GOP Candidate Tries To Spin Dodd Departure
So, have you heard? Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is retiring, an event that's being sold as part and parcel of the larger "OH NOES DEMOCRATS!" story. ...
So, have you heard? Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is retiring, an event that's being sold as part and parcel of the larger "OH NOES DEMOCRATS!" story. ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.07.2010 | Comedy
"Transient Majority Syndrome. There are enough of you who get together here to start thinking you can really shake things up. You think that from now on, everything will be different ..."
Daniel Indiviglio | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics
Roll Call speculates that Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) may not be retiring after all -- he may trade his office in the Senate's Russell Building for o...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
As you have no doubt heard by now, Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) will not be seeking a sixth term in office. My first reaction: Good riddance. Whi...
Associated Press | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
HARTFORD, Conn. (Associated Press) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he will seek to succeed fellow Democrat Christopher Dodd in...
John Taylor | Posted 12.24.2009 | Business
The Fed needs to go on the offensive and force banks to reduce loans to reflect their real property values -- not the values based on a Wall Street Ponzi scheme that drove up housing costs.
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
State bank regulators are warning that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's proposal to create one monolithic federal bank regulator w...
Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
Editor's Note: This is the second of three articles by the Investigative Fund on the credit rating companies. Read the first article here. When the n...
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Senior congressional Democrats say legislation is still needed to limit how lenders charge customers who overspend on their account...
bloomberg.com | Scott Lanman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve regional bank presidents are trying to ward off congressional efforts to weaken their clout, saying the moves m...
The New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
The Wall Street giants that received a financial lifeline from Washington may have no compunction about paying big bonuses to their dealmakers and tra...
New York Times | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
In the latest attack on overdraft fees charged by banks, Christopher J. Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat who heads the Senate Banking Committee, introdu...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
There were those who expected the financial-services industry to slink away in embarrassment after the setbacks of the past year. These people misjudged us.
Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment
Every time I see a new Michael Moore movie, America looks a little different to me. I feel an odd mixture of hopefulness, anger, and spiritual fatigue.
Washington Post | Brady Dennis | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
President Obama will head to Wall Street on Monday to try to breathe new life into efforts to overhaul the financial regulatory system, an undertaking...
Senate Guru | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
It's seemingly unanimous among observers of the 2010 Senate races that the most vulnerable incumbent Democratic Senator next year is Senator Dodd. Here are six reasons why Dodd will win re-election.
Kim Stagliano | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
You well know that tens of millions of Americans without health insurance remain sleepless when they or a loved one become ill. And I know you're fighting to change that. Thank you.
C. Nicole Mason | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
There has been a lot of sexy talk about cutting poverty in half over the next 10 years. How is that going to happen if we don't have an accurate measure of how many poor people there are living in the US.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
Senate Democrats said yesterday that they hope to have a draft of a health care bill ready by the end of next week, the first step in what is bound to...
AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Wealthy Wall Street executives may be outcasts to some Americans, but not to Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd. Facing his toughest re-el...
Bloomberg | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd finds himself in an unlikely spot after three decades representing Connecticut: short on cash and b...
Politico.com | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) moved to change the location of a $1,000-a-head April 7 fundraiser in New York City Tuesday, after learning that it was to b...
Steve Clemons | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics
"Lending like crazy" is exactly what helped trigger the global financial crisis -- and reflating those trends would be a major mistake if that is what the Obama administration is pushing.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
The Treasury Department demanded that Sen. Chris Dodd insert exemptions into the stimulus bill that allowed bailout recipients to receive bonuses, the...
CNN | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee whose approval ratings have sharply fallen as the nation's economy sputters,...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics