Jan 20 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss Domestic Spying, Lobbying Reform Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks debate the White House's justification of domestic spying by the National Security Agency, a speech by former Vice President Al Gore condemning the program and lobbying reforms. Continue watching
Jan 19 Top Democrat Announces He Will Vote Against Judge Alito By Admin, PBS News Hour Sen. Patrick Leahy, ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday that he would oppose the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, joining several other senior Democrats. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch Investigation on Former Housing Secretary Ends The decade-long independent council investigation of former U.S. Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros ended Thursday. Cisneros was accused of lying to the FBI during his confirmation process background check about payments he made to a former mistress. Continue watching
Jan 18 Supreme Court Sidesteps Major Abortion Ruling By Admin, PBS News Hour In its first abortion ruling in five years, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong in striking down a New Hampshire law requiring that a parent be notified 48 hours before a minor has an… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Supreme Court Sends Abortion Case Back to New Hampshire The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong to declare a New Hampshire abortion law unconstitutional and sent the case back to the lower court to find less drastic ways to repair the statute. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Reid Discusses Lobbying, Spying and Iraq Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid from Nevada discussed the Democratic plan to reform lobbying practices in Congress, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, NSA surveillance and the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Congress Debates Changing Lobbying Rules Democrats and Republicans announced competing bills to reform lobbying practices on Capitol Hill in the wake of a corruption scandal surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted Suicide Law The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday upheld an Oregon law that allows doctor-assisted suicide. By a 6-3 vote, the court said the U.S. Justice Department may not use a federal drug law to override the state law. Continue watching
Jan 16 Key U.N. Members Agree Iran Must Suspend Nuclear Program By PBS News Hour Russia and China agreed with the United States and its European allies Monday that Iran must fully suspend its nuclear program, but the countries stopped short of demanding the matter be sent to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch Medicare Drug Program Suffers Technical Problems More than two weeks after its launch, technical glitches in Medicare's prescription drug program continue to prevent many low-income seniors from receiving much-needed prescriptions. Continue watching