About the Author

For more than twenty years Richard E. Cohen has reported on Congress for the National Journal, a nonpartisan magazine located in Washington, D.C. A winner of the Dirksen Prize for distinguished reporting on Congress, he has also written Washington at Work and Changing Course in Washington: Clinton and the New Congress.

Reviews

Cohen has written a compelling and insightful biography that does justice to his significant legislator.
*Norman Ornstein*

An authoritative and balanced study.
*Chicago Sun-Times*

Masterful...not just a book on Rostenkowski; Cohen has spun the tale of the entire modern period of Congress.
*Larry Sabato, Author of Feeding Frenzy and Dirty Little Secrets*

Witty and riveting...a lesson in how politics really works.
*Chicago Tribune*

A legislative biography with a knowing eye.
*The New York Times*

A valuable contribution to public understanding...an insider's story.
*Jim Wright, Former Speaker of the House*

An important, revealing, anecdote-laden biography...written by an enormously gifted journalist.
*Washington Monthly*

Cohen has written a compelling and insightful biography that does justice to his significant legislator. -- Norman Ornstein
An authoritative and balanced study. -- Steve Neal * Chicago Sun-Times *
Masterful...not just a book on Rostenkowski; Cohen has spun the tale of the entire modern period of Congress. -- Larry Sabato, Author of Feeding Frenzy and Dirty Little Secrets
Witty and riveting...a lesson in how politics really works. -- Clarence Page * Chicago Tribune *
A legislative biography with a knowing eye. -- Robin Toner * The New York Times *
A valuable contribution to public understanding...an insider's story. -- Jim Wright, Former Speaker of the House
An important, revealing, anecdote-laden biography...written by an enormously gifted journalist. -- Charles Lewis * Washington Monthly *