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| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2010 | Senator | CT | Democrat |
| See All 8 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
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H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. 1247 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 08, 2009 |
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H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1256 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 02, 2009 |
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H.R.2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 On Passage of the Bill (HR 2346 As Amended ) |
Aye (with party)
May 21, 2009 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
- Votes with party: 99% (Ranks 10 of 100)
- Abstains: 0% (Ranks 28 of 100)
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Christopher Dodd in the News
July 03, 2009
Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, Pres. Obama still have jobs -do you? Clearly, she has resigned in order to follow the Yellow Brick Road in hopes ...
July 03, 2009 Panel floats alternative health plan
Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said in a letter to committee members that the plan would cost $611.4 billion over 10 years, according to an ...
July 02, 2009
Under the plan, say Democratic Senators Ted Kennedy and Chris Dodd, 97 per cent of Americans will end up with health insurance coverage. ...
Christopher Dodd in the Blogs
July 04, 2009 Peter Schiff News: Peter Schiff Competitive With Chris Dodd ...
Wilson Research Strategies was commissioned by Peter Schiff to conduct a live-interview telephone survey of likely Connecticut voters to determine the feasibility of a run for U.S. Senate against Chris Dodd ...
Source: Peter Schiff News
July 03, 2009 Buck Naked Politics: Health Care Reform not as Costly as ...
by Deb Cupples | Say what you will about Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn) and his questionable ties to the financial industry. At this point, Sen. Dodd seems to be on the right side of the health care reform issue -- as he was on the Telecom ...
Source: Buck Naked Politics
July 03, 2009 Panic attacks: Voters unload at GOP rallies - Yahoo! News ...
and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) as partly responsible for the credit crisis. âMcCain/Palin fired back today in Waukesha, and 15 years of frustration is coming out joyously in the voices of GOP supporters at these rallies,â Limbaugh wrote ...
Featured Members of Congress
On October 17, 2008 Chris Dodd was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Chris Dodd (D-CT), the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced last week that he is planning to introduce a major package of financial legislation to be considered when the Senate returns for the lame duck session after the Novemeber election. According to Dodd's office, the bill will include a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures, new anti-predatory lending rules, credit card reform and changes to the bankruptcy law.
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: Citigroup Inc ($315,394)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $9,175,339 | 50.0 % |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $2,513,464 | 13.7 % |
| Misc Business | $1,427,690 | 7.8 % |
| Other | $1,196,636 | 6.5 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $975,506 | 5.3 % |
| Health | $788,650 | 4.3 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $621,119 | 3.4 % |
| Labor | $376,950 | 2.1 % |
| Defense | $364,850 | 2.0 % |
| Construction | $318,500 | 1.7 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $217,646 | 1.2 % |
| Agribusiness | $207,100 | 1.1 % |
| Transportation | $178,650 | 1.0 % |
| Total: | $18,362,100 |










