Aug 03 Watch News Wrap: Congress Leaves Unfinished Business at Start of Summer Recess In other news Friday, Congress began its five-week recess in disagreement. While the House voted to extend all Bush-era tax cuts, the Senate voted to end tax cuts for additional income above $250,000. Also, the U.N. General Assembly criticized the… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Lauren Greenfield, Director of ‘The Queen of Versailles’ Jeffrey Brown talks to Lauren Greenfield, director of "The Queen of Versailles."… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch Summer Recess Looming, Questions and Debate Remain over Tax Cuts and Health Care Summer Recess Looming, Questions and Debate Remain over Tax Cuts and Health Care… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Examining Redistricting’s Role in November Elections Democrats held on to a seat in a competitive House district in Arizona Tuesday when congressional aide Ron Barber -- who was wounded in the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011 -- won the special election to serve the… Continue watching
May 10 Watch News Wrap: House GOP Looks for Spending Cuts; Greece Struggles with Government In other news Thursday, House Republicans pushed through a bill to prevent a 10 percent cut in the U.S. defense budget by cutting $300 billion in food stamps, health care and federal pensions, over 10 years. Also, Greece's struggle to… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market? After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market?… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Rep. Rush Kicked Off House Floor for Wearing Hoodie Rep. Bobby Rush kicked off House floor for wearing hoodie in support of Trayvon Martin… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch As House GOP Unveils Budget, ‘Asymmetric Polarization’ Grips Washington As House GOP Unveils Budget, 'Asymmetric Polarization' Grips Washington… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Pelosi Outlines Democrats’ Campaign Vision House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told Judy Woodruff in an interview Thursday that the deal forged on Capitol Hill to extend a payroll tax cut and continue unemployment insurance benefits will create jobs and help the economy. Pelosi also discussed… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Boehner: Senate Wants ‘No Part of Cutting Spending’ In an interview Monday with the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, Speaker of the House John Boehner said that Congress gets along most of the time and that disagreements mostly occur over major bills. He also discussed his relationship with President Obama,… Continue watching