Mar 07 CPAC provides window into GOP's future By Terence Burlij By the time Saturday rolls around the thousands of conservative activists gathered outside the nation’s capital for the latest installment of the Conservative Political Action Conference will have gotten to kick the tires on many of the leading Republican contenders… Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch News Wrap: Senate blocks bill removing commanders from military sexual assault decisions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate blocked a bipartisan bill that would have removed commanders from making decisions about prosecuting sexual assault cases. Meanwhile, at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the most senior military member ever to face trial… Continue watching
Mar 06 Senate to vote on military sexual assault bill By Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Legislation to curb sexual assaults in the military by stripping senior commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses is headed for a highly anticipated vote in the Senate. The bill, which is expected to… Continue reading
Mar 05 'Private option' Medicaid expansion to continue in Arkansas By Jason Kane The Arkansas experiment to use federal Medicaid dollars to help low-income people buy private health insurance plans will survive another year. This “private option” of Medicaid expansion narrowly passed in the state’s House of Representatives on Tuesday after being rejected… Continue reading
Mar 05 Senate blocks Obama's controversial pick to head Justice's Civil Rights Division By Ruth Tam On Wednesday the U.S. Senate rejected Debo Adegbile, President Barack Obama's nomination for Department of Justice assistant attorney general. In a 47-52 vote, seven Democrats joined Republicans against Adegbile, who currently serves as Senior Counsel to the Senate Judiciary… Continue reading
Mar 05 Former IRS official refuses to testify on agency's targeting of conservative groups By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The former Internal Revenue Service official at the heart of the agency's tea party scandal once again refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing Wednesday that quickly devolved into political bickering between Democrats and Republicans. Lois Lerner… Continue reading
Mar 05 Analysts: Russia unlikely to pull back in Crimea By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Russia is unlikely to pull back its military forces in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, analysts and former Obama administration officials say, forcing the United States and Europe into a more limited strategy of trying to prevent President Vladimir Putin… Continue reading
Mar 05 Obama budget gets cool reception from GOP lawmakers By Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe The dramatic developments in Ukraine may have overshadowed the release of President Barack Obama’s budget blueprint Tuesday, but the fact of the matter is the proposal was always going to have a hard time gaining traction on Capitol Hill in… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Does the president's budget present solutions for closing the economic gap? By PBS News Hour President Obama’s 2015 budget proposal includes new spending for preschool, job training and public works and would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-wage workers. Judy Woodruff talks to Robert Greenstein from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities… Continue watching
Mar 04 Obama unveils 2015 budget proposal By Robert Pursell President Barack Obama unveiled a 2015 budget Tuesday that looks to expand on his second term goal of reducing economic inequality. Dubbed the “Opportunity for All” budget, Obama’s plan includes higher spending on employment and job-training programs and the elimination… Continue reading