The Senate voted along party lines Monday that making the expiring 2017 tax cuts permanent as part of President Trump’s “big, ...

WASHINGTON - Former North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad is mourning the death of Dakota, his beloved dog and best friend. Reached from his Washington home on Sunday night, Conrad said the bichon frise ...

1. Gaylord Kent Conrad was born on March 12, 1948, in Bismarck, N.D., to Gaylord and Abigail Conrad. When Conrad was five years old, he survived a car accident that killed both of his parents. He ...

News about Kent Conrad, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Kent Conrad, a Democrat, represented North Dakota in the Senate from 1987 to 2013. The Post's Oct. 20 editorial on the budget challenge ["A fiscal quid pro quo"] made important points but was way ...

FARGO - Kent Conrad sent tremors through North Dakota's political landscape when he announced on Jan. 18, 2011, he would not seek a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.

Kent Conrad - North Dakota's senior senator who's been influential in the health care reform debate - refused to answer directly Tuesday whether he is willing to break party lines on the issue of ...

Sen. Kent Conrad, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has concerns about President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan. Conrad is among a group of Democratic senators who have criticized the ...

FARGO - North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad is in Haiti today with other Democratic members of Congress to assess recovery efforts in the Caribbean nation that was struck by a devastating earthquake ...

Sen. Kent Conrad (N.D.) has emerged as one of the most effective Democratic critics of President Obama’s agenda, despite their close friendship and the fact that Conrad was one of Obama’s ...

The first Democrat to announce retirement this cycle, Sen. Kent Conrad said he didn’t want the distraction of a campaign.

News about Kent Conrad, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.