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Wednesday November 15, 2006

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10:00New Leaders in Congress

Guest host: Andrea Seabrook

Members of Congress vote this week for new House Majority and Minority Leaders. We'll talk about intra party divisions that have already sprung up and prospects for the legislative session ahead.

Guests

James Thurber, Director and Professor at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University

David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and managing associate with Carmen Group, a D.C.-based governmental-affairs firm

Ross Baker, professor of political science, Rutgers University

11:00J. William Middendorf: "A Glorious Disaster" (Basic Books)

Guest host: Andrea Seabrook

The Barry Goldwater story and the origins of modern conservatism in America.

Guests

J. William Middendorf, a founding member of the American Conservative Union and a trustee and board member of the Heritage Foundation.

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