TY - BOOK AU - Gould,Lewis L. TI - The most exclusive club: a history of the modern United States Senate SN - 0465027784 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - JK1161 .G68 2005 U1 - 328.73/071/09 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Senate KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378) and index; Introduction -- Great old personages : the Senate in 1900 -- The president and the Senate four -- La Follette challenges the Senate -- John Worth Kern and the New Freedom -- The Senate and the League of Nations -- Spearless leaders in the 1920s -- The Senate in the Depression -- The New Deal and the conservative club -- The Senate in wartime -- The Senate at mid-century -- The Senate club in the age of Joe Mccarthy -- Pawed all over : Lyndon Johnson and the Senate -- Mike Mansfield's Senate -- "Juggling too many balls" -- A ruder Senate -- Republican ascendancy at century's end -- Conclusion: The Senate and its future UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019310.html ER -