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The dance of legislation / Eric Redman ; with a new foreword by Richard E. Neustadt and a new postscript by the author.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2001Description: 317 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0295980230 (pbk)
  • 9780295980232 (pbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF4980 R4 2001
Contents:
First stirrings -- Beginner's lessons -- Getting serious -- Fresh start -- S. 4106, born or stillborn? -- Senate hearing -- Decision in the Senate -- Loose ends -- Interlude -- Doctors in the house -- War of nerves -- New Year's resolution.
Summary: [The author] draws on his two years as a member of Senator Warren Magnuson's staff to trace the drafting and passing of the National Health Service Bill (S.4106) with all the maneuvers, plots, counterplots, frustrations, triumphs, work, and dedication involved. He draws a vivid picture of the bureaucratic infighting, political prerogatives, and Congressional courtesies necessary to make something happen on Capitol Hill. -Back cover.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة KF4980 R4 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000137628
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة KF4980 R4 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 30010000137661

Originally published : New York : Simon and Schuster, c1973.

Includes index.

First stirrings -- Beginner's lessons -- Getting serious -- Fresh start -- S. 4106, born or stillborn? -- Senate hearing -- Decision in the Senate -- Loose ends -- Interlude -- Doctors in the house -- War of nerves -- New Year's resolution.

[The author] draws on his two years as a member of Senator Warren Magnuson's staff to trace the drafting and passing of the National Health Service Bill (S.4106) with all the maneuvers, plots, counterplots, frustrations, triumphs, work, and dedication involved. He draws a vivid picture of the bureaucratic infighting, political prerogatives, and Congressional courtesies necessary to make something happen on Capitol Hill. -Back cover.

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