Landmark Debates in Congress Author:Stathis, Stephen A fascinating look at history in the makingand an eye-opening presentation of some remarkably colorful rhetoricLandmark Debates in Congress is a one-volume resource to more than 50 pivotal congressional debates. From colonial independence and individual rights to slavery, territorial expansion, and presidential powers, debates include the Bill o... more »f Rights (1789), the Revenue Act of 1894 (the origin of the income tax), FDR's court-packing plan (1937), Medicare and Medicaid (1965), Richard Nixon's 1974 impeachment, and the Iraq War resolution (2002).« less