Local Congressional Delegates Discuss Economy, Border Violence, Bipartisanship

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Published March 10, 2009 at 5:37 AM PDT

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What should Congress do to help stimulate our nation's struggling economy? How should the government deal with the housing crisis? What kind of risk does the violence on the U.S.-Mexico border pose

Alan Ray: It was the late Boston Congressman and House Speaker Tip O'Neil who said, "All politics is local." That may be nowhere more evident, or more true, than in the huge federal stimulus package approved in Congress without a single Republican vote in the House. But there certainly are other national issues that play large on the local stage: immigration, unemployment, and the housing crisis. We're joined on These Days by two members of the San Diego congressional delegation.

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Brian Bilbray, Republican congressman representing California's 50th Congressional District.
Bob Filner, Democratic congressman representing California's 51st Congressional District.