Chris Dodd

Chris Dodd's New Legislation Would Strip Power From Fed, FDIC

wsj.com | DAMIAN PALETTA | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- A key Senate lawmaker is readying legislation that would dramatically redraw how the financial system is regulated, setting the chamber ...

Michael Bennet Fundraiser Hosted By Rahm Emanuel Takes In $628,000

The Denver Post | Michael Riley | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver


Anyone looking for evidence of the priority the White House is making the election of Sen. Michael Bennet doesn't have to look much farther than a gli...

Ryan Grim

Frank: Banks Shouldn't Pick Their Own Regulators

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank is backing his colleagues in the upper chamber who have called for an end to the practice of ...

Is Anybody Still Surprised by Joe Lieberman?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Lieberman's announcement that he will vote against cloture for a health care bill that includes the public option should surprise nobody. His ideological home is no longer in the Democratic Party.

Dodd Wants Immediate Credit Card Rate Freeze

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, who is fighting for his political survival, proposed Monday an immediate interest rat...

Quigley Ready To Break Ranks With Party Over Dodd, Conrad Subpoenas

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Seniority, party loyalty and congressional etiquette don't seem to get in the way of Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.). The freshman lawmaker is ready to br...

Dodd's Bill Protects Customers From Abusive Overdraft Fees

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


Mary Ann West

Ninety percent of bank overdraft fees happen to only ten percent of checking account holders, comprising those people who are also the most vulnerable.

Obama Aides Stand Up To Big Banks On Sunday Morning Talk Shows

nytimes.com | GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- Striking a populist tone, several of President Obama's leading advisers on Sunday issued stern warnings to Wall Street. They said big ba...

Wall Street and the US Government: Where's Jimmy Stewart When We Need Him?

Steven G. Brant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Steven G. Brant

With all the interest in the damage Wall Street has done, activity that's the opposite should draw some attention. But coverage of the corporate social responsibility movement is not yet an idea whose time has come.

Wall Street Compensation Is Outrageous: Dodd

AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Financial companies that were shored up by taxpayer money are now paying their employees big bucks in compensation and benefits. T...

Small Group Now Leads Closed-Door Health Care Reform Negotiations

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Three senators are working on the bill behind closed doors. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) sits at the head of a wooden table at hi...

Halftime At The Healthcare Reform Superbowl

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

A football locker room. Hundreds of Democrats are sitting on benches, to hear Coach's halftime pep talk in the Health Care Reform Superbowl. Some appear exhausted, some appear battered.

GOP Targets Dodd For Trying To Repeal Immunity For Telecoms In Wiretapping Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


The Senate GOP fundraising arm is soliciting donations by vowing to defeat Democrats who want to repeal the retroactive immunity granted last year to ...

Michael Bennet's Wall Street Ties Bring Him Money, Criticism

The Denver Post | Mike Riley | Posted 10.04.2009 | Denver


WASHINGTON -- With a push in Congress to reform regulation over Wall Street, financial firms have been spending big, and among the major beneficiaries...

Congress Poised To Penalize Iran If Diplomatic Talks Show Signs Of Faltering

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to act swiftly on new penalties against Iran if international talks on Tehran's nuclear program show signs of fa...

Iranian Crisis: The Run-Up To Negotiation

William Bradley | Posted 09.30.2009 | World


William Bradley

There's a point in the Iran situation where semantics come into play. Is Iran on a path to nuclear weapons-capable technology? Yes. Is it producing nuclear weapons? No. Does it intend to produce nuclear weapons?

Countrywide Phone Calls: Lawmakers Want More Information About VIP Program That Lent To Politicians

Wall Street Journal | JOHN R. EMSHWILLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


The discovery that Countrywide Financial Corp. recorded phone conversations with borrowers in a controversial mortgage program that included public of...

Regulation? They're Banking on the Status Quo

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

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.

HuffPost Review - Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

For the first time that I can remember, a Michael Moore documentary/propaganda piece is less about the subject at hand and more about Michael Moore himself.

Chris Dodd Confronts WWE's Linda McMahon On Her Senate Candidacy

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

While Linda McMahon's announcement of her candidacy for the Senate was certainly a surprise, no one could have expected the shocking response from Senator Chris Dodd. Take a look.

Should Michael Moore Give Up That $10,000 Fact Checker Check To Chris Dodd's Campaign?

Howie Klein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Howie Klein

All in all, still love Moore, still want everyone to see the movie, but kind of wish he hadn't decided to jump ugly with one of the most progressive Senators in the Senate.

Overdraft Fees: Democrats Eye Bank Charges

washingtonpost.com | Binyamin Appelbaum and Nancy Trejos | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business


A backlash is brewing on Capitol Hill against banks that charge large fees for overdrafts without asking or telling customers, the latest sign that th...

Obama: I Will "Do Everything I Can" To Stop Banks From Killing Safety Agency

Bloomberg | Rich Miller and Julianna Goldman | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama said job losses are "bottoming out" and the U.S. economy looks to be growing again even as he warned against cutting off govern...

Senate May Narrow Proposed Regulatory Role For Fed

Washington Post | Brady Dennis | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


The Obama administration's vision for revamping the nation's financial regulatory system could face significant revisions in the Senate, where propose...

Sam Stein

Hatch, Dodd: Vicki Kennedy Would Be "Great" Replacement For Husband (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Two of Ted Kennedy's closest friends in the Senate said on Sunday that they thought his widow, Vicki, would make a great temporary replacement for him...