This week on Newsmakers, Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), talks about tax reform choices facing Congress, the future of Social Security & Medicare, and how Congress is addressing the sequester, the debt, and the U.S. economy.

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The National Press Club holds a news conference to discuss how the new healthcare laws are taking shape in the states during a Newsmakers' event titled "Obamacare on the Ground."

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On this week's Newsmakers, the Senate’s Energy & Natural Resources Committee Chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), looks at the energy issues facing the U.S. and his agenda as the committee’s new chairman.

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This week on Newsmakers,our guest is Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY), Appropriations Committee Chairman. He discusses the continuing resolution he’s been working on to fund the federal government. His plan would extend the current CR for most agencies through Sept 30, but would have more detailed instructions for the Pentagon and veterans programs. He says the House could consider the CR near the end of the February, before the sequester cuts would go into effect. on March 1. The Rogers plan, if passed, would avert a government shutdown that could happen March 27 when the current CR is due to expire.

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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions. They talked about the sequestration and attempts to prevent the automatic federal budget cuts from going into effect on March 1, 2013.

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This week on Newsmakers, our guest is Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), ranking member of the House Budget Committee. He discusses a range of topics including the recent Congressional Budget Office’s report on Federal debt, the sequestration deadline of March 1, and budget issues before the Congress. 

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State Department Spokesman, Victoria Nuland conducts a daily briefing at the State Department.

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This week on Newsmakers our guest is Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He discusses this week’s hearing on gun violence and the issue of immigration reform. He also comments on the 2014 Iowa Senate race following the recent announcement by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) that he will not seek re-election. 

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This week on Newsmakers, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), Armed Services Committee Ranking Member talks about key defense issues. Sen. Inhofe discusses next week’s confirmation hearing of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, women in combat roles, sequestration and its impact on the Pentagon, the defense budget, troop numbers in Afghanistan, the strength of al Qaeda, and the future of the U.S. military.

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This week on Newsmakers, a conversation with Senator Patrick Leahy D-VT), the Judiciary Committee Chairman. Leahy announced that he will hold hearings on gun control in late January. He talked about the hearings, legislation that may flow from it, and other issues including immigration legislation, that he expects the committee to take up in this new Congress.

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