Chris Dodd

Industry Pressure On Dodd-Frank Slows Progress On New Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 02.02.2012 | Business

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It's been more than a year and a half since President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law, promising that the new financial regulations "d...

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Piracy Shmiracy: We Need New 21st Century Business Models

John Tarnoff | Posted 01.25.2012 | Media

Read More: Media Business, Stop Online Piracy Act, Entertainment, Pipa, Online Piracy, Mpaa, Chris Dodd, Movies, Sopa, Media News

The MPAA and NATO are panicking because they don't know how to replace revenues lost not to piracy, but to newer commercial content platforms like Netflix or YouTube. This is a better explanation for the brinksmanship over the now-tabled SOPA/PIPA legislation.

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Internet Clicks Beat Old Guard

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics

Read More: Google Sopa, Google, Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect Ip Act, Video, Piracy, Pipa, Mpaa, Sopa Blackout, Protect IP, Chris Dodd, Stop Online Piracy, Sopa and Pipa Bills, Sopa, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve...

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Hollywood Lobbyist Chris Dodd Lobs Money Threat At President Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Video, SOPA Bill, Chris Dodd, Chris Dodd Sopa, Barack Obama, Hollywood, Campaign Finance, Motion Picture Association of America, Sopa, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Hell hath no fury like a lobbyist scorned. Former Democratic senator and current head of the Motion Picture Association of America Chris...

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SOPA/PIPA Aftermath: Where We Go Next

Raven Brooks | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics

Read More: Mpaa, Chris Dodd, Blackout, Pipa, Al Franken, Sopa, Sopa Protest, Online Advocacy, Sopa Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Net Neutrality, Wikipedia Blackout, Politics News

It seems that SOPA and PIPA are dead in their current forms, but like zombies they'll be back under different names. I think there are a couple of lessons worth taking away from Wednesday's protest.

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SOPA BLACKOUT

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.20.2012 | Politics

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Thousands of websites, including some of the most popular, are going dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill which is designed to thw...

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Gingrich Is Now a Socialist, and Other Lessons From New Hampshire

Ethan Rome | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

In the debates and campaign ads leading up to the New Hampshire primary a new strain of Republican politics has suddenly surfaced -- a brand of compassionate capitalism that, were it to come from President Obama, Newt Gingrich would describe as socialism.

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"Reprehensible," Says Newt

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics

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Yu might have heard a recent word or two about Newt and Freddie Mac. About Newt and a relatively large sum of money -- we'll agree that $1.6 million is a relatively large sum of money, yes? -- he received for helping Freddie Mac.

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Let's Play Fair on SOPA and Copyright

Chris Castle | Posted 02.09.2012 | Technology

Read More: Google, Piracy, Copyright, Internet Freedom, Internet Censorship, Mpaa, Chris Dodd, Department of Justice, Technology, Censorship, Rogue Websites, Sopa, Hillary Clinton, Pirate Bay, Technology News

Investors may be losing confidence in whether Google can support the legality of its revenues -- and for good reason. Where there's smoke, there's fire and it smells like a fire in the house of Google.

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Barney Frank Calls GOP Candidate A 'Lobbyist And Liar'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Politics

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) sharply criticized former speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich Wednesday, following co...

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Princess Leia, Ted Kennedy, And Hot Tub Sex With Chris Dodd

Posted 01.10.2012 | Politics

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Carrie Fisher, of Star Wars' Princess Leia fame, went on a date with then-Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd in 1985, she writes in her new book, "Shockaholi...

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Newseum Goes Hollywood For 'J. Edgar' Premiere (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2012 | DC

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Video, Entertainment, District of Columbia, Patrick Leahy, Newseum, Cathy Lanier, J. Edgar, Dc Around Town, Chris Dodd, Film, Slidepollajax, Movies, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The Newseum played host Tuesday night for the D.C. premiere of "J. Edgar," a biographical drama on the life of legendary and controversi...

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Secretary of State Clinton: Protecting Creative Content Can Coexist With Internet Freedom

Chris Dodd | Posted 01.04.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Intellectual Property, Creative Community, Jobs, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Innovation, Film, Technology, Content Theft, Iipa, Entertainment News

We value and respect the Internet, and we ask that those who use the Internet respect our content and our workers.

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PHOTOS: A-List Party For MSNBC Host

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 01.03.2012 | Media

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WASHINGTON -- The back room of the Hay Adams Hotel was the place to be on Wednesday night, as Washington A-listers turned out to toast Chris Matthews'...

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Chris Dodd: Wall Street Launching 'False Attacks' Against Financial Reform

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.25.2011 | Business

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A key author of financial regulatory reform is fighting back against a powerful chorus of critics. Former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, the co-author of...

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Newt Gingrich: Barney Frank And Chris Dodd Should Go To Jail

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.11.2011 | Politics

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that Occupy Wall Street protesters -- as well as the rest of the American public -- have a right to be angry a...

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Is It Time for a National Film Commission?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 11.12.2011 | Entertainment

A national film commission could have a positive impact on the creative potential of the American film community by connecting it more directly to other national film commissions and thereby to the global marketplace.

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Majority Of Americans Support Strong Consumer Protection Agency: Poll

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 09.20.2011 | Business

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As of Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is open for business. And many Americans have already expressed their support. The agency,...

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Newt Gingrich: The Lone 2012 GOP Hopeful To Get Specific With Dodd-Frank Criticisms

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 09.20.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON – All the 2012 Republican presidential candidates have said they disagree with the Dodd-Frank legislation, and that sentiment has only ha...

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Official: Curtailing Dodd-Frank Leaves Economy Open To "Collapses And Crises"

Posted 09.12.2011 | Business

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WASHINGTON (Margaret Chadbourn) - The law overhauling the financial system should continue to protect the economy in the future despite any challe...

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The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story

Robert Scheer | Posted 09.04.2011 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Michael Paese, Chris Dodd, Goldman Sachs, Tea Party, Recession, Economy, Barney Frank, Business News

Between the faux populism of the tea party and the army of sellout ex-congressional staffers and politicians from both parties, the Washington fix in favor of Wall Street is in.

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A Step in the Right Direction for Children Around the World

Chris Dodd | Posted 08.12.2011 | World

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All Americans, regardless of political affiliation, can agree that no child should ever die of a preventable, treatable illness simply because of where he or she is born. Yet each year, that is precisely what happens to millions of children without access to vaccines.

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The Roadblocks To Wall Street Reform

ProPublica | Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein | Posted 08.03.2011 | Business

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Early last year, as they weighed whether to bar banks from speculative trading with their own money, congressional staffers turned to a key regulator ...

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Moody's Considering Downgrading Major U.S. Banks

Posted 08.02.2011 | Business

Read More: 2008 Financial Crisis, Wells Fargo, Barney Frank, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Chris Dodd, Banking Reform, Dodd-Frank Bill, Moody's, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK (Maria Aspan) - Moody's Investors Service said it may downgrade the debt ratings of Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc and Wells Fargo &...

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FCC Commissioner Joins NBCUniversal 4 Months After Approving Merger

The Wrap | Posted 07.11.2011 | Media

Read More: NBC Universal, Ntia, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Fcc Commissioner, Regulation, National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA), Chris Dodd, Comcast, Meredith Attwell Baker, Comcast NBC, Nbcuniversal, Media News

Only in Washington! A mere four months after voting in favor of Comcast's controversial $13.75 billion purchase of NBC-Universal, Meredith Attwell ...

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