Chris Dodd

Dodd Chastises Senate's 'Newest Members' For Their Behavior

The Hill | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Ryan Grim

Doughnuts For Dorgan: Drug Reimportation Killed In Deal That Might Get Cheaper Drugs For Seniors

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

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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...

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State Department Warns Kerry Of "Serious Substantive Concerns" With Iran Sanctions Bill

The Cable | Josh Rogin | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

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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...

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Financial Reform Moves Forward, With Many Loopholes

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Rachel Leven and Maria Zilberman | Posted 12.11.2009 | Business

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As Congress inches toward restructuring U.S. financial regulation, lawmakers in the House and Senate have characterized their respective bills as swee...

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5 Pitfalls for Congress' Iran Sanctions

Patrick Barry | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

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Patrick Barry

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.

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Colbert Takes On The Federal Reserve, Says Congress Is Trying To See 'Its Fiscal Naughty Parts' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Business

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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...

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Financial Oversight: There Is No Change (Again)

Stanley Kutler | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Banking Crisis, Obama, Financial Reform, Tarp, AmTrust Bank, Fdic, New York Community Bancorp, Max Baucus, Larry Summers, Chris Dodd, Timothy Geithner, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

The buccaneers of the financial community remain free to restore the disaster from which they were rescued with taxpayers' money.

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Bernanke Must Answer for Dark of Night Change in Bank Regs

David Segal | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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David Segal

In its new regulations, the Fed did Americans a huge disservice, doing away with consumers' potential right of recovery of overdraft charges -- which will total nearly $37.5 billion in 2009 alone.

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Bernanke Confirmation Hearing LIVE, Follow The Latest Updates On Twitter (VIDEO)

Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

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Today on Capitol Hill, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke faces what are sure to be some tough questions from lawmakers as they weigh his chances to be confirm...

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Jeff Muskus

Dodd: If Troops Can Work Christmas Eve, So Can Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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Senator Chris Dodd, a champion of the Democratic health-care bill, said Wednesday afternoon that if Republicans keep delaying progress on the reform b...

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Financial Reform Approved By House Banking Panel

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — House Democrats cleared a crucial hurdle Wednesday in their drive to expand the government's power over Wall Street even as black l...

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Ben Bernanke Makes Case For Strong Fed Role On Banks

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's abili...

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Politicians Who Look Like Turkeys (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy

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Is it just us, or is the political scene overrun by guys who look like turkeys? It's probably just us, but we thought we'd compile our favorites. ...

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Michael Bennet Joins Republicans In Challenging Financial Reform Bill

The Denver Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet suddenly finds himself the darling of liberals on health care reform, but he appears more cautious on the Democrats' other ma...

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The Next Trillion Dollar Federal Giveaway To Mega-Banks: Shooting Main Street Lenders For The Sins Of Wall Street

Howard Glaser | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Main Street, Banks, Chris Dodd, Subprime Mortgages, Barney Frank, Business News
Howard Glaser

The Frank and Dodd regulatory reform bills are terribly drafted provisions which will strike a death blow to "main street" lenders and hand over a multi-trillion dollar mortgage market to a few large financial institutions.

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Ryan Grim

Sealed With A Kiss: Dems Unite To Beat GOP Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug. Emotionally reserved doesn't begin to des...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Dodd Muted On Bernanke Renomination Prospects

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

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Just six weeks after he told Reuters it was essentially a done deal, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd punted when asked about the l...

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Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim

EXCLUSIVE: Two Leading House Dems Will Close $50 Trillion Loophole In Derivatives Reform Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

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The two House Democrats shepherding derivatives reform proposals through Congress will close an existing $50 trillion loophole for foreign currency co...

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Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer We Elected President?

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

The fatal hallmark of this president's financial policy is that it is being designed by the very people who created the mess that enriched them while impoverishing the nation, and they now want more of the same.

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Jeff Muskus

Business Groups Oppose Emergency H1N1 Paid Sick Leave

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Public health officials say the H1N1 flu pandemic is exacerbated by employees going into work sick because they don't get paid time off. But a represe...

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Dodd's Finacial Reform Bill Strips The Federal Reserve Of Too Much Power, Say Critics

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's sweeping new financial overhaul legislation, which proposes to strip the Federal Re...

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Why Sen. Dodd's Opposition to the Federal Reserve is Ill-Conceived

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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Georges Ugeux

Had Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Chris Dodd's proposal been effective before the crisis, where would we be today?

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God to Goldman Sachs: You're Not Doing 'God's Work,' Joins Call for Protest at DC Headquarters

Art Levine | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

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Art Levine

Sources close to God reported Thursday that the Supreme Being was angered at recent comments by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein that's he's just a banker "doing God's work."

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The Ghost of Glass-Steagall

Nathan Havey | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

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Nathan Havey

Many of the same people who are now creating proposals to reign in the financial industry were, 10 short years ago, the people eating cake as they destroyed the barn door of regulation and let the big banks run free.

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Shahien Nasiripour

State Regulators: Dodd's Bank Bill Creates Another 'Too Big To Fail' Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

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State bank regulators are warning that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's proposal to create one monolithic federal bank regulator w...

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