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
Jul 21 Boehner, Pelosi Offer No Hints of Debt Deal Progress The leaders of both parties in the House of Representatives gave little reassurance Thursday morning that the two sides were making progress toward raising the debt limit, just 12 days before the Aug. 2 deadline. House Speaker John Boehner said… Continue reading
Jul 21 President Obama Open to Short-term Increase in Debt Ceiling President Obama would only accept a stop-gap measure of "a few days." White House photo. With negotiators running out of time to raise the country's borrowing limit, President Obama signaled Wednesday he would be willing to accept a… Continue reading
Jul 20 Can Ron Paul Turn His Ideas’ Newfound Resonance Into 2012 Votes? (Watch the full interview here.) What a difference four years make. As I sat down Wednesday morning to interview Ron Paul, the 75-year-old Texas congressman making his third run for president, I kept thinking back to the… Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Ron Paul: ‘Freedom Is a Young Idea and We’re Throwing It Away’ Judy Woodruff sat down with Texas Rep. Ron Paul Wednesday to discuss his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and the ongoing debt-ceiling negotiations. The interview is the first in a series of conversations with GOP contenders seeking to take… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch ‘Gang of 6’ Debt Plan Gains Momentum as Aug. 2 Deadline Looms The effort to raise the country's borrowing limit saw the resumption of talks between President Obama and top congressional leaders on Wednesday. Kwame Holman reports on the lawmakers' race against the Aug. 2 deadline. Continue watching