Dec 13 Tax Cut Bill Clears Test Vote in Senate Updated 7:00 p.m. By a vote of 83 to 15, the tax cut measure cleared the 60-vote threshold needed in the Senate to limit debate and set up a vote on final passage. Updated 5:40 p.m. President Obama gave a… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Tax Cuts Bill Could Clear Congress by Week's End Most senators voted Monday to end debate on President Obama's tax cut deal with Republicans and hold a full vote. Jeffrey Brown tracks the latest developments and looks ahead to the challenges the bill faces in the House. Continue watching
Dec 13 What's Causing U.S. Personal Spending to Drop: Job Losses, Fear or Both? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and site visitors on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Michael Cassady Question: Paul, If the U.S. consumer market is the… Continue reading
Dec 13 Political Checklist: Final Days of the Lame-Duck Congress DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4626qff1', '7V-oa-Tc5pY', '29'); Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff tackle the key political question of the week: will the 111th Congress, controlled by the Democrats, be able to pass President Obama's major… Continue reading
Dec 13 How Will the Nutrition Bill Change School Lunches? President Obama has signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 into law, a major victory in First Lady Michelle Obama's crusade against child obesity and hunger. The bill increases federal funding for school lunches - by about six cents… Continue reading
Dec 13 What's Causing US Personal Spending to Drop- Job Loss, Fear? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Michael Cassady Question: Paul, If the U.S. consumer market is the economic driver of the U.S. economy, and that of China too, with middle-class incomes stagnant, and consumer debt more controlled following the housing market bubble, how many jobs… Continue reading
Dec 13 RNC Chairman Steele Makes His Move RNC Chairman Michael Steele is set to announce his plans. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has invited committee members to a 7:30 p.m. EST conference call Monday evening in which he plans… Continue reading
Dec 12 Gawker Data Breach Could Lead to Attacks on Government Agencies Gawker Media, one of the web's largest publishers, has been hacked. The insides of the multiple websites within their portfolio, their 1.3 million user names, e-mail addresses and passwords, are now splayed all across the Internet for anyone… Continue reading
Dec 10 'Law & Disorder' Killing: 3 New Orleans Officers Found Guilty, 2 Acquitted _pap_embeddable('news01s4624qff1',482,304,{ pap_usecache:true }); Three current or former New Orleans police officers now face sentencing in a 2005 killing and cover-up after Hurricane Katrina. The victim, Henry Glover, was shot outside a strip mall and was last seen alive… Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch Shields, Brooks on Tax-Cut Deal, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political stories with Jim Lehrer, including President Obama's tax-cut deal with the GOP and the likelihood of the Senate approving the New START treaty and a repeal of the military's… Continue watching