Congressional Correspondent, Washington Post
Congressional correspondent for the Washington Post
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Shailagh Murray
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Goldman Sachs, Public Anger and a Possible Crackdown on Wall Street After weeks of secret negotiations, the Securities and Exchange Commission aimed at the fattest target on Wall Street and charged Goldman Sachs with securities fraud. Normally such votes are unanimous, but this time it was three to 2 with two Democrats and an Independent prevailing over two Republicans.
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Goldman Sachs, Public Anger and a Possible Crackdown on Wall Street After weeks of secret negotiations, the Securities and Exchange Commission aimed at the fattest target on Wall Street and charged Goldman Sachs with securities fraud. Normally such votes are unanimous, but this time it was three to 2 with two Democrats and an Independent prevailing over two Republicans. Democrats see a chance to push finance reform, Republicans warn of more taxpayer bailouts, with each party accusing the other of siding with Wall Street. We look at what Goldman Sachs might or might not have done wrong, and get different opinions on how to stop banks from risking so much they threaten the whole economy.
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President Checks in on Senate Healthcare Bill All over the country, members of Congress and other federal officials are facing demonstrators stirred up about healthcare reform. Back in Washington today, six Senators — three Democrats and three Republicans -- briefed President Obama on their effort to reach a consensus. Shailagh Murray reports for the Washington Post .
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Obama Gets SEIU Endorsement, Confusion Surrounds Lewis Switch The Service Employees International Union, which represents two million public employees all over the US, endorsed Barack Obama today. Its president, Andy Stern, says, since union leaders met with the candidates last fall, "The excitement has been building for Obama." Meantime, the battle continues over super delegates, including the much-admired civil rights veteran John Lewis , a Congressman from Atlanta. Shailagh Murray is covering the Obama campaign for the Washington Post .
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.