title: Is Bipartisanship Dead?: A Report from the Senate
author: Ross K. Baker
description: Ross Baker, one of the premier scholars on the Senate, has written a sharp-eyed assessment of todays legislative process. Through close observation and numerous interviews, Baker shows how hard it has become to find bipartisanship these days, and where there is still hope to find it again. <br />Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Senate Majority Leader <br /> <br />"The only way our system functions is when members of both parties check their partisan hats at the door and work together on behalf of the nation. No one understands the Senate better than Ross Baker. His book provides valuable insight to understand how the Senate has changed and what's needed to fix it." <br />Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia) <br /> <br />This book offers everything one expects from Ross Baker: pithy insight, deep institutional knowledge, and unique access to the Senate. The writing is accessible and downright entertaining. Delving beneath the surface of roll-call votes, readers will come away with a more complete understanding of how and when bipartisanship shapes contemporary legislation, as well as a more nuanced appreciation of the value of bipartisanship itself. <br />Frances E. Lee, University of Maryland <br /> <br />Ross Bakera keen observer of the U.S. Senatehas peeled back the layers of the legislative process to reveal whether bipartisanship still has a chance in an era of polarized politics. <br />Donald A. Ritchie, author of The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction <br /> <br />Fun to read and instructive, not only as an examination of bipartisanship in the Senate but as a guide to how the Senate actually works. . . .The book is particularly useful in illustrating the competing pressures on Senators--balancing electoral, party, and policy objectives in navigating particular issues. <br />Judith Feder, Georgetown University <br />
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  # Conditions in Utah
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Thomas Kearns
  
  
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  CONDITIONS IN UTAH.
  
  
  SPEECH OF HON. THOMAS KEARNS, OF UTAH,
  
  
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
  
  
  Tuesday, February 28, 1905.
  
  
  WASHINGTON. 1905.
  
  
  
  
  
  SPEECH OF HON. THOMAS KEARNS.
  
  
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  POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES AND PLURAL COHABITATION.
  
  
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate the
  
  
  resolution submitted by the Senator from Idaho [Mr. DUBOIS], which will
  
  
  be read.
  
  
  The Secretary read the resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. DUBOIS,
  
  
  as follows:
  
  
  _Resolved_ , That the Committee on the Judiciary be, and it
  
  
  is
  
  
  hereby, authorized and instructed to prepare and report to the
  
  
  Senate within thirty days after the beginning of the next
  
  
  session of Congress a joint resolution of the two Houses