Government shutdown temporarily avoided

President Biden signed legislation to temporarily avoid a government shutdown. The U.S. government is now funded through December 3. This comes as the Democrats remain divided over the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom implemented a first-of-its-kind vaccine mandate for students. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of "Face the Nation" Margaret Brennan joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss this week's episode.

• Oct 1, 2021
• 07:20

Extended interview: GOP Senator Tim Scott on "Face the Nation"

As budget battles and the conversation over police reform continue, Margaret Brennan sits down with key negotiator Senator Tim Scott for an update.

• Sep 26, 2021
• 13:31

Scott talks collapse of police reform deal

The South Carolina Republican senator, the top Republican negotiator on police reform, blamed the collapse of the talks on Democrats' "defunding the police" agenda.

• Sep 25, 2021
• 02:29

Scott claims Democrats' police reforms cut police funding

The South Carolina Republican senator spoke with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan about the collapse of police reform negotiations in Congress.

• Sep 25, 2021
• 00:29

Congressional policing reform negotiations continue despite setbacks

Talks are continuing nearly two weeks after Senate and House negotiators announced a "framework" on policing reform.

• Jul 7, 2021

Are reparations the answer to America's historic racial wealth gap?

The median White household in the U.S. has $184,000 in wealth, while the median Black household has less than $23,000. Experts say the gap was fostered by generations of enslavement, Jim Crow laws, discrimination and redlining. Correspondent Mark Whitaker explores the issue, and proposals to narrow the gap, including reparations and "baby bonds" or other race-neutral anti-poverty programs.

• Jun 20, 2021
• 10:12

Senator Cory Booker on police reform

A year after George Floyd's death, police reform negotiations are still continuing on Capitol Hill. Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, is one of the lead negotiators and he joined "CBSN AM" to talk about where the legislation stands.

• May 25, 2021
• 09:31

George Floyd's family meets with Biden and Pelosi on anniversary of death

Members of George Floyd's family met with President Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Karen Bass on Tuesday.

• May 25, 2021

Senator Cory Booker on police reform bill

Democratic Senator Cory Booker joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his latest negotiations on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act one year since his death.

• May 25, 2021
• 06:16

Senators' snowball fight

Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Jeff Flake had a duel on Capitol Hill. A snowball duel, that is. The stakes were high: the loser had to buy pizza for the winning senator's team.

• Mar 22, 2018
• 01:37

Sen. Booker on DHS secretary

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, who serves on the Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations Committees, joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss the heated questioning of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Tuesday where she denied hearing President Trump allegedly using a vulgarity to describe immigrants from some countries. Booker talks about why it's not about the profanity the president reportedly used but the damage done when people stand by and say nothing.

• Jan 17, 2018
• 06:01

Booker blasts DHS secretary

Senator Cory Booker slammed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in a Senate hearing over her "amnesia" as to what President Trump said in a controversial Oval Office meeting, calling her silence "complicit."

• Jan 16, 2018
• 01:35

Sen. Jim Inhofe interview

Unlike Democratic senators Cory Booker and John Lewis, GOP senator Jim Inhofe supports Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions, President-elect Trump's pick for Attorney General. Inhofe joined CBSN to discuss his perspective.

• Jan 11, 2017
• 03:41

Senators vs. Sessions

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J) and Sen. John Lewis (D-GA) testified against fellow senator Jeff Sessions, who has been tapped by President-elect Trump for attorney general. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has more on the unprecedented move.

• Jan 11, 2017
• 01:09

Booker testifies against Sessions

Sen. Cory Booker testified against President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Jeff Sessions, during the day two of the confirmation hearing. See his full remarks here.

• Jan 11, 2017
• 07:30

Sens. Tim Scott & Cory Booker

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey are the only African-Americans currently serving in the United States Senate. They came together to visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture for the very first time, speaking to Charlie Rose about growing up as African-Americans and their hopes for the future of this country.

• Sep 12, 2016
• 05:37

Democratic Convention Day 1

Democratic convention delegates are about to nominate a woman as a major party presidential candidate for the first time, but the historic convention got off to a difficult start. Many Bernie Sanders supporters made it clear they're not ready to accept Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee. But the primetime speakers including first lady Michelle Obama managed to bring some unity to the proceedings. Nancy Cordes reports from Philadelphia.

• Jul 26, 2016
• 03:43

Sen. Booker on Dem convention

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is speaking Monday night at the Democratic National Convention. He was reportedly a candidate to be Hillary Clinton's running mate. Booker joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the Democratic National Committee email hacking that resulted in the resignation of chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine.

• Jul 25, 2016
• 04:45

While he tries to rally Democratic votes, Booker does not want bipartisanship to take a back seat

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has been front and center for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the early primary states. While he tries to rally Democratic votes, Booker does not want bipartisanship to take a back seat. The senator is out with a book about the formative experiences that made him value that approach. Booker joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his new book, "United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good."

• Feb 12, 2016
• 05:49

Sen. Booker on Biden administration and unity

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker joins "CBS This Morning" for his first interview since Joe Biden was projected to win the presidential election. He discusses priorities for the next administration and how to unite a divided country.

• Nov 9, 2020
• 06:19

Face The Nation: Booker, Gottlieb

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on the supreme court justice nominee, government funding, healthcare and mail-in ballots.

• Sep 20, 2020
• 23:09

Murkowski opposes filling Supreme Court seat before the election

Murkowski is the second Republican, behind Senator Susan Collins of Maine, to voice opposition to filling the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat before the November election.

• Sep 20, 2020

Booker: GOP doing "tremendous" damage to Senate

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker says Republican efforts to confirm a nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court "does a tremendous amount of damage to the institution of the Senate."

• Sep 20, 2020
• 06:42

Transcript: Cory Booker on "Face the Nation"

The following is a transcript of an interview with New Jersey Senator Cory Booker that aired Sunday, September 30, 2020, on "Face the Nation."

• Sep 20, 2020

What's expected for debate's second night?

Former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris will take the stage for the second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett joined CBSN with what to expect.

• Jul 31, 2019
• 10:32

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