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  Lawmakers Push Financial Transaction Tax as Deficit Deadline Nears

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 11, 2011

  With only two weeks left to reach a deal, lawmakers supporting the bill that would levy a tax on financial transactions urged the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in a Nov. 8 letter to adopt their proposal.

• Rep. DeFazio Aims to Tax Trading

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2011

  Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is doing it again—partnering with Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, to present a bill to tax trades of stocks, bonds and derivatives. The two previously tried in 2009 to propose such a measure, but it failed.

• SEC Funding in the Budget Fight Crosshairs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2011

  At press time, the Senate was preparing to vote on competing Democratic and GOP bills to fund the government for the rest of the year.

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  As State Securities Regulators Worry About SEC Funding, Government Shutdown Looms

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2011

  As state securities regulators gathered at their annual public policy conference in Washington on Monday, the threat of a government shutdown looked imminent.

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  Sen. Harkin Says Govt. Shutdown Possible; Calls for Year-Long CR

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2011

  Harkin, Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, also wants a universal retirement system; Treasury official calls for automatic IRA.

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  Sen. Harkin to DOL: Hold Retirement Plan Advisors to Strict Fiduciary Rules

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2011

  Sen.Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, is urging the DOL to hold retirement plan advisors to the highest fiduciary standards.

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  Senate Mulls Stronger Oversight of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 2, 2010

  Sen. Harkin: A recent IG report "raised serious concerns about whether PBGC would be able to cope with a sudden influx of pensions brought on by a new economic crisis."

• House, Senate Agree to Retain State Oversight of EIAs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 24, 2010

  House conferees agreed Thursday, June 24, with the Senate in passing the amendment offered by Senator Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) which retained state regulation of equity-indexed annuities (EIAs).

• In Reform Bill, Fiduciary Duty, EIA Regulation Face Vote on June 22

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 21, 2010

  As the Senate and House conferees get back to work on Tuesday, June 22, the critical vote on whether to apply a fiduciary standard to brokers is expected.

• Feinstein Seeks Increased Authority for CFTC and F

  By Staff Writer  |  March 10, 2003

  WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) formally launched another effort to regulate the trading of energy derivatives. Ms. Feinstein is the sponsor of S. 509, the Energy...