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By Kenneth Silber |
May 24, 2012
This year’s congressional elections hold considerable potential to reshuffle power on Capitol Hill.
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By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com |
May 24, 2012
"Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress and I will sign it tomorrow,” President Obama proclaimed in his State of the Union on Jan. 24, 2012.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
February 15, 2012
Congressional leaders said late Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a payroll tax cut; legislation likely will be ready for President Obama’s signature by the end of the week.
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By Dan Berman |
December 26, 2011
Congress is gridlocked again, this time on a long-term deal to extend the payroll tax cut. Democrats have already named members to a conference committee formed to end the stalemate. Advisors can do something: Contact Congress now.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
December 23, 2011
Following House GOP change of heart, bill approved by both Houses in Dec. 23 pro forma sessions.
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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
December 19, 2011
A bipartisan negotiated two-month extension of payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits, passed by the Senate on Saturday, looks doomed to fail if House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, follows through with his insistence that the House vote it down late Monday.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
December 7, 2011
As the battle rages on in Washington over whether to extend the payroll tax cut next year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Wednesday that 'we aren’t going home until we finish this.'
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
December 2, 2011
Congress will likely pass some form of a payroll tax cut before 2011 is out, but the process is a painful one that shows just how divided Democrats and Republicans remain—and where the fault lines lie.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
October 7, 2011
The Labor Department’s report of a 103,000 rise in payroll jobs in September exceeded analysts’ expectations, but increase is too tepid to sway high unemployment rate of 9.1%
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By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M. |
October 6, 2011
President Barack Obama’s tax plan would adopt the 'Buffett Tax' on families earning $1 million or more.
