GOP Tension Over Budget
Speaker Paul Ryan’s goal of passing a budget plan for fiscal 2017 is being sidelined by hardline conservatives in the House of Representatives. Though the budget is largely symbolic and can’t become l...
17 Maalis 20168min
Obama Puts Republican Senators in a Tough Spot
President Obama put Senate Republicans on the spot by nominating Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. A former prosecutor who’s served 19 years on the powerful U.S. Court of Appea...
16 Maalis 20167min
Obama's SCOTUS Pick Nears
President Obama will soon select a nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. What happens after that is unclear. Senate Republicans who control the confirmation process have vowed not to...
14 Maalis 20168min
Nuclear Missile Security Compromised by Aging Helicopters
A top secret military exercise last summer showed the United States can’t adequately respond to a terrorist attack on nuclear missiles deployed in the northern plains states. Congress and the Pentagon...
10 Maalis 20168min
Trump Effect On Two Congressional Races
New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin and Nebraska Democrat Rep. Brad Ashford are two freshman House members worth watching in this year’s campaign. Zeldin is a Republican in a district which President ...
9 Maalis 20166min
Republican Rift Threatens Budget Plan
Congressional Republicans have just weeks left to meet an April 15 deadline for producing a tax and spending plan that is supposed to green light the writing of annual spending bills that fund the gov...
7 Maalis 20167min
Congress Seeks to Fight Painkiller Epidemic
Congress is weighing what to do about prescription painkiller and heroin abuse – a problem statistics show is killing more Americans than car accidents. But the administration and Republicans are far ...
4 Maalis 20165min
Puerto Rico Debt Sparks Bailout Debate in Congress
Puerto Rico's struggles to crawl out from under $72 billion in debt has set off a debate in Congress over how to extend a lifeline to the island commonwealth. One option is a special type of bankruptc...
3 Maalis 20166min
