Apr 19 Watch Declining Polls, Negative Treasury Rating Cast Shadow Over Obama Budget Message President Obama traveled to northern Virginia on Tuesday for the first of a weeklong series of town-hall meetings aimed at building support for his budget plan. The stop comes as two new polls revealed declining support for his presidency and… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch News Wrap: Obama Says Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Not a ‘Token Gesture’ News Wrap: Obama Outlines Afghan War Drawdown Plan… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Shields, Brooks on ‘Flexible’ U.S. Policy in Middle East, Deficit Plans Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's political news. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch The Doublehader: Gamesmanship, Sportsmanship Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the recent budget battles and the NBA playoffs. Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Krugman on Obama Deficit Plan: ‘Not Perfect,’ More Plausible Than GOP’s A week after Rep. Paul Ryan released the Republican 2012 budget blueprint, President Obama offered his plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the competing visions with Princeton University's Paul Krugman and the… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Bipartisan Budget Deal Clears Congress; House Takes Up GOP’s 2012 Plan On Thursday, the House and Senate approved the bipartisan budget compromise to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year. The House then turned its attention to the budget for next year, specifically the Republican plan. Congressional… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Geithner on Potential Deficit Deal: ‘We’re Closer Than People Think’ President Obama spelled out his plan Wednesday for cutting the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks with Jim Lehrer about the president's budget goals and the likelihood of getting cooperation from congressional Republicans. Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch How Would Raising Debt Ceiling Impact U.S. Bond Market? How Will Raising the Debt Ceiling Impact U.S. Markets?… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Budget Deal Cuts Target EPA, Homeland Security, But Education Spared Budget Deal Cuts Target EPA and Homeland Security, Spares Education… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch Budget Battle Lines Drawn Over Spending, Planned Parenthood as Shutdown Nears Federal agencies prepared for a shutdown as negotiators struggled to reach a budget compromise. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest on the budget talks with Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for WNYC radio. Continue watching