Economy to dominate Sunday news shows

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/economy-to-dominate-sunday-news-shows-2009-02-07.html

Economy to dominate Sunday news shows
By Silla Brush
Posted: 02/07/09 11:40 AM


The roughly $800 billion fiscal stimulus package and efforts to prop up the nation's financial markets will dominate the Sunday talk shows with the White House dispatching top advisers to several shows.

Lawrence Summers, head of the National Economic Council, will appear alongside Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele on "This Week" with George Stephanopolous. Summers will also appear alongside Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on "Fox News Sunday."

Meanwhile, Christina Romer, head of the Council of Economic Advisers, will appear on CBS's "Face the Nation" alongside Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.).

On "Meet the Press," David Gregory will host Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Reps. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.). Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has scheduled two much-anticipated hearings next week. On Tuesday, Frank's committee will hear testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on steps the central bank has taken to ease the financial crisis. On Wednesday, the CEOs of the eight largest recipients of funds from the $700 billion financial bailout package will appear before his committee.

CNN's "State of the Union" will feature Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)

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1. Summers vs. Steele...that should

be good for entertainment value. :rofl: