Sep 09 Study: Health Care Spending Will Continue Rising, but Modestly In a new report that's sure to provide fresh ammunition to both sides of the health reform debate, a government estimate released today finds that the new health reform law will not curb the rising costs of care once… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Who Would Benefit From Extending Bush-Era Tax Cuts? Whether the tax cuts enacted under the latest Bush presidency should be extended past the Dec. 31 expiration date is slated to be a key policy issue debated as elections approach. Jeffrey Brown gets two views about extending the cuts… Continue watching
Sep 09 Slide Show: The Gulf's Healing Process By Sarah Clune NEW ORLEANS | AP photographer Gerald Herbert has been documenting the BP oil disaster in the Gulf -- from the land, sea and air -- since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20. In the three months since… Continue reading
Sep 08 Will Open Health Data Save Your Life? After one of health administrator Jim Traficant's two liver transplants, a doctor told him, "The surgery is a science. The medication is an art." Over the next few months of recovery, Traficant's body fought with his new liver. The organ… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch GOP Congressman: Restrained Spending Buoys U.S. Economy Gwen Ifill gets a Republican view on President Obama's latest economic proposals from Illinois congressman Peter Roskam. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Geithner: Bush Economic Policies Made Recession Worse In an interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that President Obama deserves credit for stopping an economic "free fall," exacerbated by the fiscal policies of the Bush administration. Continue watching
Sep 08 Geithner: Past Policy Choices, Politics Making It Harder to Fix U.S. Economy By News Desk In a newsmaker interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday afternoon that economic policy decisions made before this administration took office -- and the current political climate -- are teaming up to make it harder to fix… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch News Wrap: Fla. Pastor Sticking to Quran-Burning Plans In other news Wednesday, Pastor Terry Jones says he will continue with plans to burn Qurans on the anniversary on 9/11 despite opposition from around the world. In Afghanistan, hundreds flocked to the Kabul Bank to withdraw savings after two… Continue watching
Sep 08 Obama Proposes Tax Incentives, Says GOP Is Delaying Economic Progress By Quinn Bowman President Obama challenged Congressional Republicans during a speech on the economy at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland Wednesday, saying the opposition party is obstructing good economic policy for political gain, while supporting policies that contributed to the recent recession. Continue reading
Sep 08 8 Key Failures Led to Gulf Oil Spill, BP Report Says By Jenny Marder In its long-awaited internal report on this summer's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP blamed contractors Halliburton and Transocean for many of the problems leading up to the country's worst-ever oil spill -- igniting anger from the companies blamed. No… Continue reading