House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., President George W. Bush and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (Photos by Brendan Smialowski/Mark Wilson/Mannie Garcia/Getty Images)
Democatic Congress flexes its oversight muscles
Democrats have been in charge of Congress for less than three months, and already they have pressed the president on the war in Iraq, the conditions at Walter Reed and most recently the firing of eight federal prosecutors. How will the divided federal government affect the last two years of Bush's presidency?
Guests
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Steven Smith: Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis.