Mar 21 Watch Budget Battles Aren't Just About Money, but Different Visions of Government Budget Battles Aren't Just About Money, but Different Visions of Government… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Have Past Presidents Found a Winning Strategy in Bipartisanship? Have Past Presidents Found a Winning Strategy in Bipartisanship?… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Rep. Paul Ryan Offers 'Opening Bid' on Budget Plan House Budget chair Rep. Paul Ryan put forth a blueprint which he says would cut the federal deficit by $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years. Democrats dismissed the proposal, saying the math doesn't add up. Nancy Cook of National… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch Pelosi: For Budget Deal, 'Let's Talk' About Ensuring Strength of Entitlements Pelosi: For Budget Deal, 'Let's Talk' About Ensuring Strength of Entitlements… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch House Passes Spending Bill, Preventing Government Shutdown The U.S. House of Representatives passed a stopgap bill to cover expenses through September in order to avert a government shutdown, but retained the sequester budget cuts. The bill now goes to the Senate, where Democrats hope to build in… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch On Heels of Sequester, Lawmakers Move to Prevent Government Shutdown On Heels of Sequester, Lawmakers Move to Prevent Government Shutdown… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Disaster Aid at Center of Funding Battle in House The latest battle over U.S. federal funding is a tug-of-war over disaster aid. Judy Woodruff discusses the battle, and fears that it could lead to a government shutdown, with The Wall Street Journal's Naftali Bendavid. Continue watching
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