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Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as congress)
avg rating 4.44 — 24,940 ratings — published 2002
Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as congress)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,093 ratings — published 2012
Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as congress)
avg rating 3.83 — 442 ratings — published 2013
The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Institutions of American Democracy Series)
by (shelved 9 times as congress)
avg rating 3.77 — 289 ratings — published 2006
Showdown at Gucci Gulch: Lawmakers, Lobbyists, and the Unlikely Triumph of Tax Reform (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as congress)
avg rating 4.05 — 462 ratings — published 1987
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as congress)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,743 ratings — published 2018
Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as congress)
avg rating 4.30 — 28,489 ratings — published 1990
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as congress)
avg rating 4.44 — 27,799 ratings — published 1982
The House: The History of the House of Representatives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as congress)
avg rating 3.98 — 202 ratings — published 2006
On the House: A Washington Memoir (Audio CD)
by (shelved 6 times as congress)
avg rating 3.92 — 5,322 ratings — published 2021
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as congress)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,825 ratings — published 2012
True Compass: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as congress)
avg rating 4.01 — 12,594 ratings — published 2009
The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,157 ratings — published 2024
Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,622 ratings — published 2021
Kings Of The Hill: How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course Of American History (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 3.74 — 41 ratings — published
The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 3.94 — 157 ratings — published 2012
The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 3.70 — 272 ratings — published 2009
The American Senate: An Insider's History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 3.87 — 124 ratings — published 2013
Congress: The Electoral Connection (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 3.68 — 392 ratings — published 1974
Profiles in Courage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as congress)
avg rating 3.92 — 15,231 ratings — published 1955
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 4.56 — 28,793 ratings — published 2023
The Class of '74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.51 — 45 ratings — published
The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,000 ratings — published 2019
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 4.19 — 685 ratings — published 2015
Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.93 — 974 ratings — published 2013
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking! — in America's Gilded Capital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.49 — 7,089 ratings — published 2013
The Most Exclusive Club: A History of the Modern United States Senate (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.55 — 92 ratings — published 2005
The Politics of Congressional Elections (Longman Classics Series)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.54 — 84 ratings — published 1983
Unorthodox Lawmaking: New Legislative Processes in the US Congress (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.47 — 102 ratings — published 1997
Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.78 — 97 ratings — published 1984
How Congress Evolves: Social Bases of Institutional Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.93 — 43 ratings — published 2003
The Collectors (The Camel Club, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 4.07 — 54,347 ratings — published 2006
Congressmen in Committees (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as congress)
avg rating 3.83 — 12 ratings — published 1973
Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.02 — 771 ratings — published
Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.18 — 93 ratings — published
Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,937 ratings — published 2021
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,942 ratings — published 2020
Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.18 — 769 ratings — published 2019
Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.38 — 225 ratings — published 2020
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights and Other Appreciations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,863 ratings — published 2018
Rivals For Power: Presidential Congressional Relations (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.63 — 46 ratings — published 1996
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.06 — 262 ratings — published 2014
The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.36 — 58 ratings — published 2013
Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,868 ratings — published 2011
Congress: Keystone of the Washington Establishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.65 — 34 ratings — published 1977
Divided We Govern: Party Control, Lawmaking, And Investigations, 1946-2002 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.51 — 55 ratings — published 1991
The Decline and Resurgence of Congress (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 1981
The Dance of Legislation: An Insider's Account of the Workings of the United States Senate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.79 — 239 ratings — published 1973
House and Senate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.68 — 37 ratings — published 1989
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as congress)
avg rating 3.84 — 171,915 ratings — published 2006
“About all I can say about the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.”
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“Government is never the solution, but it is almost always the problem.
- Quicksilver”
― Morning Star
- Quicksilver”
― Morning Star
