Todd Zwillich

Interim Host and Takeaway Washington Correspondent

Todd Zwillich appears in the following:

Sports: Olympic Bids and Baseball's Playoff Push

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

As Chicago tries to drum up support for its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Paddy O'Connell, host of the BBC radio program Broadcasting House, joins us with a look at the challeng...

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Health Care and the States

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Most of the debate on health care reform has focused on the federal government and the individuals who might get new coverage. But today we ask a different question: what are individu...

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House Votes to Reprimand Rep. Joe Wilson

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

With a roll call vote of 240-179 mainly along party lines, the House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution of disapproval of Congressman Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina). Wils...

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A Can-Do Way to Keep Fruit and Veg

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

For many of us, saying 'so long' to summer is not an easy thing. But there is one way to capture the sunny season in a bottle – or a jar, at least. With the abundance of wonderful fru...

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Is Somalia the Next Afghanistan?

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The small East African nation of Somalia is once again becoming a big problem for the United States, this time in the fight against terrorism and al-Qaida. There is enough fear that t...

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Next (Small) Steps for NASA

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

NASA has long been the government agency meant to lead the charge to the future, at least in the public's imagination. A report to Congress from an independent body of experts has put...

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South Carolina and the Woe of Wilson

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday reprimanding South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" to the president during his address to the joint se...

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A Team By Any Other Name

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The regular baseball season is winding down, but the excitement for fans is far from over. Both the American and National League teams are making their big push for the playoffs and t...

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Changing Wall Street, One Regulation at a Time

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, joins us with a look at the changing banking regulatory regime in Washington. It's been a year since a complicated crisis of cre...

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Unpacking the Health Care Debate

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

After over three months of bipartisan negotiations the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee is expected to unveil their much-anticipated plan for reforming the nations's health care system...

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Union Yes! President Takes His Message to Workers

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

President Obama is traveling across the nation to rally people behind health care reform. One of this biggest stops happened yesterday, with a speech in Pittsburgh before hundreds of ...

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Your Health Care Questions Answered

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Yesterday, we asked listeners to send us questions about health care. From "insurance co-ops" to "sole proprietorship," our very own Washington correspondent and healthcare whiz Todd ...

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Health Insurance Co-ops

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

This week, the Senate Finance committee is set to release the first draft of their health care bill. In fact, the proposed legislation was originally slated to be released today ... s...

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Answering Your Health Care Questions

Monday, September 14, 2009

Last week, President Obama addressed the nation before a joint session of Congress in an attempt to answer some questions and alleviate any doubts about his plan to overhaul the natio...

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Waiting on Washington: Health Care and Financial Regulation

Monday, September 14, 2009

Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, looks at the chances that Congress will reach an agreement on a health care bill this week. Then Louise Story, Wall Street and finance rep...

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Outbursts, Apologies and Incidentally, Health Care

Friday, September 11, 2009

The president laid out his plans for health care reform Wednesday night — or at least he tried to. He woke up Thursday morning to see that the headlines were stolen by an outburst fro...

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Undecided Listeners React to President's Speech

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Last night President Obama used his bully pulpit to make a very specific pitch for health care reform before a joint session of Congress... and, incidentally, the watching American pu...

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Electronic Footprints: What Your Messages Say about You

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Call it Big Brother or call it being a conscientious employer, but there's a new kind of software that monitors your use of email and online messaging: how many messages you send, how...

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Detroit Health Care Townhall

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, finds himself far outside the Beltway today. He is in Detroit after attending a townhall held last night on health care reform. While the ...

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President to Congress: Give Me the Dang Ball

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Last night in front of a rare joint session of Congress, President Obama addressed the issue that has been on everyone's minds: health care reform. His speech was to-the-point, tackli...

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