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Guests
Representative Chris Van Hollen
Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means as well as the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He is the vice chairman of the bipartisan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, co-chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force and vice chairman of the Democratic Task Force on Budget and Tax Policy.
Representative Shelley Capito
Serves on the House Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She is on the steering committee of the Rural Health Care Caucus and co-chair of the Long Term Care Caucus. She is also a member of the Congressional Steel Caucus and the Sportsman’s Caucus
Bonner Cohen, Ph.D.
Over the past fifteen years Mr. Cohen has written extensively on environmental issues and authored The Green Wave: Environmentalism and Its Consequences.
David Sloane
Mr. Sloane is responsible for federal and state government relations, grassroots, e-advocacy and voter education programs. He served as Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs to President George H. W. Bush, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Governmental Affairs for Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole.
George Cahlink
George Cahlink has covered Congress and the Pentagon for the past decade, as a correspondent for Congressional Quarterly, Defense Daily, Government Executive, Federal Times and Inside the Army. He has served as an embedded journalist with military forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. He also has been a freelance contributor to National Journal, Air Force magazine and Foreign Service Journal.
Resources
- Public policy organizations on the left -- Center for American Progress and the right – The American Enterprise Institute
- The Brookings Institution’s take on paths to economic recovery
- Top 10 Global Economic Challenges Facing the New Administration (Brookings):
- Keep an eye on Congress (CongressNow)
- Learn more about the approaches both sides of the aisle are taking:
- Senate Democratic Policy Committee
- Senate Republican Policy Committee
- Transition Site of President-Elect Obama
Additional links
- Obama elected on an Economic Mandate (AARP Bulletin Today)
- Stay informed on how the economy affects you (AARP Bulletin Today)
- The Economic Crisis of 2008 (Wikipedia)
- Follow world business and current affairs at The Economist
Inside E Street Archives
Economic Triage
The American voters have spoken: they want change in Washington. What are the top priorities for the new administration? With so many people needing a helping hand, how does the U.S. Congress decide who gets help first? We talk with congressional leaders and others about what should take first priority and what is most likely to take top priority.
Triage from the Left
Democratic Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland discusses unemployment, the stimulus package and how investing in infrastructure could create jobs.
Triage from the Right
Republican Representative Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia says the first priority should be to stabilize our economic institutions and return confidence to American consumers.
Energizing the Economy
David Sloane of AARP and Bonner Cohen of the National Center for Public Policy Research debate the role of energy policy in boosting the economy. Are “green jobs” the answer?
Getting Along
Surely this is the time for bipartisanship in Congress. David Sloane and George Cahlink, a journalist with Roll Call, discuss the importance of cooperation in the House and Senate when it comes to economic recovery.
The Host
Through most of her distinguished reporting career, Sheilah Kast has focused on the economy and workplace and how they affect people's lives. Well known to viewers of public television, ABC News, and CNN, she has covered the White House and Congress.
Kast also reported on the Washington aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Her stories included an investigation of anthrax in the mails and the struggles of bereaved Pentagon families to secure benefits.
At The Washington Star, in her first reporting job, Kast covered financial regulation, taxes, and energy. Her expertise in these important issues eventually led her to start a national public-television show, "This Week in Business," which she hosted in association with Business Week magazine.
Ms. Kast is a skilled interviewer. She has often hosted NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and has her own current-affairs interview show on public radio in Maryland.
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