Dec 15 Watch Lame-Duck Senate Will Consider START Treaty In the day's other top headlines, the Senate decided to consider the START nuclear treaty and at least 28 people were killed after a boat loaded with 70 refugees capsized off an Australian island. Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch New 'No Labels' Centrist Group Seeks Culture Change in Politics In light of the polarization in Washington, a new group has formed to try to foster cooperation in Congress and tone down partisan rhetoric on both sides. Judy Woodruff speaks with No Labels founders Mark McKinnon, a GOP strategist and… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Tax Cuts Bill Could Clear Congress by Week's End Most senators voted Monday to end debate on President Obama's tax cut deal with Republicans and hold a full vote. Jeffrey Brown tracks the latest developments and looks ahead to the challenges the bill faces in the House. Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Health Reform Law: Will It Survive New Judicial Scrutiny? In the latest in a spate of challenges to the sweeping health care reform law, a Virginia judge said certain provisions, including an individual insurance coverage requirement, were unconstitutional. Betty Ann Bowser reports then Gwen Ifill speaks with Neera Tanden… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Shields, Brooks on Tax-Cut Deal, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political stories with Jim Lehrer, including President Obama's tax-cut deal with the GOP and the likelihood of the Senate approving the New START treaty and a repeal of the military's… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Obama's Tax-Cut Deal With GOP Appears to Gain Momentum Jim Lehrer recaps the latest developments in the battle in Washington over whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts -- and for whom. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch News Wrap: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Fails in Senate In other news Tuesday, an attempt to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy fell three votes shy of advancing in the Senate, but proponents have vowed another attempt in the coming weeks. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Pelosi, House Democrats Balk at Tax Cuts Deal, Seek Changes House Democrats dug in against President Obama's tax-cut compromise with the GOP, taking a non-binding vote Thursday not to bring the bill before the full House without some significant changes. If no bill is passed, taxes will go up in… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Outgoing Sens. Bayh, Bennett: Political Extremes Are Out of Touch As the lame-duck Congress faces impasse on several important legislative issues, Jim Lehrer talks to outgoing Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Bob Bennett, R-Utah, about the necessity and perils of compromise -- the often-touted, sometimes-practiced concept in Washington. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch DREAM Act's Merits, Drawbacks and Future Debated Congress is set to vote on the DREAM Act, which would give undocumented immigrants who enter the U.S. before the age of 16 a path to legal standing via college or military service. Judy Woodruff leads a debate between Angela… Continue watching