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NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON A HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL, INTRODUCED BY REPUBICAN SENATOR NANCY KASSEBAUM AND DEMOCRAT EDWARD KENNEDY, INTENDED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET INSURANCE, AND HARDER TO LOSE IT....EVEN IF YOU GET SICK OR CHANGE JOBS.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Democrats and Republicans are arguing over whether their respective budget balancing proposals will actually eliminate the deficit. This past week, the Congressional Budget Office found that the Clinton plan would fail to do so.

Writer, FRAN LEBOWITZ. The Washington Post called LEBOWITZ "the funniest woman in America." Her first children's book Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas was published in 1994. In 1978, LEBOWITZ wrote the critically acclaimed book Metropolitan Life a collection of witty essays about life. (REBROADCAST FROM 1

Daniel talks with Peter Reddaway, Professor of Political Science at George Washington University in Washington D.C. about the possible successors to Russian President Boris Yeltsin who was admitted to hospital last week. Yeltsin has not announced that he will run in the next Presidential election, due to be held next summer, and his low popularity rating indicates he is not likely to win even if he does run.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on Senate Republicans continuing attempts to re-write government regulations. Arnold looks at one particular regulation concerning toxic pollutants, a regulation that Republicans want to revamp.

Journalist KEN AULETTA (AWE-letta). He wrote the book Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way (Random House). AULETTA is currently a writer for the New Yorker. He will talk about the new telecommunications bill which the Senate just approved.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports from Moscow that the Chechen rebels holding hostages in the Russian city of Budennovsk have begun releasing some of their captives. In return, the Russian government has ordered a ceasefire in its war in Chechnya.

Danny speaks with Michael Noll, Professor of Communications at the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of California. They talk about the telecommunications bill passed by the Senate last week, and examine the impact it might, or might not have on the telephone consumer if it becomes law.

SIMON/UGLY TRUCK CONTEST II: SCOTT SIMON TALKS, AGAIN, WITH LEN ZIERKE (ZER-kee), ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE 8TH ANNUAL UGLY TRUCK CONTEST HELD LAST SATURDAY IN PELICAN RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, TO LEARN THE RESULTS

Daniel talks with Chris Bojalian, author of the book, "Water Witches" which details the story of a clash between the lawyer for a ski resort and a water dowser who opposes the resort's expansion. At the heart of the book is the clash between the rational and the spiritual..the lawyer and the water dowser. The book is published by the University Press of New England