Exhibit 99(14)(b)

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Financial Highlights"
in the Proxy Statement and to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
July 22, 2008 with respect to the financial statements and financial highlights
of RiverSource Short Duration U.S. Government Fund included in the Annual Report
for the year ended May 31, 2008 in the Registration Statement (Form N-14) of the
RiverSource Government Income Series, Inc. filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (Registration No. 333-157592).


                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 13, 2009