Christopher Dodd

Democrat  •  8 Terms  •  Sworn In 1975
Last Term 2005 - 2010 View All

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12/29/10
Senate Ethics Committee Dismisses Complaint Against Dodd

...Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) is catching a break just in time for the new year, after the Senate Ethics Panel dismissed a complaint against him. Judicial Watch -- a conservative public interest group -- filed the complaint against Dodd, saying he "assisted a

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12/29/10
RE: Christopher Dodd

The $100 million was inserted into the health-care overhaul bill by Sen. Chris Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat with ties to the University of Connecticut. ...

Source: Columbus Dispatch
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12/29/10
Disputes, Politics, And Towers in 2010

It was in January that former US Sen. Chris Dodd, amid a small cauldron of controversies dogging him, announced that he was bowing out. ...

Source: Litchfield County Times
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12/29/10
RE: Christopher Dodd

All but one of them -- retiring Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) -- signed a letter to Reid endorsing the idea, citing unprecedented GOP obstruction. ...

Source: TPMDC
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12/29/10
Bond to become regular Missourian

He worked with Democrats Chris Dodd and Ted Kennedy on children's health issues. He worked with Democrat Barbara Mikulski to reform public-housing programs. ...

Source: News-Press Now
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12/29/10
UConn Health Center loses out on $100 million

The news came as a surprise to state leaders because US Sen. Chris Dodd, Connecticut's retiring senior senator, last year added the $100 million competitive ...

Source: Bloomberg
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12/29/10
More lawmakers cautioning Fed on interchange rules

That includes the two titular sponsors of Dodd-Frank, retiring Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.). Both have cautioned that ...

Source: The Hill (blog)
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12/29/10
RE: Christopher Dodd

US Senator Bernard Sanders speaks at a rally that was scheduled before the possible deal was reached by Democratic Senator Chris Dodd and Republican Senator ...

Source: 89.3 KPCC
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12/29/10
RE: Christopher Dodd

The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a corruption complaint against retiring Democrat Chris Dodd for lack of "credible evidence" that is in its ...

Source: USA Today
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12/29/10
UConn center loses out on $100M

...instead receive the funds for its health care facility. The news came as a surprise to state leaders because U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, Connecticut's retiring senior senator, last year added the $100 million competitive grant to the Senate version of the hea

Source: TheDay.com
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12/29/10
John Stossel: Credit card crackdown delivers the poor to loan sharks

...Zywicki said. Arkansas then became known as the pawn shop capital of America. Pawn shop interest can be 250 percent. To Sen. Chris Dodd, President Obama and all the credit "reformers," Zywicki says this: "In the 1960s, the second biggest revenue source

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12/29/10
Chris Dodd Cleared by Ethics Committee

...Hotsheet on Facebook and Twitter. The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed allegations of corruption against retiring Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Ct.). The committee's chief counsel sent a letter to the conservative government watchdog group Judicial Watch, i

Source: CBS News
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12/28/10
Out with the old, in with the new in the Senate in the 112th Congress

Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Judd Gregg (RN.H.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), Kit Bond (R-Mo.), Byron Dorgan (DN.D.), George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Sam ...

Source: The Hill
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12/28/10
Steve Myers speaks to the significance of the New START Treaty

Senator Chris Dodd was an early unequivocal supporter. However, Lieberman never declared that he would vote for ratification stating that, ...

Source: Greenwich Citizen
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12/28/10
Malloy, Blumenthal to visit Muddy Waters tonight

Blumenthal, a Democrat who has served as attorney general since 1991, succeeds Sen. Chris Dodd, who did not seek re-election and will depart after 36 years ...

Source: TheDay.com
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12/28/10
UConn Health Center Denied $100M Federal Grant

...Connecticut made a very strong case that I am surprised did not match or exceed the applications by other states,” Sen. Chris Dodd said. “Although I am disappointed, I applaud the University of Connecticut for putting together such a strong applicat

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12/28/10
UConn Health Center loses out on $100 million

...funds to construct and renovate its health care facility. Connecticut officials had high hopes for the money because U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, the state's senior senator, originally added funding for the competitive grant in the federal health care reform l

Source: Boston Globe
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12/28/10
2012 hopefuls’ first big decision: How to announce candidacy

...from the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, a backdrop that evoked one of former President George W. Bush's biggest missteps. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) made his announcement on Don Imus’s radio show, while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) and form

Source: The Hill
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12/28/10
Credit Card Act Hurts the Lower Class

...said. Arkansas then became known as the pawn shop capital of America. Pawn shop interest can be 250 percent. To Sen. Chris Dodd, President Obama and all the credit "reformers," Zywicki says the following. "In the 1960s, the second biggest revenue source

Source: NewsMax
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12/28/10
New John Stossel for 12/29/2010

...Zywicki said. Arkansas then became known as the pawn shop capital of America. Pawn shop interest can be 250 percent. To Sen. Chris Dodd, President Obama and all the credit "reformers," Zywicki says this: "In the 1960s, the second biggest revenue sour

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12/27/10
Capital Rivals: US Chamber of Commerce vs. SEIU

SEIU also reported four donations from other PACs, including $6000 from Friends of Chris Dodd, $5000 from the Asian American Action Fund, $5000 from the ...

Source: Center for Responsive Politics
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12/27/10
Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday

Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut announces he's not running for reelection so he can spend more time not getting trounced in November. ...

Source: Daily Kos
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12/27/10
Kit Bond: A groundbreaking career in Missouri politics

Supporting the family medical leave act in 1992 and 1993 and later working with Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Ct., on child-care legislation. Working with Sen. ...

Source: St. Louis Beacon
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12/27/10
RE: Christopher Dodd

After much haggling, (and a return to conference when Senator Brown balked at having banks pay for their own failure) the bill was finished! ...

Source: Tapped (blog)
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12/27/10
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Hailed

In our state, both Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) voted in favor of repeal. "This victory for justice and equality has many authors, ...

Source: Patch
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12/27/10
Year-End Top 10: Despite Political Shake-Ups, Connecticut Stays True Blue

...U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd announced in January that he wouldn't seek re-election, Republicans had reason to cheer. National polls suggested that a recession, record federal deficits, and a confusing new health care law would hurt any Democrat too closely ass

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12/26/10
RE: Christopher Dodd

Sen. Judd Gregg gave a pretty comprehensive version of this argument last March. Sen. Chris Dodd gave another version of it in November. ...

Source: Washington Post (blog)
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12/26/10
RE: Christopher Dodd

When US Sen. Chris Dodd announced in January that he wouldn't seek re-election, Republicans had reason to cheer. ...

Source: Hartford Courant
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12/26/10
Did Dodd-Frank Resolve the 'Too Big to Fail' Issue or Give It New Life?

When "you put the honey pot out there, sometimes it's going to be used in unintended ways," Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., the top Republican on the Banking ...

Source: Insurance Networking News
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12/26/10
Blumenthal aide's top job: Prepare the boss for a new world

Blumenthal, a Democrat elected to succeed retiring Sen. Chris Dodd, has been a "take-charge, take-action" kind of politician who, in his two decades as ...

Source: The Connecticut Mirror
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Official website: http://dodd.senate.gov
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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-224-2823
Fax: 202-228-1083

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