Apr 11 What Do You Think About Obama's Proposal to Reduce Social Security? President Barack Obama's proposed budget includes a decrease in cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security. Photo of Social Security checks by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social… Continue reading
Apr 11 Judy's Notebook: A Budget to Get Worked Up About Copies of US President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget proposal wait to be distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Photo credit SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images The very words "federal budget" make most of us yawn. The… Continue reading
Apr 11 Senate Ready to Debate Gun Legislation Family members of Newtown shooting victims step off Air Force One with US President Barack Obama (2nd R) upon arrival April 8, 2013 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The family members traveled to Washington, DC with Obama… Continue reading
Apr 11 Senate to Take Key Vote on Guns Volunteers place grave markers on the National Mall Thursday to remember victims of gun violence. Clergy from Newtown, Conn., and elsewhere will begin a 24-hour vigil to urge Congress into passing tougher gun laws. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Obama Budget Plan With Medicare Cuts, Tax Hikes Draws Critique From Congress Obama Budget Plan With Medicare Cuts, Tax Hikes Draws Critique From Congress… Continue watching
Apr 10 President Obama's Budget Gamble Copies of President Obama's budget proposal are distributed Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. President Barack Obama took a risk by deciding to include changes to Medicare and Social Security in his 2014 fiscal… Continue reading
Apr 09 Gun Policy Proposals Face Pressure From Senators Family members of Newtown shooting victims step off Air Force One with President Obama upon arrival Monday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images. Political pressure is no simple thing -- especially when… Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch As Congress Returns to Tackle Guns, States Around the Nation Work on New Laws As Congress Returns to Tackle Guns, States Around the Nation Work on New Laws… Continue watching
Apr 08 'The End of Big' Argues That Technology Helps The Little Guy By Christina Bellantoni // Author Nicco Mele writes about technology's influence on politics in "The End of Big." He sat down with PBS NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni. I've long been fascinated with the fact that technology can make the world a smaller… Continue reading
Apr 08 Congress Returns With Guns, Immigration, Budget on Agenda Cherry blossoms begin to open around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Break's over, everyone. Members of Congress head back to Washington on Monday to face what is shaping up to be a… Continue reading