The Stephanie Miller Show - Feb 19 2010

February 19th, 2010



• Economist Christian Weller from the Center for American Progress calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about the economy, jobs, and President Obama’s deficit panel.



• Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) calls in at 7:35am Pacific to talk about the economy and foreclosures.



• A software engineer who crashed his plane into a Texas office building containing nearly 200 Internal Revenue Service employees, killing himself and at least one worker, apparently left behind an irate anti-government manifesto but offered little other hint of his intentions before the attack.



• President Barack Obama signed an order Thursday unilaterally creating a bipartisan commission to rein in unruly deficits after Congress rejected a similar body with considerably more enforcement power.



• The White House and congressional leaders are preparing a detailed health care proposal designed to win passage without Republican support if GOP lawmakers fail to embrace bipartisan compromises at President Barack Obama’s summit next week.



• The brother of senior Afghan Taliban commander Siraj Haqqani has been killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday.



• Superstar golfer Tiger Woods, whose stunning fall from grace late last year captivated the sports world, is set to make a public apology today at 11am Eastern and speak about his playing future.