"Mr. Kaiser, a 50-year veteran of the Washington Post, secured the cooperation of the bill's namesakes, former Connecticut Sen.
Chris Dodd
and former Massachusetts Rep.
Barney Frank,
as well as that of their closest aides. (Mr. Dodd chaired the
Senate Banking Committee, Mr. Frank the House Financial Services
Committee.) Act of Congress thus offers a detailed 'tick-tock,' taking
the reader through the bill's origins and drafting as well as the
unsightly process by which it became law. . . . What makes Act of Congress a somewhat surprising addition to the Broken Congress genre is that Dodd-Frank
would seem to be an example of the system working: Politicians
responded to the perceived needs of their constituents, and a bill was
passed. Yet, Mr. Kaiser argues, the process itself illustrated what's
wrong with Washington, and the legislation ultimately passed more
because of luck and circumstance than the wisdom of judicious lawmakers."
—Jonathan Martin, Wall Street Journal
