Nov 23 Watch Senate Debate on Health Care Will Put Lawmakers to the Test While health care reform passed a key Senate hurdle over the weekend, the legislation still faces a full-scale floor debate. Judy Woodruff asks former secretaries of health to preview the road ahead for President Obama's top domestic priority. Continue watching
Oct 08 Senate Committee Set for Health Reform Vote The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on a sweeping revamp of the U.S. health care system as the debate over President Barack Obama's top domestic policy enters a new stage. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch New Statue Honors Helen Keller A bronze statue of Helen Keller was unveiled to Congress Wednesday. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch U.S. Considers Reengaging with Myanmar Following a bloody military coup in 1988, the nation of Myanmar has been largely isolated from the West. Now, for the first time in more than 20 years, signs are emerging that the U.S. may engage in new diplomatic talks… Continue watching
Sep 21 McChrystal Seeks More Forces to Avert 'Failure' By Tom LeGro The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said in a confidential report that the situation in Afghanistan is growing worse, and without more boots on the ground, the United States risks losing a war it's been waging since September… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Additional U.S. Troops Sought to Avert Afghan Failure The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said in a confidential report that the U.S. military risks failure there if more troops are not deployed. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jun 06 Climate Change Bill Blocked, Left to New Congress By Admin, PBS News Hour Republican senators blocked a proposed global warming bill Friday that would have led to major reductions in greenhouse gases, calling it a huge tax increase. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Senate Majority Leader Reid Weighs Partisan Divides, Security in Iraq Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., discusses how partisan differences have impacted the pace of recent legislative progress on Capitol Hill, the state of the Iraq war and the next steps for the Democratic-led Congress in an interview with Ray… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch McConnell Details Spending Bill Fight, Push for War Funds GOP and Democratic lawmakers have sparred in recent weeks over a massive spending bill that, in addition to funding domestic programs, also seeks to include funds for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., discusses legislative… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Senate Falls Short on Iraq Troop Withdrawal Bill A bill that would have forced President Bush to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq within 120 days fell short of the 60 votes needed to proceed. Democrats lost in their effort despite an all-night debate. Continue watching