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Guest host: Frank Sesno
Citing fears for the future of the U.S. economy, the Administration is asking Congress to shift immense power to the Treasury Department. Frank Senso and guests discuss the latest negotiations on Capitol Hill and what the proposed plan may mean for the economic future of the United States
Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; coauthor with Thomas Mann of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track"
Julie Hirschfeld Davis, congressional reporter, The Associated Press
William Poole, William Poole is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is also Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Delaware.
An expert on adolescent development explains why juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science rather than the harsh and ineffective policies of the past two decades.
Laurence Steinberg, is Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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