Jul 12 Smacking Into the Debt Ceiling: the Day-by-Day Consequences By Paul Solman Daily U.S. Government Income and Expenditures: Use the slide bar to see how Treasury's cash deficit is projected to grow if the debt ceiling is reached, starting with Aug. 3. Mouse over the red points to see the running deficit… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch Shields, Brooks on GOP Tax Divide, Obama's Troop Drawdown, Debt Ceiling Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the breakdown in bipartisan budget and deficit talks, the House's rebuke of President Obama over war powers and the Libya… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Cracks Emerge in Republican Opposition to Raising Taxes to Curb Deficit Bipartisan budget deficit talks led by Vice President Joe Biden reached an impasse Thursday over Republican objections to raising taxes. Judy Woodruff reports on the debate within the Republican Party over how to curb the deficit. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Van Hollen: Tea Party Wing Has Taken Over House Budget Talks Gwen Ifill talks to Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, about the state of a budget stalemate for the rest of this fiscal year, the prospects for a government shutdown and what's at… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch Despite Bipartisan Push, Parties' Differences Linger Over Spurring Growth Republicans and Democrats agree on the need for growth -- but seem to perpetually disagree on how it can be achieved. Ray Suarez takes a closer look at the debate and the differences with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Douglas… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Illinois Senators Cross Partisan Seating Divide Judy Woodruff talks to two Illinois senators -- Democrat and majority whip Dick Durbin and newly-elected Republican Mark Kirk -- on why they will be seated together in a show of bipartisanship during the president's speech. Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Axelrod: White House Digs in on Tax Cuts for Rich, But 'Strides Made' With GOP President Obama and Republican leaders met Tuesday in an effort to foster bipartisanship after the midterm elections handed the GOP control of the House. Judy Woodruff discusses the meeting with presidential senior adviser David Axelrod, who said the White House… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Budget Watchdogs Warn of Worsening Deficit, Explore Strategies to Cut Following on the heels of the bipartisan deficit commission chairmen's recommendation of drastic cuts, former Republican Sen. Pete Domenici and former White House Budget Director Alice Rivlin presented a new take on how to reduce the deficit and warned of… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Financial Reform Gets Bipartisan Boost in Derivatives Rule Vote Lawmakers moved closer to passing sweeping reform of the financial system as a Senate panel approved new regulations for the complex derivatives market with the backing of GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa. Jeffrey Brown talks to experts about derivatives… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch News Wrap: Jobs Bill Clears Senate With 11 GOP Votes In other news Wednesday, a jobs bill passed the Senate with some bipartisan support and a new economic report indicates that wholesale prices plunged in February because a big drop in energy prices offset higher food costs. Continue watching