Jul 07 Budget Battle Closes in on Medicare, Medicaid Few details have emerged from the closed-door deficit reduction talks, but members of both parties now admit one thing: Changes could be on the way for Medicare and Medicaid. For the first time this week, President Obama seems… Continue reading
Jul 07 Pelosi: House Democrats Won't Support Entitlement Cuts in Debt-Limit Deal While Republicans in the House and Senate have been declaring for weeks that they won't support any type of tax increase as part of a debt-limit deal, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi drew her own line in the sand Thursday:… Continue reading
Jul 07 Obama: White House Debt Limit Meeting 'Constructive,' But No Deal Yet President Obama speaks Thursday in the Brady Briefing Room following a meeting on the debt ceiling with congressional leaders. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Obama said Thursday that he had a very constructive meeting with congressional leaders about… Continue reading
Jul 07 Obama, Congress Search for Grand Bargain on Debt Ceiling On Thursday, House and Senate leaders will meet with President Obama at the White House. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. At his news conference last week, President Obama called on members of Congress to "do something big" when… Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch Legendary Pitcher Clemens Faces Opening Day of Perjury Trial Jury selection began Wednesday in the federal perjury trial of former pitching star Roger Clemens. The record-setting major leaguer was charged with lying to Congress about the use of steroids and human growth hormones. Ray Suarez discusses the charges and… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch State of Disagreement: Divisions Grow in Minnesota Budget Battle Minnesota's government shutdown continued Wednesday as Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers remained at a standstill over spending and taxes. Judy Woodruff discusses how the state's budget divide compares to the nation's with The Star Tribune's Rachel Stassen-Berger and… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Lawmakers Remain Divided on Deficit Fundamentals as Deadline Draws Closer The Senate gave up its Fourth of July recess to focus on raising the U.S. debt ceiling, but there was no sign Wednesday that lawmakers were close to reaching an agreement on the basic divide: tax hikes vs. spending cuts. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Twitter Town Hall Showcases Social Media's Political Potential In a "Twitter town hall" Wednesday at the White House, people across the country tweeted questions for President Obama to answer. Jeffrey Brown discusses the town hall and how technology is changing politics with techPresident's Andrew Rasiej, The Brookings Institution's… Continue watching
Jul 06 President Reverses Policy on Condolence Letters Soldiers in Afghanistan. Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama will begin sending condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide in combat zones, he announced Wednesday. The decision reverses a longstanding policy… Continue reading
Jul 06 Sparring Continues on Capitol Hill as Lawmakers Prepare to Meet with Obama Lawmakers are continuing to stake their claim on two very different solutions to the deficit problem as leaders from both parties in both chambers of Congress prepare to meet with President Obama to continue talks on extending the nation's debt… Continue reading