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10:00The Budget and the Republican Party

Guest host: Steve Roberts

In the latest example of fissures within the GOP, House Republicans are working to cut out $50 billion from next year's budget. Diane and her guests talk about the party's shifting dynamics.

Guests

Ron Elving, Washington editor for National Public Radio

Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of the "Cook Political Report"

Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

11:00Joan Biskupic: "On Her Own Terms" (Ecco)

Guest host: Steve Roberts

A look at the tenure and impact of the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

Guests

Joan Biskupic, reporter, "USA Today;" author, "Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice;" now working on a biography about Justice Antonin Scalia.

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