Chris Dodd

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

wsj.com | DAMIAN PALETTA | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, White House, Barney Frank, Financial Reform, Federal Reserve, Chris Dodd, Ben Bernanke, Sheila Bair, Too Big to Fail, Barack Obama, Financial Regulation, Business News

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

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

The Denver Post | Michael Riley | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Andrew Romanoff, 2010, Chicago Fundraiser, Robin Carnahan, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Bennet Fundraising, Chris Dodd, Michael Bennet, Center for Responsive Politics, Denver News

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...

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Frank: Banks Shouldn't Pick Their Own Regulators

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Reserve, Richard Shelby, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Politics News

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 ...

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Is Anybody Still Surprised by Joe Lieberman?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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.

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Dodd Wants Immediate Credit Card Rate Freeze

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Card, Credit Card Rates, Credit Card Rates Freeze, Chris Dodd, Banks, Credit Cards, Business News

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

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

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mike Quigley Subpoena, Chris Dodd, Friends of Angelo, Countrywide, Mike Quigley, Kent Conrad, Mike Quigley Congress, Chicago News

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...

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Dodd's Bill Protects Customers From Abusive Overdraft Fees

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Carolyn Maloney, Checking Account, Maximize Penalties, The Fairness and Accountability in Receiving (FAIR) Overdraft Coverage Act, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chris Dodd, Overdraft Protection, Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009, Stamford, Connecticut, Senate Committee on Banking, Overdraft Fees, Housing, Ben Bernanke, Customer Protection, Mario Livieri, Business News

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

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

nytimes.com | GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Meet the Press, Valerie Jarrett, Economic Stimulus Package, TARP Money, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Economy, This Week, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Chris Dodd, State of the Union, Business News

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

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

Steven G. Brant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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.

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Wall Street Compensation Is Outrageous: Dodd

AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dodd Wall Street Compensation, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Pay, Chris Dodd, Wall Street, Wall Street Compensation, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Politics News

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

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Small Group Now Leads Closed-Door Health Care Reform Negotiations

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

Read More: Baucus, Public Option, Nancy Pelosi, John D. Rockefeller, Pelosi, C-Span, White House, Obama, Reform, Max Baucus, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, Schumer, Negotiations, Bills, John Boehner, Health Care Reform, Anthony Weiner, Dodd, Chris Dodd, Health Care, Snowe, Politics News

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...

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Halftime At The Healthcare Reform Superbowl

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Win One for the Gipper, White House, Kennedy, Chris Dodd, Democratic, Reform, Alan Grayson, Football Metaphor, Grayson, Halftime, Snowe, Pelosi, Edward Kennedy, Win One for the Skipper, Baucus, Nancy Pelosi, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reid, Reconciliation, Conference Committee, House, Football, Cheerleader, Olympia Snowe, 50 Votes, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Floor Vote, Teddy Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Steny Hoyer, Coach, Chris Weigant, Sailing, Health, Corporate Whore, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Superbowl, Dodd, Hoyer, Pep Talk, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News

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.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Civil Liberties, FISA Amendments, Warrantless Wiretapping, Telecom Immunity, Chris Dodd, Domestic Spying, Chris Dodd Wiretapping, Politics News

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

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

The Denver Post | Mike Riley | Posted 10.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Philip Anschutz, U.S. Senate, Andrew Romanoff, Wall Street, George Soros, Senate Banking Committee, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Michael Bennet, Center for Responsive Politics, Senate, Denver News

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

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

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hoyer, Congress, Congress Iran Nuclear, Iran Diplomacy, Iran Nuclear Proliferation, President Obama, Chris Dodd, Iran, Obama Diplomatic Talks, Iran Nuclear Program, Eric Cantor, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

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

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Iranian Crisis: The Run-Up To Negotiation

William Bradley | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

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?

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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

Read More: Conflict of Interest, Banks, Mortgages, Chris Dodd, Issa, Rep. Darrell Issa, Bank of America, Countrywide, Wall Street, Ken Lewis, Countrywide VIP Program, Alphonso Jackson, Phone Recordings, VIP Program, Kent Conrad, Politics News

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

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Regulation? They're Banking on the Status Quo

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Plain Vanilla, Mortgages, Credit Cards, Hedge Funds, House Banking Committee, Senate Banking Committee, Financial Services Regulation, Barney Frank, Banking Regulation, Christopher Dodd, Richard Shelby, Financial Services Industry, Chris Dodd, Financial Regulation, Politics News

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.

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HuffPost Review - Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tarp, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Reviews, Michael Moore, Scott Mendelson, George W. Bush, Propaganda, Documentary, Chris Dodd, Capitalism: A Love Story, Bank Bailout, News, Barack Obama, Movies, Entertainment News

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.

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

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy

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.

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

Howie Klein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Connecticut, Senate 2010, Michael Moore, Chris Dodd, Countrywide, Capitalism Movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Politics News

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.

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Overdraft Fees: Democrats Eye Bank Charges

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

Read More: Overdraft Fees, Banks, Chris Dodd, Credit Cards, Bank Fees, Business News

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...

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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

Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, Senate Finance Committee, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Barney Frank, President Obama, Commerce Department, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Sheila Bair, Banking Industry, China, Politics News

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...

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Senate May Narrow Proposed Regulatory Role For Fed

Washington Post | Brady Dennis | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Banking Committee, Barney Frank, Mark Warner, President Obama, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Chamber of Commerce, Ted Kennedy, House Financial Services Committee, Politics News

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

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orrin Hatch Senate Seat, Ted Kennedy Senate, Kennedy Senate Seat, Orrin Hatch, Ted Kennedy Replacement, Chris Dodd, Vicki Kennedy, Chris Dodd Vicki Kennedy, Vicki Kennedy Husband, Politics News

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...

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