Feb 14 Watch Cuts, Deficit Highlight 2012 Budget Blueprint, But Battles Loom in Washington President Obama submitted his $3.7 trillion federal budget blueprint for 2012. Gwen Ifill speaks with White House Budget Director Jack Lew about the details of the budget and Judy Woodruff has the Republican reaction from Sen. Rob Portman, a member… Continue watching
Feb 14 Political Checklist: President Obama's Budget a 'Starting Point' After President Obama unveiled his 2012 budget proposal Monday, Political Editor David Chalian spoke with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about the limits -- and possibilities -- of a budget that likely will be rejected by House Republicans. Continue reading
Feb 14 President Obama's Opening Bid for 2012 Budget: $3.73 Trillion Updated 11 a.m. ET See video of the president's remarks: Jack Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, explains President Obama's 2012 budget on the White House website. President Obama's message of "Winning the… Continue reading
Feb 11 Gwen's Take: When Sending Signals Matters, When It Doesn't By Gwen Ifill House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor strolled out onto the White House lawn after lunch with the president this week to deliver an upbeat and focused message to the reporters gathered there. "I thought it was… Continue reading
Feb 11 The Doubleheader: Mark Shields Responds to Reddit Questions By Kwame Holman [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9YY0e2WKEY] How the tables have turned. Last week, David Brooks wound up answering questions solo when Mark Shields was held up. This week, the situation was conveniently reversed, allowing Shields to answer questions posed to him by the… Continue reading
Feb 11 Health Reform Watch: De-funding Efforts Begin, Berwick on the Hill GOP De-funding Effort to Start Next Week Republican lawmakers said Wednesday that they plan to use a spending bill that they'll bring to the House floor next week in their first effort to de-fund the health reform law. Continue reading
Feb 11 Obama Administration Spells Out Endgame for Fannie, Freddie In a long-awaited report, the Obama Administration unveiled a series of proposals today calling for the eventual end of the troubled and often-criticized mortgage financing giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Treasury and housing officials proposed options for a new… Continue reading
Feb 11 On Day 2 of GOP's 2012 Cattle Call: Romney, Pawlenty, Thune, Paul, Daniels By David Chalian Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., addresses CPAC on Thursday. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. The largest annual gathering of conservatives got underway Thursday as more than 11,000 activists flocked to Washington to size up their potential choices for the 2012… Continue reading
Feb 11 Obama Administration Unveils Fannie, Freddie Proposals to Much Debate More than two years after the housing bubble collapsed and the financial crisis struck, one debate that looms large in Washington is about to be re-ignited Friday morning: What can and should be done about the housing giants Fannie… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP Candidates' Plausibility, Egypt's Bottom-up Revolution Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's news, including the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the candidates eyeing the 2012 Republican presidential nomination at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in… Continue watching