Dec 21 Health Care Bill Passes Crucial Vote After a weekend of political bargaining and raucous partisan debate, Senate Democrats won a key early-morning procedural vote Monday on a bill to overhaul the nation's health care system, inching the measure closer to a final vote by Christmas… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Stage Set for Christmas Eve Health Care Clash With Senate Democrats on the cusp of passing the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system in a generation, Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina speak with Gwen Ifill about the merits… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Senate Inches Toward Historic Health Care Vote With a 60-40 test vote early Monday morning to shut down a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats moved closer to passing the broadest overhaul of the nation's health care system in a generation. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Dec 19 Senate Democrats Strike Deal for 60 Votes on Health Reform Updated 6:55 p.m. ET: Senate Democrats announced Saturday morning that they had struck a deal with the last Democratic holdout on health care reform, paving the way for a vote on the bill before Christmas. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.,… Continue reading
Dec 18 The Rundown with Mark and David: Winter Storms and Health Reform By Hari Sreenivasan After columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks dropped by The Rundown for the first time last week, many of you left great comments about our quest for a title for this feature. We decided to go with "The Rundown… Continue reading
Dec 18 Reports: Leaders Strike 'Meaningful Agreement' in Copenhagen By Jason Breslow Update 5:50 pm ET: President Obama said Friday a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" had been reached between the U.S., China, India, South Africa and Brazil on a global effort to curb climate change, but said much work was still needed… Continue reading
Dec 18 Betty Ann Bowser: Deadline Nears for Christmas Health Care Vote By Hari Sreenivasan, Betty Ann Bowser NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser returns to the Rundown for an update on the status of the Senate health care reform bill, including the timeline senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs to stick to if he's going to… Continue reading
Dec 18 On Final Day of Copenhagen Summit, a Look at NewsHour Climate Coverage By Hari Sreenivasan Over the past two weeks, the PBS Newshour has had comprehensive coverage of the climate conference in Copenhagen, not only with our updates during the day in our Rundown blog from Ray Suarez and… Continue reading
Dec 18 Report: Nearly 1 Percent of Children Diagnosed with Autism Nearly one in every 110 8-year-olds in the U.S. has been diagnosed with a form of autism, according to a federal study released Friday. The study, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also found that the disorder… Continue reading
Dec 18 How Environmental Is the Climate Summit? By Talea Miller A truly environmentally friendly international climate summit would probably have to take place via the Internet, with all parties and observers comfortably parked in their favorite chairs at home. But that would mean no wheeling and dealing in the corridors,… Continue reading