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. ...
Mary Ann West | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics
With the icy Connecticut River behind an antique Victorian home, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) announced to supporters, reporters and camera crews that he would not seek re-election.
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 ..."
Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics
To end legislative gridlock, Sen. Reid should not get rid of the filibuster: He should bring it back. What we have today is a cheap and easy filibuster-lite; Reid should reestablish the real thing.
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...
Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert | Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics
It's the question buzzing around Washington and Wall Street this week: Will Sen. Christopher Dodd's sudden retirement announcement further jeopardize ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics
The abrupt announcements from Sens. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) that they will not seek re-election in 2010 signaled the beginning ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
The lobbying world is atwitter over two new hot job prospects: retiring Senators Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.). "If you think of the...
Mike Lux | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
If Democratic candidates on the ballot this year take up the anti-big bank banner, they will reap big benefits, because the anti-Wall Street movement is gaining momentum.
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...
BusinessWeek | Alison Vekshin | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota is in line to succeed Senator Christopher Dodd as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee t...
AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN and SUSAN HAIGH | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
EAST HADDAM, Conn. — Christopher Dodd vowed just days ago that he was staying in the race for re-election to the Senate, but he announced Wednes...
J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
Without descending into the Washington parlor game of conventional wisdom about Sen. Dodd's announcement signifies for the horse race of who's up and who's down, I would like to reflect on the matter.
Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
'DROPPING LIKE FLIES'?.... Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) is retiring. So is Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). And before anyone could catch their breath, Colora...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics
HARTFORD, Conn. — Christopher Dodd was expected to announce his retirement Wednesday after five terms in the U.S. Senate and Connecticut's popul...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
It was in the Senate this year where the goal of meaningful health care reform gave way to a bill that feels as if it was written by the insurance company lobbyists.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics
A new breed of congressional Democrat was swept into office in 1974, less than seven months after Richard Nixon's resignation. The Watergate Babies, a...
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics
Health care reform suffered the torments of partisan obstruction. Now gird yourself for financial reform and the perils of bipartisan blight.
The Hill | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Wednesday ripped the Senate's "newest members" for the lack of comity in the upper chamber. In a floor speech Wednesda...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics
President Obama and the Senate leadership can't whip up the votes necessary to pass a public option or even a Medicare buy-in compromise, but they did...
The Cable | Josh Rogin | Posted 12.14.2009 | World
Next week is going to be a big week for Iran sanctions, particularly on Capitol Hill. As administration officials change their tone and talk more abou...
Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Rachel Leven and Maria Zilberman | Posted 12.11.2009 | Business
As Congress inches toward restructuring U.S. financial regulation, lawmakers in the House and Senate have characterized their respective bills as swee...
Patrick Barry | Posted 12.09.2009 | World
While sanctions are a useful diplomatic instrument and congressional pressure can send an important signal that U.S. patience with Iran is not limited, now is not the time for unilateral action.
Posted 12.09.2009 | Business
Count Stephen Colbert among the opponents of calls to audit the Federal Reserve. Responding to what he calls claims that the Federal Reserve is a "se...
Stanley Kutler | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
The buccaneers of the financial community remain free to restore the disaster from which they were rescued with taxpayers' money.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics