Clear It with Sid! : Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service

Dorf, Michael C./ Van Dusen, George

University of Illinois Press（2022/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780252086755
• DDC分類 328.73092

Full Description

The son of a Lithuanian blacksmith, Sidney R. Yates rose to the pinnacle of Washington power and influence. As chair of a House Appropriations Subcommittee, Yates was a preeminent national figure involved in issues that ranged from the environment and Native American rights to Israel and support for the arts. Speaker Tip O'Neill relied on the savvy Chicagoan in the trenches and advised anyone with controversial legislation to first "clear it with Sid!"

Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen draw on scores of interviews and unprecedented access to private papers to illuminate the life of an Illinois political icon. Wise, energetic, charismatic, petty, stubborn--Sid Yates presented a complicated character to constituents and colleagues alike. Yet his get-it-done approach to legislation allowed him to bridge partisan divides in the often-polarized House of Representatives. Following Yates from the campaign trail to the negotiating table to the House floor, Dorf and Van Dusen offer a rich portrait of a dealmaker extraordinaire and tireless patriot on a fifty-year journey through postwar American politics.

Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Prologue 1

Part I. The Crusader, 1949-62

1 The Road to Capitol Hill 5

2 The Class of '49 15

3 "Here Comes This Nice, Good-Looking Guy" 41

4 "The Judgment of Admirals" 55

Part II. Defeat and Comeback, 1962-74

5 Yates for Senate 87

6 To the United Nations and Back 109

7 "This Precious Resource" 115

Part III. The Chairman, 1975-98

8 America's Committee 133

9 Three Years of the Culture Wars 143

10 "The Last Sanhedrin Met in 70 ce" 183

11 The Final Years 215

Epilogue 219

Notes 227

References 251

Index 259

Photographs follow page 69