May 26 Supreme Court Upholds Ariz. Law on Employing Illegal Immigrants By News Desk Updated 1:25 pm. EDT | The Supreme Court has upheld a 2007 Arizona law that targets businesses that hire illegal immigrants. The court's 5-3 ruling means that states have leeway to punish employers and, by implication, not infringe on federal… Continue reading
May 26 GOP Seeks to Move Budget Debate Beyond Medicare Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., leave a news conference at the Capitol addressing the Republican budget proposal. Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call. One day after seeing an electoral rebuke to the… Continue reading
May 25 Senators Forced to Go on the Record on Paul Ryan's Budget Plan Majority Leader Harry Reid forced his Senate colleagues Wednesday to show where they stand on the House Republican budget blueprint that would end Medicare as a single-payer health insurance guarantee, creating a possible political liability. The resolution failed to… Continue reading
May 25 Watch Gang of 5's Dick Durbin: Both Parties Urging Deficit Panel 'Not to Quit' Gang of 5's Dick Durbin: Both Parties Urging Deficit Panel 'Not to Quit'… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Gang of 5's Saxby Chambliss: Deficit Compromise Will Take a Shared Sacrifice Gang of 5's Saxby Chambliss: Deficit Compromise Will Take a Shared Sacrifice… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Republicans Get Wake-Up Call From New York House Race Upset Democrats hailed Kathy Hochul's upset victory Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in New York where Republicans hold a considerable voter-registration advantage. Political Editor David Chalian and Judy Woodruff discuss what role the Republican Medicare plan played and what… Continue watching
May 25 Clinton on Medicare's Role in New York House Race; Prospects for Budget Deal Former President Bill Clinton said the unlikely Democratic victory in New York's 26th congressional district Tuesday was most certainly a referendum on Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to overhaul Medicare, but cautioned Democrats against reading the win as… Continue reading
May 25 Watch Clinton: We Will Have Bipartisan Resolution on Budget Clinton: We Will Have Bipartisan Resolution on Budget… Continue watching
May 25 The Bigger Message From NY-26 In politics, it's not always whether you win, sometimes the places you lose, and the way you lose them, can be just as informative. Democrats are celebrating their win in New York's 26th congressional district. A few months ago,… Continue reading
May 25 Watch Clinton: New York House Race Was About Medicare Clinton: New York House Race Was About Medicare… Continue watching