Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Tax Cut: Last weekend Congress approved the biggest tax cut in twenty years. The bill reduces rates in all income brackets… and most taxpayers will get refund checks this summer. President Bush has hailed the plan as both ‘profound and fair.’ A panel joins Diane to discuss the tax cut legislation and its economic and political implications.
Guests
- Norman Ornstein Is resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; coauthor with Thomas Mann of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track."
- Bruce Bartlett Columnist, former Reagan economic policy aide, and Treasury Department appointee under George H.W. Bush. Latest book: "The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward."
- Robert Greenstein Founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Most Recent Shows
Reflections on 100 days of the Trump administration
Diane takes the mic one last time at WAMU. She talks to Susan Page of USA Today about Trump’s first hundred days – and what they say about the next hundred.
Rep. Jamie Raskin on countering “MAGA chaos”
Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin was first elected to the House in 2016, just as Donald Trump ascended to the presidency for the first time. Since then, few Democrats have worked as…
How deportations ignited a clash between the White House and the courts
Can the courts act as a check on the Trump administration’s power? CNN chief Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic on how the clash over deportations is testing the judiciary.