Twelve years of Republican rule in Congress are now officially over and the Democrats are vowing to change direction. How much of the Republican legacy do they want to undo? It’s not just Iraq and the minimum wage. Also: Why black women get less breast cancer than white women.
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Monday Morning Politics
Major Owens, retiring Congressman (D-11th, Brooklyn)
and
Dick Zimmer, former Congressman (R-NJ, 12th District), lawyer with Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher
- debate how much of the Republican legacy the Democrats will try to undo in the next session of Congress
and
Dick Zimmer, former Congressman (R-NJ, 12th District), lawyer with Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher
- debate how much of the Republican legacy the Democrats will try to undo in the next session of Congress
Open Phones
Brian asks listeners to call in and let us know what they think of the civil union proposal for gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey.
Cancer Among African American Women
Dr. Otis Brawley, Medical Director of the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence
and
Dr. Lisa A. Newman, Associate Professor of Surgery, and Director, Breast Care Center, University of Michigan
-On African American women facing a lower risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer compared to Caucasian-American women
and
Dr. Lisa A. Newman, Associate Professor of Surgery, and Director, Breast Care Center, University of Michigan
-On African American women facing a lower risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer compared to Caucasian-American women
Open Phones
Brian invites listeners to share their thoughts on the "Shopping for Justice" marchers that went down Fifth Avenue Saturday to protest the police shooting of Sean Bell.
Major Owens
Major Owens, former Congressman from Brooklyn, talks with Brian about the end of the Republican led Congress and its legacy.
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