Our Auction 2012 series kicks off today in conjunction with The Huffington Postyou can check out Dylan’s piece on “Auction 2012” here in case you missed it.

4:00pmET: U.S. MANUFACTURING JOBS. Fresh off a successful second week of the tour, we’re keeping the conversation going.  First, we’ll talk to Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio about the “American Jobs First” act, and four bills currently in play on the hill to strengthen “Made in America” laws and get manufacturing jobs back to the United States.,

4:10pmET: BANKING – it’s our Auction 2012 special report series with The Huffington Post — part one premieres today, “B for Banking.”  Reporter Paul Blumenthal will join us to talk about his piece “Auction 2012: How the Bank Lobby Owns Washington.”  Paul is a reporter for the Huffington Post covering money and influence in politics. He previously worked as the Senior Writer for the Sunlight Foundation covering influence, lobbying, and transparency issues. His work has been featured in many different outlets including PBS’ Frontline, CNN, the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, and National Journal. You can follow him on Twitter @PaulBlu.

MEGA-PANEL
Sam Seder, Political Commentator, Host, “The Majority Report”
Tim Carney, Senior Political Analyst, The Washington Examiner
Imogen Lloyd Webber, Author, Liberal Commentator, MSNBC Contributor

4:20pmET: SPECIALIST JOINS PANEL From the corporate bailouts on Wall Street, to the alarming increases in default and dependency, the new moocher culture cuts across lines of class, race, and private and public sectors.   We’ll talk to Charles Sykes, author of “A Nation of Moochers: America’s Addition to Getting Something for Nothing

4:40pmET: FLORIDA PRISON PRIVATIZATION  Florida is attempting to force the largest privatization of state prisons in American history, with 26 Florida prisons being affected housing 16,000 inmates. Currently, there are nine privatized prisons in the state, run by three private prison firms (CCA and GEO Group have the largest stake). These private prisons house 10% of Florida’s inmates.  We’ll talk to State Senator Fasano (R-FL) about this.

4:50pmET: THE DAILY RANT
-Kelly Goff, Contributing Editor, TheLoop21.com