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    America Remembers 9/11: Your Answers on What's Changed

    Aug 18, 2011 09:14 PM EST

    ... our website and also learn how to submit your own video for it. Pieces of the quilt will be featured in the NewsHour's special coverage of 9/11 to be broadcast that night on most PBS stations. All that and more is on our website at NewsHour.PBS.org.

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    Shields and Brooks on Obama vs. Trump, Security Team Shuffles

    Apr 29, 2011 10:37 PM EST

    ... are big Anglophiles in my family. And not since Alistair Cooke dined alone have we had have as much Anglophilia. JEFFREY BROWN: ... watch it on PBS, right? DAVID BROOKS: Yes, right. Exactly. (LAUGHTER) DAVID BROOKS: And, so, I'm not only intellectually, but a believer in the monarchy, especially for ...

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    Budget Showdown: What's In the Obama and Ryan Plans?

    Apr 21, 2011 06:49 PM EST

    Editor's Note: This week President Obama has been crisscrossing the country, selling his budget plan to the American people. Meanwhile, Republican Representative Paul Ryan has been pitching his budget proposal to constituents in Wisconsin. We wanted to take a step back from the rhetoric for a look at what ...

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    Rep. Ryan Reimagines U.S. Social Safety Net Via Budget Reform Proposal

    Apr 05, 2011 07:58 PM EST

    As part of an ambitious budget plan he unveiled earlier in the day, Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday afternoon called for an overhaul to the American social safety net, including reforms to Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, housing assistance and job training. Speaking with the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, the Wisconsin ...

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    Rep. Ryan Risks Political Backlash With GOP Budget Rollout

    Apr 05, 2011 12:37 PM EST

    ... the postwar average, and reduces deficits by $4.4 trillion." Here's Rep. Ryan's YouTube video: Be sure to tune in to Tuesday's PBS NewsHour to catch Judy Woodruff's interview with Rep. Ryan. Robert Pear of the New York Times describes how Rep. Ryan plans to transform ...

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    The Morning Line: King Hearings Spark Vocal Debate

    Mar 10, 2011 02:18 PM EST

    ... recap of all the day's events in and outside the hearing room. WALKER'S WIN After three weeks of total stalemate, Republicans in the Wisconsin state senate devised a way to pass Gov. Scott Walker's bill stripping most public workers of collective bargaining rights without the 14 Democrats ...

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    Save the Pensions: Tax the Rich

    Feb 28, 2011 09:15 PM EST

    ... benefits); state programs; state taxpayers. ........................................................................................................................................... A similar email arrived from Christin Smith. Question: I have the greatest respect for those working so hard at the PBS NewsHour to bring an unbiased view of the day's news stories. However, I thought you really missed the mark in tonight's story ...

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    Close To The Edge: Tales from Tripoli, Madison and Washington

    Feb 25, 2011 06:03 PM EST

    When I was just a young thing, I loved a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five called "The Message." "Don't push me, 'cuz I'm close to the edge," the refrain went. "I'm trying not to lose my head." A lot of people seem to be losing their heads of late. We've spent the...

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    Meaning What You Say

    Feb 18, 2011 08:17 PM EST

    It's a familiar cycle. Voters say they want new faces and fresh thinking in Washington. But once the newcomers arrive in the nation's capital, they discover themselves consigned to back benches and basement offices. Reality soon sets in. It's harder than it seems to get things done. But in both the House and the Senate...

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    Exclusive: States Facing Massive Medicaid Budget Crunch

    Feb 17, 2011 11:50 PM EST

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