Jan 10 Watch Shields and Brooks React to President Bush’s Speech In an address to the entire country, President Bush announced his plan to increase the U.S. military presence in Iraq by more than 20,000 troops. Political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks give their intial impressions of the President's speech. Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch House Hopes to Enact 9/11 Commission Recommendations The House is pushing for legislation to enact the 9/11 commission's recommendations, including distributing homeland security funding and inspecting air and ship cargo. NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the congressional activity. Continue watching
Jan 08 Somali President Returns Government to Embattled Capital By PBS News Hour Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf returned to Mogadishu on Monday, reclaiming the capital as the seat of his government for the first time since taking office in 2004. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch As Congress Changes Hands, Bush Administration Undergoes Key Overhaul As President Bush instituted major changes among his Iraq policy advisors, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi requested early troop redeployment from Iraq. Political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the shifts and the newly sworn-in 110th Congress. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch House Passes Lobbying Reforms The House on its first day of the new session passed changes to ethics guidelines, including banning gifts and meals paid for by lobbyists and limiting travel paid for by outside groups. Guests discuss the legislation's chances of success. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch President Bush Revamps Iraq Team Before Policy Changes President Bush shifted several key administration officials related to Iraq policy Friday, days before he was expected to unveil a new war strategy to the American public. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Former Lawmakers Discuss Challenges for New Congress With Democrats in control of Congress for the first time in 12 years -- a comfortable majority in the House but a thin lead in the Senate -- former Republican and Democrat lawmakers sort through the political lexicon and discuss… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Democrats Hold Thin Majority in Senate as Congress Starts The Democrats held a razor-thin majority of 50-49 Thursday as the 110th Senate convened, while Sen. Tim Johnson is still in critical but stable condition after heart surgery in December. The NewsHour reports on the Senate's opening day and the… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Republican Rep. Putnam Discusses Next House Legislative Session With Democrats in comfortable control of the House of Representatives in the 110th Congress, Republican Conference chair Adam Putnam, R-Fla., provides the GOP's perspective on the upcoming legislative agenda and hopes for cooperation. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Democrats Set Ambitious Fiscal Agenda for 110th Congress The Democrat-controlled Congress, whose goals include raising the minimum wage and reducing corruption, was sworn in Thursday. House Ways and Means Committee chair Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., discusses plans for fiscal reform and Iraq. Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fla.,… Continue watching