Aug 01 Watch From Left and Right, Opposition to Debt Deal Remains As the Senate prepares to take up a compromise bill to raise the national debt ceiling, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are noting their opposition to the compromise. Jeffrey Brown discusses the opposing arguments with Reps. Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch White House Demands Revenues in Next Steps of Deficit Battle The debt-ceiling deal hammered out by President Obama and congressional leaders over the weekend passed the House late Monday and is set for a Senate vote midday on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff discusses the deal and the ongoing debate in Washington… Continue watching
Aug 01 Default by Debt Ceiling? ‘Complete Nonsense’ EmbedVideo(1145, 514, 320); Editor's Note: On Monday's NewsHour Paul Solman reports from the trading floor of Natixis CIB Americas to see how the stock market was reacting to news of the debt ceiling deal. Turns out the… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Shields and Gerson on Debt Bill Scramble, Reid’s Next Moves Shields and Gerson on Debt Bill Scramble, Reid's Next Move… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Senate Plots Next Moves on Debt Limit in Race to Avoid Default Senate Democrats vowed to stay in session around the clock to resolve the debt crisis on Friday. House Republicans modified their plan and President Obama appeals again for compromise. Judy Woodruff and David Chalian discuss the latest on the stalemate… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch From Ohio to Nevada, Voters Fed Up With Debt Ceiling Deadlock A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll found 80 percent of American are either dissatisfied or angry with the federal government's inability to reach a compromise to avert default. Judy Woodruff discusses the public mood with a reporter and a political… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch In Obama-Boehner Debt Ceiling Standoff, Who Will Blink First? It was poised to be a decision day in the House of Representatives on Thursday as Speaker John Boehner faced a key test of his leadership. Jeffrey Brown and David Chalian discuss the debt plan vote, which was abruptly postponed… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Lagarde Warns Dollar Could Decline if U.S. Debt Deal Not Reached Lagarde Warns Dollar Could Decline if U.S. Debt Deal Not Reached… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch As Debt Deadline Draws Close, Parties Dig in, Markets Prepare Mondayt's dueling speeches by President Obama and House Speaker Boehner only seem to reinforce the state of the stalemate over raising the debt ceiling. Jeffrey Brown discusses the entrenchment in Washington with The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib, The New… Continue watching
Jul 26 The ‘Bond Vigilantes’ and the Debt Ceiling Crisis: No Need to Panic or Lying in Wait? By Paul Solman Harvard's eminent trade economist, Robert Lawrence, gave a talk in Greece this month. Among his slides was this image with the headline: "The Vigilantes are Asleep!" Slide image courtesy of Robert Lawrence. That would be the so-called "bond vigilantes"… Continue reading