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By Marlene Y. Satter |
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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By Marlene Y. Satter |
March 13, 2012
A bill that started out as seven separate pieces of legislation intended to benefit business startups and stimulate job creation is coming in for criticism as it heads to the Senate, as opponents say that it does away with consumer protection.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
January 17, 2012
As lawmakers return to Washington this week and next, top on their agenda will be to begin hashing out a full-year deal to extend the two-month payroll tax cut that was approved before the holiday recess and that expires on Feb. 29.
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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 16, 2011
Bipartisan deal to avert government shutdown includes $1.3 billion in funding for the SEC in 2012, but $25 million cut from Dodd-Frank reserve fund; extension of payroll tax cut still up in the air.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
November 28, 2011
Senate Democrats on Monday urged Congress to extend the tax cuts now in place for employers and employees, but Republicans countered that the tax holiday should end because it isn’t stimulating the economy.
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By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent |
September 26, 2011
Ending weeks of political brinkmanship, Congress finessed a dispute over disaster aid Monday night and advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown only days away.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
September 19, 2011
President Barack Obama on Monday announced a plan to reduce the deficit by more than $3 trillion over the next 10 years, with $1.5 billion coming from new taxes on the wealthy.
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By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq. |
August 29, 2011
Congress’ solution to the debt limit crisis and rising deficits is fully operational, but many are left wondering whether the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is capable of fulfilling its mandate.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
August 11, 2011
Bringing the number to 12, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday her picks for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
