Dec 21 Gwen's Take: Sandy Hook and the Politics of Pain I think it's fair to say we have all been crying for a week. Watching the faces of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting scroll by, in silence, at the end of the PBS NewsHour on… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch North Dakota's Sen.-Elect Heidi Heitkamp on Gun Control, Keystone Pipeline North Dakota's Sen.-Elect Heidi Heitkamp on Gun Control, Keystone Pipeline… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Hearings on Benghazi Attack Focus on Painful Lessons, Priorities, Party Politics Hearings on Benghazi Attack Focus on Painful Lessons, Priorities, Party Politics… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch House GOP Opt for 'Plan B': Little Chance of Agreement Before Christmas House GOP Opt for 'Plan B': Little Chance of Agreement Before Christmas… Continue watching
Dec 20 Boehner Moves Forward With 'Plan B' Despite Doubts About Passage House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters. The latest chapter in the real-life drama that is the fiscal cliff will play out on the floor of the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 20 Democrats Set Stage for Supreme Court Defense of Voting Rights Act Provision By Kwame Holman The U.S. Supreme Court building. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. With the Supreme Court set to hear a challenge to a main provision of the Voting Rights Act in February, advocates argued Wednesday that the November elections only underscored the… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch News Wrap: Sen. Daniel Inouye Lies in State at Capitol Rotunda In other news Thursday, members of the House and Senate paid final respects to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, who passed away this week. His body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, an honor that has been bestowed… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship… Continue watching