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 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
Apr 07 Watch As Shutdown Deadline Nears, Lawmakers ‘Can’t Agree What They Disagree On’ For the third time in three days, President Obama met with congressional leaders but failed to reach a budget agreement to avoid a government shutdown. Jim Lehrer talks to The Wall Street Journal's Naftali Bendavid and Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Reid, Boehner Back to White House Thursday Night for More Budget Talks Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Harry Reid comment on the budget negotiations. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Van Hollen: Tea Party Wing Has Taken Over House Budget Talks Gwen Ifill talks to Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, about the state of a budget stalemate for the rest of this fiscal year, the prospects for a government shutdown and what's at… Continue watching
Apr 06 Government Shutdown: Rx of the Devil or Just What the Doctor Ordered? By Diane Lincoln Estes A conversation this morning with a centrist Democrat from the Brookings Institution who lived through the shutdown of 1995, economist Martin Baily. "In terms of the economy, it had a surprisingly small effect," he said. "On the other hand, when… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch House Moves to Avert Shutdown for Two Weeks, But Battles Remain Judy Woodruff talks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch Threat of Government Shutdown Fades With New Spending Proposal Kwame Holman reports on a Republican-backed proposal gaining support from some Democrats that could reduce the threat of a government shutdown. Continue watching