Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., argues against President Obama’s push for universal pre-K, saying education is an issue best left to the states.
David Johns – executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans – argues education reform must reach beyond universal pre-K.
President Obama again stresses the need to expand opportunity and upward mobility in his weekly address.
CBSNews.com Executive Washington Editor Steve Chaggaris talks with RealClearPolitics Political Reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns about the parties’ strategies for the 2014 midterm elections.
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., says the lengthy wait many veterans face in receiving disability payments is a “national embarrassment.”
Before signing the recently passed farm bill, President Obama said the bill contains several provisions that would strengthen job growth.
Vice President Biden warns that America's aging infrastructure will make it harder for the U.S. to compete with other countries.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., expresses disappointment at Republicans’ latest blockade of an extension of federal unemployment benefits.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., say the House speaker’s Republican caucus is to blame for stalled progress on immigration reform.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, cracks a joke about the difficulty of amassing Republican votes to lift the debt ceiling.