Sep 19 Political Checklist: GOP Calls Obama’s Deficit-Reduction Plan ‘Class Warfare’ EmbedVideo(1552, 482, 304); President Obama on Monday unveiled his new recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on deficit reduction -- a $3 trillion, 10-year package that would increase taxes on the wealthy and make some changes… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Political Checklist: Obama Unveils Plan GOP Calls Class Warfare Gwen Ifill and David Chalian discuss Mr. Obama's deficit reduction plan. Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Obama Outlines Plan to Reduce Deficit by $3 Trillion Obama Outlines Plan to Reduce Deficit by $3 Trillion… Continue watching
Sep 19 Obama Calls for New Taxes on Wealthy in $3 Trillion Deficit Reduction Plan By David Chalian President Obama will call for $1.5 trillion in new taxes as part of plan to find more than $3 trillion in savings. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. If you're one of our many readers who had hoped the toxicity of… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Full Video: Obama Details Plan to Cut Deficit by $3 Trillion EmbedVideo(1551, 482, 304); Updated 12:16 p.m. ET President Obama will detail his plan for deficit reduction in a speech in the White House Rose Garden at 10:30 a.m. ET. Watch his remarks live here on the… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Brooks and Marcus on Prospects for Obama’s Jobs Plan, Solyndra Saga New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus review top political news, including former Vice President Cheney's new memoir, the special election in New York, the GOP response to the president's jobs plan and more. Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Cheney Reflects on Civil Liberties, Terror Fight, Bush Team Cheney Reflects on Civil Liberties, Terror Fight, Bush Team in New Memoir… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Egypt’s Economy Sinks on Heels of Uprising Margaret Warner continues her reporting from Cairo with a look at the economic fallout from the country's revolution. Continue watching
Sep 16 Searching for Bottom: Why Everybody Had a Bad Week "I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the… Continue reading
Sep 16 President Obama Puts Another Rough Week to Bed By David Chalian President Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, spoke about his jobs plan at the White House on Monday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama closes out another very tough week Friday, one in which he faced a continued… Continue reading