Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]

UK's Darling: Europe must cooperate on economy

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...steal historical markers to sell as scrap metal. Ray, a great-great-great-great-great grandson o... Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd expressed hope Monday that the stock market will react favorably this week to the $700 billion rescue package signed in

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Thank the Democrats for financial meltdown

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...Democrats led by Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, and Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts led the opposition, and in the end nothing happened. Three years later, these same three Democrats have led the charge to ena

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Skoda Auto to cut production due to fall in demand

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...of the year's Nobel Laureates in Medicine were announced Monday, kicking off six days of Nobel announcements. Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd said he is hopeful that the stock market will react favorably this week to the $700 billion rescue package ap

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Indonesian volcano erupts, spews flame and smoke

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...who would steal historical markers to sell as scrap metal. Ray, a great-great-great-great-great grandson o... Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd expressed hope Monday that the stock market will react favorably this week to the $700 billion rescue package

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Germany's SinnLeffers to cut 1,000 jobs

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

RI jury convicts 1 ex-hospital exec of corruption

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...even if he did give them out, he says, they would get lost in the translation. "I would have to gi... Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd expressed hope Monday that the stock market will react favorably this week to the $700 billion rescue package signed

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Announcement to Kick Off Nobel Prizes 2008

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...year's Nobel Laureates in Medicine were announced Monday, kicking off six days of Nobel announcements. Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd said he is hopeful that the stock market will react favorably this week to the $700 billion rescue package approved

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Official: Kashkari to be tapped to head bailout

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Connecticut Sen. Dodd has high hopes for market

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...LOCKS, Conn. - Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd said he is hopeful that the stock market will react favorably this week to the $700 billion rescue package approved last week by Congress and signed into law. Get stories by e-mail on this topic. Dodd, me

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Nader decries financial bailout bill

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...arouse either the media, the commentators or citizens, with very few exceptions," Nader said. He lashed out at U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, for not doing more to oppose the Bush ad

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Wall Street firms at center of bailout are big political donors

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...to unqualified homebuyers and prevented states from toughening regulations on predatory lending practices. Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee who ran unsuccessfully for his party's 2008 presiden

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Nader, In Waterbury, Hits Congress For Passing Bailout

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...with very few exceptions," Nader said. He blames — well, everyone. In Connecticut, he has special scorn for U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, for creating the illusion that Congress did more than roll over for t

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Sowell: Do Facts Matter?

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

...is not all one-way. Obama has been the second-largest recipient of Fannie Mae’s financial contributions, right after Sen. Christopher Dodd. But ties between Obama and Raines? Not if you read the mainstream media. Facts don’t matter much polit

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Palin Passed on What Might Have Been a Lethal Shot

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...she had been willing to state the facts and call out the Dems on their years of corruption and malfeasance. Barney Frank, Christopher Dodd, Barrack Obama, Jamie Gorelick, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are names of only a few of those who could have acted

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Bailout message instilled fear

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...He has warned Congress of this problem for years. You say Sen. Obama’s campaign is not run by lobbyists? After Christopher Dodd, Obama, though in the Senate only four years, received the second greatest “gift” from lobbyists of Fannie Mae & Mac. W

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Democrats to blame for pushing bad loans

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...Mae, those giant government-sponsored entities were Democratic piggy banks giving huge sums to Democrats like Frank, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and others. President Bush tried to get oversight of these institutions, but failed. For 16 years, Sen.

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Bailout Hopes Rise as More 'No' Votes Switch

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...on the passage of the Senate version of the bailout package Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 in Washington. From left, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., Reid, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) A

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Sen. Dodd's Donors

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...Christopher Dodd's photo ought to be on a milk carton, pleading for campaign finance reform. Over the past two decades, the five-term Democratic senator from Connecticut has netted more than $13 million from political action committees and the financial

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US Congress clears Indo-US nuclear deal

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...seeking to terminate the US nuclear cooperation with India in the event of New Delhi testing a nuclear weapon. Sen Christopher Dodd (Democrat), who called for division on the Bill, containing the nuclear accord, said it was a strong signal of US suppor

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'What They Said About Fan and Fred'

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...Thrift Supervision]. I want to roll the dice a little bit more in this situation towards subsidized housing. . . . Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.): I, just briefly will say, Mr. Chairman, obviously, like most of us here, this is one of the great succe

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