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The US Supreme Court: Free Speech and Money in Politics
From Tea Partiers on the Right to MoveOn.org on the Left, Americans are losing confidence in Washington. Is public policy for sale in Congress? Has the Supreme Court made things worse by taking the limits off campaign spending by special interests? Also, it's down to the wire on the healthcare bill, and the Pope and sex scandals in the Roman Catholic Church.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenFrom Tea Partiers on the Right to MoveOn.org on the Left, Americans are losing confidence in Washington. Is public policy for sale in Congress? Has the Supreme Court made things worse by taking the limits off campaign spending by special interests? Also, it's down to the wire on the healthcare bill. On Reporter's Notebook, allegations of child-abuse by priests all over Europe have rocked the Vatican. We hear what Pope Benedict XVI might be planning to say tomorrow.
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