Chris Dodd

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.

Jeff Muskus

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 11.25.2009 | 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 11.23.2009 | 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 11.21.2009 | 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 11.21.2009 | 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 11.21.2009 | 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 11.15.2009 | 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 11.10.2009 | 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...

The GOP Wants to Define Ted Kennedy's Funeral

John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

It's a shame that our political exchange has come to this, but the GOP is preparing to pigeonhole any reference to health care at Sen. Kennedy's upcoming funeral as playing politics.

Sam Stein

Dodd: "Maybe Teddy's Passing" Will Spur GOP To Act On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Senator Ted Kennedy's closest friend and ally in the Senate urged Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to take a renewed and sincere interest in passing ...

Memories Adjacent to Ted Kennedy

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Matt Browner Hamlin

Teddy never did endorse Senator Dodd for president, and I can't imagine how that may have hurt him. If it did, he never showed it to his staff -- and so people like me who worked for Dodd briefly bore a grudge that our boss would not.

Republicans Join Democrats In Mourning Kennedy

Associated Press | Glen Johnson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was a Democrat's Democrat, so much so that he became a rallying point for those in his party and an object of derision...

Dodd Undergoes Surgery For Prostate Cancer

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd underwent surgery for prostate cancer on Tuesday and was recuperating at a New York hospital. Dr. Pete...

The 10 Worst Calls Of The Financial Crisis (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.07.2009 | Business


Oh, how wrong they were. If there's one overarching truth of the financial crisis, it's that the world's most powerful business leaders, investors and...

Dodd, Conrad Loans Broke No Senate Rules: Panel

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Senate ethics panel cleared Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad Friday of breaking rules by getting mortgages through a VIP progra...

Countrywide VIP Scandal: In the Media, Unlike the Courtroom, Rules of Evidence Don't Apply

David Fiderer | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media


David Fiderer

Why isn't any reporter asking inquiring about Feinberg's contacts with GOP operatives? And why isn't any reporter asking questions about who is paying Feinberg's legal bills?