0-446-51925-1/ 978-0-446-51925-0
$24.99 (In Canada: $27.99)
288 pages; 6 x 9
Political Science/ government
World

During his 33 years in Congress, Henry Waxman has championed legislation that's touched the lives of all Americans: The Clean Air Act. Nutritional labeling on food. Smoking bans on airplanes. As chairman of the most powerful government oversight committee in the House of Representatives, Waxman has also investigated waste, fraud, and abuse throughout society, from Wall Street to Major League Baseball to Iraq. Few legislators can match his accomplishments or his insights on how good work gets done in Washington.

In his first book, Waxman takes us inside the life of a politician to show readers how landmark legislation is crafted; how Congress really works. Despite prolonged periods of gridlock and partisan conflict, big things can still get done by our elected officials. Only someone who has observed the workings of Washington for decades could explain Capitol Hill. At a moment in our history when most Americans want change, and when a new president will be attempting to forge a relationship with a new Congress on major domestic initiatives, Henry Waxman is the idea guide to how change can happen through the art of legislation.