Oct 14 Dealmaking on Health Reform Goes Behind Closed Doors By Quinn Bowman One day after Sen. Max Baucus' finance committee passed its version of health insurance reform legislation, Senate Democrats and the White House met behind closed doors to fix differences among other reform bills. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch News Wrap: Obama Seeks More Help for Seniors In other news, President Obama asked Congress to approve extra social security payments for the nation's seniors, and tensions over an American aid package for Pakistan appeared to ease. Continue watching
Oct 13 Finance Committee Passes Reform Bill With Support From Snowe The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday became the last of five congressional panels to act on a health reform bill, passing its legislation in a 14-9 vote that saw Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe breaking from Republicans -- at least for… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch Honduras in Turmoil Three Months After Coup More than three months after a coup removed him from office, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and his rival, interim President Roberto Micheletti, remain at loggerheads. Ray Suarez speaks with Marcelo Ballve of New America Media about the situation. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Va., N.J. Gubernatorial Races May Prove Early Test of Obama Policies Gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia have emerged as an early test of the public's support for President Obama's domestic agenda. Gwen Ifill discusses the implications with two political analysts. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch In Honduras, Elections Pose Test for Diplomats With presidential elections just weeks away, diplomats are struggling to resolve the standoff in Honduras between deposed president Manuel Zelaya, and his ouster, Roberto Micheletti. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Health Care Bill Clears Senate Panel with One G.O.P. Vote President Obama's top domestic initiative, health care reform, inched closer to final votes in Congress on Tuesday after clearing a key hurdle in the Senate Finance Committee. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Oct 13 Russia Rebuffs U.S. for Tougher Action on Iran By Anna Shoup During a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the threat of more sanctions against Iran would be counterproductive. Continue reading
Oct 12 Unusual Battle Lines Are Drawn on Role of Individual Mandate in Reform Bill The Senate Finance Committee is expected to approve its health reform bill Tuesday, but the legislation may include an amendment that weakens penalties designed to support an individual mandate requiring most Americans to carry insurance. Continue reading
Oct 12 Poll: Americans Support Civil Unions, but Oppose Same-sex Marriage Americans broadly support giving gay and lesbian couples the same rights as people in heterosexual marriages, but using the term "marriage" still draws opposition, according to the latest Pew Research Center survey on same-sex marriage. Continue reading