Here is Monday’s edition of ‘The Three Martini Lunch’ with Greg Corombos and National Review’s Dan Foster filling in for Jim Geraghty. The martinis today include Charlie Rangel dominating the start of the lame-duck Congress, Republicans sparring over whether to ban earmarks and the intense fight over the new TSA screening methods at America’s airports.
Archives for November 15, 2010
‘It Absolutely Has to Stop’
Airline passengers are vehemently opposed to new TSA screening methods – including very revealing body scans and very invasive pat-downs. But New Jersey State Senator Michael Doherty is among the first to bring forth legislation demanding that Congress rescind tactics that many believe amounts to government-sanctioned groping. What can his legislation accomplish? Can states take action apart from the federal government? What is his advice for passengers? And where does he draw the line between security and privacy? We discuss it all with State Senator Michael Doherty.
A New Political Reality
For months, we heard Democrats were planning an aggressive lame duck session of Congress to tackle spending bills, tax cut extensions and possibly even major bills on energy, immigration and organized labor. But after the big GOP gains two weeks ago, will Democrats remain as ambitious as they were before? Will all of the Bush income tax cuts be extended or will the highest tax bracket see their rates increase? How different is the incoming Republican majority compared to the GOP majority that lost power in 2006? And how aggressive will the Republicans be in overturning the unpopular health care laws? We ask Arizona Rep. John Shadegg, who is retiring after eight terms in Congress.