Sunday: Warner, McCarthy, Souza
The highly-anticipated tax overhaul bill was unveiled by House Republican leaders on Thursday. While proponents claim it reduces rates on the middle class and corporations, Democrats are labeling it a scam and saying the middle class will actually bear the brunt of increased rates to pay for cuts going to corporations and the wealthy. Will Republicans be able to wrangle enough votes for what's likely their last major legislative push of the year?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia probe heated up this week, laying out indictments for President Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and Rick Gates, who was Manafort's business partner and Mr. Trump's deputy campaign manager. The Trump administration quickly downplayed the role Manafort played in the 2016 campaign. They also took pains to distance themselves from George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and has been cooperating with Mueller since earlier this year.
Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., will be on our program Sunday to discuss the Russia-Trump investigation. Warner had some tough questions last week when representatives from top tech companies testified on Capitol Hill. We'll ask him to share his thoughts on how Facebook, Google and Twitter have reacted so far and how they should respond in the future to exploitation of their platforms by Russian operatives during the campaign.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will join the broadcast to talk with moderator John Dickerson about his party's tax proposals and whether the GOP can hold onto enough votes to cross the finish line.
Best-selling author Michael Lewis will also join the program to talk about his new article in Vanity Fair titled "Made in the U.S.D.A.," which examines the abrupt and sometimes unusual changes to federal bureaucracies in the first days of the Trump administration.
And former official White House photographer Pete Souza will be on the program this week to chat about his new book, "Obama: An Intimate Portrait." Souza will give his first-hand account of capturing images of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
As always, our political panel will break down the news of the week. This Sunday, we'll hear from Slate's chief political correspondent and CBS News contributor Jamelle Bouie, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru and Executive Washington Editor of the Wall Street Journal, Jerry Seib.
It's been a busy week, and we've got plenty to cover this Sunday, so check your local listings and tune into "Face the Nation" this weekend.