Dec 22 Watch For 9/11 Responders, Some Peace of Mind as Congress Clears Aid Bill A last-minute compromise led to Senate passage of a bill that will provide up to $4.2 billion for monitoring and treating illnesses for 9/11 responders who worked at Ground Zero. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Glen Klein, a former New York… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Live: President Obama’s Year-End News Conference By News Desk Before he joins his family in Hawaii for vacation, President Obama will deliver remarks on the latest congressional actions and take questions from reporters in a year-end news conference. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Obama Marks ‘Season of Progress,’ But New Political Landscape Looms Assessing accomplishments in Congress' lame-duck session, President Obama said Wednesday the nation is not "doomed to endless gridlock." Gwen Ifill speaks with USA Today's Susan Page and Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center about what the lame-duck Congress has… Continue watching
Dec 21 New START Arms Deal: The Basics By Larisa Epatko The Senate appears to be moving toward ratifying the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. Here's a fresh look at the basics of the pact. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Health Reform Law’s Legal, Political Obstacles Continue to Mount Jeffrey Brown discusses the political and legal challenges of mandating Americans to pay for health coverage with White House health reform director Nancy-Ann DeParle and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who filed a lawsuit against the federal mandate, which was… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch How Will ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal Be Implemented, Tailored? Judy Woodruff speaks with Bernard Rostker of the RAND Corporation and Tammy Schultz of the Marine Corps War College about how the repeal of the long-standing "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gay servicemembers from serving openly will be implemented… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Shields, Brooks on Tax-Cut Compromise, Holbrooke, Earmark Wrangling Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's top political news, including whether the tax-cut compromise might be a sign of cooperation to come in Washington plus they reflect on the diplomatic life of… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Summers: Tax-Cut Extension Averted Economic ‘Catastrophe’ President Obama's outgoing economic adviser, Larry Summers, speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the economics behind the new tax-cut extension and the state of the Obama administration's economic policy. Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Obama Signs Tax-Cut Compromise, Declares it ‘Good Deal’ for Americans President Obama on Friday extended Bush-era tax cuts for two years by signing into law a compromise with Republican leaders. He acknowledged that there are some elements of the legislation he dislikes, but called it a "good deal" for the… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Senate Takes Up START Debate as Clock Ticks for Lame-Duck Session After months of haggling, the Senate is now considering one of President Obama's top foreign policy priorities for the lame-duck Congress -- the New START treaty that he signed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to limit both countries' nuclear arsenals,… Continue watching