Part memoir, part public policy analysis, Lost in Washington grew out of the author's experience as senior policy adviser to Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota. An insider's look at "how Washington really works," the book traces the history of three major policy initiatives sponsored by Wellstone after his election to the U.S. Senate in 1990: a proposed national energy strategy, campaign finance reform, and health care reform. All three became the focus of contentious public policy debates, and a decade later they remain unresolved issues on the national political agenda. According to...