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Bob Edwards talks with House Democratic Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD). They discuss the State of the Union address.

In the beachside condominiums of Florida's politically fertile 22nd district, state Representative Elaine Bloom is giving longtime House GOP incumbent E. Clay Shaw a run for his money. They've both raised more than $2 million and the race has taken on a decidedly negative tone.

NPR's David Welna reports that some Congressional Democrats say they aren't impressed with President Bush's "charm campaign" to win them over. They say they want real concessions on policy from the White House.

NPR's David Welna reports on the visit by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to Capitol Hill to argue for swift action on President Bush's tax cut. Testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, O'Neill's appearance is the opening salvo for the administration's key economic initiative.

An explosion in a rural school house in China last Tuesday is believed to have been caused by children making fireworks to supplement the teachers' income. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing about child labor in China.

Ted Clark reports on Colombian President Andres Pastrana's visit to the White House today. He and President Bush talked about drugs, Colombia's civil war and expanded trade which could improve the country's economy and ease the conditions which lead to the drug problem and the war.

From New York, NPR's Margot Adler previews Jackie Kennedy, the White House Years, a new exhibition opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday. It features clothes, letters and other items from the stylish and trend-setting first lady.

After a late-night session and some frayed nerves, the House of Representatives failed to pass the federal budget, because of two pages missing from the document. The vote has been rescheduled for next Tuesday. NPR's David Welna reports.

NPR's White House Correspondent Don Gonyea reports on a busy week for President Bush, who was dealing with the fight over his budget and tax cut plans in the Senate and the continuing standoff in China over the crew of a downed Naval aircraft.

NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea talks to Noah Adams about President Bush's visit to Mexico today. On his first foreign trip as president, he joined Mexico's new president, Vicente Fox, at Fox's ranch.