Feb 28 Watch Veterans Hospitals Struggle to Treat Brain Injuries The Veterans Administration is unprepared to care for brain-injured Iraq war veterans once they leave rehabilitation centers and return home to VA hospitals, a new documentary reports. An advocate and the VA secretary discuss treating the injuries. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch House Explores Wasteful Spending in Iraq A House committee investigating how over $12 billion disbursed for Iraq reconstruction was mismanaged questioned Paul Bremer, the former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, on Tuesday. Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch President Bush Sends Congress Budget Plan President Bush sent Congress a proposed $2.9 trillion spending blueprint, which includes $245 billion for military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. White House budget Director Ron Portman and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., debate the numbers. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Former Lawmakers Discuss Challenges for New Congress With Democrats in control of Congress for the first time in 12 years -- a comfortable majority in the House but a thin lead in the Senate -- former Republican and Democrat lawmakers sort through the political lexicon and discuss… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Presidio National Park Must Become Self-sufficient The Presidio of San Francisco, a former military base, is the only national park mandated by Congress to become financially self-sufficient. Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch Former Congressional Leaders Debate Midterm Elections This year's midterm elections may lead to a power change in one or both chambers of Congress. Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and former House Majority Leader Richard Armey, R-Texas, discuss what is at stake. Continue watching
Dec 21 Senate Republicans Win Budget Battle, Lose ANWR Bid By PBS News Hour The Bush administration and GOP allies in the Senate on Wednesday successfully passed a bill they said would trim federal deficits by $39.7 billion over five years. Continue reading
Feb 07 President Bush Sends $2.57 Trillion Budget to Congress By PBS News Hour President Bush proposed a $2.57 trillion budget to Congress on Monday that seeks deep cuts in domestic programs from farm subsidies to health care payments for poor people and veterans, but provides hundreds of millions in foreign aid. Continue reading
Feb 02 Pres. Bush Proposes $2.4 Trillion Budget for 2005 By PBS News Hour President Bush sent Congress a $2.4 trillion election-year budget Monday that focuses on the war on terror, homeland defense and the economy and also lays out a plan that seeks to cut the projected record deficit of $521 billion. Continue reading
Mar 24 President Bush to Request $75 Billion for War President Bush told congressional leaders he would submit a $74.7 billion supplemental budget request, the first installment payment for the Iraq war and subsequent rebuilding and humanitarian aid costs. Continue reading