Patt Morrison for Wednesday, 1/20/10

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:19

Making sure history doesn’t repeat itself: the Financial Crisis Committee’s search for answers

 

Guests:

Phil Angelides, chair of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission; former California State Treasurer

 

Bill Thomas, vice chair of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission; former Republican Congressman representing Bakersfield & chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee

 

 

 

1:21 – 1:30

Massachusetts race results

The outcome of the Massachusetts’ Senate seat race could determine whether or not the Senate has a 60 vote majority to pass the Health care bill. How much can be read into the outcome of this race? Is it really a referendum on President Obama, health care reform and a foreshadowing of future losses for the Democrats? Patt breaks down the numbers.

 

Guests:

Jennifer Duffy, Senior Editor focusing on U.S. Senate & Governors for The Cook Political Report

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UNCONFIRMED:

David Wasserman, House editor for The Cook Political Report

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1:30 - 1:58:30

Massachusetts is decided. Where does that leave health care?

With the results of yesterday’s (Tuesday) Senate race in Massachusetts, both Republicans and Democrats take stock of their base and shift their strategies. How will less than a 60 vote majority in the Senate, how will Democrats pass Obama’s health care reform? And how will the Democrats move forward with health care now? Patt talks to analysts and law makers from all angles.

 

Guests:

Rep. Xavier Becerra, (D-District 31) Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and senior member of the Ways and Means Committee

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Robert Laszewski (La-CHEF-ski), Executive Director of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, LLC

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UNCONFIRMED:

Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard University

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2:06 – 2:39

Chris Farrell’s “New Frugality”

Is your relationship healthy? Your relationship with finances, that is? After years of easy credit, overspending and undersaving, many Americans have found themselves overwhelmed with debt. Marketplace Money’s Chris Farrell is here with “moderation” as his mantra for life, explaining how our approach to our finances should be similar to our policy on climate change and how to be more smart, savvy, and sustainable consumers.

 

Guest:

Chris Farrell is the economics editor of NPR’s Marketplace Money and the author most recently of “The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better”

IN STUDIO

 

 

2:41 – 2:58:30

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Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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