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Headlines Package - October 3, 2008

Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:40

4:53 minutes (4.48 MB)
  • Job Losses Hit 5-Year High
  • How Do You Say "Bailout" in French, German and Italian?
  • US Envoy Ends Extended Trip to North Korea
  • Nine State Sue EPA Over Clean Water Act Loophole

House Passes Bail-out With a Little Help from Sen. Obama

Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:23

3:37 minutes (3.32 MB)

The House passed the 700 billion dollar Wall Street Bail-out.  On it's second attempt, 58 lawmakers crossed sides that resulted in an easy passage.  As FSRN's Karen Miller reports, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama played a major role in convincing fellow Democrats to support it.

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Independent VP Candidates Respond to Dems, Repubs VP Debate

Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:22

7:31 minutes (6.89 MB)

The two major party Vice Presidential Candidates met face to face in St. Louis last night. It was the one and only time during this campaign they'll do so.  DC Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell has more on the debates.

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Fact-checking the Debates

Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:21

1:28 minutes (1.34 MB)

After last night's debate with the major party VP candidates, many political pundits and commentators said "neither candidate made any major mistakes." But a review of the record shows that both Joe Biden and Sarah Palin got plenty wrong. According to Factcheck.org, Palin's claims that McCain's healthcare plan is budget neutral and will not cost the government anything are not true. McCain's plan would only cover 5 million of the uninsured, and would add $1.3 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, according to The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. That same group estimates that Obama's plan would cover 34 million of the uninsured at a price of $1.6 trillion over that time period.

Groups Focus on Low-Income Voter Registration

Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:20

4:30 minutes (4.13 MB)

If households with less than $25,000 in annual income voted at the same rate as those with incomes above $100,000, there would be 7 million more voters on Election Day. That's according to Project Vote. Millions of low income and minority voters are being denied opportunities to register to vote by state agencies. Community organizations are taking up the slack, registering low income, minority, immigrant and young people wherever they can find them. Martha Baskin has our story.

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