Jul 29 Senate Dems Slam New Boehner Plan, Ask McConnell for Help File photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Senate Democratic leaders angrily denounced House Speaker John Boehner's new debt-limit bill Friday, saying it was dead on arrival in the Senate, and called on Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to help… Continue reading
Jul 29 Boehner Bill May Be Revived in House Several House Republicans exiting a closed door meeting in the basement of the Capitol Friday morning said that House Speaker John Boehner was altering his debt-limit bill in a way that would allow it to pass, just hours after House… Continue reading
Jul 29 Debating the Debate: When Words Substitute for Action As Washington's debt ceiling debate approaches its deadline, those of us who watch and cover it anxiously await its drop-dead date. Or its do or die moment. Or, its my-way-or-the-highway climax. Skyrocketing interest rates. Huge tax hikes. Bottom lines. Continue reading
Jul 29 President Obama: 'Plenty of Ways Out of This Mess' EmbedVideo(1134, 482, 304); The morning after House Speaker John Boehner failed to secure enough support to hold a vote on his debt-limit plan in the House -- a measure that Senate Democrats and the White House had said… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch President Obama Urges Congress To Vote On 'A Bill I Can Sign' President Obama Urges Congress To Vote On 'A Bill I Can Sign'… Continue watching
Jul 29 Decision to Delay Debt Vote Produces Only Losers House Speaker John Boehner arrives at the Capitol on Friday morning. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Thursday night's decision by Republican leaders to scrap a vote to raise the debt ceiling dealt House Speaker John Boehner a stunning… Continue reading
Jul 29 Norway Mourns Massacre Victims One Week After Attacks A friend of Bano Rashid, one of the victims of the massacre on the youth camp of the Norwegian Labor Party, walks ahead of Rashid's coffin carrying her portrait. Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images. One week after a bombing… Continue reading
Jul 29 Vote Delay on Boehner Plan Adds Uncertainty to Debt Ceiling Endgame House Republicans failed to secure the support necessary to pass Speaker John Boehner's debt-limit increase plan Thursday night, forcing the GOP leadership to delay a vote on the measure as the United States inches toward its borrowing limit Aug. Continue reading
Jul 28 Bachmann's 'Titanium Spine' Doesn't Bend Under Questioning By James Melia Rep. Michele Bachmann took to the podium Thursday in Washington at a sold-out National Press Club luncheon to restate her commitment against voting for a debt ceiling increase, but the surging Republican presidential hopeful also seized the moment to demonstrate… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch From Ohio to Nevada, Voters Fed Up With Debt Ceiling Deadlock A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll found 80 percent of American are either dissatisfied or angry with the federal government's inability to reach a compromise to avert default. Judy Woodruff discusses the public mood with a reporter and a political… Continue watching