Feb 21 Watch Government Shutdown Possible as Congress Debates Budget Cuts The prospect of a federal government shutdown inched closer after the House passed a funding measure calling for $61 billion in cuts to this year's budget. President Obama has threatened to veto the bill. Judy Woodruff talks with the New… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Gov. Walker Rejects Compromise as Wisconsin Union Protests Continue Protests continued in Wisconsin's capitol as Gov. Scott Walker refused to negotiate with striking public employees about collective bargaining rights. Judy Woodruff talks to Jason Stein, capitol reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Continue watching
Feb 21 A Presidents Day Reading List Two of the NewsHour's regular historian guests gave us a recommended reading list for the holiday. Richard Norton Smith is a presidential historian and Scholar-in-Residence of History and Public Policy at George Mason University. Ellen Fitzpatrick… Continue reading
Feb 21 Wisconsin Governor Rejects Talks; At Least 30 Reported Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Blast By News Desk Wisconsin Governor Stands Behind Controversial Bill After six days of protests in Wisconsin over a bill that would curb collective bargaining rights and other benefits in an attempt to narrow the state's budget deficit, Republican Gov. Scott Walker stood… Continue reading
Feb 19 House Passes Spending Bill With Deep Cuts Updated 7:15 a.m. ET Saturday: The House approved a spending plan early Saturday morning that would cut $60 billion in domestic programs, foreign funding and some military projects. The 235-189 passage marked a success for fiscally conservative Republicans… Continue reading
Feb 18 The Doubleheader: Medicaid Shortfalls, Public Unions and Spring Training By Hari Sreenivasan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYD7FGIDL0] It's always a pleasure to have the boys of spring and summer -- syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks -- back in action together. In this week's Doubleheader, we discuss the massive… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Boehner's 'New World Order,' Wisconsin Protests Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political news with Jim Lehrer, including the House's spending deliberations, Speaker Boehner's willingness to lose a few battles, fights over government funding and the future of public employee unions and… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch House's Spending Debate Continues as Possible Government Shutdown Nears Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the fourth day of deliberations in the House of Representatives over spending cuts and a continuing resolution to fund the government. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch News Wrap: Man in Afghan Army Uniform Kills 2 NATO Soldiers in Attack In other news Friday, a man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on NATO troops in Afghanistan today, killing two German soldiers, but it was unclear if the attacker was actually an Afghan soldier. Separately, a suicide car bomber… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch Wisconsin Public Workers Union Rights Go Head-to-Head with State Budget Woes A push to reduce state workers' benefits and eliminate collective bargaining caused a furor this week as protesters descended on Wisconsin's Capitol. Judy Woodruff examines the predicament with Jonathan Williams of the American Legislative Exchange Council and Randi Weingarten of… Continue watching