Apr 11 Watch Political Checklist: Shutdown Showdown Just the Start of Spending Debate Judy Woodruff and David Chalian explain the coming debate on government spending. Continue watching
Apr 11 Shutdown Averted, Obama and GOP Prepare for Much Bigger Fights Ahead President Obama shakes the hands of tourists visiting the Lincoln Memorial during a surprise visit a day after negotiations with Congress prevented a government shutdown. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool-Getty Images. Political leaders in Washington were able to… Continue reading
Apr 09 Shutdown Watch Liveblog: 11th-Hour Deal Averts Shutdown 12:33 a.m. | Stopgap Clears House, Heads to Obama to Sign The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the short-term government-funding measure early Saturday it passed the Senate. The bill heads to President Obama to be signed into law. Technically, there… Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch Obama on Shutdown Deal: 'Americans of Different Beliefs Came Together' Obama on Shutdown Deal: 'Americans of Different Beliefs Came Together'… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch Brooks, Marcus on 'Absurdity' of Shutdown Debates, Paul Ryan's Budget Plan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus discuss the battles over the short- and long-term government budgets, including deadlocked negotiations over funding for this fiscal year and GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal for fiscal… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch Budget Battle Lines Drawn Over Spending, Planned Parenthood as Shutdown Nears Federal agencies prepared for a shutdown as negotiators struggled to reach a budget compromise. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest on the budget talks with Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for WNYC radio. Continue watching
Apr 08 Weekonomics: Budget Negotiations Edition By Elizabeth Shell // Just hours away from a potential government shutdown, Paul Solman speaks via Skype with two economists on the financial implications of the budget impasse in this week's edition of "Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup."… Continue reading
Apr 08 Weekonomics: Budget Negotiations Edition Just hours away from a potential government shutdown, Paul Solman Skypes with two economists on the financial implications of the budget impasse in this week's edition of 'Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup'. Continue reading
Apr 08 Health Care Issues Key in Budget Battle The news this week in Washington is all budget, all the time: Will Congress work out a budget deal before Friday's midnight deadline, or will the federal government close until a compromise can be found? The Obama administration… Continue reading
Apr 08 Ideology vs Idiocy: The Shutdown Showdown As the shutdown showdown approached its third or fourth climax late this week, I found myself in Flint, Mich., the former General Motors manufacturing powerhouse, where the unemployment rate still stands at nearly 12 percent and people can be… Continue reading