Dick Durbin

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  Sen. Schumer: ‘Scrap’ Simpson-Bowles in Fiscal Cliff Talks, Raise Top Tax Rates

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 9, 2012

  Schumer says “old style” tax reform is now obsolete because there are two new conditions that exist today that didn’t exist when the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was passed: “a much larger, more dangerous deficit, and a dramatic increase in income inequality.”

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  SRO Bill May See July Vote; SEC Gets Glint of Hope for Extra Funds

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 14, 2012

  Despite the fact that a late June markup of Rep. Spencer Bachus’ SRO bill was delayed, he still “intends to move the bill forward through committee,” says Dan Barry of FPA.

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  Blistering Criticism of JOBS Bill May Push Senate Changes

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 15, 2012

  A House bill intended to benefit business startups and stimulate job creation has been so sharply criticized on its way to the Senate that opponents may prevail in strengthening consumer protections they say were trashed.

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  Senate Democrats: GOP Cuts to SEC Could Mean Another Madoff

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2011

  Top Senate Democrats sent a letter to the leader of the House Appropriations Committee House appropriators on Tuesday criticizing Republican’s proposed cuts to the SEC, calling them “unacceptable and counterproductive.”

• SEC Funding in the Budget Fight Crosshairs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2011

  At press time, the Senate was preparing to vote on competing Democratic and GOP bills to fund the government for the rest of the year.

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  Sen. Durbin Vows Fight to Stop SEC, CFTC Budget Cuts

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 2, 2011

  Sen. Durbin says he will "fight to ensure House Republicans lose this fight” to cut the SEC, CFTC and CFPB budgets, “just as they lost” on trying to stop passage of Dodd-Frank.

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  Will Bush Tax Cuts Be Extended, and Bernanke Speaks: Advisor Briefing for the Week of Dec. 6, 2010

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  December 5, 2010

  This week will bring more meetings and possibly action in Europe on the debt and bailout front, while the domestic economic reports that may move the markets include reads on manufacturing, mortgages, trade and consumer sentiment.