Mar 23 Politico Editor: Health Reform Push Will Reverberate in 2010 Elections By Hari Sreenivasan As we start to look closer at the political fallout from health care reform, Politico White House Editor Craig Gordon spoke with us Tuesday about how the legislative battle over the bill in Congress will now shift to a… Continue reading
Mar 23 Pay Czar Caps Compensation at Five Bailed-Out Firms Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration's pay czar, announced Tuesday that he will cut 2010 salaries for top executives at five companies that received extraordinary bailout assistance from the government at the height of the financial crisis. The highest-paid… Continue reading
Mar 23 What You Should Know About Health Care Reform: Two Views President Obama signed health care reform into law in a White House ceremony Tuesday. Two players in the debate over reform offer their views on what Americans need to know about the bill. Continue reading
Mar 23 President Obama Signs Health Reform Into Law By Lea Winerman _pap_embed_custom('news01s3d09qe42',482,304,""); President Obama on Tuesday signed health care reform into law, in front of a cheering crowd of lawmakers and Americans who will be affected by the bill. "Today, after almost a century of trying, today after over a… Continue reading
Mar 23 Q&A: Norm Ornstein on the Senate and the Reconciliation Vote on Health Care As President Obama prepares to sign health care reform into law, the U.S. Senate still has steps to take to consider a package of revisions to the legislation - a promise made to House Democrats who wanted changes made to… Continue reading
Mar 23 Tuesday: Obama Set to Sign Health Bill, Meet With Israel's Netanyahu President Barack Obama is set to put into law the most sweeping piece of social legislation in decades Tuesday when he puts his signature on the health care overhaul bill in a White House ceremony. After the ceremony at… Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch AIPAC Conference Highlights U.S.-Israel Tensions Members of an influential pro-Israel lobbying group gathered in Washington this week, as the Israeli prime minister had private meetings with President Obama. Jeffrey Brown reports on the strained relationship between the U.S. and Israel over plans to build more… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Calif. GOP Hopefuls Look to Challenge Boxer California Republicans are already gearing up for the 2010 Senate primary, as three candidates look toward an opportunity to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in the fall. Spencer Michels reports on their pursuit of the party nomination. Continue watching
Mar 22 Yemen Dispatch: Into an Al-Qaida Hotspot ABYAN PROVINCE, YEMEN - This past weekend, in southern Yemen, we went where most foreigners haven't been allowed to travel since late 2008 -- Abyan province, east of the port city of Aden on the Arabian Sea. It's been… Continue reading
Mar 22 Health Reform: What to Expect When The health reform bill passed by the House Sunday night sets a timeline for phasing in reform that's several years long. Some provisions will take effect quickly, many will be phased in over the next four years and one… Continue reading