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Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks to Alice Rivlin, former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Laura D'Andrea Tyson, formerly President Clinton's National Economic Adviser, about the President's 1998 Budget.

Former Democratic Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois is one of 59 people President Clinton has decided to pardon. The former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee pleaded guilty to mail fraud. David Schaper of WBEZ in Chicago reports.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Austin, Texas on George W. Bush's first full day as president elect. He and his aides are working to assemble a cabinet and a White House staff.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the tug o' war likely in Congress this session. Republicans barely control the House of Representatives, while the Senate is split down the middle.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Rhode Island freshman Democratic Congressman Jim Langevin about his first days in the U.S. Capitol. Langevin is the first paraplegic elected to the House of Representatives.

NPR's new White House Correspondent Don Gonyea joins Frank to talk about what lies ahead for President George W. Bush over the next few months.

Michael Waldman, former chief speechwriter for President Clinton, comments on the President's speech-making style and the importance that speeches have played during Mr. Clinton's two terms in the White House.

M'hari Saito reports on Pennsylvania's York County Prison. The county makes a lot of money on the facility, housing prisoners for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. But critics say the detainees aren't getting the treatment they deserve.

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports on today's White House meeting between President Clinton and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

President Bill Clinton will meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the White House, in an attempt to stem Mideast violence and revive peace talks. NPR's Ted Clark reports.