Mar 17 Shutdown Averted Again After Senate Spending Vote The Senate passed another stopgap spending measure Thursday that will give congressional leaders and the White House another three weeks to work out a longer-term spending agreement. Government funds would have expired on Friday. This is the second stopgap measure… Continue reading
Mar 17 House Budget Chief Ryan: GOP Walking Into 'Political Trap' on Budget Reforms Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Thursday predicted a long partisan battle ahead on the federal budget deficit, accusing Democrats of ignoring the problem and stressing that it could be a defining issue in the 2012 elections. At a breakfast… Continue reading
Mar 17 U.S. House Votes to Cut NPR Funding Updated at 6:25 p.m. with NPR statement | The House of Representatives approved a measure Thursday to bar federal funding of National Public Radio. The bill also prohibits public radio stations from using federal grant money to pay dues… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Photographer Reflects on 'Epic' Libya Battles, Revolution in the Arab World Photographer Reflects on 'Epic' Libya Battles, Revolution in the Arab World… Continue watching
Mar 17 House Republicans Make Another Run at Cutting NPR Funding Public broadcasting supporters gather in the Hart Senate Office Building this week to protest cuts to PBS and NPR. Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call. House Republicans are putting funding for NPR back on the chopping block Thursday. The… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch Japan's Nuclear Crisis Raises Energy Questions in U.S. The nuclear crisis in Japan is raising questions in the U.S. about nuclear power. Continue watching
Mar 16 Judy Woodruff: Research, Health and the Spending Debate -- Part One For all their efforts, movie stars/Oscar hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco weren't enough to lift the TV viewing audience for the Academy Awards this year over what they were in 2010. An average of 37 million Americans watched, versus… Continue reading
Mar 16 April 8 Looms in Battle Over Budget Circle April 8 on your calendars. With Republicans and Democrats acknowledging the short-term funding bill passed Tuesday by the House and now making its way through the Senate will be the last, April 8 looms as the real… Continue reading
Mar 15 Divided House Passes Second Stopgap Budget The House of Representatives approved another temporary spending measure Tuesday that will cut spending and keep the government operating for another three weeks, provided it also passes in the Senate. The measure would cut $6 billion in spending, mostly from… Continue reading
Mar 15 Barbour May Follow in Brewer's Footsteps on Controversial Immigration Policy Mississippi governor and potential Republican presidential contender Haley Barbour addressed a Chamber of Commerce audience in Chicago Monday, where he spent most of his time on criticizing President Obama's handling of the economy. He will likely continue to… Continue reading