Will New Congress Work Together in 2023 or Be Nastier than Ever?
NEW GOLDEN AGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP? Don't hold your breath?
PUBLIUS SPECIAL GUEST: William Doyle author of Titan of the Senate: Orrin Hatch and the Once and Future Golden Age of Bipartisanship.
American politics has never been nastier.
But at the same time, says William Doyle, author of TITAN OF THE SENATE, a new biography of Senator Orrin Hatch, something great is happening—a new age of bipartisanship.
This week, the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act became law. Two weeks ago, a nationwide rail strike was stopped by bipartisan action in Congress. Voters in the midterm elections rejected extreme partisanship and rewarded pragmatic, more centrist campaigners. This year, bipartisan alliances in Congress supported aid to Ukraine, the expansion of NATO, the gun safety and infrastructure bills, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the PACT Act to strengthen veterans care.
What is happening?
According to author William Doyle, this is a rebirth of the most powerful bipartisan alliance of recent history: the brotherhood of arch-rivals Senators Orrin Hatch and Teddy Kennedy, who championed great causes together like disability rights, HIV/AIDS care, religious freedom and children’s health insurance.
“When liberals and conservatives work together”, says Doyle, “great things can happen, like NATO, the Marshall Plan, civil rights, nuclear arms control, and the bipartisan victories of today and tomorrow.”
If greatness is measured by achievement, Orrin Hatch was the greatest U.S. senator of modern times—discover the life and career of the senator through archival material, original research, and exclusive interviews.
This is the dramatic story of a conservative champion who shaped modern America—by leading a Golden Age of Bipartisanship and passing more legislation than any other Senator in the post-Vietnam era. Senator Orrin Hatch co-wrote the most sweeping civil rights bill since the 1960s, launched a health insurance program for 25,000,000 uninsured children, co-created the generic drug industry, and championed the greatest HIV/AIDS legislation in American history, while sponsoring or co-sponsoring over 750 pieces of legislation. Based on interviews with Hatch and many of his Senate colleagues plus over 10,000 pages of research from the U.S. Senate Historian's files, this is also the story of a leader who envisions a New Golden Age of Bipartisanship for the future of American politics.
PLUG BOOK: Titan of the Senate: Orrin Hatch and the Once and Future Golden Age of Bipartisanship
BIO: William Doyle is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and TV producer based in New York City. He has written or cowritten seven books, including PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy and American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms (with “American Sniper” Chris Kyle). He served as director of original programming for HBO and was coproducer of the PBS special Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story. He lives with his family in New York City.
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William Doyle is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of books like INSIDE THE OVAL OFFICE, AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION, NAVY SEALS: THEIR UNTOLD STORY, and PT 109.