HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of December 15th-21st, 2009

1.  Are efforts to construct a “green” economy too optimistic?
2.  Is Obama’s offer of assistance to small business coming too late?
3.  Should the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions be audited by Congress?
4.  Will General Motors ever find its way back into the black?
5.  Should TARP funds be used for job creation?
6.  Did the Supreme Court make the right ruling in Smith v. Alvarez?
7.  Should the U.S. government play a stronger role in guiding the nation’s food and nutritional choices?
8.  What does the Atlanta mayoral race say about race relations in America?
9.  Is Obama’s foreign policy alienating allies and failing to win friends?
10.  Will the Blagojevich trial help the GOP capture Obama’s old Senate seat?