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A Journey behind the Closed Doors of the U.S. Senate
Palgrave Macmillan
June 2010
On Sale: May 25, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 0230623611
EAN: 9780230623613
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
They come to Washington for varied and complex reasons—
driven perhaps by some deep emotional commitment to an
issue, or believing that their time in Congress can make
their dream of the presidency a reality. No matter what
their motivation or particular route, freshmen have three
traits in common: they will be members of one of the most
powerful deliberative bodies on the planet; they will have
far less leverage and influence than they might have
imagined; and finally, none of them—not even the most
experienced political hand—will have any idea exactly what
will take to succeed as a United States Senator. In The Upper House, political analyst Terrence Samuel
journeys inside the legislative arm of the government to
discover what makes a modern senator. He gets to the heart
of the Senate and follows the people—Harry Reid, Jim Webb,
Amy Klobuchar, Jon Tester, Chuck Schumer, Bob Corker—and
the institution through displays of dazzling power,
bewildering helplessness, and sacred traditions both
ancient and modern.
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