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KTH: Fiscal cliff blame leads nowhere

Keeping Them Honest, Americans want compromise, but elected officials are instead blaming each other for stalled progress.

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Walker: Price to pay for going off cliff

David Gergen and David Walker discuss the partisan politics at play in the fiscal cliff talks.

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Compromise in Washington is harder than 20 years ago

Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell says in his day, the parties worked together despite opposing beliefs. He tells Anderson Cooper why reaching a fiscal cliff deal is much more of a...

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KTH: No sign of fiscal cliff deal progress

With 28 days before the deadline, there's no compromise between Congress and the president. No behind-the-scenes negotiating, no staff level talks, nothing. Anderson Cooper is Keeping Them Honest.

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Tonight on AC360: Outrage over defeat of disability treaty

This week the U.S. Senate blocked a U.N. treaty aimed at protecting the rights of disabled people around the world. 125 countries have ratified it. The treaty is modeled on the American Disabilities...

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KTH: Senators' flip-flop on U.N. treaty

Why did several Republican senators who supported the U.N. disabilities treaty end up voting against it? We're Keeping them Honest.

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'A sad day for people with disabilities'

Ted Kennedy Jr. says several Republicans spread "fiction," which politicized and defeated the U.N. disabilities treaty.  

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U.N. treaty 'Could have an impact'

Senator Mike Lee says he "can't name one treaty" that has had an effect on U.S. law. The Senator claims the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) treaty could have an...

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KTH: U.N. Disability treaty

Opponents of the U.N. disabilities treaty say it could change U.S. law. We're Keeping them Honest.

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Fiscal deadline: Ball in Senate's Court

Dana Bash says her sources say odds of a fiscal cliff dive remain high, while some say a last-minute bill could pass.

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Obama, congressional leaders to discuss impending fiscal cliff

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will discuss the looming fiscal cliff impasse Friday at the White House, aiming for a last-minute deal to stave off automatic tax increases and spending...

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Why both sides want to go over the cliff

Ross Douthat and Charles Blow discuss what's motivating Democrats and Republicans in the stalled fiscal cliff talks.

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KTH: The making of the fiscal cliff problem

Keeping Them Honest, Democrats and Republicans vowed to work to get the fiscal house in order, but no progress has been made.

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Congressional watchdog may cease to exist

The Office of Congressional Ethics investigates possible misdeeds by lawmakers, but it may not have the support to continue operating. CNN's Joe Johns reports.

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KTH: No deal days before fiscal cliff deadline

Three days before 2012 ends, the president and House and Senate leaders meet to negotiate on a last-minute agreement. They're scrambling to meet a deadline they created – we're Keeping Them Honest.

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Norquist: Fiscal deal doesn't violate pledge

Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist says technically lawmakers didn't violate their anti-tax pledge by voting in favor of the fiscal cliff deal, which increases tax cuts on households...

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Thousands still without power after Sandy

New York State Sen. James Sanders Jr. says Washington doesn't get how difficult it is to recover from Superstorm Sandy.

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KTH: Fiscal cliff deal filled with pork

So what is really in the fiscal cliff legislation? Of course, there are the widely-known sticking points the two sides have been haggling over for weeks: extensions of the income tax cuts for middle...

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Earmarks included in fiscal cliff deal

The VP of Taxpayers for Common Sense, Steve Ellis, discusses tax incentives in the fiscal cliff bill that cater to special interests.

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U.S. debt rating at risk

Margaret Hoover, Charles Blow and Ali Velshi discuss the next big fight in Washington over the deficit and debt.

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