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The August Recess Is Finally Over
After a month of angry town halls all over the country, Congress returns to Washington with its lowest public opinion ratings in 24 years. Tomorrow night, President Obama will address a joint session on healthcare reform , promising that he's "all fired up and ready to go."
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAfter a month of angry town halls all over the country, Congress returns to Washington with its lowest public opinion ratings in 24 years. Tomorrow night, President Obama will address a joint session on healthcare reform, promising that he's "all fired up and ready to go." But there's a cold wind blowing from the Republicans and from Blue-Dog and Progressive Democrats. Next up on the legislative agenda are global warming and finance reform. What are the prospects for an ambitious agenda in an environment of political hostility?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Andrew Kohut
Pew Research Center
Karen Tumulty
columnist and deputy opinion editor, Washington Post
Thomas Mann
Brookings Institution / University of California, Berkeley
The full episode
2 of 3The August Recess Is Finally Over- 0:00Obama's Back-to-School Speech Stresses Responsibility
- 7:35The August Recess Is Finally OverYou’re reading this
- 42:10Watchdog Orders Recount of Ballots in Afghan Election