Scott Brown

• For Financial Reform Bill, All Signs Point to Senate Passage This Week

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 13, 2010

  Having garnered key "yes" votes from three Republican Senators, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, July 13, they were confident the financial services reform bill would be passed by the Senate this week, and then sent to President Obama for his signature.

• Financial Reform: Passage This Week, Senate Sources Predict

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 13, 2010

  Three key Republican Senators now on board to support the bill.

• Financial Reform Bill: Sen. Cantwell Switches to 'Yes' Vote

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 2, 2010

  Republican Senators Brown, Grassley, Snowe, and Collins still undecided.

• In Reform Bill, Congress Will Miss Obama's July 4 Deadline

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 30, 2010

  The House and Senate will miss their deadline to send the financial services reform bill to President Obama for his signature by July 4.

• Senator Brown Scuttles Reform Bill Deal, Forcing Lawmakers Back to Conference

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 29, 2010

  Top Democratic negotiators reopened negotiations on the financial services reform bill June 29, to remove a $19 billion tax on big banks and hedge funds that Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts said he could not support.

• Senator Byrd's Death May Hold Up Passage of Reform Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2010

  With the death of Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) at 92 in the early hours of Monday, June 28, questions remain whether his passing will complicate passage of the financial services reform bill.

• Democrats Succeed on Dodd Bill Cloture Vote in Senate; Final Vote Expected Soon

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 20, 2010

  Senate Democrats were successful on Thursday, May 20, in invoking cloture on Senator Christopher Dodd's (D-Connecticut) financial services reform bill, S. 3217.

• The president's bogus challenge

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 11, 2010

  Republicans are rightly skeptical of the president's outstretched hand, given his call for bipartisanship now, only after Scott Brown's win and his back against the...

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  Brown is the new blue

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2010

  The biggest loser from Tuesday's special election? Ironically, Mitt Romney. Massachusetts sent a strong message that they think his universal health care plan sucks, and...

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  All eyes on the health care prize

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 14, 2010

  If it's Tuesday, this must be Boston. As many pundits before me have noted, what an upset it will be if Republican challenger Scott Brown...