Dec 16 Watch News Wrap: House Vote on Tax-Cut Bill Hits Democratic Roadblock In other news Thursday, a House of Representatives vote on the tax-cut deal that President Obama cut with Republicans ran into a roadblock. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Outgoing Sens. Bayh, Bennett: Political Extremes Are Out of Touch As the lame-duck Congress faces impasse on several important legislative issues, Jim Lehrer talks to outgoing Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Bob Bennett, R-Utah, about the necessity and perils of compromise -- the often-touted, sometimes-practiced concept in Washington. Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch Democrat vs. Democrat: Liberal Divisions Emerge Over Tax Cuts As lawmakers search for possible bipartisan agreement on Bush-era tax cuts, some Democrats are asking if the price of compromise is too high. For more on what is turning into a bitter divide among liberals, Gwen Ifill speaks with Jane… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch GOP’s Pledge to America Spells Out Goals for House Control Republican leaders unveiled their 2010 campaign platform Thursday, promising that if they win control of the House of Representatives to repeal the 6-month-old health reform law and undo other policies enacted by Democrats. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal Effort Dealt Setback in Senate The Senate could not reach 60 votes to start debate on a defense spending bill Tuesday, effectively blocking an attached repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell." Jim Lehrer talks to Political Editor David Chalian and Time Magazine's Mark Thompson for… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Napolitano: Immigration Issues Don’t Merit Constitutional Changes A new $600 million bill will put more personnel and security measures along the U.S.-Mexico border. Jeffrey Brown talks to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about how this bill will affect security efforts already in place. Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Obama Signs $600 Million Bill to Boost U.S. Border Security In the heat of the immigration reform debate, President Obama signed a $600 million bill to increase security personnel and equipment along the border. Jeffrey Brown explains the details. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Secretary Gates’ Goal: Save $100 Billion From Military Cuts Over 5 Years Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that the Pentagon will cut thousands of jobs, reduce some of its dependence on private contractors and close a major military command base in Norfolk, Va. Margaret Warner is joined by defense experts Winslow Wheeler… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Democrats: $26 Billion Bill Spared Thousands of Teacher, Service Jobs The House of Representatives passed a $26 billion jobs bill in a rare August session. Democrats say it will save 300,000 jobs, but Republicans object to the way that it will be funded -- partially by raising taxes on U.S. Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch What Happened to Democrats’ Energy, Climate Change Legislation Plans? With the Senate at home for the summer, a clean-energy and climate-change bill appears to be all but dead. For a closer look at what pulled the plug on the legislation, Margaret Warner is joined by environmental writers Darren Samuelsohn… Continue watching