Title When the Senate Worked for Us : the Invisible Role of Staffers in Countering Corporate Lobbies / Michael Pertschuk

Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I; 1. An Accidental Bumblebee; 2. Jerry and Maggie; 3. A Bumblebee's Crucible; 4. A Triumph of Passionate Truth over Power; 5. High Spirits and High Gear; 6. Jerry's Juggernaut; Part II; 7. Colonizing the Bumblebees; 8. The Flights of the Bumblebees; 9. Finishing Unfinished Business-with Bumblebee Guile; 10. Advise and Dissent; 11. Pushing the Boundaries; 12. Pushing Open the Closed Door; 13. Time to Move On; List of Interviewees; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index Summary Inside stories of maneuvering by activist staffers fighting to enact laws in the public interest Notes Includes index Print version record Subject Pertschuk, Michael, 1933-2022 SUBJECT Pertschuk, Michael, 1933-2022 fast (OCoLC)fst00020250 Subject United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce -- Officials and employees -- Biography SUBJECT United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. fast (OCoLC)fst00559628 Subject Legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century Lawyers -- United States -- Biography EDUCATION -- Secondary. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Legislative Branch. Consumer protection -- Law and legislation. Employees. Lawyers. Legislation. Politics and government. SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467 Subject United States. Genre/Form Autobiographies. Biographies. History. Autobiographies. Internet resources. Autobiographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780826521682 0826521681

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