Mar 09 Obama Lifts Restrictions on Stem Cell Funding By Admin, PBS News Hour President Obama on Monday ended his predecessor's policy of restricting the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch Other News: Congress Fails to Pass Budget Bill In other news, the Senate failed to pass a $410 billion budget bill for the current fiscal year, and there were signs that money manager Bernard Madoff may be closer to a plea deal in his pending $50 billion fraud… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Other News: Jobless Claims Drop, Homes Plan Advances The number of U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits dipped to 639,000 last week, and the House of Representatives moved forward on a bankruptcy home loan bill. Also, the president of Sudan expelled more aid organizations after the International Criminal… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch Obama Vows to Cut Waste in Government Spending Kwame Holman recaps the day's economic news, including President Barack Obama's new campaign against wasteful government spending and reactions to a plan for massive new spending on the economy. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Steele-Limbaugh Clash Sparks Debate Over Next Steps for GOP New questions are surfacing over the future of the Republican Party amid a public dispute between GOP National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Political analysts assess what's next for the GOP. Continue watching
Mar 03 Lawmakers Begin to Stake Positions on Health Care Reform By PBS News Hour One of the Senate's key leaders in shaping comprehensive health care legislation signaled Tuesday that he intends to set an aggressive schedule for Congress with the goal of passing a bill this summer. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Newsmaker: Obama Outlines Goals for Afghanistan, Iraq After a major policy announcement that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end next year, President Obama spoke with Jim Lehrer about Iraq, Afghanistan and the challenges of his new office. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Obama Places Health Care Expansion, Reform at Core of Budget Proposal President Obama's $3.5 trillion budget plan sets aside billions of dollars to overhaul the U.S. health care system and provide coverage to more Americans. Susan Dentzer of Health Affairs and NPR's Julie Rovner examine the plan's specifics and its potential… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Obama Administration Rolls Out $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan President Obama's $3.5 trillion federal budget plan for the fiscal year includes both record spending and deficits for a wide range of programs, including health care, education and bank rescues. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Nation's Reaction to Obama's Congress Speech Gauged President Obama's address to the joint session of Congress and the nation blended confidence that the country will weather the recession with warnings of a tough road ahead. Newspaper editors from across the nation assess the public reaction. Continue watching