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Senate Republicans are under pressure to pass legislation reversing scheduled pay cuts for doctors who care for Medicare patients. The White House has threatened a veto. An update on the latest efforts to rein in Medicare costs and reform battles ahead over entitlement spending
Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA
Stephen Moore, member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board and former President of the Club for Growth
Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for National Public Radio, author of "Health Care Policy and Politics A-Z," and contributing editor for National Journal's CongressDaily.
Recent polls find Americans fed up with Congress and the Administration. A political organizer and syndicated columnist examines whether frustrated Republicans and Democrats could lay the groundwork for a new populist movement.
David Sirota, a political organizer, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, and author of "Hostile Takeover."