Congressional Reaction to Pressure for a Wall Street Bail-Out

Congressional Reaction to Pressure for a Wall Street Bail-Out

President Bush warns the economic damage will be "painful and lasting" unless a financial bailout bill is passed. Guest host Frank Sesno and guests examine how record low approval ratings for Congress and the White House are affecting...

President Bush warns the economic damage will be "painful and lasting" unless a financial bailout bill is passed. Guest host Frank Sesno and guests examine how record low approval ratings for Congress and the White House are affecting efforts to convince the nation that a Wall Street rescue plan is vital to the country's economic future.

Guests

Andrew Kohut

director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

James Thurber

professor and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University

Norman Ornstein

is resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; coauthor with Thomas Mann of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track."

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