It's more than 400 BILLION dollars. That's what President Obama is spending to keep America, the federal government, running for the rest of this fiscal year.

But do you know who's being left out of this spending bill?

Not the banks, not the auto companies, not a bridge in Delaware and another one in Alaska.

What is missing is money for kids. 1,700 kids in the nation's capital.

They're poor kids - underprivileged kids. And they are recipients of school vouchers. Something the teacher unions are not fond of.

Here's a question to you: let's suppose that priorities and politics have changed and the voucher program has to be shut down. Can't they at least come up with a way of letting the kids who are in the program now stay at least until they graduate?

The president's daughters go to a school, "Sidwell Friends" where some of those voucher kids also attend. Next year, if things stay as they are, those kids on vouchers will be gone. Is it fair?

Maybe Mr. President, you should ask Sasha and Malia about this one.

Kids tend to stick together.

A walk in space. A celebrity murder trial. A little kid who will WAX YOU on the pool table. And a father/son/daughter reunion that will make you smile...guaranteed!

You didn't see them on the Sanchez hour this week, but you can see them now!

Rick's guest in this clip is Jared Bernstein, President Obama's economic adviser.

He says some companies are so big, so interconnected, that they pose a global risk should they fail.

So the U.S. government is going to take a much more involved role in the financial health of some American firms.

Is everyone on board this plan? Ohhh, no.

Watch Rick's interview with Jared Bernstein and tell us if you think this is "über-regulation".

OK, let's say you're an AIG executive, and your company is handed a big sack of government money aimed at keeping it alive.

Sure, your contract says you're entitled to a fat retention bonus, but that was then...and this is now!

Do you decline the bonus? Think about it...that's a LOT of money...

The CEO at AIG is asking (not telling) his executives to return the bonus money. Some say they will. Some say they'll donate it. At least one is resigning in disgust.

Rick's guest in this clip is an attorney who represents some AIG employees who are NOT giving their bonuses back. He says the media is presenting only one side of this issue.

Watch the clip. Do you agree? Add your comment below.

One reporter asked President Obama how much White House conversation is about race. Another asked him about "communist" China, and how they view the strength of the U.S. dollar.

How do you think the President fielded reporters' questions during the primetime news conference?

Watch this clip with Rick and his guest A.B. Stoddard from The Hill.

It's TARP: Round 2, and the bell has rung.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary says this plan, one of the most ambitious government efforts to solve the financial crisis, will buy up about a HALF-TRILLION dollars worth of so-called "toxic" bank assets.

But you know what? Some companies are poised to actually MAKE MONEY from this rescue plan.

Rick's guests in this clip: Bob Lenzner from FORBES.COM, and CNN's Jessica Yellin in Washington (she attended the Geithner closed-door session that set the plan in motion).

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The Rick Sanchez team hit the road Monday and invited an audience of economics and political science students from Georgia State University to join the conversation.

Here, Rick puts one of their professors on the spot and asks him why we weren't protected from what has happened to financial institutions in this country.

The professor dispenses with the academic-speak, and lays it out in plain language.

The short answer: Greed.

Do you agree?

The Rick Sanchez hour broadcast live from the campus of Georgia State University Monday.

The live audience: Students from GSU's Economics and Political Science departments.

Here's the deal: Confidence in President Obama is high. Confidence in his Treasury Secretary is not so high. So can the president keep Timothy Geithner close enough to let some confidence rub off? Sure, why not?

Also, the British spent their way out of financial ruin after WWII, so can we do the same thing?

Well, yes and no.

Rick's guests in this clip are Patricia Murphy from citizenjanepolitics.com, and Nariman Behravesh, the chief economist from IHS Global Insight.

Listen to these people: Rick learns from them. We all can.