Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789-2024

by Steven S. Smith and Gerald Gamm

The Senate majority and minority leaders stand at the pinnacle of American national government - as important to Congress as the speaker of the House. However, the invention of Senate floor leadership has, until now, been entirely unknown. Providing a sweeping account of the emergence of party organization and leadership in the US Senate, Steering the Senate is the first-ever study to examine the development of the Senate's main governing institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521709865
• ISBN13: 9780521709866
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 490 Pages