TY - BOOK AU - Budig,Gene A. AU - Walton,Don AU - TI - George Norris, going home: reflections of a progressive statesman SN - 9781461940494 AV - E748 .G467 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Norris, George W. KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Senate KW - Biography KW - Legislators KW - Nebraska KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Machine generated contents note --; --; One --; Two --; Three --; Four --; Five --; Six --; Seven --; Eight --; Nine --; Ten --; Eleven --; Twelve --; Thirteen --; Fourteen --; Fifteen --; Sixteen; 2; b N2 - After forty years of congressional service, five terms in the House and five in the Senate, George William Norris (1861-1944) was going home to Nebraska. Norris had lost the 1942 Senate race and felt the defeat keenly. But as his train rolled westward, he was forcefully reminded of what his legislative efforts had wrought, from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the Rural Electrification Act (REA), which brought power to the land unfolding before him. It is here that authors Gene A. Budig and Don Walton begin their journey with this great statesman, perhaps the last progressive Republi UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=635316&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -