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November 29, 2004
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A New General For Senate Dems When it comes to watching out for his home state, Harry Reid is a master at wielding his intimate knowledge of Senate procedures to thwart the majority Republicans   |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 12, 2014
Retsinas & Couch |
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform It is time for Congress to recommit itself to drafting legislation that will transform housing finance for the twenty-first century. |
Searcher
March 2007
Mary Alice Baish |
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
Ryan Reveals GOP Budget Agenda to Investment Advisor New House Budget Committee Chair says Dodd-Frank, health care, spending all in play. |
InternetNews
November 9, 2006
Roy Mark |
Lame Ducks Limp Back to Congress With a major power shift coming in January, Republican-led House and Senate return for mop-up session. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Implications of a Republican-Controlled Congress The consensus is pretty clear: The mid-term elections could result in Republicans taking control of the House and gaining more seats in the Senate. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2011 |
Reid to Renew Senate Cybersecurity Push Senate majority leader looks to merge competing committee bills to arrive at reform legislation this year, still waiting for the White House to weigh in. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2006
Roy Mark |
Will Dems Change Tech Policy? One-party rule in Washington ends next year when the 110th Congress convenes with Democrats taking over the House and the Senate. What does this mean for technology policy? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2003
Matthew Bechard |
Sen. Edward Kennedy on Partisanship, Preserving Pensions and the Value of REITs As the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Senate, Kennedy is actively involved in shaping policy affecting education, health care and pension plans -- an issue of particular importance to the REIT industry. An interview. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Dunham & Javers |
The Politics Of Change As power shifts on Capitol Hill, business faces a new reality |
BusinessWeek
February 24, 2010
Paula Dwyer |
How the Political Gridlock in Washington Might End Anger at Washington and midterm elections are driving both parties to recalibrate their self-interest. A tentative bipartisanship is emerging. |
U.S. Banker
June 2008
Joseph Rosta |
The Two-Step: As Reform Ebbs, Congress Doles Out More Rope Government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are being given new powers by Congress in an effort to reinvigorate the jumbo-loan market. |
Reason
June 2008
David Weigel |
Union Rules The Democratic coalition rubs its hands at the prospect of taking over Washington. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Woellert & Miller |
Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie The debate has begun on how to reform the mortgage giants. |
Reason
April 2007
David Weigel |
Reformers vs. the Old Guard Will fiscal conservatives retake the GOP? Here are four key members to watch in Congress. |
Inc.
February 1, 2003
Eamon Javers |
Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field. |
Managed Care
July 2001
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Tilt of Senate to Democrats Speeded Debate on Patients' Rights The Senate debate over the Patients' Bill of Rights made for great theater, but was the outcome ever in doubt? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2007
John Keller |
Taking the Pulse of Defense Spending As the war in Iraq has become a political sore spot, we can expect the Pentagon's leaders to hunker down to the status quo on military spending at least through the presidential election in November |
Chemistry World
November 12, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Republican gains may spur US chemical rules reform Now that Republicans control both the House of Representatives and the Senate momentum is building to reform the nation's 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act, according to chemical industry groups. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2013 |
CCIM Connections As the National Association of Realtors' senior policy representative for federal taxation, Evan Liddiard keeps close watch on tax laws affecting both residential and commercial real estate. |
IndustryWeek
October 20, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge: Lame Ducks and the Economy A host of tax, budget and regulatory issues will still be on the table when Congress reconvenes after the November election. Will the two parties be able to put aside their differences and act? |
BusinessWeek
January 20, 2010
Albert R. Hunt |
The Democrats' Long Road Back from Massachusetts After Republican Scott Brown's stunning upset, the best President Obama and his party can hope for may be a watered-down health bill with insurance reforms. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Parke Chapman |
Reforming Fannie and Freddie Given the accounting scandals at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it's no great shock that the two companies are bracing for increased regulatory oversight. The question for players in the multi-family real estate industry is whether the reforms will cramp their style. |
Salon.com
November 8, 2000
Anthony York |
President without a mandate Can George W. Bush govern effectively if he wins the White House without taking the popular vote? |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: Financial Services Reform Finalized SEC gets fiduciary powers, but lack of self funding may pose trouble |
InternetNews
December 26, 2006
Roy Mark |
New Leaders, Old Issues What's Next in Tech: Democratic lawmakers may put a new emphasis on network neutrality and data-privacy issues in 2007. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2006
John Keller |
Election Aftermath: What's in it for the Military? One potential target of the new Congress is the large supplemental spending budgets that fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Salon.com
December 16, 2000
Anthony York |
Will Republicans be Bush's worst enemies? From John McCain to Tom DeLay, members of his own party could make the most trouble for the president-elect... |
Salon.com
February 25, 2002
Ben Fritz |
Mail fraud The GOP's attempt to mail Social Security guarantees turns postal workers into campaign operatives... |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2005
Howard Menell |
Apartment Owners Wary of Tax Reform Apartment executives are cautious about pending tax reform, having suffered from other efforts to tweak our tax system. Fortunately, many of today's leaders seem to appreciate the complex and long-term nature of real estate investments and the need to maintain stability in the commercial real estate markets. |
Investment Advisor
November 19, 2010
Melanie Waddell |
GOP House Will Attempt to Rein in Health Care, Dodd-Frank Republicans will urge SEC, other regulators, to 'go easy' in interpreting Dodd-Frank |
InternetNews
November 18, 2005
Roy Mark |
Getting Along Over Tech? Just think what a little bipartisanship could actually accomplish for technology policy in this country. |
InternetNews
June 10, 2005
Roy Mark |
Telecom Reform? Don't Bet On It Republicans are proposing subsidies and Democrats are offering tax incentives, and it's both good news and bad news for technology. |
Reason
April 2008
Jeff Flake |
Passing Bad Laws A short guided tour -- by a congressman -- of the worst bills currently in Congress. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2004
Matthew Bechard |
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. on the election, tax cuts and REITs Bill Frist, who was one of the nation's pre-eminent transplant surgeons before being elected to the Senate in 1994, has been a leading voice on many critical issues: including health care, bioterrorism and national security, and education. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2007
Roy Mark |
Competition Bill Passed to President's Desk The America Competes Act calls for doubling spending on research and math, science and engineering education. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2015
Lydia Snowden |
2015 Legislative Outlook Will 1031 exchanges survive tax reform? |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2010
April Taylor |
Election Day Winners & Losers -- Stock Edition Was your favorite stock an election night winner or loser? |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2007
S.J. Caplan |
New Rules Coming for Fannie and Freddie The House passes a bill creating a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There's no doubt that accounting irregularities have to be cleaned up and confidence restored, but an increase in long-term capital requirements would be unnecessary and harmful. |
InternetNews
May 4, 2005
Roy Mark |
GOP Blames Dems for Slow Tech Agenda Texas Republican Tom DeLay says the Democratic party is only paying lip service to high tech issues. |
U.S. Banker
September 2010
Rob Garver |
Which Direction For Fannie and Freddie? As wards of the state, the mortgage giants support the majority of all new home loans. But conservatorship can t last forever, and as policymakers examine the government s role in housing finance, debate rages over where the GSEs should fit in. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Behind Congress' Too Big to Fail Remedy Weighs In on Reform Paul Kanjorski says regulators would have more power with the new legislation. |
Managed Care
August 2004
John Carroll |
'Healthy Mae' Just Might Be Frist's Biggest Legacy The senate majority leader, a surgeon who owns a large stake in a chain of hospitals, puts forth far-reaching proposals for reforming the health care system. |
Insurance & Technology
August 19, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
November Elections Offer Mixed Bag A Democratic victory is more likely than a GOP win to result in a need for greater investment in technology related to privacy and security concerns for the insurance industry. |
Managed Care
November 2007
John Carroll |
Plans Unsettled By Prospect of Democrat in White House The health insurance industry might be able to help itself by coming up with ideas to influence the presidential debate. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2010
Albert R. Hunt |
A Presidency Restored to Health Obama's improbable win on health-care reform is one for the history books and will boost his credibility |
Reason
February 2007 |
Divided We Stand What sort of legislation and political theater should the friends of "Free Minds and Free Markets" expect during the next two years? Is the new situation an improvement or disaster? |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Bit & Thomasson |
The Midterms Could Spark a Stock Rally If the Republicans take over the House, history suggests a robust market. If they take over the Senate, so much the better. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2010
Robert Schmidt |
Senator Dodd's Exit Could Facilitate a Financial Reform Deal Why Chris Dodd's decision to leave the Senate may give him more leverage to craft a financial reform package. |
