Congress and the Administration square off over funding the wars in Iraq and Afhganistan, fixing the sub-prime mortgage mess, and a new Farm Bill. Diane and her guests discuss what’s at stake and who the winners and losers are likely to be.

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."
  • Thomas Mann Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How To Get It Back On Track"
  • Julie Hirschfeld Davis Congressional reporter, The Associated Press
  • Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Chairman of the senate agriculture committee

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