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The Hill to Die On

The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America

by Jake Sherman
Anna Palmer
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inside story of Donald Trump’s first two years in Washington as viewed from Capitol Hill, a startling account that turns “Congress into a Game of Thrones book” (Trevor Noah, The Daily Show).
 
Taking readers into secret strategy calls and closed-door meetings from the House to the White House, Politico Playbook writers Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer trace the gamesmanship and the impulsiveness, the dealmaking and the backstabbing, in a blow-by-blow account of the power struggle that roiled Congress.
Moving from the fights for advantage between Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer; to Mitch McConnell’s merciless, Machiavellian handling of the sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh; to Paul Ryan’s desperate, failed attempts to keep Mark Meadows from pushing Trump into a government shutdown over immigration, The Hill to Die On bristles with fresh news and tells the story of what really happened in some of the most defining moments our era.
Like The West Wing for Congress, or Shattered meets This Town, The Hill to Die On tells an unforgettable story of politics and power, where the stakes going forward are nothing less than the future of America and the lives of millions of ordinary Americans.
Praise for The Hill to Die On
“[Sherman and Palmer] go deep inside the halls of Congress to document the deal making, backstabbing, power struggles and political knife fights that have roiled the nation’s capital during President Donald Trump’s first two years in office. . . . Anything but boring.”—USA Today, “5 Books Not to Miss”
“[The Hill to Die On] painstakingly chronicles the return to divided government and the restoration of an institutional check on a mercurial chief executive. . . . The book depicts a foul-mouthed president in love with his own reflection, a House GOP encased in the amber of self-delusion, and Nancy Pelosi’s unblinking focus on twin prizes: recapturing the House and returning to the speaker’s chair.”—The Guardian
“If you are one of the many Americans who hates Congress, this book is for you. In the Washington depicted in Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer’s new book, there are no heroes—only winners and losers. . . . With these lawmakers, Sherman and Palmer get inside their heads and capture what they’re thinking in real time.”—The Washington Post

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    April 9, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781984845245
      • File size: 369926 KB
      • Duration: 12:50:40

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    • English

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 29, 2019
      Politico journalists Sherman and Palmer diagram the slogging political trench warfare of the 115th Congress in this intricate account. Drawing on interviews with congressional leaders, President Trump, and others, the authors recap the major legislative struggles of 2017 and 2018, including the failure to overturn Obamacare, umpteen showdowns over immigration, and the government shutdown. Front and center are Republican House speaker Paul Ryan and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, depicted trying to push Trump’s agenda in bills that can survive Democratic filibusters, win the support of both Republican moderates and conservative zealots, and not alienate voters; their biggest headache is Trump’s erratic negotiating and tweets. Opposing them are Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer, portrayed as leveraging Republican divisions to stymie GOP initiatives; Pelosi triumphs when the Democrats retake the House, then faces insurgent progressives who challenge her speakership. Sherman and Palmer distill byzantine legislative wrangling into a brisk, evenhanded narrative that encompasses personal feuds, Capitol Hill drama (“as McCain stopped just a few feet from him in front of the clerk’s desk, the majority leader hung his head and went stone still”), and grubby back room deal-making. The result is a savvy, engrossing political play-by-play that illuminates a crucial front in America’s ideological clash. (Apr.)Correction: An earlier version of this review misstated coauthor Jake Sherman's last name.

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