Feb 06 Senate Closes In on Deal for Stimulus Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour The Democratic-led U.S. Senate appeared to strike a deal Friday evening with key Republicans on a long-debated stimulus package to stem a deepening recession, news agencies report. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Axelrod Reflects on Struggles Over Stimulus, Troubled Cabinet Bids White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod discusses President Barack Obama's stance in the struggle to pass a stimulus bill and reflects on errors made in how the Obama team has handled some of the nominations to top administration positions. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Gloomy Job Numbers Signal New Woes for Economy U.S. employers cut 598,000 jobs in January, bringing the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent, in another sign of the deepening recession. It was the worst one-month job loss since 1974. Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch Lawmakers Wrangle Over Costs of Stimulus Package Senate Democrats pushed for more votes on an economic stimulus bill Thursday amid efforts to trim the plan's costs. Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., offer their views. Continue watching
Feb 05 Negotiations Continue on Senate Stimulus Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to act quickly on his economic stimulus package Thursday, telling reporters that the time for talk on the proposal is over and "the time for action is now."… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch Other News: Senate Debates Stimulus, Obama Signs Child Health Care Bill The debate over the stimulus bill continued in the Senate and President Obama signed legislation to increase health care spending for low-income children. Jim Lehrer reports on this and other news of the day. Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch Ethical, Legal Challenges Loom in Vetting Cabinet Choices While some of President Obama's Cabinet picks have sailed through confirmation, others have hit snags, such as Tom Daschle's recent admission of past tax mistakes. Analysts mull the pitfalls of cabinet-building. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch Shields and Brooks Weigh Illinois, RNC Actions Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks consider the Republican National Committee's selection of a new chairman and Illinois politics following the impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch Shrinking GDP, Obama Task Force Cap Week’s Economic News There was more evidence Friday the recession is getting worse, a fact that President Obama and his economic team continued to confront. Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks mull Mr. Obama's approach. Continue watching
Jan 30 Senate Passes SCHIP Bill in Party-line Vote By Admin, PBS News Hour The Senate on Thursday approved legislation to provide health insurance coverage to about 4 million uninsured children. The measure passed 66-32 in a vote split mostly along party lines. Continue reading