Senator Christopher Dodd

Democrat  •  Connecticut  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
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11/09/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Asked on Monday about his confidence that a bill could be finished by year's end, Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn. ...

Source: The Hill
11/09/09
Peter Schiff: The Government Chose Wrong

Ron Paul (R-TX) during his 2008 presidential campaign, and he is currently running for US Senate, opposite incumbent Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT). ...

Source: istockAnalyst.com (press release)
11/09/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

“In light of last week's election results and with [Sen.] Chris Dodd leading the Democrats' ticket, we welcome the competition,” said Republican Governors ...

Source: Politico
11/09/09
Our opinion: Easy answers don't cut it

Yep - if you're a tax-and-spend goofy liberal like Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid or Barack Obama. * Is the current amount of ...

Source: Leader Vindicator
11/09/09
Pelosi Jeopardized Vulnerable Democrats With Healthcare Vote

...committees' bills and is being worked out behind closed doors in consultation with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Chris Dodd and Max Baucus. The struggle Pelosi and her team went through to come up with enough votes for passage may look like

11/09/09
Financial Overhaul Lets SEC Fund Itself

... Tuesday by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd. The language is lifted in whole or in part from a bill introduced earlier this year by Sen. ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
11/08/09
State politicians react to double-digit unemployment

Three Republican Senate candidates running against Democratic incumbent Chris Dodd knew whom to point a finger at. Rob Simmons said that the fact that ...

Source: New Britain Herald
11/08/09
Healthy Competition or Civil War?

May run against Chris Dodd again. But he is not a really powerful social conservative. Is the party going to be able to unite against somebody like Chris ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
11/07/09
Dodd Announces Tax Credit Extension

Here is the text of Sen. Christopher Dodd's press release Friday on the extension of the home buyers' tax credit. WOLCOTT, CT — Today, Senator Chris Dodd ...

Source: Hartford Courant
11/07/09
2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes

...Republicans also have in their sights Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, a state John McCain won last fall; Chris Dodd in Connecticut, hampered by a mortgage controversy; Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, the party-switching former Republican; a

11/07/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, a state John mccain won last fall; Chris Dodd in Connecticut, hampered by a mortgage controversy; Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/07/09
2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes

...Republicans also have in their sights Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, a state John McCain won last fall; Chris Dodd in Connecticut, hampered by a mortgage controversy; Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, the party-switching former Republican; a

Source: Miami Herald
11/07/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Here is the text of Sen. Christopher Dodd's press release Friday on the extension of the home buyers' tax credit. WOLCOTT, CT — Today, Senator Chris Dodd ...

Source: Hartford Courant
11/06/09
Dodd, doctors praise Bristol Hospital

BRISTOL — In a whirlwind tour of Bristol Hospital, US Sen. Chris Dodd shook hands all around, greeting doctors, nurses, ...

Source: Bristol Press
11/06/09
Wall Street drawing ire over vaccine

...should go to people who need them most, not people who happen to work on Wall Street," Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut said Thursday. "Wall Street banks have already taken so much from us. They've taken trillions of our tax dollars. They've ta

Source: Deseret News
11/06/09
The House & Senate are Divided Over Financial Reform

...they should lose it. And that's one reason he wants to replace the alphabet soup of bank regulators with a brand new one. SEN. CHRIS DODD, BANKING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: I'd like to begin there. I think that's -- because otherwise what you get is what the

11/06/09
US Senate Hopeful Talks About Memoir

Businessman and former political aide Merrick Alpert of Mystic, who is running against US Sen. Chris Dodd (D-East Haddam) for the Democratic nomination, ...

Source: New Milford Times
11/06/09
Wall Street's Vaccine Grab

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius demanding to know why Wall Street had preferential access ...

Source: The AtlanticWire (blog)
11/06/09
There Isn't a Free Credit-Card Market

...your editorial "Dodd's Card Trick" (Oct. 29), you imply that Sen. Chris Dodd's proposed legislation to limit credit-card rates would interfere with the free market, with harmful consequences. But the market for credit card debt is neither free nor fair.

11/06/09
Dodd introduces legislation to establish memorial honoring African-American ...

By Senator Dodd's office Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) introduced legislation yesterday that would establish a memorial in Washington, ...

Source: Norwalk Plus Magazine
11/06/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

In recent months Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has been openly critical of the central bank's performance in the run-up to the current crisis. ...

Source: ABC News
11/05/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Sen. Chris Dodd sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, demanding she review her policies so that ...

Source: Politico
11/05/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd is planning to push a financial reform plan that would restructure the government's control of the banking ...

Source: CBS News
11/05/09
Wall Street flu shots stir public anger

...and city health departments, says 35.6 million doses have been made and packaged since production began. Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd released a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius saying he was “stunned“. “I implore you

11/05/09
Dodd to unveil financial overhaul legislation

...crisis. Under Frank's proposal, the Fed would be granted enhanced powers to regulate large financial institutions. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will unveil wide-ranging financial overhaul legislation as early as next week. Dodd, chairman of the Senate Ba

Source: The Hill
11/05/09
Flu Shots for Wall Street Stirs Ire in New York

...and city health departments, says 35.6 million doses have been made and packaged since production began. Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd released a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius saying he was "stunned". "I implore you to us

Source: ABC News
11/05/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Sen. Chris Dodd sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, demanding she review her policies so that ...

Source: Politico
11/05/09
Obama's edge not so sharp

...of that state’s congressional seats could go Republican and the GOP could retain the seat of retiring Sen. Judd Gregg. Sen. Chris Dodd (D) is in real trouble in Connecticut. And Patrick? Or as he’ll be known during campaign season, “Tax-raising, t

Source: Boston Herald
11/05/09
Senator Dodd Proposes Major Financial Reform

... Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd is planning to push a financial reform plan that would restructure the government's control of the banking industry, according to today's Wall Street Journal. Dodd, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, has

Source: CBS News
11/04/09
Senate Passes Unemployment Extension, Home Buyer Tax Break

...on track. He had been working on the tax credit idea for months, and co-sponsored the latest version with Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut as an amendment to the unemployment benefits bill. The U.S. House has already passed an extension of unem

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