Jul 15 Watch President Obama: We Are Running Out of Time for a Debt Limit Deal President Obama spoke to reporters at the White House about ongoing debt limit talks. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Despite Intensifying Pressures on Debt Ceiling, Deal Still Elusive At a House hearing Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted a stark picture of what a national default would mean and underscored the urgency of a debt-ceiling deal between the White House and congressional leaders. Judy Woodruff reports on… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Durbin: ‘Slow Going’ Inside Debt Limit Talks President Obama and congressional leaders returned to the negotiating table Monday afternoon, but a deficit-reduction deal remains elusive as the Aug. 2 deadline nears for raising the debt limit. Gwen Ifill discusses the latest developments in the partisan stalemate with… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Political Checklist: President Obama Asks For Debt Limit Compromise David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff analyze President Obama's news conference… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Political Checklist: DO NOT USE David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff analyze President Obama's news conference… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch President Obama Urges Debt Limit Compromise in News Conference President Obama speaks at a news conference ahead of a meeting on the debt limit. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch State of Disagreement: Divisions Grow in Minnesota Budget Battle Minnesota's government shutdown continued Wednesday as Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers remained at a standstill over spending and taxes. Judy Woodruff discusses how the state's budget divide compares to the nation's with The Star Tribune's Rachel Stassen-Berger and… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Lawmakers Remain Divided on Deficit Fundamentals as Deadline Draws Closer The Senate gave up its Fourth of July recess to focus on raising the U.S. debt ceiling, but there was no sign Wednesday that lawmakers were close to reaching an agreement on the basic divide: tax hikes vs. spending cuts. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Sen. Cornyn to Obama: Take Tax Increases Off the Table Cornyn to Obama: Take Tax Hikes Off The Table in Debt Negotiations… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Shields, Gerson on Bachmann, Parties’ Willingness to Budge on Spending, Taxes Shields and Gerson on Budget Impasse, Bachmann Candidacy… Continue watching