Mar 07 Old Fashioned Filibuster Facts Photo By Bill Clark/ CQ Roll Call/ Getty Images. All signs pointed to an easy confirmation of CIA director nominee John Brennan. That is until Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took the Senate floor just before noon on Wednesday to… Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch Arkansas Abortion Law Bans Procedures After 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Arkansas Legislature Passes Nation's Strictest Abortion Law… Continue watching
Mar 07 Pelosi Hoping for 'Boldest Common Denominator' on Gun Control EmbedVideo(5906, 514, 320); House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sounded optimistic notes about two major legislative priorities on Capitol Hill. The California Democrat joined NewsHour's Judy Woodruff for a wide-ranging interview about budget matters, politics and presidential… Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch Pelosi: For Budget Deal, 'Let's Talk' About Ensuring Strength of Entitlements Pelosi: For Budget Deal, 'Let's Talk' About Ensuring Strength of Entitlements… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch After Almost 13-Hour Filibuster, Senate Confirms John Brennan for CIA Director After Almost 13-Hour Filibuster, Senate Confirms John Brennan for CIA Director… Continue watching
Mar 07 Paul Launches Filibuster Strike Against Administration's Drone Policy By Terence Burlij Sen. Rand Paul is seen on TV monitors as he participates in a filibuster on the Senate floor Wednesday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Snowquester may have been a bust, but the filiblizzard provided hours of entertainment. Sen. Rand… Continue reading
Mar 07 Judy's Notebook: Why Listening Is So Important (For a News Reporter) Last Friday on the NewsHour my colleague Ray Suarez reported on a documentary being released that day called "A Place at the Table." It's about how many more hungry people there are in America than most of… Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Captures Bin Laden Spokesman to Face Terror Charges In other news Thursday, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, spokesman and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, has been taken into U.S. custody and flown to New York to appear in court. Also, a new bill aimed to curb gun violence moved forward… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Report Finds U.S. Failed to Consult Iraq's Needs in Rebuilding Report Finds U.S. Failed to Consult Iraq's Needs in Rebuilding… Continue watching