Kent Conrad

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Two members of President Obama's deficit reduction commission — Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad and ranking minority member Judd Gregg — announced their support Wednesday for the final proposal from the commission's co-chairmen. The...

Also, Gordon Brown, Ehud Barak, Kent Conrad, Christine Todd Whitman, Tzipi Livni, Salam Fayyad, Howard Dean, Dennis Blair, Dick Durbin, Chris Van Hollen, Austan Goolsbee, Mike Bloomberg, Elijah Cummins, Jim McDermott, Jerrold Nadler and Anthony Weiner....

The Federal Reserve announced Monday it made a record $78.4 billion profit in 2010 as the central bank's unprecedented intervention into the financial system continued to produce a side benefit to the federal government. The profit, which is paid to......

Look for Sunday morning programs to focus on post-Tucson efforts at civility and previews of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech. That address will rearrange the Tuesday night schedule. Here's a look at the guest list: ABC's "This Week"...

An enlightening moment from Sunday's talk shows came on ABC's “This Week,” when U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad was asked about how to cut the federal budget deficit. The Senate's budget chairman and a member of the president's bipartisan d...

Hollywood's seemingly endless search for an industry lobbyist appears to be zeroing in on former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). Dodd, a former U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful who recently retired from the Senate, has long been a candidate to head the.......

One of the casualties of the recent budget deal is a potential game-changer in health care: nonprofit health insurance cooperatives (co-ops). Although not eliminated, the funding to help launch the co-ops was cut significantly. Let's set aside the fact...

AMES, Iowa - Crop insurance has become an important tool in a producer's arsenal in pursuit of profit. But, the potential of altering crop insurance subsidy levels is creating uncertainty in rural America, as the 2012 Farm Bill becomes the focus of...

House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson started telling farm organization leaders months ago that writing the 2012 Farm Bill won't be easy. Don't expect any additional money for farm programs, warned the Minnesota Democrat. Look for innovative ways...

Tax cuts, jobless insurance: Voting 277 for and 148 against, the House on Dec. 17 sent the White House a package of tax cuts and economic-stimulus measures negotiated by President Obama and congressional Republicans. The bill (HR4853) would add $858...

In an effort to maintain control of the healthcare debate, President Obama on Tuesday ridiculed critics of his government-run insurance proposal, saying private insurers have nothing to fear if they are efficient and consumer-friendly. "If private...