Credit card reform is hot on Capitol Hill. Consumers stand to get protections. But banks say it’s the wrong reform, at the wrong time. We’ll hear the debate.

The torture debate grows red hot. The Taliban advance in Pakistan. Craigslist under fire. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The president lays out his agenda to Congress and the nation. We’ll hear reaction from Republicans and Democrats on the partisan front lines.

President Obama. The oath is taken. Now comes the governing. We’ll look at what’s ahead in the first 100 days.

A filibuster-proof majority for Senate Democrats? It’s possible. We’ll look at key Senate races, and what a Democratic “supermajority” might mean for the country.

The big bailout goes to Congress, and the pressure for action is intense. We’ll go to the Hill, and beyond, for a hard look at Washington’s options.

A top-tier bipartisan commission wants to restore the powers of Congress in declaring war. We’ll hear the debate.

Pennsylvania Democrat Patrick Murphy is the only Iraq War veteran in Congress.
He can tell you all about driving into enemy fire in a Humvee without adequate armor; losing the battles for Iraqi hearts and minds; the strategic blunders of the Bush administration; the high price and pain of long deployments, and the 19 comrades who [...]