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
Feb 11 Watch At CPAC, Field Appears Wide Open for 2012 Republican Nomination At the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Republican presidential hopefuls began pitching their candidacies to the conservative faithful. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Feb 10 Obama: Egypt Needs 'Immediate, Meaningful' Transition of Authority By News Desk The White House released a statement from President Barack Obama Thursday evening on the latest developments in Egypt: The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch Issa, Cummings Debate Costs, Benefits of Easing Business Regulations Business leaders have long complained that government regulations are costly and threaten jobs, and the GOP-led House addressed the topic at a committee hearing. Judy Woodruff talks with two members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Republican… Continue watching
Feb 10 Sen. Jon Kyl Announces Retirement Updated 2 p.m. ET Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., made his decision not to run for reelection official at an event in Phoenix Thursday. In a letter to supporters, Kyl explained his decision: "Simply put, it is time - time… Continue reading
Feb 10 Census Data Start to Show Katrina's Long-Term Impact on New Orleans New Orleans as seen From space on Jan. 26; Creative Commons photo courtesy NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Long before last year's Census, it was clear that New Orleans was a changed city. A drive past the vacant… Continue reading