Jul 28 House Republicans Rally, But Senate Dems Throw Cold Water on Boehner Plan House Republicans met Thursday in the basement of the Capitol, consulting each other as they prepare to deliver a judgement on Speaker John Boehner's biggest test yet: can he rally House Republicans to his version of a debt limit… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Live: Boehner Plan Debated in the House Free live streaming by Ustream House Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit by $917 billion… Continue reading
Jul 28 Speaker Boehner Faces His Biggest Test House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is questioned by reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday. Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call. When the House of Representatives votes on Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit by $917 billion over… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch News Wrap: Kandahar Mayor Assassinated in Suicide Bombing In other news Wednesday, the mayor of Kandahar was assassinated in southern Afghanistan when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a heavily fortified government compound. Also, the prime minister of Norway announced that an independent commission would investigate how… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Plouffe: We Won't Accept Boehner's Short-Term Deal A vote on Speaker Boehner's debt plan was delayed until Thursday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the bill would cut $850 billion instead of the promised $1.2 trillion. Gwen Ifill discusses the ongoing stalemate with President Obama's senior… Continue watching
Jul 27 Woodruff: Animosity Abundant in Washington From almost any vantage point, Washington looks pretty dysfunctional right now. I spent the first part of this week in Clovis, Calif., next door to Fresno in that state's fertile Central Valley, working on a story to air… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch Live: Rep. King Hearings on Terror Recruitment On Wednesday the House Homeland Security Committee is holding hearings on the threat of al-Shabab, the militant group based in Somalia, recruiting within the United States. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who is chairman of the committee, has said that more… Continue reading
Jul 27 Boehner Heads Back to the Drawing Board as His Debt Plan Hits Snag A vote on Speaker John Boehner's debt plan was delayed after the CBO said it would save less than advertised. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. House Speaker John Boehner was already having trouble with his right flank in… Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch As Debt Deadline Draws Close, Parties Dig in, Markets Prepare Mondayt's dueling speeches by President Obama and House Speaker Boehner only seem to reinforce the state of the stalemate over raising the debt ceiling. Jeffrey Brown discusses the entrenchment in Washington with The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib, The New… Continue watching
Jul 26 Can the Boehner Plan Pass? Update, 3 p.m. ET | According to a just-released statement, "The Administration strongly opposes House passage of the amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 627. If S. 627 is presented to the President, the… Continue reading