Mar 27 Watch Senate Narrowly Signals Support for Troop Withdrawal The Senate showed slim support for nonbinding wording setting a target date of next March to remove troops from Iraq. A Republican attempt to scuttle the measure failed Tuesday in a 50-48 vote, mostly along party lines. The NewsHour presents… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch House Approves Timetable for Iraq Withdrawal Ignoring a threatened veto from President Bush, the House of Representatives voted 218-212 Friday to require the president to pull combat forces out of Iraq by the fall of 2008. Kwame Holman reports on the move by Congress to try… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Debates Continue in Congress over Iraq, Attorney Firings Political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the House bill passed on Friday requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq by the fall of 2008 and the constitutional showdown between the president and Congress over the firing… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Edwards to Stay in Race Despite Return of Wife's Cancer John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, announced Thursday that her breast cancer, first diagnosed in 2004, had returned but would not stop his bid for the Democratic nomination. A cancer specialist discusses breast cancer and innovations in cancer treatment. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch House Opens Debate Over War Funding, Troop Withdrawal The House of Representatives on Thursday began debating a supplemental spending bill that would require U.S. troops to leave Iraq by September 2008. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.) debate the funding measure and its potential impact… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Shields and Brooks Debate Libby Conviction, Iraq Withdrawal I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted for perjury and obstruction of justice this week, while House Democrats debated a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss these and other events. Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch House Democrats Push Iraq Troop Withdrawal House Democrats proposed a plan Thursday that would pull U.S. troops from Iraq by August 2008, though the White House has threatened a veto. Two Democratic representatives detail the legislation and discuss its prospects for success. Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch President Bush Discusses Iraq Security, Iran President Bush held an hour-long press conference Wednesday that covered Iraq and his domestic agenda. The NewsHour presents excerpts. Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Candidates Work to Raise Money for Early Election Several past chairmen of the Federal Election Commission, among others, have said that this will be the first billion-dollar election. NewsHour discusses the money chase. Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Analysts React to President's State of the Union Address Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks comment on the civility the new Democratic Congress extended President Bush during his 2007 State of the Union address and say the two sides may find common ground on immigration and other issues. Continue watching