Nov 18 Watch With Deadline Nearing, What Happens if Supercommittee Talks Collapse? With Deadline Nearing, What Happens if Super Committee Talks Collapse?… Continue watching
Nov 18 Gwen's Take: a Little Q&A From the Road By Ray Suarez Not many people can boast of having traveled to Providence, R.I., Cleveland, Newark, Madison, Wis., St. Louis and Venice, Italy, within little more than a month. In every instance -- including the Italian trip, where I got to hang out… Continue reading
Nov 18 Gingrich's Business Dealings Scrutinized By Terence Burlij Former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Photo by Mark Hirsch/Getty Images. When Newt Gingrich was preparing to launch a run for the White House earlier this year, part of the delay was reportedly his need to unwind the financial entanglements from… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch Amid Solyndra Turmoil, How Involved Should Government Be in Energy Research? Should the government help spur or back certain kinds of energy research? Jeffrey Brown discusses the political storm over the government's backing of the now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra with Eileen Claussen of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Idaho Man Charged With Obama Assassination Attempt Led 'Sort of a Troubled Life' Gunshots that hit the White House on Friday evening eventually led to the arrest of Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, a 21-year-old man from Idaho, on a charge of an attempted assassination of President Obama. Margret Warner discusses the developing story with… Continue watching
Nov 17 Chu Tells Lawmakers Solyndra Decisions Were Not Based on 'Political Considerations' Energy Secretary Steven Chu prepares to testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a House panel Thursday that politics did not… Continue reading
Nov 17 Chu Set to Face Tough Questions at Solyndra Hearing By Terence Burlij Lawmakers will ask Energy Secretary Steven Chu about the $535 million federal loan received by solar company Solyndra before it went bankrupt and laid off its workers. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Energy Secretary Steven Chu appears set to… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Congress Honors 4 Astronauts With Highest Civilian Honor Four astronauts were awarded the nation's highest civilian honor on Wednesday: the Congressional Gold Medal. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch 6:56 'Patriotic Millionaires' Lobby Congress for Higher Taxes on Rich Members of Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength visited Capitol Hill Wednesday, lobbying Congress for higher taxes on the rich. Jeffrey Brown discuses the group's goals with member Garrett Gruener, who founded Ask.com. Continue watching