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  SEC’s Aguilar Calls for Harsher Penalties Against Repeat Fraudsters

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 19, 2012

  The SEC must re-evaluate the strength of its initial settlements and “specifically design” a program to combat repeat fraudsters, SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar said.

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  11 Key Congressional Committees for Advisors to Worry About

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2012

  As the election approaches, not just the White House and Congress are in play, but also control of congressional committees important to advisors and others in the financial services sector.

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  Congress’ Top 5 Pieces of ‘Unfinished Business’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 7, 2012

  As Congress headed off for its August recess, quite a few tasks were left unresolved, with the biggest by far being legislation to avert the looming fiscal cliff.

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  House Rejects Senate Measure on Bush Tax Cuts

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 2, 2012

  The House took the opposite stance to the Bush tax cuts as the Senate and passed legislation on Wednesday that would extend all of the expiring cuts for everyone for one year. Separately on Thursday, Senate Finance panel passed a bipartisan bill to extend other tax cuts for families and...

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  Reid, Boehner Reach Short-Term Spending Deal

  By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press  |  August 1, 2012

  The top Republican and Democrat on Capitol Hill have announced an agreement to keep the government running on autopilot for six months when the current budget year ends on Sept. 30.

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  Senate Votes to Keep Bush Tax Cuts for Middle Class

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 26, 2012

  The Senate passed a bill late Wednesday to extend the Bush tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 a year—or 98% of Americans.

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  Obama Proposes to Extend Bush Tax Cuts Excluding Top Earners

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 9, 2012

  Plan would be for one year and exclude those families earning more than $250,000; GOP opposed, wants to extend cuts for all.

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  Senate Majority Leader Offers Plan to Stop Student Loan Rate Hike

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 8, 2012

  In a speech on Thursday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, President Obama said Republicans were stalling in passing a law to stop such a hike. Republicans claim the administration has ignored their proposals.

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  CBO Says Fiscal Cliff Looms, but Decisions Not Likely Till Precipice Appears

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2012

  The CBO makes the point that if Congress cannot find some way to arrest policies that are already set in motion before the new year, the U.S. will lapse back into a recession in 2013.

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  Senate Democrats Pitch Tax Credit for Small-Business Hiring

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  The three top Democrats in the Senate introduced legislation Monday that provided a 10% tax credit for employers who increased their payrolls this year as well as extended a tax break that lets businesses write off 100% of capital investments.