Sep 26 Watch Weekend Deadline Looming, What’s Going on Behind the Scenes of the Budget Fight? Weekend Deadline Looming, What's Going on Behind the Scenes of the Budget Fight?… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Boehner: President Obama needs to negotiate on debt ceiling Boehner: President Obama needs to negotiate on debt ceiling… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Pelosi Urges GOP Leadership to Keep House in Session Pelosi Urges GOP Leadership to Keep House in Session… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch GOP Insistence on Pipeline Provision Could Derail Spending Bill The House passed a $1 trillion spending bill Friday to fund much of the government through next September and avoid a federal shutdown this weekend, but both parties remain split over how to extend a payroll tax cut. Jim Lehrer… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Senate, House Deal on Track to Avert Government Shutdown The Senate moved toward striking a deal on a short-term funding bill that would keep the government operating through mid-November. Jeffrey Brown and David Chalian discuss the implications of the deal. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch How Should U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Problems Be Fixed? The head of the U.S. Postal Service told lawmakers Tuesday that radical changes are needed to avert a financial collapse. Gwen Ifill leads a debate over what can be done to stave off a shutdown with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch The Doubleheader: Debt Limits and NFL Lockouts Mark Shields, David Brooks and Hari Sreenivasan talk debt ceiling and the NFL lockout… 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
Apr 15 Watch The Doublehader: Gamesmanship, Sportsmanship Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the recent budget battles and the NBA playoffs. Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch Government Stays Open, But Parties Ready for More Budget Brawling New Spending Battles to Dwarf Deal That Averted Shutdown… Continue watching