LEADER 03049nam 2200445 450 001 9910793538903321 005 20181204085514.0 010 $a0-252-05128-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000007986037 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5750343 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007986037 100 $a20190428d2019 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClear it with Sid! $eSidney R. Yates and fifty years of presidents, pragmatism, and public service /$fMichael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen 210 1$aUrbana ;$aChicago ;$aSpringfield :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) 311 $a0-252-04244-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $a"From 1949 to 1999, Congressman Sidney R. Yates of Illinois served under ten Presidents of the United States and eight Speakers of the House of Representatives. He debated and helped shape many of the major issues which formed America's dominance of the postwar world. In particular, as an Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman, a member of the 'College of Cardinals,' Yates became the preeminent legislator on the environment, Native American rights, human rights, Israel and anti-Semitism, and the arts and humanities. As Speaker Tip O'Neill would tell congressmen when sensitive policy questions arose, 'Clear it with Sid!' In 'Clear it With Sid,' Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen trace the evolution of Sid Yates, son of a blacksmith from Lithuania, from freshman congressman to venerated elder statesman and recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. With unprecedented access to the papers, family, and friends of Yates, they round out the portrait of a man who could be petty and stubborn at times, but who had also found the key to being effective, respected, and able to reach across a violently partisan aisle, demonstrating that even in these hostile times, there are ways for representatives to work together for the public good"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989-1993 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1993-2001 615 0$aLegislators 676 $a328.73092 700 $aDorf$b Michael C.$0497811 702 $aVan Dusen$b George 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793538903321 996 $aClear it with Sid$93684286 997 $aUNINA