C-SPAN Weekend Alert

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C-SPAN Weekend Alert
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C-SPAN Weekend Alert
Programming Information for Fri. 12/12 - Mon. 12/15, 2008
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C-SPAN Highlights

Friday:
* Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) News Conference on Auto Bill (8pm)
* Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) News Conference on Auto Bill (8:40pm)

Saturday:
* The Communicators: James Baller, U.S. Broadband Coalition (6:30pm)
* A&C: 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Oral Agument: Arar v. Ashcroft (7pm)

Sunday:
* Q&A: Historian William Seale (8pm)
* ''The White House: Inside America's Most Famous Home'' Documentary (9pm)

Monday:
* U.S. House: Not In Session
* Illinois 2008 Electors Meeting (11am) - LIVE
* Pennsylvania 2008 Electors Meeting (12pm) - LIVE
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C-SPAN 2 Highlights

Friday:
* European Council Summit (8pm)
* Center for American Progress Panel on Trade Policy (9pm)

Saturday:
* Interview & Viewer Calls with Michael Burlingame, "Abraham Lincoln" (12pm) - LIVE
* Book TV Airs Every Weekend from 8am Sat. to 8am Mon. Schedule Http://www.booktv.org/

Monday:
* U.S. Senate: Not In Session
* AEI Discussion on the book "Prices, Poverty & Inequality" (10:30am) - LIVE
* START Briefing on Public Response to Terrorism Report (2pm) - LIVE
* CSIS Panel on Foreign Policy for the Next Administration (5:30pm) - LIVE

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C-SPAN 3 Highlights

Friday:
* C-SPAN3 History Programming on the Louisiana Purchase (8pm)

Saturday:
* C-SPAN3 History Programming on the Life and Career of Mark Twain (8am)

Sunday:
* C-SPAN3 History Programming on the Berlin Wall (8pm)

Monday:
* C-SPAN3 History Programming on Benjamin Franklin (8pm)
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C-SPAN Radio Highlights

Saturday:
* Washington Journal (7am) - LIVE

Sunday:
* Washington Journal (7am) - LIVE
* Outside the Beltway (10am)

Monday:
* Washington Journal (7am) - LIVE
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Politics Highlights

* Road to the White House - Sunday on C-SPAN at 6:30pm ET

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Washington Journal Highlights

Saturday:
* Newspaper Articles
* Viewer Calls
* Discussion on College Endowments
* Discussion on Guantanamo Bay

Sunday:
* Newspaper Articles
* Viewer Calls
* Discussion on Legislation for the 111th Congress
* Discussion on the Future of the Republican Party

Monday:
* Newspaper Articles
* Viewer Calls
* Michael Steele, Candidate for RNC Chairman
* Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), National Governors Assn. Chairman
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C-SPAN Capitol Spotlight

* President Bush called on Congress Friday to act next week on his proposal to provide short-term aid to the U.S. auto industry by redirecting an existing loan program to that purpose... - Full Story at http://www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight

* How much did it cost the federal government to bail out New York City in 1975? - Answer at http://www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight