Lawmaker targets 401(k) fees
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A key House lawmaker said yesterday that Congress needs to consider making companies that manage 401(k) plans give clearer, more complete information on fees, which can drain thousands of dollars from a worker's retirement savings.
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Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to fast-track efforts to boost the federal minimum wage and could seek to bring a bill directly to the House floor in January.
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Congress is on the hunt for revenue raisers. Watch your wallet. Call your lobbyist.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer has agreed to a pay raise for legislators, even as his budget called for strict cuts elsewhere, the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has told New York lawmakers.
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While members of Congress fretted Wednesday about how to allocate federal aid to best counter the risk of a terrorist attack, one lawmaker chose to focus on cigarette lighters.
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Have you checked your 401(k) fees? What looks like a small difference could have big consequences.
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Hoping to stem a tide of rising  pension debt, a California legislator will propose a  controversial overhaul on Monday that would convert traditional  public employee retirement plans to privately managed  401(k)-style plans, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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Betting has quadrupled in the past decade, with groups now asking lawmakers to study the social costs.
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Investor's Business Daily - So you're socking away money in your 401(k). You're dreaming of retirement in a nice condo in Florida, where you'll spend your days fishing or playing golf.
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U.S. House members spent $20.3 million in tax money last year to send constituents what's often the government equivalent of junk mail Â meeting announcements, tips on car care and job interviews, surveys on public policy and just plain bragging.
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The spring rush to raise taxes on private-equity firms and hedge funds has turned into a crawl as congressional tax writers, particularly in the Senate, take a cautious approach to crafting the legislation.
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A second Senate Democrat said Friday he was open to President Bush's idea of letting people divert some of their Social Security taxes to personal retirement accounts as Republican Party leaders tried to allay re-election fears among wavering GOP lawmakers.
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After reading a recent Expresso item I wrote supporting President Bush&#39;s plan to reform Social Security, a woman sent me an e-mail asking how her twentysomething son should invest his 401(k) funds.
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The head of the Galveston County Democratic Party is publicly asking local State Representative Larry Taylor to return more than $55,000 he received in campaign contributions from a political action committee after the executive director of the committee
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A Senate famous for its "deliberative pace" is hoping to rush out bills this week bolstering pensions, raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes before departing the Capitol and shifting their re-election campaigns into high gear.
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A Massachusetts state legislator is pushing a bill that would hold retailers financially liable to card-issuing banks for the costs of a security breach -- a proposal that quickly came under fire from retail groups.
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By Mike Stanton; Journal Staff Writer  As the head of a neighborhood group asks a committee for stiffer penalties for polluters, senators grill state officials about the costs of the lawsuit.