Dodd's Financial Reform "Goes Too Far," Says New America Foundation Director

Anne Vorce, director of the New America Foundation's Fiscal Roadmap Project, says she thinks that the financial reform plan proposed by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) "goes too far." (0:38)
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McCain Says Obama May Have To Go Against The American Grain In Afghanistan

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says that President Obama, "like leaders before," may have to go against public opinion when implementing U.S. policies and military presence in Afghanistan. :48
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Serious Medicine Needed For Economy, Says Economic Advisor

Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, says the Obama administration is urging "serious medicine for serious economic problems." She says if the U.S. may not only make it through the current crisis, but could emerge "even stronger and healthier than before." (0:14)
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WMDs Ideal Deterrent For Poor People

Richard Bush, a Senior Fellow and Director for the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, discusses the North Korean point of view on the U.S being a threat and how Pyong Yang tries to deal with this threat. (0:28)
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Chairman: IMF is Key to Solving Economic Crisis

Domonique Strauss-Kahn, chairman of the International Monetary Fund, applauds governments for being proactive in stopping financial crisis through stimulating the economy. However, the governments must continue to act in this manner or the world faces the fate of a longer and deeper recession. Also, he stresses how the International Monetary Fund is key to guiding world out of the recession. (0:28)
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Somalia's Piracy Problem

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Correspondent Michael Ruhl reports on the security and humanitarian crisis presently plaguing Somalia. Ruhl interviews Somalia's Ambassador-At-Large to the U.S., Abdi Awaleh Jama, and also speaks with Joel Carny from Refugees International.

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Licensed Professionals Who Commit Fraud Should Be Made Example Of

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

This was a statement made by Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets Relief Program, at a Senate Judiciary hearing, in response to a question posed by Senator Edward Kaufman (D-Del).
February 11, 2009.
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Fraud contributed to economic crisis

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

This was an answer given by Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Trouble Assets Relief Program, at a Senate Judiciary Hearing, when asked by Committee Chairman Partrick Leahy (D-Vt), whether or not he thought fraud contributed to the economic crisis.
February 11, 2009.


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The Economy - What went wrong?

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke answers questions at the House Financial Serivces Committee about the possible causes of the economic crisis.
February 10, 2009.
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"Was the First 350 of the TARP spent well?"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Representative J. Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.), asks this questions to Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, at the House Financial Services Committee today.
February 10, 2009.
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New Federal Reserve Initiatives

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tells the House Financial Service Committee about two new initiatives to help make the Federal Reserve more transparent.
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"$800-$900 billion is the least we need to get economy moving again"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Talk Radio News Service hears former Secretary of Labor and current Berkeley Professor, Robert Reich's, view on the minimum amount needed to get the economy started again.
February 6, 2009.
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Global economic disasters don't catch U.S. by surprise

MIT Professor Simon Johnson says that while the global economic crisis is grave, the U.S. is ahead of the the world in its response to this potential disaster. (0:52)
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World poverty upsets Americans' consciences says Sen. Casey (D-Pa.)

At a discussion hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on developing definitive strategies against the world food shortage, Senator Robert Casey (D-Pa.) says Americans are summoned by their consciences to help. He said the extent of the food crisis is "hard to even comprehend." (0:38)
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Dr. Peter Orszag Discusses the Affects of Obesity on Health Care Spending Before the Senate Budget Committee

Dr. Orszag, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, describes how health care expenditures increase as a function of both increased incidence of obesity and increased spending per obese person. (0:55)
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