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Split
Committee Sends Economic Stimulus Bill to Senate Floor
Update:
The Senate Finance Committee narrowly voted Thursday to approve a Democratic
proposal to stimulate an economy most experts believe has slipped into
recession. (11/9/01)
Mark
Shields and David Brooks discuss congressional battles over the
stimulus package and airline security bill. (10/26/01).
RealAudio:
In a speech to economic leaders at the White House, President Bush urged
the Senate to move quickly to pass an economic stimulus package that
includes broad tax cuts. (10/26/01)
Update:
The House narrowly approves a $100 billion in tax cuts by a 216-214
vote. (10/25/01)
RealAudio:
The House stimulus debate. (10/24/01)
House, Senate
Work on Compromise Aviation Security Bill
Update:
The House passes an aviation security bill with key differences from
an earlier Senate proposal. (11/2/01)
RealAudio:
Congressmen John Mica, R-Fl. discusses the proposed aviation security
bill. (10/31/01)
Update: The House
readies itself for Thursday's aviation security vote. (10/31/01)
RealAudio
| Text: The president
calls on Congress to approve an airline security bill without federalizing
passenger and baggage screeners. (10/27/01)
President Bush
Signs Anti-Terrorism Bill
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President Bush signs anti-terrorism legislation, saying it will protect
America's interests without infringing on civil liberties. (10/26/01)
Update: Senate
votes overwhelmingly to send a sweeping anti-terrorism bill to the president.
(10/25/01)
RealAudio:
Attorney General Ashcroft delivers a speech on wielding the new anti-terrorism
legislation to crack down on suspected terrorists. (10/25/01)
Anthrax
Sent to Sen. Daschle "Highly Concentrated"
The anthrax sent in a letter to Senate Majority
Leader Tom Daschle was highly concentrated and made "to be more
easily absorbed" by its recipients, Homeland Security Director
Tom Ridge said. The bacteria, said to be from the same strain
as anthrax used in attacks in New York and Florida, has been shown to
respond to antibiotics.
(10/25/01)
The
Bioterrorism Threat: A Health Spotlight Special Report
Assessing the Homeland
Security Effort
The new
responsibilities of the Homeland Security Office and the challenges
facing Director Tom Ridge to improve domestic security. (10/23/01)
Anthrax Cases
Spread from Capitol to D.C. Postal Facility, Kills Two Workers
Update:
Background on the two inhalation cases and the two suspicious death
likely linked to an anthrax-tainted letter. (10/22/01)
RealAudio:
D.C. officials announce the two deaths and the second anthrax infection.
(10/22/01)
Update: A postal
worker in Washington, D.C. is diagnosed with the more severe inhaled form
of anthrax. (10/21/01)
RealAudio:
A press conference from Inova Fairfax Hospital, where the D.C. man infected
with inhalation anthrax is receiving treatment. (10/21/01)
The Political
Implications of Congress' Decision to Adjourn
Syndicated columnist
Mark Shields and The Weekly Standard's David Brooks discuss Congress'
reaction to the anthrax threat, the Office of Homeland Defense and
Security, and other matters political. (10/19/01)
Concern at the Capitol:
Congress Reacts to the Anthrax Scare
Margaret Warner
talks to Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) And Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
About the
anthrax scare on Capitol Hill, and its implications for the war
against terrorism. (10/17/01)
Updating the Efforts to
Track the Source of the Anthrax Letters
The FBI and health
officials search
for the source of the anthrax-laced letters sent to the Capitol
and NBC. (10/16/01)
Anthrax-Tainted Letter
to Senate Majority Leader Daschle Contaminates the Hart Building
Susan Dentzer provides an update on the anthrax
outbreaks, then Gwen Ifill discusses the public health threat with Senator
Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) And U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher. (10/15/01)
Jesse Helms Announces
He Will Leave the U.S. Senate
The legislative
and political impact of North
Carolina's senior senator.
(8/22/01)
Update:
Senator Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) has decided not to seek a sixth term next
year.
In Search of... The Shrinking
Surplus
Gwen Ifill
discusses the shrinking budget surplus with White
House Budget Director Mitch Daniels and Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.).
(8/21/01)
The Art of the Political
Comeback
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; journalist and author Haynes
Johnson; and historian Richard Norton Smith reflect on the possibilities
and pitfalls of political comebacks. (8/15/01)
Assessing Asia
Two
senators report on their recent trip to China, Taiwan and South
Korea. (8/15/01)
President Bush, Congress
Consider Education Reform
A report on
the progress
of education reform in the House and Senate. (8/13/01)
President Bush Approves
Limited Stem Cell Research
A newsmaker
interview with Health
and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. (8/10/01)
A panel of ethicists
and members of the scientific and medical communities react to the
president's decision. (8/10/01)
Mark
Shields and Paul Gigot analyze political ramifications. (8/10/01)
RealAudio
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Text: President Bush says he will allow federal funding for stem
cell research, but only on existing stem cell lines. (8/09/01)
Stem
Cells : A Health Spotlight Special Report
Shields and Gigot on Congress'
Accomplishments
Syndicated columnist
Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal Columnist Paul Gigot discuss
the shifting politics of the Patients'
Bill of Rights, the new energy plan and the state of the president's
relationship with the Congress. (8/03/01)
A Congressional Wrap-Up
ahead of the August Recess
A report on
Congress'
rush to complete work before the month-long break. (8/03/01)
Senate Majority Leader
Tom Daschle
The top Democrat
discusses the patients'
rights fight in the House, the stem cell research decision and working
with President Bush. (8/02/01)
Speaker Dennis Hastert
With the House
poised to vote on a major patients' rights bill, the
speaker discusses that political fight and the passage of an energy
plan. (8/02/01)
A Congressional Wrap-Up
ahead of the August Recess -- August 3, 2001
A report on
Congress'
rush to complete work before the month-long break.
Senate Majority Leader
Tom Daschle -- August 2, 2001
The top Democrat
discusses the patients'
rights fight in the House, the stem cell research decision and working
with President Bush.
Speaker Dennis Hastert
-- August 2, 2001
With the House
poised to vote on a major patients' rights bill, the
speaker discusses that political fight and the passage of an energy
plan.
The House's Energizing
Debate -- August
1-2, 2001
Update:
A report on last
night's passage of the president's energy plan.
Gwen Ifill discusses the House of Representatives' debate
of the president's comprehensive energy plan.
Energy
and the Environment: An Online NewsHour Special Report
Getting Mileage Out of
a Survey -- July 31, 2001
Two
members of Congress debate the implications
of a National Academy of Sciences report urging better fuel efficiency
for SUVs.
House Votes to Ban Human
-- July 31, 2001
Susan Dentzer reports on the Congressional battle
over cloning.
Stem
Cells and Cloning: A Health Spotlight Special Report
Considering the New FBI
Chief -- July 30, 2001
Kwame Holman covers the Senate
confirmation hearings for the nominated FBI director, Robert Mueller.
The Trouble with Mexican
Trucks -- July 26, 2001
A report on the safety of Mexican
trucks crossing the border onto U.S. highways.
A Battle Over the Pentagon's
Priorities --
July 25, 2001
Civilian
and military leaders consider major changes in the
mission and budget of the armed forces.
Congress Boosts Support
of Faith-Based Causes
-- July 19, 2001
Kwame Holman reports on the
faith-based initiatives bill passed in the House of Representatives.
Considering Election Reform
-- July
19, 20001
New reports say millions
of ballots were lost or discarded nationwide last year due to problems
in the U.S. voting process.
Newsmaker: Vice President
Dick Cheney --
July 18, 2001
Part I: The vice president discusses the
administration's energy plan.
Part II: Mr. Cheney addresses the
stem cell debate, campaign finance reform and his health.
Procedural
Fight Delays Campaign Reform Finance Debate -- July
13, 2001
RealAudio:
Kwame Holman reports on the demise of campaign finance reform in the
House.
Update:
After a rancorous fight over the framework of debate, the House voted
Thursday to put off consideration of sweeping campaign finance reform.
Campaign Finance Reform: An @the
Capitol Special Report
Taking
Aim at Missile Defense --
July 12, 2001
Democrats
clash with the Pentagon over missile defense testing and the Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty.
National
Missile Defense: An Online NewsHour Special Report
Senate
Passes Patients' Rights Bill
-- July 2, 2001
The Senate adopted new patients' rights legislation late last week.
Will
the proposal improve health care in America?
Patients
Rights Debate: A Health Spotlight Report
Wrapping Up Patients'
Right Bill -- June 29, 2001
Following a report on the final hours of the patients' rights debate,
Mark
Shields and Paul Gigot discuss its likely political fallout.
Senate
Hears from California, Western Officials --
June 20, 2001
Following excerpts from Wednesday's hearing into possible price gouging
in energy-strapped California, two
energy economists assess the causes and solutions to the continuing
problem.
GOP
Picks Up Virginia House Seat -- June 20,
2001
Update: State Senator Randy Forbes'
victory in Tuesday's special election increased the House GOP majority
to 12 seats.
Senate
Slows Consideration of Patients'
Rights Bill -- June 19, 2001
Senate Republicans have slowed debate over the Kennedy-McCain patients'
bill of rights legislation. Sen.
Kennedy and the leading GOP opponent, Sen. Bill Frist, debate the
merits of the two main proposals being considered.
Senate
Adopts New Education Proposal --
June 15, 2001
The Senate passes the first major
overhaul of the nation's education policy in 35 years, linking federal
funding to academic achievement.
The
Week in Politics -- June 15, 2001
Shields
and Gigot discuss the education bill and Mr. Bush's first trip to
Europe.
The
Committee Power Shift -- June 12, 2001
The NewsHour historians assess
the influence of committee chairs in the wake of the power switch
in the U.S. Senate.
Minority
Leader Lott on the Power Shift in the Senate
-- June 7, 2001
Trent Lott (R-MS) discusses passage of the $1.35 trillion
tax cut and life in
the Senate as the new minority leader.
President
Bush Signs $1.35 Trillion Tax Cut
--
June 7, 2001
Update: Completing a campaign pledge, President Bush
signed a compromise $1.35
trillion tax cut into law.
Budget and Tax Cut Debate: An
@the Capitol Special Report.
Budget
Compromise: Daschle
Senate
Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota discusses the compromise
budget.
Filling
the Bench
Senators and legal experts discuss President
Bush's judicial nominations.
Budget
Debate
Kwame Holman reports on the House confirmation of the 2002
compromise budget.
U.N.
Backlash
Margaret Warner talks with Republican Congressman Christopher
Smith, vice chair of the House International Relations Committee, and
former Ambassador William Luers about the
strained relations between the U.S. and the United Nations.
Budget
Deal
House and Senate leaders called for a
final vote on a compromise budget package. Kwame Holman reports
from Capitol Hill.
Education
Debate
The Senate began debate on President
Bush's education reform bill. Kwame Holman reports from Capitol
Hill.
The
Court and Redistricting
-- April 18, 2001
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 race was not the main consideration
in drawing
boundaries in a North Carolina congressional district.
No
Ordinary Joe
-- April 10, 2001
Kwame Holman tells the story of ailing Democratic
Congressman Joe Moakley of Massachusetts.
Detailing
the Budget
-- April 9, 2001
After a background report, four experts discuss the
details of the budget submitted by President Bush.
Budget
Battle
-- April 6, 2001
Concludes Kwame Holman reports on the
conclusion of the Senate budget debate.
Continuing
Budget Debate
--
April 5, 2001
Kwame Holman reports on the
latest in the Senate's debate over President Bush's budget and tax
cut plan.
Budget
Battle
-- April 3, 2001
The U.S.
Senate began debate on President Bush's spending plan. Margaret
Warner talks with Senator Pete Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, and
Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota.
Newsmaker:
Sen. Mitch McConnell
-- April 2, 2001
McCain/Feingold bill opponent Senator
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gives an opposing view of the campaign finance
reform package.
Newsmaker:
Sen. John McCain
-- April 2, 2001
Campaign finance reform proponent Senator
John McCain (R-AZ) talks with Jim Lehrer about the Senate passage.
Update:
Debating Reform
-- March
30, 2001
Kwame Holman reports on what may be the
final days of the Senate debate over campaign finance reform.
The
President and the Environment
-- March 29, 2001
Gwen Ifill reports on President
Bush's recent decisions on the environment. Then, Margaret Warner
talks with Gregg Easterbrook, senior editor at the New Republic; Deb
Callahan, president of the League of Conservation Voters; Lynn Scarlett,
president of the Reason Foundation; and environmental author Mark Hertsgaard.
Update:
Debating Reform
-- March 28, 2001
Congress continued
debate on campaign finance reform. Kwame Holman reports from
Capitol Hill.
Brooks
and Oliphant
-- March 28, 2001
David
Brooks of The Weekly Standard and Tom Oliphant of The Boston Globe
discuss the Senate reform debate.
Tax
Cut as Economic Booster Shot
-- March 27, 2001
President Bush again pressed his case for a
$1.6 trillion tax cut, saying it would boost the slowing economy.
Maya MacGuineas, of the New America Foundation; Caroline Baum, of Bloomberg
News wire service; Stan Collender, of Fleishman Hillard; and Kenneth
Keis, of Price Waterhouse Coopers, discuss tax cuts as an economic booster
shot
Update:
Debating Reform
-- March
27, 2001
Congress continued debate on campaign
finance reform. Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill.
Debating
Reform --
March 23, 2001
The campaign finance reform debate took center
stage in the Senate this week. Kwame Holman reports.
Brooks
and Oliphant --
March 21, 2001
David
Brooks of The Weekly Standard and Tom Oliphant of The Boston Globe
discuss the politics of the campaign finance reform debate.
Faith-Based
Debate
-- March 21, 2001
President Bush's plan to increase federal
funding for religious groups that provide social services has drawn
fire from both the right and the left. Gwen Ifill discusses the plan
with Democratic Mayor John Street of Philadelphia, former GOP presidential
candidate Gary Bauer, Rabbi David Saperstein, and Marvin Olasky, former
adviser to President Bush.
Opening
the Debate --
March 19, 2001
Kwame Holman reports on the Senate's
debate of the McCain-Feingold bill.
Politics
of a Slowdown
-- March 15, 2001
The
economic downturn is fueling partisan fires on Capitol Hill. Jim
Lehrer talks with two leaders in Congress.
Going
for Broke --
March 15, 2001
New restrictions will likely make it more
difficult to declare personal bankruptcy.
CO2
About Face
-- March 14, 2001
Two experts discuss President Bush's reversal of a campaign pledge to
regulate carbon
dioxide emissions from power plants.
Pennsylvania
Ave. Relations --
March 9, 2001
Kwame Holman looks at the economics of tax cuts, bankruptcy, ergonomics
of the workplace, and how
President Bush relates to Congress.
Tax
Fight
-- March 8, 2001
Margaret Warner talks about President
Bush's tax cut with GOP Senators Olympia Snowe of Maine and Larry
Craig of Idaho, and Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California and Richard
Durbin of Illinois.
An
Ergonomic Argument
-- March 7, 2001
Congress considers repealing
Clinton administration ergonomic regulations designed to prevent
repetitive motion injuries in the workplace. Kwame Holman reports from
Capitol Hill.
Pardon
Probe --
March 1, 2001
Ray Suarez reports on the Congressional hearing on the
Clinton pardons. Then Jim Lehrer talks with presidential historians
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Richard Norton Smith, Haynes Johnson, and Michael
Beschloss.
The
President's Message
-- March
1, 2001
Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill on the
progress of President Bush's tax cut plan.
Selling
the Budget --
February 28, 2001
After a background report on President Bush's proposed budget, Margaret
Warner talks with Mitch
Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget. Then,
Ray Suarez gets the Democratic perspective from North
Dakota's Sen. Kent Conrad, ranking member of the budget committee.
President
Bush Addresses Congress
--
February 27 - 28, 2001
In his first address
to a joint session of Congress, the President outlines his budget
priorities.
Probing
the Pardons --
February 14, 2001
Following House and Senate hearings on the Clinton pardon of Marc Rich,
Gwen Ifill discusses the
history and future of presidential pardons with two pardon experts.
Missile
Defense
-- February 13, 2001
Margaret Warner talks with Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, the senior
Democrat on the Foreign Relations committee, and Richard Perle, the
assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration, about the
proposed missile defense system.
Seeking
Defense Dollars
-- February 12, 2001
President Bush announced he'll seek increased
spending to boost pay and improve living conditions for people in
the military. Gwen Ifill talks with Virginia Republican Sen. John Warner,
chairman of the Armed Services Committee, former Air Force Chief of
Staff Gen. Merril McSpeak, and John Isaacs, president of arms control
advocacy group Council for a Livable World.
Delivering
the Plan --
February 8, 2001
President Bush sent his $1.6
billion tax cut plan to Congress, where both larger and smaller
proposals are brewing.
Marc
Rich Hearing
-- February 8, 2001
The House Government Reform Committee opened hearings on President
Clinton's last-minute pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich. Ray
Suarez talks with Tom Oliphant of the Boston Globe and Rich Lowery of
The National Review.
Newsmaker:
Richard Gephardt --
February 7, 2001
Margaret Warner talks with House Democratic Minority
Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri.
Newsmaker:
Dennis Hastert
-- February 7, 2001
Gwen Ifill talks with Republican Speaker
of the House Dennis Hastert of Illinois.
Ashcroft
Confirmed--
February 1, 2001
A sharply
divided U.S. Senate confirmed John Ashcroft as Attorney General.
Kwame Holman reports on Republican and Democratic reactions.
Newsmaker:
Trent Lott --
January 30, 2001
Senate
majority leader Trent Lott discusses the Ashcroft nomination and
other issues facing the equally divided senate.
Faith-Based
Debate
-- January 29, 2001
A panel looks at President Bush's plan for increasing the
federal role in faith-based programs.
Campaign
Finance Reform
-- January
24, 2001
President
Bush and Republican Arizona Senator John McCain met to discuss
campaign finance reform legislation. Margaret Warner talks with Scott
Harshbarger of Common Cause, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform,
Charles Kolb of the Committee for Economic Development and John Samples
of the Cato Institute.
Reversing
Course
-- January 22, 2001
Two members of Congress discuss President
Bush's plan to reverse and suspend executive orders from the Clinton
administration.
Confirmation:
Norton --
January 18, 2001
Interior
Secretary nominee Gale Norton faces opposition from environmental
groups.
Confirmation:
Thompson
-- January 18, 2001
Wisconsin
Governor Tommy Thompson answered questions about his qualifications
for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Cabinet
Hearings Continue
-- January 18, 2001
Judge
Ronnie White, who was blocked from a federal appointment by John
Ashcroft, testified in the confirmation hearing for the Attorney
General nominee.
Confirmation
Controversy
-- January 18, 2001
Margaret Warner talks with Senate Judiciary Committee members Dianne
Fienstein (D-Calif.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) about the
Ashcroft hearings.
Ashcroft
Hearing Continues
-- January 17, 2001
John Ashcroft, Bush's nominee for Attorney General, faced
more questions from the U.S. Senate. Kwame Holman reports
from Capitol Hill.
Confirmation
Controversy
-- January 17, 2001
Media correspondent Terence Smith discusses the
Ashcroft hearing with four news columnists: Georgie Ann Geyer of
Universal Press Syndicate, Cynthia Tucker of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Richard Hood of The Kansas City Star and Lee Cullum of The Dallas Morning
News.
Confirmation:
Powell --
January 17, 2001
Retired
General Colin Powell answered questions about his qualifications
for Secretary of State.
Other
Confirmation Hearings
-- January 17, 2001
Spencer Michels reports on hearings for two
other Cabinet nominees: Paul O'Neill for Secretary of the Treasury,
and Christine Whitman for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Confirmation
Conflict
--
January 16, 2001
Two
unsuccessful nominees for positions in Attorney General's office
discuss the Ashcroft hearing. William Bradford Reynolds was head of
the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department in the early '80s,
and Lani Guinier, a Harvard law professor, withdrew her nomination for
assistant attorney general.
Ashcroft
Hearing --
January 16, 2001
John
Ashcroft, Bush's nominee for Attorney General, faced questions from the U.S. Senate. Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill.
Advise
and Consent--
January 15, 2001
Jim Lehrer discusses the
Ashcroft nomination with former Senators Paul Simon (D-IL), Warren
Rudman (R-NH), David Boren (D-OK), and Jake Garn (R-UT).
Rumsfeld Confirmation
-- January 11, 2001
Kwame Holman reports on the second day of the Senate
confirmation hearing for Secretary
of Defense-designate Donald Rumsfeld.
Newsmaker:
John McCain -- January 8, 2001
Ray Suarez talks with Republican
Senator John McCain of Arizona, who recently found a new ally in
his push for campaign finance reform.
Recap: It's Official
-- January 8, 2001
Kwame Holman reviews Saturday's Congressional certification
of the Electoral College vote.
The
Man at Ways and Means -- January 5, 2001
A newsmaker interview with California
Republican Bill Thomas, chair of the House Ways and Means committee.
Opening Day --
January 3, 2001
Kwame Holman reports on the first day of the 107th Congress,
with an evenly
divided Senate and a First Lady Senator.
Bipartisan
Challenges -- December 19, 2000
Former House Minority Leader Republican Bob Michel;
former Democratic Senate leader George Mitchell, and political scientists
Theodore Lowi and Sonia Jarvis discuss the
prospects for bipartisanship.
Newsmaker: Daschle --
December 18, 2000
Minority
Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota discusses
his hopes for working with the Bush administration.
Power Sharing
-- December 6, 2000
Republican and Democratic senators discuss working in
a Senate that is likely to be evenly
divided between the two parties.
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