Feb 15 Watch Rand Paul: 'Our Whole Economy Is Equal to Our Debt Now' Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a co-founder of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, speaks with Gwen Ifill about President Obama's 2012 budget proposal, plus his vision for further spending cuts and bringing down the U.S. national debt. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Obama Touts Budget Plan as Republicans Seek Deeper Spending Cuts President Obama continued promoting his budget blueprint for 2012 on Tuesday and called on both parties to prepare for tough decisions about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Judy Woodruff talks with Political Editor David Chalian about the budget battles between… Continue watching
Feb 15 Rand Paul on President Obama's Budget Outlook: 'Mind-Boggling' To hear Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., tell it, Democrats and Republicans are still missing the big picture when it comes to the country's fiscal situation. "I think both sides haven't woken up to the enormity of the problem," Paul told… Continue reading
Feb 15 President Obama Defends 2012 Budget In a news conference Tuesday, President Obama defended his proposed 2012 budget, acknowledging that "there will be plenty of arguments in months to come, and everybody's going to have to give a little bit." The president said… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Live: President Obama Holds News Conference President Obama is holding a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss his 2012 budget proposal. Watch… Continue reading
Feb 15 House Republicans Seek to Fulfill Campaign Pledge on Budget Republicans, led by House Speaker John Boehner, pledged to cut $100 billion from the budget. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The battle over President Obama's proposed budget for the next fiscal year was so yesterday. (Though, he'll have… Continue reading
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