Heather Boushey

Bill Frenzel, visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution, 20-year Republican Congressman from MN, and ranking minority member on the House  Budget Committee, talks with Heather Boushey, Senior Economist at the Center for American Progress, about how concerned we should be about long-term deficit, and how the positions differ among various Democratic party factions.

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Heather Boushey, senior economist at the Center for American Progress, talks about the state of the pay gap between what men and women earn in the workplace, and follows up on whether young, single women are making more than their male counterparts. 

Extended unemployment benefits expire this week. Heather Boushey, senior economist at the Center for American Progress, talks about Congress' failure to pass an additional extension and the latest unemployment numbers.

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