Mar 17 Wednesday: Lawmakers Debate 'Deem and Pass'; al-Maliki Wants Recount Jim Griffin of Fort Washington, Md., dresses as Captain America at a Tea Party rally against the health care reform bill Tuesday in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) It's Saint Patrick's Day, and President Barack Obama is marking… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch News Wrap: Jobs Bill Clears Senate With 11 GOP Votes In other news Wednesday, a jobs bill passed the Senate with some bipartisan support and a new economic report indicates that wholesale prices plunged in February because a big drop in energy prices offset higher food costs. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch U.S.-Israeli Dispute Raises Questions on Fate of Mideast Talks Recent rifts in U.S.-Israeli relations have raised new questions on the Mideast peace process and the state of diplomacy in the region. Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the deepening tensions. Continue watching
Mar 16 Fed Holds Key Interest Rate Near Zero The Federal Reserve repeated its pledge on Tuesday to hold its key interest rate near zero "for an extended period." In a statement, the central bank said, "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests… Continue reading
Mar 16 Politico's Gordon: White House Pulling Out All the Stops to Pass Health Reform By Hari Sreenivasan Craig Gordon, White House editor for Politico, spoke with us about the possible final week for the health care reform debate as President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rally Democrats to secure final passage of health care… Continue reading
Mar 16 Geithner Profile: 'A Creature of Washington' By Carolyn O'Hara Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is on the Hill before a House committee Tuesday to testify about the budget and economy. Geithner will also be making the media rounds to plug Sen. Dodd's financial reform bill that was unveiled… Continue reading
Mar 16 Tuesday: Pelosi Makes Push for Vote; Mitchell Postpones Middle East Trip House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference with children's health advocates on Monday. Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images. With the House of Representatives inching closer to a historic vote on health care reform, Democratic lawmakers are intensifying… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch Tensions Build Around New Israeli Settlements U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell canceled his trip to Jerusalem as a dispute between Israelis and Palestinians over Israel's authorization of new homes on East Jerusalem has intensified. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Mar 15 Should U.S. Talk to Its Enemies in Middle East? Authors Offer 2 Views By Hari Sreenivasan With Vice President Joe Biden visiting the Middle East recently in hopes of reviving the peace process, we decided to speak with a pair of authors whose latest books on the region made it onto our radar screen here… Continue reading
Mar 15 Dodd Unveils Financial Regulation Bill Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., unveiled a bill Monday to overhaul the U.S. financial system, proposing new powers for the Federal Reserve to oversee the nation's largest financial firms; a consumer protection agency housed within the Fed; and a new… Continue reading