A Chat with John Lawrence, Author of The Class of 74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship

John Lawrence, The Class of ’74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018). Buy a copy.

Kevin Kosar interviews John Lawrence about his book, The Class of ’74, which describes the generation of new members of Congress who shook up the House of Representatives—for better and for worse. Today’s Congress is in many ways a product of the changes wrought during those tumultuous years. And, oh, what outrageous things happened on Capitol Hill in those days!