Apr 07 Watch Obama: No Deal Yet to Avert Government Shutdown President Obama says new talks did not yield a deal to prevent a government shutdown. Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch As Shutdown Deadline Nears, Lawmakers 'Can't Agree What They Disagree On' For the third time in three days, President Obama met with congressional leaders but failed to reach a budget agreement to avoid a government shutdown. Jim Lehrer talks to The Wall Street Journal's Naftali Bendavid and Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe… Continue watching
Apr 07 What Does Wisconsin Special Election Mean for Democrats, Republicans? The political world, especially its left side, is abuzz over Tuesday's special state Supreme Court election in Wisconsin. The race was nonpartisan, at least technically. On Thursday, the official count of the election swung back to give the… Continue reading
Apr 07 Making Sen$e: The Need for a Long-Term Budget Fix By Paul Solman Alice Rivlin (seated in green) with Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, during a meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in late 2010. (Photo By Tom… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch Reid, Boehner Back to White House Thursday Night for More Budget Talks Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Harry Reid comment on the budget negotiations. Continue watching
Apr 07 The Need for a Long-Term Budget Fix By Elizabeth Shell I wrote yesterday about a chat with the former head of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers, Martin Baily, now of the Brookings Institution. Most striking to me, was his suggestion that there could conceivably be an upside to… Continue reading
Apr 07 What a Possible Government Shutdown Means Across the Nation Republican and Democratic lawmakers have until Friday at midnight to agree on a federal budget or force a government shutdown. This would mean that non-essential federal employees will be furloughed, and essential employees will continue to work without pay for… Continue reading
Apr 07 With Government on Brink of Shutdown, 'Narrow' Differences Remain Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, and House Speaker John Boehner speak to reporters outside the White House following a meeting with the president. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Congressional leaders have taken budget negotiations to… Continue reading
Apr 06 After White House Summit, Leaders Optimistic, but Shutdown Still Looms President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid emerged from a late night White House meeting Wednesday with no deal in place to avert a government shutdown. However, all three men said progress was made in… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch Van Hollen: Tea Party Wing Has Taken Over House Budget Talks Gwen Ifill talks to Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, about the state of a budget stalemate for the rest of this fiscal year, the prospects for a government shutdown and what's at… Continue watching