Politics Jan 02 Watch How Congress Passed a Plan to Avoid the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Congress stepped back from the brink of financial turmoil after the House passed a tax plan that included the expiration of payroll tax breaks for all and the extension of Bush-era tax cuts for most. Judy Woodruff talks to Roll…
Feb 16 Watch Preview: Rep. Pelosi on Payroll Tax Cut Agreement Judy Woodruff talks with Rep. Nancy Pelosi on the agreement to extend the payroll tax cut.
World Feb 07 Watch News Wrap: Iran Calls U.S. Sanctions on Central Bank ‘Psychological War’ In other news Tuesday, Iran dismissed U.S. sanctions against the country's central bank. A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry equated the move to "psychological war," and said Iran would not give up its nuclear program. In Iraq, ministers from…
Politics Nov 22 Watch After Failed Deficit Deal, Obama Pushes Payroll Tax Cut Extensions The failure of the deficit supercommittee echoed Tuesday on the campaign trail as President Obama pressed Republicans in New Hampshire to support extending payroll tax cuts for another year. Ray Suarez discusses the failed congressional effort with Paul Krugman of…
Apr 11 Watch Carbon Tax Aims to Cut Greenhouse Gases The NewsHour's series of conversations about approaches to deal with global climate change continues with a discussion of carbon taxes -- levies that would aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by taxing activities that burn fossil fuels. Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Raising Tax Cap Explored as Way to Close Social Security Gap By PBS News Hour The possibility of raising the cap on payroll taxes may help to close the Social Security gap, but the option could pose other problems. Business correspondent Paul Solman examines both sides of this proposed solution. Continue watching