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
Jul 22 Democrats Unhappy Over Possible Obama-Boehner Deal Focused on Cuts A deal focusing on cuts, with increased revenues in the future, is not sitting well with Democrats. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. All the reporting Friday morning suggests that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner… Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch News Wrap: Eurozone, IMF Agree to Second Greek Bailout of $155B In other news Thursday, leaders of the Eurozone nations agreed to give Greece a second bailout worth $155 billion. The International Monetary Fund and private investors would join the package to the tune of $53 billion. In Syria, activists said… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Conrad: Any Debt Deal Would Resemble ‘Gang of 6’ Plan There were mixed signals out of Washington Thursday as to whether progress is being made over reaching a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline. Judy Woodruff discusses the "Gang of Six" plan to reduce… Continue watching
Jul 21 Dodd-Frank Law at 1: a Progress Report President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on July 21, 2010; Getty Images file photo Depending on your opinion, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law which President Obama signed last year, has been… Continue reading
Jul 21 In Wis., Different Recall Votes, But a Newly Motivated Democratic Base? Fond du Lac County; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/auvet After two weeks of recall elections in Wisconsin, the Democratic Party has some things to crow about. On Tuesday, the party held onto the one seat it could have… Continue reading