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Jerry Brown did something today that Governors almost never do. He testified before a joint legislative committee hearing on the state budget, delivering stern lectures to both political parties. Joe Mathews weighs in.

The new House majority wants to reduce federal spending, and every commission on the deficit has called for cuts in the Pentagon. William Hartung weighs in on the new balance of power.

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Joe Mathews discusses why the California state budget fixes don't fix anything.

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Joe Mathews discusses why the GOP went for Whitman, Fiorina as well as the ups and downs of the propositions on the ballot.

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Joe Mathews discusses Props 20 and 27, a recipe for confusion.

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Joe Mathews discusses The Whitman-Brown Debate and Latino voters in Fresno.

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On KCRW's "To The Point," Jason Delisle, the director of the New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project, the discusses the passage of legislation that would allow college students to bypass banks and receive college aid directly from the government.

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Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget joins other panelists on KCRW's To the Point to discuss the economics and the politics behind the budget.

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