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92d Congress 2d session. Senate. Document volume no. 92-56
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
1972
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Barack Obama’s lucid vision of America’s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate
“In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama’s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.”—Michael...
“In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama’s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.”—Michael...
8) Barack Obama
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career family, and election of Barack Obama, forty-fourth president of the United States.
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English
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A chronicle of the Massachusetts senator's two-decade career in Washington describes her childhood pursuit of an education, early exposure to the dysfunctional political process, high-risk advocacy of better bankruptcy laws and competitive run for public office.
12) Living history
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
English
Description
Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History is her revealing memoir of life through the White...
16) Filibuster
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Before a bill is voted into law, U.S. senators are allowed to talk about it as much as they want-with no time limit. They can delay the vote by talking without stopping because of filibuster. Explore how senators filibuster, why they filibuster, and why some people question the use of filibuster. It's a key current events topic made approachable for all!"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In The Senator Next Door, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar chronicles her remarkable heartland journey, from her immigrant grandparents to her middle-class suburban upbringing to her rise in American politics. At a moment when America's government often seems incapable of getting anything done, Amy Klobuchar proves that politics is still the art of the possible.
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Pub. Date
2003.
Lexile measure
1410L
Language
English
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"During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft." "Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage - now reissued in this handsome hard-cover edition, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy, as well...
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