This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

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Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 6:30am to discuss President Obama’s stimulus plan.

Richard Greene, host of “Clout,” calls in at 8:05am to discuss the progressive celebrity focus of his radio show.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Eric Holder as attorney general yesterday, voting 75-21 to place him in charge of the Department of Justice. His confirmation makes him the first African-American confirmed to the post, though he held the job on an acting basis in 2001.

Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire has accepted President Obama’s offer to be commerce secretary and the announcement is scheduled for today. In a move that will leave the balance of the Senate unchanged, NH’s Dem governor will name a GOPer to replace Gregg.

Dem senators stood behind Heath and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle yesterday after a closed-door session of the Senate Finance Committee on the former SD senator’s tax troubles. The committee is expected to hold a hearing on Daschle’s nomination next week.

A group of GOP senators have drafted an alternative stimulus measure that narrows government spending to infrastructure programs and helping unemployed Americans, address the housing crisis, and relies mostly on tax cuts. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has dismissed the idea that the GOP is trying to block passage of the Dems’ stimulus plan.

This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

Mark Ebner, author of “Paris Hilton: Inside the Sex Tapes, Scandals, and Shakedowns of the New Hollywood,” calls in at 8:30am to talk about those scandals and shakedowns.

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said yesterday the massive stimulus bill backed by President Barack Obama and congressional Dems could go down to defeat if it’s not stripped of unnecessary spending and focused more on housing issues and tax cut. The Senate version of the bill is headed to the floor for debate.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced legislation over the weekend to cap the salaries of executives from companies that received federal bailout funds. The limit applies to salary, bonuses, and stock options and is set at $400,000, which is what the President of the United States earns.

Members of the Republican National Committee elected their first African-American party chief Friday, choosing former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele to chair the organization after six tumultuous rounds of voting. Steele has vowed to reach out to “friend and foe alike.”

Four prominent Dem senators spoke out Saturday in support of former Sen. Tom Daschle, whose tax records have come under scrutiny since President Obama nominated him to be secretary of Health and Human Services. The Senate Finance committee is to meet today to discuss the nomination.

Pittsburgh improvised a 6-yard touchdown with 35 seconds left that gave the Steelers a record-setting sixth Super Bowl victory, 27-23 over the Arizona Cardinals last night.