Oct 28 House passes bipartisan budget plan, debt limit increase By Associated Press The House has passed a bipartisan budget-and-debt deal that prevents an unprecedented government default. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 6:29 How Congressional leaders made a budget crisis breakthrough By PBS News Hour Trying the clear the deck for his replacement, outgoing Speaker of the House John Boehner announced a tentative two-year budget deal that would boost defense and domestic programs and lift the debt ceiling through the spring of 2017. Political director… Continue watching
Oct 26 Boehner’s last deal: 2-year budget, debt ceiling By Andrew Taylor and Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Speaker John Boehner is pressing ahead with one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget agreement with President Barack Obama before handing Congress' top job over to Rep. Paul Ryan… Continue reading
Oct 11 GOP hardliners would ‘look favorably’ on Ryan run for House speaker By Associated Press Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio says his group is sticking with its endorsement of Florida's Rep. Daniel Webster. That's unless Rep. Paul Ryan reconsiders and decides to run to succeed retiring Speaker John Boehner. Continue reading
Oct 10 Boehner’s presence could help avoid government default By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Speaker John Boehner wants out. He really does. But the Ohio House Republican is staying put, for now - and that could improve the chances for a debt limit increase by early next month to avoid a market-shattering government default. Continue reading
Oct 08 How do you become Speaker of the House? By Quinn Bowman Rep. Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race for Speaker for the House. Here's an overview on how that position is selected. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 4:04 Averting shutdown, budget stopgap sets up Congress for bigger fight By PBS News Hour Congress passed a bill to extend funding until December, hours before the deadline for a possible government shutdown. But the sharply divided vote in the House only seems to set up a potentially bigger fight later on. Political director Lisa… Continue watching
Sep 30 Senate approves temporary spending bill to avoid government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A temporary funding measure that would keep the government open past a midnight deadline easily sailed through the Senate on Wednesday and was expected to make its way shortly through a divided House and on to President Barack… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 8:35 Trump uses tax plan to push back on criticisms By PBS News Hour Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has released a plan to eliminate or cut taxes for millions of Americans. Judy Woodruff takes a look at the proposal with Tamara Keith of NPR and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, plus… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 54:04 PBS NewsHour full episode September 28, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President Obama and President Putin offer different visions about how to fight the Islamic State in Syria. Also: Donald Trump unveils his tax plan, Egyptian Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discusses his country’s turmoil, NASA finds streams of… Continue watching