At the top of our agenda this week, after days of blocking debate on financial reform, Senate Republicans give up. Now the hard work of getting a good bill begins. The GOP says Democrats and the President are playing the race card to gain votes in the midterm election, and Arizona’s controversial immigration law raises important questions for African-Americans.
Our “Washington Watch” newsmaker this week – Austan Goolsbee, of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, breaks down the financial reform bill and explains how it could protect ordinary citizens from paying the price of big-bank greed. Plus, Baltimore congressman Elijah Cummings on what can be done to cut down the epidemic of street violence in our cities. And in our “Washington Watch” roundtable, April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks; Karen Finney, Democratic political strategist and MSNBC contributor; and Deborah Simmons, senior correspondent for The Washington Times. Plus, the nation says so long to civil rights icon Dr. Dorothy Height. All that and more today on “Washington Watch.”
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