Jul 25 No Debt Deal in Sight as Leaders Propose Rival Plans House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol on Sunday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Congressional leaders and President Obama aren't closer to a deal on raising the debt limit Monday morning after talks collapsed late Friday… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Shields and Brooks: After Debt Talks ‘Meltdown,’ What’s the Path Forward? Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks dissect the week's developments in the debt-ceiling debate, including the latest breakdown in talks between the White House and congressional Republicans, plus the "Gang of Six" plan and a… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Boehner: Obama ‘Moved the Goal Posts’ on Debt-Ceiling Deal Boehner: Obama 'Moved the Goal Posts' on Debt-Ceiling Deal… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch The Doubleheader: Debt Limits and NFL Lockouts Mark Shields, David Brooks and Hari Sreenivasan talk debt ceiling and the NFL lockout… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Boehner Calls Off Debt Talks; Obama: ‘We Have Run Out of Time’ Boehner Calls Off Debt Talks; Obama: 'We Have Run Out of Time'… Continue watching
Jul 22 The Doubleheader: Debt Limits and NFL Lockouts By Hari Sreenivasan It has been a rare feat in recent times due to summer schedules, but we managed to get another episode of the Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks recorded Friday afternoon. Continue reading
Jul 22 Boehner Calls Off Debt Talks; Obama: ‘We Have Run Out of Time’ EmbedVideo(1080, 482, 304); House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama pointed fingers at each other Friday night over who's to blame for the latest breakdown in the negotiations over raising the U.S. debt ceiling as an Aug. 2… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Debt Deal Stalemate Spills Into Weekend for Obama, Congress House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama blamed each other Friday over who's at fault for the latest breakdown in the debt-ceiling negotiations as an Aug. 2 deadline draws nearer. Kwame Holman reports on the continuing stalemate. Continue watching
Jul 22 Obama Urges Compromise as Senate Rejects House Debt Plan With no deal yet on raising the nation's borrowing limit before August 2, the Senate put to rest the possibility that the House Republicans "cut, cap and balance" plan would pass in that chamber by voting 51 to 46 along… Continue reading
Jul 22 Gwen’s Take: Eating One’s Peas and Other Dilemmas The national debt clock ticks on in April, 2011. Photo via Getty Images. It's a conundrum. We in the news business are constantly justifying to ourselves why we cover the stories we cover, and why you should care. It… Continue reading