Dec 21 Health Care Bill Passes Crucial Vote After a weekend of political bargaining and raucous partisan debate, Senate Democrats won a key early-morning procedural vote Monday on a bill to overhaul the nation's health care system, inching the measure closer to a final vote by Christmas… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Iranian Cleric's Death Sparks Renewed Protests Tens of thousands of mourners took to the streets of the Iranian city of Qom on Sunday to honor a founding father of modern Iran and to protest the government he came to oppose. Continue watching
Dec 19 Senate Democrats Strike Deal for 60 Votes on Health Reform Updated 6:55 p.m. ET: Senate Democrats announced Saturday morning that they had struck a deal with the last Democratic holdout on health care reform, paving the way for a vote on the bill before Christmas. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.,… Continue reading
Dec 18 The Rundown with Mark and David: Winter Storms and Health Reform By Hari Sreenivasan After columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks dropped by The Rundown for the first time last week, many of you left great comments about our quest for a title for this feature. We decided to go with "The Rundown… Continue reading
Dec 18 Betty Ann Bowser: Deadline Nears for Christmas Health Care Vote By Hari Sreenivasan, Betty Ann Bowser NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser returns to the Rundown for an update on the status of the Senate health care reform bill, including the timeline senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs to stick to if he's going to… Continue reading
Dec 18 A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia By Elizabeth Summers A Google search for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia turns up phrases like "the Court's most colorful Justice," "defies simple characterization," and "brainy and flamboyant." Scalia, known as a largely conservative voice on the high court, granted USA Today… Continue reading
Dec 18 Profiles in Health Care Reform As the Senate manuevering over health care reform reaches a fever pitch, the NewsHour has been taking a look beyond the political debate at how the bills making their way through Congress could affect people across the… Continue reading
Dec 18 Obama Urges Action, Meets With Chinese Premier By Maureen Hoch President Barack Obama told world leaders Friday that it was time to come together on a climate change agreement, calling out stubborn positions that have stood in the way of progress, namely between rich and poorer countries. Continue reading
Dec 18 Senate Democrats Block Filibuster Amid Push for Health Reform This post was updated at 12:18pm ET. In their struggle to secure the 60 votes necessary to pass health care legislation, Democrats in the Senate made slight inroads early Friday morning, blocking a potential GOP filibuster apparently aimed to… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch News Wrap: U.S., Russia Near New Nuclear Accord In other news, the U.S. and Russia moved closer to reaching a new deal on nuclear arms control, and Democrats blocked a potential GOP filibuster of the Senate health bill. Continue watching