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    Plouffe: We Won't Accept Boehner's Short-Term Deal

    Jul 27, 2011 10:03 PM EDT

    ... talk about this compromise issue or this "coming to some sort of agreement" issue. He said, "Barack Obama" -- speaking of his own plan: "Barack Obama hates it. Harry Reid hates it. Nancy Pelosi hates it. Now, why would Republicans want to be on the side of Barack Obama, Harry Reid ...

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    Joseph Stiglitz, Barney Frank Respond to 'Reckless Endangerment' Allegations

    Jul 01, 2011 06:53 PM EDT

    ... lousy loans. And Democrats argue strenuously that the goal of home ownership was wholly bi-partisan, from the days of Herbert Hoover and FDR to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, as journalist Alyssa Katz has explained on our show and these pages. In "Reckless Endangerment" and in the extended ...

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    McConnell Rules Out Tax Increases In Debt Limit Deal

    May 12, 2011 07:05 PM EDT

    ... an example think of (House Speaker)Tip O'Neil and Ronald Reagan in (19)83 when they fixed Social Security for a generation, think of Bill Clinton and the Republicans on welfare reform in (19)96. Think of Bill Clinton and the Republicans actually balancing the budget in the late ...

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    Libyan Rebels Hold Oil Port of Ras Lanuf, But for How Long?

    Mar 07, 2011 11:02 PM EDT

    ... to the violence that continues to take place inside of Libya. JUDY WOODRUFF: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has warned against a third U.S. intervention in a Muslim nation, has publicly said imposing a no-fly zone amounts to an act of war. Gates was asked today during an ...

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    Tax Cut Deal Passes in Late-Night Vote, Heads to President Obama

    Dec 17, 2010 01:26 PM EDT

    ... only remaining choice lawmakers had was to say "yes" or "no" on the Senate version. "There probably is nobody on this floor who likes this bill and therefore the judgment is, is it better than doing nothing?" Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asked his colleagues. "I will vote for this bill ...

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    Obama Administration to Make Push for Ratification of New START

    Nov 18, 2010 01:16 PM EDT

    ... president was scheduled to meet with Congressional leaders to discuss the future of the Bush tax cuts, which will expire in January and raise tax rates if Congress doesn't act. President Obama still plans to meet Thursday with Congressional Democrats. Republicans asked that the meeting be rescheduled to Nov ...

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    Health Reform Profiles: A 6-Month Check-Up

    Oct 05, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... each of the six, along with many other people in similar situations across the country. Now, nine months later, health care reform has moved from bill to law. Even as Republicans vow to repeal it, significant consumer-protection provisions have begun to go into effect -- including new rules that ban ...

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    The '99ers' Share Their Stories

    Aug 06, 2010 02:22 PM EDT

    Editor's Note: Last month, Congress extended federal unemployment benefits for people who had been out of work up to 99 weeks. But for the millions of Americans who have been jobless longer than that -- the "99ers" -- there will be no more checks coming. Tonight on the NewsHour, Paul Solman talks to 99ers, and...

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    U.S. health care system field guide: Terms and Key Players

    Jul 07, 2010 03:42 PM EDT

    A continuously updated index of the key terms and players in the ongoing debate over reforming the U.S. health care system.

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    Early Morning Compromises in Congress Advance Wall Street Reforms

    Jun 25, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    Early Friday, the House and Senate reached an agreement on a set of Wall Street reforms after a marathon session. Jeffrey Brown talks to Nomi Prins, former managing director at Goldman Sachs, and Douglas Elliot, former investment banker for JPMorgan, on what the measures would and wouldn't change on Wall Street.