Feb 26 Watch Case on Police Collecting DNA From Criminals Reaches Supreme Court Case on Police Collecting DNA From Criminals Reaches Supreme Court… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Did Embattled Confirmation Process Weaken New Defense Secretary Hagel? Did Embattled Confirmation Process Weaken New Defense Secretary Hagel?… Continue watching
Feb 26 Our Past Still Speaks: Re-examining the Voting Rights Act By Ray Suarez President Lyndon Johnson discusses the Voting Rights Act with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965, the year it was signed into law. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Let me begin this discussion of the landmark Voting Rights… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Fed Chair Bernanke Warns Lawmakers Sequester Could Slow Economic Recovery Fed Chair Bernanke Warns Lawmakers Sequester Could Slow Economic Recovery… Continue watching
Feb 26 Why the Sequester Won't Solve America's Debt Problems By Laurence Kotlikoff While Congressional leaders squabble about the sequester, scheduled to take effect March 1, Making Sense contributor Larry Kotlikoff says that the United States has bigger financial problems that could affect generations to come. Photo by Dave Reede/Getty Images. Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Feb 26 Obama Visits Virginia Shipyard to Put Sequester Squeeze on GOP By Terence Burlij President Obama will visit Newport News Shipbuilding, the largest manufacturing employer in Virginia, Tuesday. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Obama will visit a Virginia shipyard Tuesday to warn of the negative consequences from automatic spending cuts set to take… Continue reading
Feb 26 Guns, Outside Money Factor into Illinois' Special Primary Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to fraud last week. The special primary to fill his congressional seat is scheduled for Feb. 26th. Photo by Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call, taken June 2012. Illinois' 2nd congressional district has seen a lot… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch Does the White House Use Social Media to Circumvent the Press? Does the White House Use Social Media to Circumvent the Press?… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Sen. Leahy: Time for U.S. and Cuba to Discuss Relationship, 'Realities of Today' Sen. Leahy: Time for U.S. and Cuba to Discuss Relationship, 'Realities of Today'… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Despite Gloomy Urgings, No Signs of Give From Congress on Sequester Despite Gloomy Urgings, No Signs of Give From Congress on Sequester… Continue watching