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The Talk Shows Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten; incoming White House Press Secretary Tony Snow. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman; American Petroleum Institute President Red Cavaney; Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. THIS WEEK (ABC): Rice; Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; petroleum industry lobbyist Bennett Johnston; actor George Clooney. LATE EDITION (CNN) : Rice; Sens. Trent Lott, R-Miss., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.;...

Never say Congress isn't willing to accept blame -- as long as it can assign it to someone else. Having mandated the use of the fuel additive MTBE, the Members now want to shake down the companies foolish enough to have made the product. This is the real story behind the debate over MTBE, which has once again become the sticking point in the House-Senate conference over the energy bill. The House has passed modest liability protection for MTBE makers, while Senate Democrats are threatening a filibuster if there's any such thing in the final bill. If we're lucky, the...

Breaux leaves bipartisan legacy Analysts assess senator's career By GERARD SHIELDS gshields@theadvocate.com Advocate Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- When U.S. Sen. John Breaux, D-La., was first elected to the Senate in 1986, he was invited to a retirement dinner for outgoing senators. "I remember saying 'Boy, these guys are old,'" Breaux, 60, recalls. "Now they're having a retirement dinner for me." After 32 years in Congress and four years initially working as a congressional aide, Breaux's days in office are winding down as political analysts begin to assess what will be his historical stamp on the institution. Breaux is most remembered...