The Energy War

Season 1

1979 · 3 episodes · 4h 58m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Mark Up

   1 Jan 1979 · 88 min

   Covers the frantic lobbying through the first test vote on the Senate floor.

2. 

   2. Filibuster

   8 Jan 1979 · 90 min

   Spans the historic eight-day filibuster and subsequent passage by the Senate of a bill diametrically opposed to the President’s.

3. 

   3. Final Vote

   15 Jan 1979 · 120 min

   Depicts the Herculean effort by the President, Secretary Schlesinger, and congressional allies, to wrest a natural gas compromise and steer it through a formidable coalition of Left and Right, and finally into law.