Kent Conrad

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  After Obama Victory, How the New Government Is Shaping Up for Advisors: Updated

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 7, 2012

  Some notable newcomers—Elizabeth Warren, for one—join Congress, which remains divided between the two parties as fiscal cliff, tax issues come to fore of national agenda. FPA and FSI's leaders and lobbyists weigh in on what's next.

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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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  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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  STOCK Act Doesn’t Bar Lawmakers From Trading on Their Knowledge

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 25, 2012

  Should lawmakers refrain from taking actions in their financial portfolios when they have information not yet known by the public?

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  Obama Budget 'Falls Short' of Ryan, Fiscal Commission Proposals, Bipartisan Report Says

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 22, 2011

  Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says President’s deficit-reduction framework 'falls short' of competing budget plans

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  House Passes Ryan FY2012 Budget Plan

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 15, 2011

  The House passed by a vote of 235-193 on Friday the FY2012 spending bill put forth by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., which would cut $5.8 trillion in spending over 10 years.

• Taxes, Deficit Dominate Discussions by GOP, Democrats

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 5, 2010

  The economy was prominent on the Sunday talk shows; once again Republicans and Democrats duked it out over their differing views of what’s needed and what will happen in the coming year.

• Better late than never

  By Staff Writer  |  December 1, 2007

  According to The Union Leader in Manchester, N.H., Republican Sen. Judd Gregg has offered legislation to tackle the boomer retirement crisis by forming a bipartisan task...

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  The Fifth Annual IA 25: 2007

  By Editorial Staff  |  May 1, 2007

  When Mary Schapiro took the helm as CEO and chairman of the NASD last September, it was a moment of relative calm before the storm.