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Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

And Your Point Is?

The State Children's Health Insurance Program bill is not going away. House leaders announced that they are bringing another SCHIP bill to the floor this week, with minor changes but still expanding the program to cover a total of 10 million kids. The White House...

A $46 Billion Slap In The Face

The irony of President Bush's demand on Monday for $46 billion in additional emergency spending for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan—an irony missed by most of the news media—is that it occurred as the Senate debated an appropriations bill for domestic...

All According to Plan

Conservative movement favorite Bobby Jindal cruised to victory in Saturday's Louisiana gubernatorial election, winning 53% of the vote in a multi-person race, far ahead of the pack and avoiding a runoff election against a single opponent. But Jindal got roughly the...

Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

For the first time in October, the Watchdog got a question asked by the Sunday shows. Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer asked former Gov. Mitt Romney about being endorsed by anti-Mormon Bob Jones III: SCHIEFFER: Bob Jones, who heads Bob Jones University down in South...

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