The Senate of the United States: A Bicentennial History (The Anvil series)

Baker's The Senate of the United States provides a comprehensive account of the personalities and issues that for nearly two centuries have shaped "The World's Greatest Deliberative Body." It offers a narrative survey of the Senate's development from its constitutional origins through the late 1980s and is enriched with first-person observations from national figures ranging from James Madison to Robert C. Byrd.