Mar 30 Obama Signs Health Care, Student Loan Changes Into Law President Obama on Tuesday signed into law the final piece of health care reform legislation -- a bill that also included a package of reforms to the student financial aid lending system. The president signed the… Continue reading
Mar 30 Tuesday: Obama to Sign Overhaul to Health Care, Student Loan Systems By Jason Breslow President Barack Obama will cap the overhaul to health care on Tuesday when he travels from the White House to a local community college to sign the package of "fixes" to the legislation passed by Congress last week. While… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Turning the Corner on Corruption in Afghanistan Judy Woodruff talks to Ali Jalali, Afghanistan's former interior minister, and Clare Lockhart, a former United Nations adviser to Afghanistan, about whether President Hamid Karzai is following up on his promises to curtail corruption. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Health Care May Grant Obama Legacy as 'Reformer' In the wake of the passage of health care reform, Jim Lehrer talks to historians Ellen Fitzpatrick and Richard Norton Smith and columnists Michael Gerson and Clarence Page about what the victory means for the Obama presidency. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Obama Fills Key Posts with Recess Appointments The Obama administration is moving to fill 15 vacant administrative posts that have been long-delayed by the Senate through the use of recess appointments. Judy Woodruff gets two views on White House attempts to name appointees without Senate approval. Continue watching
Mar 29 Berwick Picked to Head Medicare, Medicaid Transition Obama administration officials have told news organizations that the president plans to nominate Harvard health policy and pediatrics professor Donald Berwick to guide Medicare and Medicaid through the major changes required under the new health care… Continue reading
Mar 29 Cape Cod and Scott Brown: Lessons For the Midterm Elections? By Dante Chinni Hyannis, Mass. -- The Massachusetts special Senate election is more than two months old now - ancient history by American political standards. But if you walk up Main Street here, past the Cape Cod Central Railroad Building, you'll still see… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Wired White House Looks to Harness New Media As part of a look at how both political parties are connecting with constituents on the Web, Ray Suarez reports on how Democrats are harnessing new media following President Obama's successful presidential campaign on the Web. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Mich. Militia Group Charged with Plotting Police Attacks Nine people with ties to a Christian militia group have been charged in an alleged plot to murder police officers and target their funerals following FBI raids in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Margaret Warner talks to a reporter in Detroit… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch News Wrap: Obama Addresses Afghanistan Corruption In other news Monday, President Obama returned from a surprise trip to Afghanistan where he met with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss anti-corruption efforts and Iraq's prime minister continued to push for a recount after he trailed in… Continue watching