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Friday Talking Points -- Git 'Er Done!

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.13.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Call it the calm before the storm. What everyone's waiting on is for Congress to leap into action. But, in a surprising twist, this time it might actually happen.

Regulate Nonbank Financial Institutions, Say Consumer Groups

Posted 03.06.2010 | Business


WASHINGTON -- While much of the Congressional debate over consumer financial protection has focused on banks, lawmakers have been grappling behind the...

White House Sends Volcker Rule To Congress

AP | Jim Kuhnhenn | Posted 03.03.2010 | Politics


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration waded into negotiations over Wall Street regulations Wednesday, calling for limits on the size of financia...

Ryan Grim

Dodd: Put CFPA Inside Federal Reserve

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.02.2010 | Politics


Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) reached out to fellow members of his Banking Committee on Monday to float the latest proposal for a compromise Consumer Fina...

A Coda to Melanie's March

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 03.01.2010 | Politics


Joe The Nerd Ferraro

Melanie's March concluded last Thursday. What long term effect on the Healthcare Debate remains to be seen. You can see the web site that is an int...

Dodd: Changing The Filibuster Rules Would Be 'Foolish' (VIDEO)

Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics


On Morning Joe today, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said that changing the filibuster rules would be "foolish." "There's nothing wrong with partisanship....

Friday Talking Points [111] -- Use It Or Lose It

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.13.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

President Obama this week has successfully put the Republican Party on the defensive. This could be a fleeting thing, or it could be the start of a whole new way for Obama's administration to operate.

Eliot Spitzer: "The Team of Geithner and Summers Is an Abject Failure"

Mike Green | Posted 02.04.2010 | Politics


Mike Green

Eliot Spitzer is back with a vengeance as he blasts Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, the director of Obama's economic council, calling the duo an "abject failure."

Dodd To Obama: Tone Down Your Ambition On Regulatory Reform

The New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 02.03.2010 | Politics


The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee warned on Tuesday that the Obama administration's new proposals to rein in Wall Street firms ran the risk...

Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan Signals Openness To Consumer Protection Agency

Posted 02.01.2010 | Business


Brian Moynihan, Bank of America's new CEO, may not oppose the creation of a federal consumer-protection agency, the Wall Street Journal reports this m...

Why Obama Should Launch An Antitrust Investigation Into Major Banks: Simon Johnson

baselinescenario.com | Simon Johnson | Posted 01.21.2010 | Business


Instead of pursuing the issue of those "too big to fail" financial institutions exclusively through legislation, the administration could launch inste...

Coalition of Experts Demand Reforms That End Racial Profiling by Financial Institutions

Victor Corral | Posted 01.20.2010 | Politics


Victor Corral

On January 19, amidst reports that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) is considering ditching his proposal for a Consumer Fi...

Financial Regulatory Reform: Dodd's Retirement May Make A Senate Bill More Likely

washingtonpost.com | Brady Dennis | Posted 01.07.2010 | Business


Lawmakers, financial industry representatives, consumer advocates and other observers offered varying predictions Wednesday about how Dodd's pending r...

Richard Blumenthal Will Run To Replace Dodd In Senate

Associated Press | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


HARTFORD, Conn. (Associated Press) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he will seek to succeed fellow Democrat Christopher Dodd in...

Democrats Dropping Out Of 2010 Elections

AP | DALE WETZEL | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan said Wednesday he decided against running for a fourth term because he wanted to pursue other op...

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

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...

Senators Dodd, Shelby Report Major Progress On Wall Street Reform, Deadlock May Be Avoided

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The top Senate Democrat and Republican negotiating new Wall Street regulation said Wednesday they expect to resolve their differenc...

Senate Bill Would Restrict Banks Overdraft Charges

New York Times | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


In the latest attack on overdraft fees charged by banks, Christopher J. Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat who heads the Senate Banking Committee, introdu...

Health Care Bill's Winners And Losers: Drug Makers To Benefit, Insurers Brace For Hit

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...

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.

Bank Of America Won't Hike Card Rates

Washington Post | Nancy Trejos | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business


Bank of America said it will not raise credit card interest rates before February, when a law restricting industry practices takes effect, unless a ca...

Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?

Sen. Dodd Comes Out In Favor Of Gay Marriage

Towelroad | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics


Chris Dodd has come out for full marriage equality. Dodd published an op-ed in the Meriden Record-Journal yesterday and on his blog, saying, "the fact...

Congress Sends Drug War South, Taxpayer Money to Defense Firms

Laura Carlsen | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Laura Carlsen

A little-known measure buried in the U.S. 2009 Supplemental Bill would provide millions of dollars to corrupt Mexican security forces engaged in an unwinnable drug war.