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Spending Showdown Looms Before Congress

After the first successful veto override in Congress last week, another week of confrontation looms. Lawmakers trying to wrap things up before the Thanksgiving break face a stack of unfinished, overdue and veto-threatened spending bills. NPR Congressional Correspondent David Welna talks with Liane Hansen about the spending showdown between congressional Democrats and the Bush White House.

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David Welna
David Welna is NPR's national security correspondent.
Liane Hansen
Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.