03049nam 2200445 450 991081831350332120181204085514.00-252-05128-9(CKB)4100000007986037(MiAaPQ)EBC5750343(EXLCZ)99410000000798603720190428d2019 ub 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierClear it with Sid! Sidney R. Yates and fifty years of presidents, pragmatism, and public service /Michael C. Dorf and George Van DusenUrbana ;Chicago ;Springfield :University of Illinois Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (249 pages)0-252-04244-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.The crusader, 1949-62 -- The road to Capitol Hill -- The class of '49 -- "Here comes this nice, good-looking guy" -- "The judgment of admirals" -- Yates for Senate -- To the United Nations and back -- "This precious resource" -- America's committee -- Three years of the culture wars -- "The last Sanhedrin met in 70 CE" -- The final years."From 1949 to 1999, Congressman Sidney R. Yates of Illinois served under ten Presidents of the United States and eight Speakers of the House of Representatives. He debated and helped shape many of the major issues which formed America's dominance of the postwar world. In particular, as an Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman, a member of the 'College of Cardinals,' Yates became the preeminent legislator on the environment, Native American rights, human rights, Israel and anti-Semitism, and the arts and humanities. As Speaker Tip O'Neill would tell congressmen when sensitive policy questions arose, 'Clear it with Sid!' In 'Clear it With Sid,' Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen trace the evolution of Sid Yates, son of a blacksmith from Lithuania, from freshman congressman to venerated elder statesman and recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. With unprecedented access to the papers, family, and friends of Yates, they round out the portrait of a man who could be petty and stubborn at times, but who had also found the key to being effective, respected, and able to reach across a violently partisan aisle, demonstrating that even in these hostile times, there are ways for representatives to work together for the public good"--Provided by publisher.LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesPolitics and government1989-1993United StatesPolitics and government1993-2001Legislators328.73092Dorf Michael C.497811Van Dusen GeorgeMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818313503321Clear it with Sid4124483UNINA