Topic: Kent Conrad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday revived an ambitious budget plan that could provide new ideas for breaking the impasse in Congress over raising the country's credit limit by August 2.Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, one of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Joe Lieberman is expected to follow the lead of a long-time Democratic colleague Kent Conrad and announce on Wednesday that he won't seek reelection next year, Democratic Party aides said.Lieberman, 68, a former Democrat turned independent who still ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Kent Conrad, who has led efforts to get the U.S. budget under control, said on Tuesday that he will not run for re-election in 2012, a decision that helps Republican efforts to win control of the Senate ...
/u-s-senate" title="U.S. Senate">senator who represents North Dakota , and is a member of the <a href="/democratic-npl-party" title="Democratic-NPL Party" On August 1 , 2008 , Conrad and Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss led a group of nine other bipartisan senators dubbed the Gang of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she backs letting lower tax rates for the rich expire at year-end, amid a call by several Senate Democrats who argue the economy is too fragile for higher taxes.Fiscal conservative ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A budget plan proposed on Tuesday by a key Senate Democrat seeks to reduce U.S. deficits at a faster pace than proposed by President Barack Obama.The tax and spending blueprint proposed by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad calls ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Wednesday blasted Democratic plans to set up a bipartisan debt-reduction commission, underlining the political challenges that face any effort to get the U.S. budget under control.Riding high after unexpectedly picking up a U.S. Senate seat in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and congressional Democrats have reached a tentative deal to set up a task force that could make it easier for lawmakers to approve tax increases, spending cuts or other unpopular measures needed to reduce budget deficits, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday endorsed a proposed bipartisan commission to help make the tough calls needed to get the spiraling and record U.S. debt under control.Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Greenspan warned that ...
Unable themselves to put government on a diet, Congress and Obama could go Jenny Craig routeIf Congress can't stop itself from spending the nation into everlasting debt, give the controls to somebody else.Who says?A sizeable number of senators themselves.An unpopular but must-pass ...
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