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Ira Shapiro

Ira Shapiro is the author of The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis, a second edition of which will be released this month. His new book, Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?, will be published in January. He has also served in a variety of senior positions in the U.S. Senate, including as Chief of Staff to Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and as counsel to former Majority Leader Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV).