'will not, Gentlemen, be deemed obtrufive, or improper, at'this important Beta, to clofe my communications, with a reference to the general tranquility, order, and profperity, of the filterfiates. Our country had fcarcely recruited the firength exhaufied in her ievolutionary contef't, and fcarcely furmounted the embar raflinents produced by her hri'c feeble confederation, when the fudden and irrefiflible explohon, which fiill fhakes the political atmofphere of Europe, urged to a fevere and painful tefi, the paffions of her citizens, and the ener gies of her government. The love of liberty, and the fenfe of obligation; created in the Arnericanvmind, an honorable predilection for the caufe of the French people; but the duties, and the interel'ts, of a neutral character, im pofed uptm our government, the adoption of a fyfiem, by which none of the belligerent powexsmight have reafon to complain of the violation of our faith, and all would be compelled to acknowledge the reeiitude of our impartiality. The fame fkilful and patriotic hand that had led us, triumphantly, through the gloom and fconflifi of a feyen years' war, was again employed, at that arduous period, in pointing out the path of juf'tice, honor, and peace: And the cfl'cfis of the aufp'cious courfe, that has been purfued, are vifible through out the land. Notwithflanding the inconveniences and outrages, to which our commerce has been unhappily expofed, the cities and towns of the union have fiourilhed in arts and opulence; the face of the country has been uni verfallyimproved and beautified; and all the flaple products of the American foil, have been cultivated and matured beyond the molt fanguine anticipation.(19) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Neil MacNeil Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190231963 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 470
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Shares the history of the United States Senate, including its struggles with the presidency, its investigative power, and how filibustering became a common practice.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Publisher: ISBN: Category : International cooperation Languages : en Pages : 20
Author: Paul L. Whalen Publisher: Acclaim Press ISBN: 9781948901659 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 352
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Since 1792, a total of sixty-six men have represented the Commonwealth in Kentucky's two Senate seats. Through the years, proud Kentuckians have been leaders in that body, including many big names such as Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden, Alben Barkley, and Mitch McConnell, to name a few. In his book, Profiles of Kentucky's United States Senators, author Paul L. Whalen presents biographical essays, with portrait photographs, from everyone who has represented Kentucky in the US Senate since its inception. The book also includes interesting "First and Onlys" for Kentucky US Senators, Senate Salaries since 1789, and US Senators from other states who were born in Kentucky. This is the perfect library addition to anyone interested in Kentucky's rich political history, which provides an insightful look at the men who shaped our nation's history through the years.
Author: Mitch McConnell
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Author: Pennsylvania General Assembly
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Author: Neil MacNeil
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Author: Paul L. Whalen
Author: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Delegation from the United States