Senator Christopher Dodd

Democrat  •  Connecticut  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
  • Abstains: 3%

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02/03/07
Sen. Christopher Dodd: Families need more paid leave

CHRISTOPHER DODD. IT WASN'T so long ago that a trip to the hospital could get you fired. That's what Virginia Beyer learned when a hernia sent her to the ...

Source: The Union Leader, NH
02/06/07
Conversation with…Sen. Christopher Dodd No link between Iraq and ...

11, 2007, Connecticut’s senior Senator Christopher J. Dodd was thrust onto the national political stage when, during an interview on Don Imus’ radio talk ...

Source: Connecticut Jewish Ledger, CT
02/07/07
Catholic presidential candidates abound, but faith's effects unclear

Christopher Dodd of Connecticut; Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio; Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico; and Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa. ...

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02/07/07
Letters for Wednesday

Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., proposes a national mandatory maternity leave so families can afford to have children. That's not the right answer. ...

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02/07/07
Senator Dodd Points Out that Senate Iraq Resolution Doesn't Really ...

"I don't know how you can vote for this resolution," [Connecticut Democratic Senator Christopher] Dodd said, "and then simultaneously be for a redeployment ...

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02/07/07
Act Now to Restore Due Process

Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and several other senators are getting ready to introduce a bill to fix the Military Commissions Act, a law that stains our ...

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02/07/07
Dodd Beats Clinton, Obama In Q4 Fundraising

Washington, DC (AHN) - US Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) may not be leading in the polls among voters, but his friends on Wall Street have helped the ...

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02/07/07
Predatory lending creating crisis for homeowners: Sen. Dodd

... Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said Wednesday. In an opening statement before a committee hearing about predatory lending, ...

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02/08/07
State's foreclosure rates rise, no end in sight

Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Banking Committee, said the mortgage industry has to take greater responsibility and federal regulators may have to ...

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02/08/07
With overwhelming support, military mom may get flagpole

Christopher Dodd is Connecticut's senior US senator and a candidate for president. Graziani is a Democratic state representative from Ellington whose ...

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02/08/07
REAL ESTATE

Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, vowed at a hearing to "step up to stop" a profusion of abusive real estate lending ...

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02/08/07
Call for mortgage reform

WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said Wednesday that "predatory" and "abusive" mortgage lending is putting borrowers at risk ...

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02/08/07
House, Senate may diverge on TRIA extension

While Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and House Financial Services Committee Capital Markets, ...

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02/09/07
Fed's Poole Says Risky Mortgage Lending `Coming Home to Roost'

Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, chairman of the Banking Committee, told reporters on Feb. 7 that regulators ``can step up'' the pace of supervision ...

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02/10/07
HSBC warning focuses attention on US mortgage sector

Earlier this week, Christopher Dodd, chairman of the US Senate's banking committee, said American mortgage lending practices were "out of balance." ...

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02/11/07
Obama: I Take Christian Faith Seriously

Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, for his lack of experience. "I think experience matters to people. The stakes are very, very high right now," Dodd said on ...

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02/11/07
Democrats Urge Administration to Go Slow With Iran Evidence

Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said the administration could be laying the groundwork for an attack on Iran and that "I'm worried about that. ...

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02/12/07
US Congress might cut funding for Iraqi war efforts: Dodd

You're not going to get a change in strategy until we decide that this program has to change," Senator Christopher Dodd said in a talk show. ...

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02/12/07
House to vote up or down on 'surge'

Christopher J. Dodd said Congress must "step up to the plate" by cutting off funds for the deployment of more US troops. "We're going to do a very simple, ...

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02/12/07
Evidence of Iran Arms Support Was Well Known

"I'm worried about that," Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., said on CBS News' "Face the Nation." Said Dodd, "That's how we got into the mess in Iraq." ...

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02/13/07
NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD (D-CT) AND SENATOR ...

DODD: Well, thank you all for gathering with Senator Menendez and I here this afternoon. Let me, if I can, just share some opening comments. ...

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02/13/07
Statement of Support for the “Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007”

... February 13, 2007) – Human Rights Watch strongly supports the “Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007,” introduced today by Senator Christopher Dodd, ...

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02/13/07
Dodd wants to bring back habeas corpus protection

Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., today will introduce legislation to restore habeas corpus protections for detainees and bar information obtained through ...

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02/13/07
Evidence of Iran Arms Support Was Well Known

"I'm worried about that," Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., said on CBS News' "Face the Nation." Said Dodd, "That's how we got into the mess in Iraq." ...

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02/13/07
Senator Dodd Introduces Military Commissions Act Fix Bill; ACLU ...

"It is time for Congress to restore due process, defend the Constitution and protect what makes us Americans," said Christopher E. Anders, ...

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02/14/07
Fed chairman is optimistic about economy

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Ct., who holds White House aspirations, as well as other senators on the panel said they thought ...

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02/14/07
Dodd Chides Bernanke on Deceptive Lending Practices (Update2)

... too exposed to deceptive mortgage- lending practices, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd told Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. ...

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02/14/07
Big workplace changes in works

Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., plans to introduce legislation to require at least six of those weeks be paid. Also, the US Department of Labor is reviewing its ...

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02/14/07
MSNBC "HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS" INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR ...

Senator Dodd, you served in the Peace Corps back when you were young. You know the world as it is. You understand Third World sensitivities and the way we ...

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02/14/07
US Senator Christopher Dodd to Speak at “Politics & Eggs” Breakfast

In 1980, after serving for six years in the US House of Representatives, Christopher Dodd was elected to US Senate, representing Connecticut. ...

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Phone: 202-224-2823
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