Feb 14 Watch What Extending Payroll Tax Cut, Jobless Benefits Would Mean for Americans What Extending Payroll Tax Cut, Jobless Benefits Would Mean for Americans… Continue watching
Feb 14 Polls: Romney, Santorum in Dead Heat By Christina Bellantoni Campaign signs for Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney line a road in New Hampshire. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Rick Santorum is riding high in the polls these days. A new New York Times/CBS News survey found the former Pennsylvania… Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 'Slavery by Another Name' Relays the Forgotten Stories of Post-Civil War Slaves 'Slavery by Another Name' Relays the Forgotton Stories of Post-Civil War Slavery… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch After Weekend Wins, Some Republicans Still Question Romney's GOP Values After Weekend Wins, Some Republicans Still Question Romney's GOP Values… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch Obama, Republicans Square Off Over $3.8 Trillion Budget Plan Unveiling a $3.8 trillion budget blueprint on Monday, President Obama cast the plan as an essential tool to spur economic growth and noted that tough choices would put the country "on a more sustainable fiscal path." Republicans called the plan… Continue watching
Feb 13 Rivals Dismiss Romney's Weekend Gains By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney's rivals are looking to take the luster off of his pair of weekend victories by casting doubts on the outcomes in hopes of preventing the… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch Shields, Brooks on Obama's Contraception Compromise, CPAC, Santorum's Big Night Shields, Brooks on Obama's Contraception Compromise, CPAC, Santorum's Big Night… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Sebelius Explains White House's Contraception Compromise In an abrupt shift in policy Friday, President Obama backtracked some, announcing that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to employees after all. Instead the burden would be on insurers. Ray Suarez and Secretary of… Continue watching
Feb 10 After Uproar, Obama Revises Contraception Rule By Sarah Clune Under mounting pressure, the Obama administration today proposed an "accommodation" to a mandate that religious groups cover birth control free-of-charge. President Obama made the announcement this afternoon in the White House Press room. //… Continue reading
Feb 10 Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Social Security cards. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: Gwynn Pealer: I thought I understood Social Security, but… Continue reading