Aug 03 Obama Takes Economic Team on Burger Run After Debt-Limit Deal EmbedVideo(1163, 482, 304); A day after signing a compromise debt-ceiling bill into law, President Obama took his economic advisers to lunch at a Capitol Hill burger joint. Good Stuff Eatery features burgers named after the president and… Continue reading
Aug 03 With Debt Deal Done, Obama Turns to Re-election Campaign President Obama signs the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Tuesday. Photo by Pete Souza/The White House. President Obama took to the Rose Garden on Tuesday afternoon to publicly put the debt and deficit deal behind him and… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Budget Impasse, Partial Shutdown Costing FAA Millions in Lost Revenue Since July 23, the FAA has furloughed nearly 4,000 employees and shut down construction grants for workers at airport facilities. Judy Woodruff discusses the budget impasse, which is costing the FAA millions in lost revenue, with Public Radio International's Todd… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Raise the Roof: Debt Crisis Averted, But Debate Far From Over The Senate passed a bipartisan agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and cut spending Tuesday. President Obama quickly signed the deal, but it couldn't stop a sell-off on Wall Street. Jeffrey Brown discusses the compromise bill with University of… Continue watching
Aug 02 White House Releases an Inside View of the Debt Negotiations By Travis Daub The White House released 20 photos Tuesday of the closed-door negotiations with Congressional leaders over the debt deal. President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Aug. 2. Continue reading
Aug 02 Senate Passes Debt Deal, Ends Crisis Hours Before Default Updated 4:40 p.m. ET | The White House has released a photo (above) of President Obama signing the debt compromise bill. Photographer Pete Souza has also released more behind-the-scenes images of the negotiations: Updated 2:21 p.m. ET |… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Live: Obama to Make Statement at 12:15 p.m. ET Updated 3 p.m. ET: Here's video of the president's Rose Garden statement, courtesy of the AP: Updated 12:25 p.m. ET: The president's statement has been slightly delayed due to the vote in the Senate. Stay tuned. Posted… Continue reading
Aug 02 Majority of Americans See ‘Ridiculous’ Process in Washington Rep. John Boehner is surrounded by reporters at the Capitol after the House voted to raise the debt ceiling. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. House Speaker John Boehner got his votes. He passed a debt limit increase… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch From Left and Right, Opposition to Debt Deal Remains As the Senate prepares to take up a compromise bill to raise the national debt ceiling, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are noting their opposition to the compromise. Jeffrey Brown discusses the opposing arguments with Reps. Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch White House Demands Revenues in Next Steps of Deficit Battle The debt-ceiling deal hammered out by President Obama and congressional leaders over the weekend passed the House late Monday and is set for a Senate vote midday on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff discusses the deal and the ongoing debate in Washington… Continue watching