Kent Conrad - Economic Policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday affirmed her support for letting lower tax rates for wealthier Americans expire at year-end, despite opposition by several Senate Democrats who say the economy is too fragile for higher taxes. Fiscally ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kent Conrad, a fiscally conservative Democrat who chairs the Senate's budget committee, on Wednesday said he backs extending all of the tax cuts that expire this year, including for the wealthy. "The general rule of thumb would be you'd ...

Senate Democratic budget plan threatens millions with tax increasesPresident Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate promise to cut the deficit by almost two-thirds over the next five years, but their budget plan could threaten about 30 million people with tax increases ...

Facing Democratic doubts, Obama says crisis cannot hold back health care, energy, educationConfronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the economy Thursday, declaring the national crisis is " not as ...

Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the economy Thursday, declaring the national crisis is " not as bad as we think" and his plans will speed recovery.Challenged to provide ...

Facing misgivings within his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of the administration's economic blueprint Thursday, arguing that delay on health care, energy and education would make " Kent Conrad, the chairman of the Budget Committee called the track ...

Democrats join GOP in taking potshots at Obama's tax and spending proposalsThe obstacles that President Barack Obama faces in pushing his ambitious tax and spending plan through Congress became clearer Tuesday as key Democrats took issue with major proposals, and some of ...

Summary of breakout sessions during fiscal summitThe fiscal responsibility summit President Barack Obama hosted at the White House on Monday included breakout discussions of key issues in five different areas. "But others, like House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., and Rep. ...

Obama says despite some objections, stimulus plan will get donePresident-elect Barack Obama says that when it comes to his stimulus plan, he remains confident that " we're going to get it done" despite objections from some Democratic senators over his tax proposals.Obama ...

US president-elect Barack Obama's team was working Friday to push forward giant stimulus measures to jolt the country out of recession after an unexpectedly rocky reception from his own party.New signs emerged of the dire state of the global economy with South ...

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Topic: Kent Conrad

Pelosi: Tax cuts for affluent should go

Key Democrat backs extending tax cuts for rich

Millions face tax increases under Dems budget plan

Obama confronts Dem skepticism on economic plans

Obama: Economic crisis 'not as bad as we think'

Obama says long-term investments cannot wait

Obama's budget plan draws heat from Democrats, GOP

Summary of breakout sessions during fiscal summit

Obama says he's confident over stimulus plan

Obama battles to push stimulus package

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