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Tuesday is primary day in Pennsylvania…Will Arlen Specter win a Democratic primary after serving as a Republican in the U.S. Senate for nearly 30 years?  Do Republicans want him as their opponent or would they rather see Rep. Joe Sestak as the Democratic nominee?  Why does the GOP look like the favorite in the special House race to replace the late Rep. John Murtha?  How dissatisfied are voters with the leadership of Gov. Ed Rendell for the past eight years?  We ask Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason.

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BP is finally able to capture some of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, but when will the problem really be under control?  How can the sensitive coastline be protected?  What is the ongoing impact on the economy?  What blame does the federal government deserve in this whole mess – beyond President Obama’s latest explanation?  We ask Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.

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As climate change legislation lands with a thud in the U.S. Senate, the Obama administration remains undeterred in its pursuit of new restrictions on carbon emissions.  So how can the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) do this without Congressional authorization?  What does the EPA actually want to do?  What would the new regulations mean for your bottom line?  We ask Georgia Rep. Tom Price, who is also chairman of the Republican Study Committee – the coalition of House conservatives.

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This week in Congressional testimony, Attorney General Eric Holder dodged every attempt to have him confirm that radical Islam is a motivating factor for the likes of the Times Square bomber, the Christmas Day bomber and Maj. Malik Hasan, who carried out the FT. Hood massacre.  Why is this significant?  Why is the Obama administration so reluctant to admit that radical Islam is a component of the terrorist threat?  What is the danger of lacking clarity in explaining who we’re fighting?  We ask former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense K.T. McFarland, who is now a national security analyst for the Fox News Channel.

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On Thursday, the FBI arrested three people in the Northeast connected to the failed Times Square bomb plot.  Their main role seems to have been in financing the exploits of Faisal Shahzad through what’s known as the Hawala system.  What is Hawala?  How does it work?  Is there a way to stop it effectively?  How much money changes hands like this?  We ask Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of “Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It”.

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The Capitol Steps eavesdrop on President Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton as they try to stop the GOP in the 2010 midterm elections.  Guest is Steps star Elaina Newport.

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One of the biggest reasons for the Greek financial crisis was the massive growth in government – and the money need to pay salaries and benefits of the ever-expanding government workforce.  So how bad did it get in Greece?  How bad is it here?  How much bigger does President Obama want the federal bureaucracy to get?  How much could our federal workforce be reduced while still performing all essential functions?  And can this trend be reversed?  We ask Lurita Doan, administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) for President George W. Bush.

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While senators try to figure out what type of Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan would be, former Cincinnati mayor and Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell says he already knows.  Blackwell says the court and the Constitution are the only remaining hurdles for Obama to overcome in his march to European-style socialism.  Why does he believe that?  What kind of rulings does Obama expect from his nominees to the high court?  What issue coming before the court will have a major impact on where our country heads in the years to come?  We ask Blackwell, who is also co-author of a new book entitled “The Blueprint”.

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Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman are pushing the latest Senate version of climate change legislation.  But is it really any different from the controversial bill that passed the House last year?  How could it impact your bottom line?  What would the bill accomplish even if humans do contribute to climate change?  And how much has the massive oil spill hurt the effort to increase domestic energy exploration?  We ask Arizona Rep. John Shadegg,a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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It’s been a rough week for longtime Congressional incumbents in both parties, and it may continue next week.  John Gizzi of Human Events examines the Democratic Senate primaries in Pennsylvania and Arkansas and the GOP fight in Kentucky.  We’ll also get his insights on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan and the unusual new coalition formed to rule in Great Britain.

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