Nov 17 Chu Set to Face Tough Questions at Solyndra Hearing By Terence Burlij Lawmakers will ask Energy Secretary Steven Chu about the $535 million federal loan received by solar company Solyndra before it went bankrupt and laid off its workers. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Energy Secretary Steven Chu appears set to… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Congress Honors 4 Astronauts With Highest Civilian Honor Four astronauts were awarded the nation's highest civilian honor on Wednesday: the Congressional Gold Medal. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch 6:56 ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ Lobby Congress for Higher Taxes on Rich Members of Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength visited Capitol Hill Wednesday, lobbying Congress for higher taxes on the rich. Jeffrey Brown discuses the group's goals with member Garrett Gruener, who founded Ask.com. Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch What Does U.S. Military Deployment Mean for Asia-Pacific? President Obama announced Wednesday that more than 2,000 U.S. troops will head to Australia, but he stopped short of saying the move was meant as a message to China. Ray Suarez explores what the move means for regional politics with… Continue watching
Nov 16 Woodruff: Florida School Aims to Buck Economic Downturn As much as I love living and working in Washington, D.C., I've always believed you can't really know how the country's doing unless you spend time with people who don't live here. Right now, we in the national capital… Continue reading
Nov 16 NewsHour Connect: Supercommittee Fast-Tracks New Farm Bill By Saskia de Melker Every five years Congress passes a bundle of legislation related to food and agriculture, the last of which was passed in 2008. The bill allocates hundreds of billions of dollars for everything from crop subsidies and forest protection to… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch NewsHour Connect: The New Farm Bill Fast Tracked by SuperCommittee For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Nov 16 Supercommittee Edging Toward Failure By Terence Burlij Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, was not optimistic of a deal on Tuesday. Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. After another day of private meetings and negotiations on Capitol Hill,… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Congressional Deficit Panel Gridlock Persists as Deadline Nears Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill still seemed miles apart on a deficit-reduction agreement on Tuesday, with just eight days to go before a self-mandated deadline. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching