Senate Debate on the Stimulus Package

Senate Debate on the Stimulus Package

The Senate begins debate on the stimulus package this week. Republicans want to pare down some of the spending measures. Democrats appear willing to negotiate housing and infrastructure spending. An update on the debate.

The Senate begins debate on the stimulus package this week. Republicans want to pare down some of the spending measures. Democrats appear willing to negotiate housing and infrastructure spending. An update on the debate.

Guests

James Galbraith

economist; Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government/business relations and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs; author of "The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too."

William Beach

Director, The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis

Eamon Javers

correspondent, Politico.

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