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Senate Democrats have signaled their willingness to keep the pressure on with regard to both Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the stalled debate on immigration reform. We'll talk about what's ahead for Congress before their summer recess.
Vin Weber, Republican consultant, former member of Congress representing Minnesota's 2nd district (1981-93)
Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How To Get It Back On Track"
In an age of bloggers and blogging, 24/7 news and the near-instant transmission of information, the definition of what it means to be a journalist is changing. A constitutional law and media scholar explains why the nation needs to reconsider what the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote about 'freedom of the press.'
Scott Gant, a partner with Boies, Schiller & Flexner, practicing constitutional and media law.