Feb 26 Watch Shields, Brooks Consider Reconciliation’s Future Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the past week, including President Obama's health reform summit and how the political parties are weighing potential gains and drawbacks from Democrats using budget reconciliation to pass… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch Shields and Brooks Assess Power Shift in Congress Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top stories of the past week, including a new power dynamic in the Senate, and efforts to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch As Senate Dynamic Shifts, a Test for Both Parties Senate Democrats are looking to newly-seated Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., to reach across the aisle now that their 60-vote majority is gone. Brown's upset election has cast a new light on legislative tactics like the filibuster, and what they mean… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Shields, Brooks on Political Shakeup for Democrats Columnist Mark Shields, David Brooks break down the news of the week, including the outcome of the Massachusetts special election and Obama's tough sell on health care reform. Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Economic Woes Raise Questions on Bernanke David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal explains how the Massachusetts election affected Fed Chief Ben Bernanke's chances at a second term. Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch Brown’s Senate Victory Endangers Democrats’ Agenda Democrats are scrambling after Republican Scott Brown upset the Democratic attorney general for the remainder of Ted Kennedy's Senate term. For more on the implications in Washington and the Bay State, Gwen Ifill is joined by the Hotline's Amy Walter,… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch News Wrap: Mass. Votes to Fill Senate Seat Long Held by Kennedys In other news, the vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts was up for grabs on Tuesday, and in Afghanistan, two U.S. troops were killed by a roadside bomb in the south. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Democrats on Edge as Massachusetts Voters Go to Polls President Obama traveled to Massachusetts on Sunday to stump for Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in the increasingly tight race to fill the Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine Mass. Senate Race, U.S. Quake Aid Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news, including the tight Senate race in Massachusetts and the American response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch In Mass. Senate Race, GOP Candidate Surging in Democratic Stronghold Massachusetts' special election to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat is heating up as a Republican candidate is polling well in a bastion for Democratic politics. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching