The Stephanie Miller Show - Feb 26 2010

February 26th, 2010

• John Fugelsang joins Steph in the NYC Bureau at 6am for all three hours of “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

• Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) calls in at 6:35am Pacific to talk about the new credit card rules, the economy, and health care reform.

• Center for American Progress economist Christian Weller calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the jobs bill, and the economy.

• Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) calls in at 7:35am Pacific to talk about the Toyota recall and the hearings.

• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about the health care reform summit.

• President Obama signaled that Dems will move forward on a health care overhaul with or without GOP-ers. Delivering his closing argument at a 7-1/2-hour televised policy marathon, Obama told GOP-ers he welcomes their ideas — even ones Dems don’t like — but they must fit into his framework for a broad health care remake that would cover tens of millions of uninsured Americans.

• The Obama administration today is proposing regulations aimed at protecting workers’ retirement savings. The safeguards would protect workers from conflicts of interest in their dealings with financial advisers who manage their 401(k)s and individual retirement account.