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SCOTT TALKS WITH ROBERT SAMUELSON, ECONOMIC COLUMNIST WITH NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE AND THE WASHINGTON POST, ABOUT THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT, PASSED THIS WEEK BY THE HOUSE, AND WHY MANY POLITICIANS LIKE IT, BUT AN EQUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF ANALYSTS WHO DON'T HAVE TO FACE VOTERS DON'T.

Liane Hansen speaks with composer, guitarist and programmer Skip cDonald and English producer Adrian Sherwood about their collaboration on music or the group LITTLE AXE, and its debut album, "THE WOLF THAT HOUSE BUILT." The usic has been described as the first "ambient dub blues" project. (Epic/Okeh ecords; EK 64254)

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SENATOR JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ), MEMBER OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE LEE HAMILTON (D-IN), RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE DIVISIONS OVER U.S. POLICY IN BOSNIA.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH CARL LEUBSDORF (LUBES-dorf), WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND WILLIAM NEIKIRK (MIGH-kirk), WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, ABOUT THE TWO PRESIDENT CLINTONS: THE GREAT CONCILIATOR AND THE VETO PEN-BRANDISHER.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says Pat Buchanan cannot lead the Republican Party to victory in November. He says the party had better wake up to that fact and nominate somebody who is electable, or face the probability of another four years of Bill Clinton in the White House.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt today responded to an ethics complaint filed against him. He denied that he filed false financial disclosure statements and spent campaign funds for his personal use. That ethics complaint was filed a week ago by Republican Jennifer Dunn of Washington.

As the House prepares for a floor debate and vote Wednesday on a bill that would streamline procedures at federal regulatory agencies, David Baron looks at why the GOP, as well as business and industrial leaders, want health and environment regulations simplified. We examine one company's 18-year struggle with the EPA over a controversial additive for gasoline.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Sarajevo on the efforts to re-build Bosnia's economy and infrastructure. After three-and-a-half years of war, there are no jobs, no industry, housing is limited and the country's transportation, water and electricity infrastructure is wrecked. The World Bank estimates the cost for rebuilding Bosnia at more than five-billion-dollars.

Commentator David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law School, says the House of Representatives did the right thing in removing many of the more controversial provisions in the anti-terrorism bill. He says the bill that passed isn't perfect, but its a big improvement on the invasive bill that was first proposed.

It has not been an easy campaign so-far for Dick Cheney, the Republican nominee for vice president. Cheney has been White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense, as well as a member of Congress. But this is his first exposure to the special scrutiny and pressure of a national campaign. NPR's Nina Totenberg traveled with Cheney and filed this report.