Mr. Chairman: The Life and Legacy of Wilbur D. Mills [Paperback]

No-holds barred bio of national budget czar (during the 1950s and 1960s), Wilbur D. Mills, who was Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means for nineteen years.? Mills tutuladge of young congressman, such as George H.W. Bush (the future president #41) and detailed knowledge of the United States Tax Code, as well as his behind-the-scenes network of information and the leanings of congressional members earned him high regard in the eyes of presidents Eisenhower,?Kennedy, and Nixon.? Mills' career came to an abrupt end when he was found at the Tidal Basin with exotic dancer, Fanny Foxe.? The text describes both Mills the powerful politician and Mills' sometimes troubled personal life with clarity and in detail.

No-holds barred bio of national budget czar (during the 1950s and 1960s), Wilbur D. Mills, who was Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means for nineteen years.  Mills tutuladge of young congressman, such as George H.W. Bush (the future president #41) and detailed knowledge of the United States Tax Code, as well as his behind-the-scenes network of information and the leanings of congressional members earned him high regard in the eyes of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon.  Mills' career came to an abrupt end when he was found at the Tidal Basin with exotic dancer, Fanny Foxe.  The text describes both Mills the powerful politician and Mills' sometimes troubled personal life with clarity and in detail.

Kay Collett Goss served as administrative aide to Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt and later Wilbur Mills, who was then chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means.  Subsequently, she held senior posiitons in FEMA after nomination by President Clinton and confirmation by the Senate.  Since leaving the Clinton Administration, Dr. Goss has held senior positions in several D.C. area think tanks and presently heads a consl*