Oct 01 Watch Modified Wall Street Rescue Plan Awaits Senate Vote As the Senate votes on a modified version of the $700 billion bailout package that the House rejected, political and economic experts assess the measure's likely path and how it will affect financial markets abroad. Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch In Fla., Parties Push to Register Voters, Get Them to Polls In the second segment in a series about Florida's continued status as a political battleground, Judy Woodruff examines efforts to register new voters in the Sunshine State and what both parties' plans are to get out the vote come November. Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Bailout Discord Persists as Congress Seeks to Fix Economy With Congress set to revisit reaching a compromise over the proposed $700 billion bailout that failed in the House on Monday, a panel of lawmakers debate the plan and future efforts to alleviate the economic meltdown. Continue watching
Sep 30 President Urges Congress to Take ‘Decisive Action’ on Bailout By Admin, PBS News Hour Stocks opened higher Tuesday morning, but financial markets remained troubled a day after the House voted down a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector that the Bush administration and congressional leaders had agreed was necessary. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Report Prompts Inquiry Into U.S. Attorneys’ Dismissal After the Justice Department issued a report to investigate the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys, Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed a criminal prosecutor. NPR's justice correspondent Ari Shapiro explains. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Florida’s Economy Impacts Voters’ Election Day Decisions With the housing market in turmoil and the markets reeling from the credit crisis, voters in the battleground state of Florida are scrutinizing what each of the candidates may be able to do to tackle the situation. Judy Woodruff reports… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch House Defeats Wall Street Rescue Plan A controversial $700 billion Wall Street rescue bill backed by Congressional leaders and the Bush administration failed to pass in the House of Representatives Monday. Kwame Holman reports on the dramatic day on Capitol Hill. Continue watching
Sep 29 House Rejects $700 Billion Bailout; Stocks Plummet By Admin, PBS News Hour The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to bail out the financial industry, while the Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 700 points. Continue reading
Sep 29 Special Prosecutor Named in Attorney Firings Case By PBS News Hour Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor Monday to pursue possible criminal charges against individuals involved in the controversial firings of nine U.S. attorneys. Continue reading
Sep 29 In Latest Shake-Up, Citigroup to Acquire Wachovia By Admin, PBS News Hour In the latest shake-up of the widening global financial crisis, Citigroup will acquire the banking operations of Wachovia Corp. Continue reading