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Greatest Debilitating Body

Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson

October 31, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR14 Bingo: elephant. The title has an elephant in the logo mold of the symbol of the Republican Party, which is an elephant. Also, the filibuster is the elephant in the room on why our congressional body is in stasis.  Like other history/political books I read, I often judge them based on how angry they made me on each page. This one is definitely up there. Adam Jentleson, a former staffer for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has written a quality look on […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, Adam Jentleson, Harry Reid, John Calhoun, Kill Switch, Lyndon Johnson, Mitch McConnell, politics, senate, United States Senate

Jake's CBR14 Review No:190 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, Adam Jentleson, Harry Reid, John Calhoun, Kill Switch, Lyndon Johnson, Mitch McConnell, politics, senate, United States Senate ·
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