AMERICAN POLITICS - The COVID Economic Relief Bill

"Democrats shift position on a sized-down economic relief bill" PBS NewsHour 12/02/2020

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SUMMARY:  Lawmakers are under pressure to reach another economic relief deal as COVID-19 cases and deaths spike across the country.  Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is the second-highest ranking Democrat in the U.S Senate.  He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss a new bipartisan proposal and why Democrats have changed their stance on a relief bill.

 

 

"What are the obstacles for Republican support of a bipartisan relief bill?" PBS NewsHour 12/02/2020

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SUMMARY:  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement Wednesday that the bipartisan COVID relief bill just unveiled should be the starting point for negotiations going forward.  Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is one of the lawmakers responsible for that bipartisan bill.  He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

THE RUSSIA FILE - Intel Committee Report

"Mostly bipartisan Senate Intel Committee report on Russia highlights Manafort’s role" PBS NewsHour 8/18/2020

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SUMMARY:  The Senate Intelligence Committee has released the fifth and final report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.  It concludes that the 2016 Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia posed a grave national counterintelligence threat but offers no determination on whether the campaign deliberately worked with Russia to sway the election.  Nick Schifrin joins Stephanie Sy to discuss.

AMERICA - What History Can Teach Politicians

"David Rubenstein’s take on what American history can teach our politicians" PBS NewsHour 11/25/2019

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SUMMARY:  In 2013, billionaire investor, businessman and philanthropist David Rubenstein set out an ambitious plan to moderate conversations with prominent historians before an audience of bipartisan lawmakers.  The goal: help members of Congress become more knowledgeable about the past -- so they are better equipped to govern our future.  Rubenstein joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the project's outcome.

AMERICAN POLITICS - Surprise Medical Bills

"The push to eliminate surprise medical bills" PBS NewsHour 6/2/2019

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SUMMARY:  The issue of surprise medical bills - when patients are charged by a provider they didn’t know was out of network - is gaining momentum in Washington with policymakers on both sides of the aisle looking for solutions.  Last month, President Trump also called for legislative action on the subject.  Rachel Bluth, a reporter for Kaiser Health News joins Megan Thompson for more.

BIPARTISAN POLITICS - The Public Lands Bill

"What a broad, bipartisan public lands bill means for the American wilderness" PBS NewsHour 3/6/2019

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SUMMARY:  President Trump is expected to sign a sweeping bipartisan lands bill into law this week, with broad implications for development of wilderness areas, state conservation funding and hunting and fishing on public lands.  Judy Woodruff sits down with Lisa Desjardins to discuss the details of the landmark legislation, including its unusually high level of support in both chambers of Congress.