NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE-- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last Senate Bicentennial Publication. Consists of addresses to the Senate on its history delivered between 1981 and 1987. These lectures and speeches discuss leadership, power, organization, setting, and the 1989 Senate. Furthermore, they have been compiled, revised, and edited to present the United States Senate history and traditions of the past 200 years. This historical reference document could be a valuable resource for research for middle school through college/university students, political leaders, and professional speakers that may use quotations from historical sources in their own lectures.

The Senate, 1789-1989, V. 2: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate

Biographies & Memoirs

BYRD, ROBERT C.

Historical

United States Govt Printing Office

The Senate of the Roman Republic

Provides a series of fourteen addresses delivered in 1993 before the Senate by Senator Robert C. Byrd. Discusses the constitutional history of separated and shared powers as shaped in the republic and empire of ancient Rome. These lectures are also in opposition to the proposed line-item veto concept. The introduction states that Senator Byrd delivered these speeches entirely from memory and without notes.

The Senate of the Roman Republic: Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism

History

Ancient Civilizations

Government Printing Office, Washington DC

A legendary Senator advises our new president on the commonsense values necessary to lead our nation.United States senator Robert C. Byrd is the longest-serving member of the Senate in the history of our great Republic. He has lived through two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Cold War, the resignation of a U.S. president, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and traumatic military conflicts around the globe, including Iraq and Vietnam. Now, Byrd extends a helping hand to the next president of the United States as only he can. He shares a wealth of knowledge from his remarkable life and unique vantage point in history. In Letter to the New President, Byrd has written a valuable and insightful collection of lessons for our countryâ€™s next leader.

Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for Our Next Leader

Americas

St. Martin's: Griffin

A ringing call to action by one of the country's longest serving and most respected legislators. In the months and years following September 11, Senator Robert C. Byrd has viewed with alarm what he considers to be a "slow unraveling of the people's liberties," when all dissenting voices were stilled and awesome power swung suddenly to the president to fight a "war on terror." This path violates historic American principles―it shows no regard for the balance of powers or the role of the Congress; it invades our privacy; and it eliminates public participation in and understanding of government. Swept along, we have entered a war without proper consideration and rushed dangerous legislation through Congress. Now is the time to regain the Constitution, to return to the values and processes that made America great. Byrd does not shrink from speaking the truth to an ever more aggressive and imperial White House. Byrd has written a new postscript for the paperback edition.

Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency

W.W.Norton&Company

Senator Byrd reasoned that, "if the history of the Roman people helped to influence Montesquieu's political philosophy concerning checks and balances and the separation of powers, and if Montesquieu's political theory influenced our American forebears in their writing of the United States Constitution, then why can it not be said that the history of Rome and the Romans, as well as the history of England and Englishmen, influenced 'the Constitution's framers'." The Roman Senate had emerged as the mainstay of an extended struggle against executive authority for power to control the purse. For centuries, the Senate of ancient Rome was made up of "the wisest, the best educated, the most respected, most experienced, most vigilant, most patriotic men of substance in the Roman republic." But "when the Roman Senate gave up its control of the purse strings, it gave away its power to check the executive. From that point on, the Senate declined. . . Once the mainstay was weakened, the structure collapsed and the Roman republic fell." Senator Byrd sees ample parallels between the willingness of Roman senators to hand over powers of the purse to usurping executives and the compliant attitude of United States senators in responding to presidential urging for a similar grant of powers in a line-item veto constitutional amendment.

Baker, Richard A.

Univ Pr of the Pacific

This volume contains some 27 of Robert Byrd's Senate speeches spanning the period from the debate on the Iraq War Resolution in October 2002 to April 2004 - the first anniversary of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" aircraft carrier landing.

We Stand Passively Mute

Papyngay Press

Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields

This autobiography follows United States Senator Robert C. Byrd’s experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s to his election in 2000, which won him an unprecedented eighth term in the Senate. Along the way, Senator Byrd offers commentary on national and international events that occurred throughout his long life in public service. Senator Byrd’s journey from the hardscrabble coalfields to the marbled halls of Congress has inspired generations of people in West Virginia and throughout the nation. From reading the stories of the Founding Fathers as a young boy by the light of a kerosene lamp to the swearing of an oath for more than a half-century to guard the United States Constitution, Senator Byrd’s life is legendary. Byrd always stands by his principles, earning the affection of the people of his home state and the respect of Americans from all walks of life. With his beloved Erma ever by his side, Robert C. Byrd has never forgotten his roots, harkening back to those early lessons that he learned as a child of the Appalachian coalfields.

Leaders & Notable People

West Virginia University Press

ROBERT C. BYRD: CHILD OF THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS

This autobiography follows West Virginia senator Robert C. Byrd’s experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s to his election in 2000, which won him an unprecedented eighth term in the Senate. Within these pages, Senator Byrd offers commentary on national and international events that occurred throughout his long life in public service. 
His journey from the hardscrabble coalfields to the marbled halls of Congress has inspired generations of people in West Virginia and throughout the nation. From reading the stories of the Founding Fathers as a young boy by the light of a kerosene lamp to the swearing of an oath for more than a half-century to guard the US Constitution, Senator Byrd’s life is legendary. 
Until his death on June 28, 2010, Byrd stood by his principles, earning the affection of the people of his home state and the respect of Americans from all walks of life. With his beloved Erma ever by his side, Robert C. Byrd never forgot his roots, harkening back to those early lessons that he learned as a child of the Appalachian coalfields.
This new paperback edition includes a foreword by Gaston Caperton, governor of West Virginia from 1989–1997.

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The Senate, 1789-1989, V. 2: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic: Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism

Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for Our Next Leader

Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency

The Senate of the Roman Republic

We Stand Passively Mute

Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields

ROBERT C. BYRD: CHILD OF THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS

Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields