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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.

The Flint Hills in central Kansas are covered by tallgrass prairies that once spread across much of the Midwest. Now 11,000 acres of that land are being set aside as a national preserve. Matt Hackworth of member station KCUR in Kansas City reports.

NPR's David Welna reports on the battle lines being drawn in Congress in the aftermath of President Bush's budget proposal that was sent to Capitol Hill this morning. Reaction to the president's speech last night predictably fell along partisan lines, and today's skirmishing over the details was not much different.

NPR's Guy Raz reports that the hills over the city of Tetovo were quiet today, in the aftermath of Sunday's assault by Macedonian troops on ethnic Albanian rebels. NATO's Secretary General, Lord Robertson, was back in Macedonia today for more crisis talks. He called on all parties to engage in political dialogue.

President Bush sent the centerpiece of his domestic agenda to Congress today, seeking approval of a tax cut plan valued at one-point-six-trillion dollars over the next ten years. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Capitol Hill.

In his three-part series on the oil century, John Burnett reports that a century ago, a gusher blew on Spindletop Hill in southeast Texas, inaugurating America's infatuation with oil and gas. The first of the great southwest oil fields, Spindletop made America a global energy power, virtually overnight.

This week, Morning Edition airs essays from high school seniors written for their college applications. We begin with Richard Van Ornum of the Seven Hills School in Cincinnati, about his dream of flight. (3:19) Read the essays.

Commentator Michael Shuman has news for the Republicans: Liberals can claim a victory in this past election. Inauguration Day will see the ascendence of a number of newly-elected liberals; the big surprise in the coming term will be the emergence of progressive back benchers as the new powerhouse on the hill.

Linda talks with Congressman Walter Capps (D-CA) and Congressman Larry Combest (R-TX) about their impressions of this past weekend's "civility retreat." About 200 lawmakers attended the meeting in Hershey, Pennsylvania aimed at improving relations between Capitol Hill Republicans and Democrats.

Daniel speaks with reporter Janet Hook about congressional fund-raising practices. Hook, who covers Congress for the Los Angeles Times, says many of the president's fundraising practices which are now the target of so much criticism by legislators are, in fact, common practice on Capitol Hill.