Books about Henry Waxman and Mitch McConnell shed light on their careers
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, and Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, the Democratic chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, are indisputably inside guys. Neither man is exactly overflowing with charisma, but they have used their decades in Congress to learn precisely how to pull the legislative levers, making them formidable powers in the Senate and House.
Both are now at crucial junctures. Mr. McConnell, 67, is the leader of a depleted minority and the chief hope of Republicans trying to derail an ambitious Democratic policy agenda. Mr. Waxman, 69, is at the epicenter of the two biggest policy fights of the moment — health care and climate change.
Both are now also the subjects of new books that explore how Mr. McConnell became the scourge of Democrats and campaign finance reformers and how Mr. Waxman took on the tobacco industry and Major League Baseball.
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Both are now at crucial junctures. Mr. McConnell, 67, is the leader of a depleted minority and the chief hope of Republicans trying to derail an ambitious Democratic policy agenda. Mr. Waxman, 69, is at the epicenter of the two biggest policy fights of the moment — health care and climate change.
Both are now also the subjects of new books that explore how Mr. McConnell became the scourge of Democrats and campaign finance reformers and how Mr. Waxman took on the tobacco industry and Major League Baseball.