Mar 08 Republican Leader Hints at More Short-Term Spending Bills Even as the Senate was preparing Tuesday to vote on two different proposals for funding the federal government until Sept. 30, the third-ranking Republican in the House said his party was prepared to pass another short-term spending measure in order… Continue reading
Mar 08 Senate Votes on Budget Expected to Fail Democratic Sens. Harry Reid, Richard Durbin and Charles Schumer hold a press conference last week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have a pretty good idea about how far apart they are when… Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch Obama Reverses Course on Gitmo, Allowing Detainee Military Trials to Resume President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday, reversing a two-year ban on military trials for suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Scott Shane of The New York Times for more on the… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch World Powers Seek Unity in Response to Gadhafi's Crackdown As bloodshed continues in Libya, Judy Woodruff examines how the U.S. and other world powers could respond to the crisis with Maurizio Molinari, U.S. correspondent for Italian newspaper La Stampa, and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch Libyan Rebels Hold Oil Port of Ras Lanuf, But for How Long? Pro-Gadhafi and opposition forces continued to clash Monday in Libya. An air strike against opposition fighters attempted to push back rebels as they advanced toward Tripoli. Bill Neeley and Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News report. Continue watching
Mar 07 Republican John Ensign Latest Senator to Announce Retirement Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. Getty Images file photo. Nevada Republican John Ensign announced Monday he will not seek reelection in 2012, ending a Senate career marred by Ensign's admission of an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide… Continue reading
Mar 07 Political Checklist: Obama's Options in Libya, Late Start to 2012 Cycle On this week's edition of the Political Checklist, David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff look at how the White House is handling the situation in Libya and the option of opening American oil reserves to keep gas… Continue reading
Mar 07 Republican Hopefuls Take the Iowa Stage By David Chalian The 'Presidential Table' at the Hamburg Inn No. 2 is a well-known stop for hopefuls campaigning in Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The first big Hawkeye State cattle call in the battle for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination is… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Shields, Brooks on U.S. Facing Tough Calls on Libya, Pension Woes Shields, Brooks on Tough Calls for U.S. on Libya, Pension Woes… Continue watching
Mar 04 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Money, Muslims and the NFL By Hari Sreenivasan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWYVaVqBWI] Those topics are not at all related, but they got our attention this week at The Doubleheader. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks spoke a bit about the billions being bandied about on… Continue reading