KTH: Fiscal cliff blame leads nowhere
Keeping Them Honest, Americans want compromise, but elected officials are instead blaming each other for stalled progress.
View ArticleWalker: Price to pay for going off cliff
David Gergen and David Walker discuss the partisan politics at play in the fiscal cliff talks.
View ArticleCompromise 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...
View ArticleKTH: 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.
View ArticleTonight 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...
View ArticleKTH: 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.
View Article'A sad day for people with disabilities'
Ted Kennedy Jr. says several Republicans spread "fiction," which politicized and defeated the U.N. disabilities treaty.
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleKTH: U.N. Disability treaty
Opponents of the U.N. disabilities treaty say it could change U.S. law. We're Keeping them Honest.
View ArticleFiscal 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.
View ArticleObama, 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...
View ArticleWhy 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.
View ArticleKTH: 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.
View ArticleCongressional 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.
View ArticleKTH: 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.
View ArticleNorquist: 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...
View ArticleThousands 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.
View ArticleKTH: 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...
View ArticleEarmarks 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.
View ArticleU.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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