... August recess. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said Obama should be pleased with lawmakers' progress; Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said "there really is plenty of time." - Advertisement - And Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y ...

... that threaten to swamp the budgets of government, businesses and families. Asked by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., if the evolving legislation would bend the cost curve, the budget director responded that as things ...

... a final bill that's agreed to. What there is now is a clear path to having a bill that is paid for," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., one of seven Republican and Democratic Finance Committee senators who've been working closely on the ...

... bipartisan approach." Baucus met separately with committee Democrats and a bipartisan group during the day. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said Democrats seemed encouraged after going over a list of alternative tax proposals to help raise ...

- Advertisement - Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and House Budget Committee Chairman John M. Spratt Jr., D-S.C. were spooked by a Congressional Budget Office ...

... budget, a decision that spares them the need to make politically difficult choices. Republicans conceded that Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., chairman of the committee, had produced a plan that sliced recommended spending beneath levels Obama ...

... a proposed piece of legislation that everyone can support and which should be passed as quickly as possible. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have proposed legislation to create a "Financial Markets Commission ...

... for the billions of dollars in tax incentives and initiatives it contained. Pryor said leaders in the group, Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., were working on an agreement acceptable to members of what's been ...

... Arkansas lawmakers are centrists who veer from their party from time to time. The bipartisan group is led by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. The group has held at least six meetings to exchange ideas and ...

... legislation covers five years, congressional budget analysts estimate programs over a decade. - Advertisement - Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said the shift was "urgently needed because of the run-up in food costs and food prices." It also ...