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Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the top House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee and member of the House Ways and Means Committee, says many points made in President Obama’s speech to Congress and the nation were misleading.  In what areas?  Why does Brady believe the president is leading us down the road to much bigger deficits?  Will there really be rationing of health care?  What’s the reality on health care for illegals?  And did the president scold the American people for being opposed to his plans? Listen to the interview with Rep. Brady and share your thoughts.

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On Wednesday night, President Obama said that no federal dollars would pay for abortions under his health care plan.  But is that true?  What does the bill actually say?  What do Democrats mean when they say only private funds would pay for abortions?  Are they correct when they say current bans on taxpayer-funded abortions would still apply if the bill becomes law?  And if there would be no tax dollars being used to pay for abortions, why did Congressional Democrats reject GOP attempts to write that into the bill?  We ask Douglas Johnson, legislative director at the National Right to Life Committee.

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South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson says the American people have heard the president talk about health care.  He says people understand the issue and they are rejecting Obama’s vision for health care reform.  So what do they want?  How would they tackle rising costs and frustrating insurance rules?

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Phil Kerpen of Americans for Prosperity says any talk of a public option trigger is no better than giving the government control of health care now.  Why is that?  What will work?  How have previous attempts to mandate health coverage fared when implemented in this country?

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As the American Medical Association endorses the Democratic health care agenda, what do doctors on the state and local level think?  What are they hearing from their patients?  What have they seen in their own practices?  And how would there work be impacted by Democratic calls for all doctors to be paid exactly the same?  We ask Dr. Todd Williamson, president of the Medical Association of Georgia.

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Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Select Intelligence Committee, is working to keep terrorists at Guantanamo Bay – and out of his home state.  But as the Congressman tries to build his case, how much cooperation is he getting from the Obama administration?  Why does he say this move is a bad idea?  Why does he say this won’t even create any in-state jobs?  And why does he think Gitmo is doing the job of detaining terrorists just fine?

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Georgia Rep. Tom Price, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, says President Obama is deliberately misleading people when he says Republicans have no health reform plans of their own.  So what does the GOP want?  What are the areas they believe need lots of reform?  How would they bring costs down without adding to the deficit?  And would they get on board with a health co-op or trigger mechanism if the public option is taken off the table?

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That’s the message from Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra.  What out what he has in mind and how it would be different than Obamacare and what we have now.

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President Obama delivered his widely debated speech to America’s students.  So how did he do?  Was anything about the speech controversial?  Is Obama trying to indoctrinate kids through his educational policies if not his speech?  How did this speech badly break presidential protocol on school visits?  We get answers from Connie Mackey, director of student correspondence for President Reagan.

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On Friday, the Labor Department reported a loss of 216,000 more jobs in August, bringing the unemployment rate up to 9.7 percent for the first time since 1983.  What is the most important takeaway from this report?  Is Joe Biden right when he says the stimulus created or saved one million jobs?  And what Obama policies could be a major hindrance to these jobs coming back?  We ask Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center for Employment Policy at the Hudson Institute and former chief economist at the Department of Labor for President George W. Bush.

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