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November 30, 2006 02:51 PM EST --
Broadcast on Thursday, November 30, 2006
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Can the new Democratic Congress and Republican White House work together? Maybe. And Marketplace economics correspondent Chris Farrell believes . . .
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January 03, 2007 09:49 AM EST --
Broadcast on Wednesday, January 3, 2007
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As newly-elected officials prepare inaugural celebrations, some businesses see an opportunity to make a big donations with fewer restrictions . . .
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December 18, 2006 03:10 PM EST --
Broadcast on Monday, December 18, 2006
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Congress is showing signs of a willingness to take a fresh look at the 44-year U.S. trade embargo with Cuba. And with Fidel's health failing, . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:49 AM EST --
Broadcast on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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Federal regulators are expected today to offer some relief for smaller companies that have been complaining about the cost of complying . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:59 AM EST --
Broadcast on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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There's been a lot of talk about economic populism in Congress lately, but commentator David Frum argues that a little protectionism . . .
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November 27, 2006 11:54 AM EST --
Broadcast on Saturday, November 25, 2006
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Scientists in Texas and Nebraska are trying to prove that political views can be inherited. But some of us know from Thanksgiving dinners that there's . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:35 AM EST --
Broadcast on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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Big business is organizing to lobby Washington about overseas oil dependence. Host Scott Jagow talks to Goldman Sachs' vice-chairman . . .
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December 15, 2006 09:04 AM EST --
Broadcast on Friday, December 15, 2006
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December 22, 2005 01:58 PM EST --
Thursday, December 22, 2005
California's Secretary of State has refused to approve the use of electronic voting machines. He's asking for a federal review of the technology. As Stacey Vanek-Smith . . .
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January 22, 2006 11:18 AM EST --
Broadcast on Saturday, January 21, 2006
Congressional Travel
In the wake of the lobbying scandal, Congress is debating a limit to the amount of travel members can take when private interests foot the . . .
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November 17, 2005 02:05 PM EST --
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Five dozen Washington lobbyists host a fund-raising event today for embattled House Rep. Tom DeLay. As Scott Tong reports, DeLay has been instrumental in boosting the bottom . . .
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December 09, 2005 01:11 PM EST --
Friday, December 09, 2005
Chileans go to the polls this weekend to elect a new president, and by law, they must vote or pay a fine. Jordana Gustafson reports on the effectiveness of the law.
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December 12, 2005 01:48 PM EST --
Monday, December 12, 2005
Congressional representatives turned lobbyists have special perks regular influence peddlers don't. But a new bill could level the playing field. Nancy Marshall Genzer has . . .
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December 19, 2005 09:27 AM EST --
Monday, December 19, 2005 This late in December, lawmakers are supposed to be back home and done with their work for the year. Not this year. Both houses . . .
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December 19, 2005 09:26 AM EST --
Monday, December 19, 2005 After months of lobbying, the spending cuts are just a Senate debate and final vote away. It's not often that we get to quote . . .
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February 03, 2006 04:39 PM EST --
Friday, February 03, 2006
Late yesterday, the Senate approved $70 billion worth of tax cuts over 5 years. That package still needs to be reconciled with the House version, and as Scott Tong reports, there's . . .
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February 09, 2006 05:06 PM EST --
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Republican Congressional leaders begin a retreat today on the shores of Chesapeake Bay to discuss possible lobbying reform, among other issues. As Eric Niiler reports, one . . .
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November 02, 2005 05:00 PM EST --
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 The new coalition government in Germany has begun to collapse even before it has been sworn in. From the European Desk in London, . . .
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July 02, 2005 01:31 PM EDT --
Online politics in 2004
A year from now, we'll look back at 2004 as the year that Interent
politics hit the big time, according to political consultant Phil
Noble, founder of Politics Online.
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September 12, 2005 10:56 AM EDT --
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Joining the military can be a fast-track to citizenship for legal residents who hold green cards. Dan Grech reports from the Americas desk in Miami.
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