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Guest host: Susan Page
A popular children's health insurance program expires September 30th. The House and Senate have worked out a deal to reauthorize it. Two experts, a journalist and a U.S. Senator will discuss the deal on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Robert Greenstein, founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Jonathan Weisman, reporter, "The Washington Post"
Nina Owcharenko, Senior Policy Analyst in the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation
Sen. Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee
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Guest host: Susan Page
The 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize discusses how the Green Belt Movement she founded led from planting trees to sowing the seeds of democracy in Kenya. Maathai is the first African woman and first environmentalist to win the prize.
Wangari Maathai, Founder of the Green Belt Movement, member of Kenya's Parliament, and recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.
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