Arc of power : inside Nancy Pelosi's speakership, 2005-2010 / John A. Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, John A., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

United States. Congress. House--Speakers.

United States.

Pelosi, Nancy, 1940-.

Pelosi, Nancy.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]

Summary:

"Drawing from his thousands of pages of notes written while serving as Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, John Lawrence has written a narrative documenting the years 2005 to 2010 from his insider perspective. These momentous years included debates over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the economic recession, the 2008 presidential election, the productive first two years of Barack Obama's presidency, as well as many key legislative products, such as TARP, the Affordable Care Act, and Wall Street Reform. Lawrence's fly-on-the-wall observations give readers a first-hand perspective of this significant period in political history. While other accounts provide insights into the battles that shaped the 2005-2010 period, nowhere else can a reader enter the room, listen in on the phone calls, and overhear the conversations of the key participants in real time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Discouraged, disorganized, defeated

The new direction : '6 for '06'

"I had to wine the House first"

Madam Speaker

"Everythign becomes urgent"

The slowest ship

The economy wobbles

The flagship

"You can't have it the way you want to have it"

"The prospects don't look good"

Yes, we can!

The abyss

"We have to look out for ourselves"

"The country is falling apart!"

"Like swans going across the lake"

The firehose

Short-circuited

"Number one among equals"

The summer from Hell

"The most important bill you will ever vote for"

"Let's go for it!"

The unwinnable war

"Keep steering the ship"

The unfinished agenda

The "shellacking"

Their last bow

Conclusion: The perishability of power.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-351) and index.

ISBN:

9780700633814

0700633812

OCLC:

1345638710