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.
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.
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.
Just days after the burial of Sen. Ted Kennedy, the race to replace him in Congress is underway. The first to enter the ring is Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. How strong of a candidate will she be? Who else might join the race? Will there be any Kennedys? How about members of the House? Who will run on the Republican side? Will state Democrats change the succession law again in order to make sure they have a Democrat voting on the health care bill? How do they defend this obvious hypocrisy? We ask Erin McPike, political reporter for Congress Daily.
Combat veteran and author Bing West has just returned from Afghanistan. Are we in a position to win there? Do our troops even know what the major goals are? What does President Obama need to do if he doesn’t want the American people to lose resolve for the mission in Afghanistan? Is the Karzai government competent? How much corruption is going on in his government? Can an Iraq-like counterinsurgency work there? We ask Bing West, author of “The Strongest Tribe”.
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Brian Wesbury, former chief economist for the Joint Economic of Congress, says the Obama stimulus plan is not doing much to help the economy but it will do a lot of harm as the deficits pile up in the coming years. He also says health and energy legislation will burden Americans down the road. So who does he credit for the economic improvement?
John Gizzi of Human Events discusses Obama’s latest push to pass his version of health care reform, and why the unions are demanding a public option. Find out why he also sees Afghanistan as Obama’s Vietnam and why he thinks the GOP has a legitimate shot at winning the Massachusetts senate seat.
Earlier this year, the D.C. city council voted overwhelmingly to recognize gay marriages performed elsewhere. Council members also made it clear they plan to legalize gay marriage in the district as well. Should this just happen or should it be up to D.C. voters to determine what the definition of marriage ought to be in their city? How would residents likely vote if the issue does get on the ballot? What is the status of the effort to get this issue on the November ballot? What sorts of hateful threats are being aimed at those standing up for traditional marriage? And how do supporters of traditional marriage explain why this vote is so important?
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