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    • Loopholes in Lobbying 

        Weighing in on whether excessive lobbyists will bring abuse to the system, with Dan Mitchell, Cato Institute and Christian Weller, Center for American Progress.

    • Reform Bill: Let's Make a Deal 

        Details on the deal-making game regarding health care reform, with CNBC's Hampton Pearson,

    • Paul: Audit the Fed 

        Why the push to regulate the Fed more tightly, with Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and member of Financial Services Committee; James Reynolds, Loop Capital Markets; and CNBC's Rick Santelli, Steve Liesman, Joe Kernen & Becky Quick.

    • The State of Health Care 

        Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) discusses the Senate vote tomorrow on the health care bill.

    • Geithner Under Fire 

        Discussing whether Geithner is really in danger of losing his job, with Eamon Javers, Politico and CNBC's John Harwood

    • Impose Global Financial Trades Tax? 

        House Democrats are looking for ways to pay for new job-creating legislation, with Ann Lee, New York University; Phil Kerpen, Americans for Prosperity; and CNBC's Trish Regan.

    • Auditing the Fed 

        Congress is passing Rep. Ron Paul's amendment that would allow the GAO to audit Fed monetary policy, with CNBC's Steve Liesman & Rick Santelli.


Sarah Palin (R)

Governor of Alaska



Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

 

PROFILE

 

Personal:
Born Feb. 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho
Married to Todd Palin
Five children, one grandchild on the way

Education:
Graduated from the University of idaho after attending several schools.

Professional:
City Council member of Wasilla, Alaska for six years, then mayor for six years; Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for less than two years, resigning over her ethics concerns over other members; Alaska governor, 2006 to present.

Notable:
- First woman and youngest person to serve as governor of Alaska
- Second woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket, and the first for the GOP
- Was runner up in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant
- Worked as a sports reporter for KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska
- Made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002
 

NEED TO KNOW

 


 

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  • McCain's wife controls family's riches

      The candidate's spouse runs an investment portfolio of an estimated $36.6 million to $53.4 million and chairs one of the nation's largest beer distributorships.





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