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The Senate and House are back in town, the president is headed back from the
west coast, and Hardball is coming back to you this week with more on rising
gas prices, falling presidential polls, and volleying illegal immigration
plans. Tonight on Hardball, NBC Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory
fills in for Chris and welcomes Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA) and Rep. Marsha
Blackburn (R-TN) to talk about the politics at the pump.
Will their be an investigation into allegations of price-gouging? Can (and
should) Congress do something about the cost of filling up your tank? In case
you didn't hear, House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist (R-TN) sent a letter to President Bush today asking him to have the
Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission look into price-gouging.
Read more about it on First Read by the NBC Political Unit (now updating all
day!): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/.
Former Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) and Democratic guru Steve McMahon will be
here to talk about each party's strategy on dealing with the gas price issue.
Plus, Newsweek's Jon Meacham, author of "American Gospel," will join David to
talk about the changes surrounding the president and what he may do to sure up
support among his conservative base.
And don't miss David's conversation with Time reporter Mike Allen and Bloomberg
News columnist Margaret Carlson. Allen outlines new White House Chief of Staff
Josh Bolten's five-point plan for improvement in the latest issue of Time:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1186555,00.html.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP updates on the president's immigration pitch in California today
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11442701/
--AP has news from the world of Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12464118/
--H-A-R-D-B-L-O-G-G-E-R http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
--NBC's (newly expanded!) First Read http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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