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The
108th Congress: Crisis and Conflicts examines the issues the
House and Senate must grapple with and the people who will shape
the debate. The following are reports from the broadcast in both
text and audio.
(Aired Jan. 28, 2003)
The
Issues
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The Possibility of War and the Threat of Terrorism
Transcript
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Affordable Health Care
Transcript
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The Economy and Tax Cuts
RealAudio:
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks of the Weekly
Standard consider the debates
The
Leaders
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The
Republicans have retaken the majority in the Senate and are now
lead by Bill Frist.
Transcript
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Two new leaders head the Democratic and Republican parties in
the House.
RealAudio:
Mark Shields and David Brooks assess the personalities at play
in the new Congress
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As
the 108th Congress convenes, Republicans find themselves in control
of both houses of Congress and the White House, something that hasn't
happened in fifty years. The last time the GOP wielded this much
power was January 1953 when Republicans captured majority control
of the 83rd Congress.
