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Title: Clear It with Sid!
Condition: New
Subtitle: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service
Author: Michael C. Dorf, George Van Dusen
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0252086759
EAN: 9780252086755
ISBN: 9780252086755
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Biography, History
Release Date: 08/03/2022
Description: The son of a Lithuanian blacksmith, Sidney R. Yates rose to the pinnacle of Washington power and influence. As chair of a House Appropriations Subcommittee, Yates was a preeminent national figure involved in issues that ranged from the environment and Native American rights to Israel and support for the arts. Speaker Tip O'Neill relied on the savvy Chicagoan in the trenches and advised anyone with controversial legislation to first "clear it with Sid!"

Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen draw on scores of interviews and unprecedented access to private papers to illuminate the life of an Illinois political icon. Wise, energetic, charismatic, petty, stubborn--Sid Yates presented a complicated character to constituents and colleagues alike. Yet his get-it-done approach to legislation allowed him to bridge partisan divides in the often-polarized House of Representatives. Following Yates from the campaign trail to the negotiating table to the House floor, Dorf and Van Dusen offer a rich portrait of a dealmaker extraordinaire and tireless patriot on a fifty-year journey through postwar American politics.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 235mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Width: 20mm
Release Year: 2022

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