Senator Christopher Dodd

Democrat  •  Connecticut  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
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10/22/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

And on Friday, Obama returns to the Northeast to raise money for Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, though they aren't up for ...

Source: USA Today
10/22/09
Lieberman won't join Obama at Dodd fundraiser

...I-Conn., a resident and native of the city. Lieberman, who is Jewish, is not planning to attend the fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., because he'll be celebrating the Sabbath at his Strawberry Hill Avenue home, his spokeswoman said. "While

10/22/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

But several bills to extend the credit have been introduced, including one co-sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn. ...

Source: BusinessWeek
10/22/09
Smilow Ribbon Cut

...The ubiquitous Rob Simmons — one of (count ‘em!) five Republicans already vying for a chance to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd a year from now — showed up, of course. In a conversation during the mingling portion of the event, he took shot

10/22/09
Fraud in homebuyer tax credit program could scuttle revival efforts

... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) are strong supporters of an extension or expansion, but they and others in the House and Senate have yet to settle on a single way of continuing the

Source: The Hill
10/22/09
Throwing Granny Under the Bus -- By: Deroy Murdock

...meaning to G.O.P. Get Old People.” If Republicans “control the White House, the Congress and the federal courts,” predicted Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.), “they will do everything they could to see that Medicare and Medicaid would wither on the v

10/22/09
Dodd hopes to highlight ties with Obama during Stamford visit

...on Friday criticizing Obama's visit as a A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter is seen in Stamford during a flyover Wednesday. President Barack Obama is to visit the city Friday to attend a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd. (Matthew Cherry/contributed phot

10/22/09
Snowe Warns Reid On Public Option

...that," she said. Reid is still working with Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and health committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), along with representatives from the White House, to meld the finance and health bills into one. Snowe's was t

10/22/09
Senate eyes another public option compromise

...what I’m for." Baucus convened the meeting to brief committee Democrats on the progress of his discussions with Reid and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee to shape final legislation that merges the

Source: The Hill
10/21/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

... Linda McMahon (R-CT) has bought airtime for a statewide campaign ad Friday aimed to compete with President Obama's fundraiser for Sen. Chris Dodd. ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
10/21/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Deval Patrick and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, both of whom face re-election in 2010. Obama last stumped for Corzine in July, when he trailed Christie by ...

Source: New York Daily News
10/21/09
Midmorning: health care reform inches forward

...Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., (L) and Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., (R) will play a key role in reconciling the health care reform bills produced by various committees in the Senate. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Health care reform got a boos

10/21/09
Conservatives Win Round 1 on Obamacare

...new deficit spending. The secret negotiations in the Capitol on Obamacare including Senators Reid, Max Baucus (D.-Mont.), Chris Dodd (D.-Conn.), White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag and Health Ca

10/21/09
'Doc Fix' Continues to Vex Senate Leaders

...health care reform bill, which is being finalized by Reid, the White House and Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). The Hill newspaper reported Monday that Reid had hoped to strike a deal with the doctors organizations: D

Source: Roll Call
10/21/09
Wells Fargo execs dodge pay cuts

Overdraft pressure: A potentially darker smudge for the bank's bottom line comes by way of Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. On Monday, the Senate Banking Committee ...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
10/21/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Deval Patrick, who is up for re-election in 2010; and he'll be at a fundraiser for Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, who is facing a tough re-election next year. ...

Source: FOXNews
10/21/09
Health care reform inches forward

...Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., (L) and Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., (R) will play a key role in reconciling the health care reform bills produced by various committees in the Senate. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Copy and paste the HTML belo

10/20/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is the referee between Sen. Max Baucus' more conservative bill and Sen. Chris Dodd's more liberal one, ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
10/20/09
Democrats Accuse GOP of Playing Politics With Unemployment Bill

...the jobless benefits. Democrats are also concerned with the $16.7 billion cost of the amendment, which is co-sponsored by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). There are any number of places we could do a pay-for, and Im happy to sit down and talk about it, Isaks

Source: Roll Call
10/20/09
A $250 Billion Doctor Bill

...heavy hitters with Nevada's Reid at this meeting included Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag. The st

10/20/09
Why the Washington Post is hyping the public option.

...who raised the possibility that the public option might clear the Senate risked scorn from the Washington commentariat. When Sen. Chris Dodd said on NBC's Meet the Press on Oct. 18 that a public option ought to be in the final bill, David Gregory shot b

Source: Slate
10/19/09
Obama looking at all options for creating jobs

...the White House chief of staff. Emanuel and the chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said the compensation issue comes as banks and other financial institutions oppose efforts by the president an

10/19/09
Obama Looking at All Options for Creating Jobs

...the White House chief of staff. Emanuel and the chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said the compensation issue comes as banks and other financial institutions oppose efforts by the president an

Source: NewsMax
10/19/09
Sen. Dodd Says Wall Street Compensation Is Outrageous

...aside $16.7 billion for compensation so far this year. That's more than a half-million dollars per employee.   Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut says such companies need to understand that what they are doing is an outrage. Dodd says the govern

Source: CNSNews.com
10/19/09
Reid vows to fight insurance industry

...their way through Washington; they have done it far too long." On Sunday the Washington Post reported that Reid, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., would be the main negotiators, along with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, w

10/19/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and several colleagues have introduced legislation to limit bank overdraft fees. ...

Source: Plain Dealer
10/19/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Slate magazine has this fascinating tale of how and why Chris Dodd went from ...

Source: Hartford Courant
10/19/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

On Friday, Obama will campaign and raise money for the 2010 re-election campaigns of Sen. Chris Dodd in Connecticut and Gov. Deval Patrick in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. News & World Report
10/19/09
RE: Christopher Dodd

Max Baucus and Chris Dodd along with senior White House aides are merging the Finance and Health Committee legislation into one bill that will be considered ...

Source: Hot Air (blog)
10/19/09
Obama's ideals wrestle reality

office, and no one knows how much of what the Senate has already passed will survive. The odds are, however, that Reid, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn. ...

Source: The Hill

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