Jan 15 Democrats Say Health Reform Compromise Is Near By Lea Winerman Democratic lawmakers headed back to the White House Friday afternoon for another round of negotiations on health care reform. Senate Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said that he expected a deal on a bill in the next 72 hours,… Continue reading
Jan 15 Health Care Reform Could Hinge on Close Mass. Senate Race By Quinn Bowman Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about this week's big political story: the special election in Massachusetts to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Democrats are scrambling amid… Continue reading
Jan 15 Forum: Rocco Landesman Will Answer Your Comments and Questions By Arts Desk I recently had the chance to talk with new NEA chairman Rocco Landesman for an interview we aired earlier this month. With so much interest in the NEA -- both positive and critical -- and now in Landesman himself, I… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine Mass. Senate Race, U.S. Quake Aid Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news, including the tight Senate race in Massachusetts and the American response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch In Mass. Senate Race, GOP Candidate Surging in Democratic Stronghold Massachusetts' special election to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat is heating up as a Republican candidate is polling well in a bastion for Democratic politics. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Jan 14 Health Reform Negotations Continue as White House, Unions Reach Tentative Deal on 'Cadillac' Tax Updated 5:55 p.m. Union leaders have reached an agreement with the White House on a tax on high-cost "Cadillac" health care plans, one of the main sticking points in negotiating a compromise health care reform bill. In order to pay… Continue reading
Jan 14 U.S. Pledges $100 Million for Haiti Quake Relief By Quinn Bowman President Obama spoke in the diplomatic room of the White House for the second time in as many days Thursday to address the U.S. government's ongoing response to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti this week. He announced that U.S. Continue reading
Jan 14 Obama Proposes Tax on Biggest Banks to Recoup Bailout Funds UPDATE - 2:05 P.M.: In his remarks this morning announcing the proposed tax on the nation's biggest banks, President Obama said he wants to "recover every single dime the American people are owed." He went on: "We're already hearing a… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch News Wrap: Deal Reached on Taxing 'Cadillac' Plans In other news, President Obama and union leaders reached an agreement on taxing high-cost health care plans, and a suicide bomber killed 20 people in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Jan 13 Obama: U.S. Coordinating Swift Response to Haitian Earthquake By Quinn Bowman President Barack Obama pledged this morning that the United States would offer a rapid response to help Haiti dig out from the "especially cruel and incomprehensible" 7.0 earthquake that shook the Caribbean nation on Tuesday. "I have directed my administration… Continue reading