Dec 02 House Schedules Vote on Middle-Class Tax Cuts By Quinn Bowman House Democrats scheduled a vote Thursday on permanently extending the tax breaks for middle-income Americans as a bipartisan group of lawmakers and two top Obama administration officials negotiated a compromise behind closed doors. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Wednesday… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch In Colorado, Authorities Battle Mexican Drug Cartels’ Business Plans In four years, Mexico's escalating drug violence has claimed almost 30,000 lives and focused attention on border states like California and Arizona. But as correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Colorado Springs, the conflict is having a far-reaching effect. Continue watching
Dec 01 WikiLeaks Booted by Amazon, But Site Lives On After a morning of spotty service, Wikileaks reported Wednesday afternoon that Amazon.com had decided to stop hosting the controversial site on its cloud platform. .bbpBox10058229002272768 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/3147857/WL_Hour_Glass.jpg) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6}… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Simpson and Bowles: Era of ‘Deficit Denials’ Is Over Fiscal commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have revised and trimmed a deficit proposal in an effort to win bipartisan support. But will it move beyond the proposal stage? The chairmen talk to Judy Woodruff about the controversial cost-cutting… Continue watching
Dec 01 Per Tradition, Gridlock Continues in Washington Did anyone think the November 2nd midterm elections were a cry for lawmakers in Washington to begin to work together, for heaven's sake? If so, you may want to stop reading here. Because gridlock, and the disagreement over what Americans… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Lame-Duck Congress: Legislative Logjam or Bipartisan Turnaround? Capitol Hill lawmakers spent Wednesday behind various closed doors, working on the fate of key issues in the lame-duck session such as tax cuts, jobless benefits and the New START treaty. Gwen Ifill gets insight about what can be accomplished… Continue watching
Dec 01 The Morning Line: Fiscal Commission Set to Unveil Plan, Delay Vote Wednesday was supposed to be the day that the members of President Obama's fiscal commission released its plan to rein in the country's debt and deficits and voted on it. The first part will still happen Wednesday, according… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch U.S. Demand Hampering Efforts to Combat Drug Cartels in Mexico Margaret Warner speaks with Nicholas Casey of The Wall Street Journal about how American demand for illegal drugs is stifling efforts by the Mexican government to combat cartels and end the bloody drug war. Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Axelrod: White House Digs in on Tax Cuts for Rich, But ‘Strides Made’ With GOP President Obama and Republican leaders met Tuesday in an effort to foster bipartisanship after the midterm elections handed the GOP control of the House. Judy Woodruff discusses the meeting with presidential senior adviser David Axelrod, who said the White House… Continue watching
Nov 30 Turkish FM on WikiLeaks: ‘We Don’t Take These Observations Seriously’ Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before a bilateral meeting on Nov. 29. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) "Do I look like a dangerous man?" Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said with a… Continue reading