Sen. Christopher Dodd - U.S. Congress

Official website: http://dodd.senate.gov
448 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2823 Fax: 202-228-1083
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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2005	2010	Senator	CT	Democrat
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Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.1231 SPEAK Act (111th congress)	Introduced	Jun 10, 2009
S.1112 A bill to make effective the proposed rule of the Food and Drug Administration relating to sunscreen drug products, and for other purposes. (111th congress)	Introduced	May 20, 2009
S.1049 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive certain provisions of the pre-September 11, 2001, fire grant program, and for other purposes. (111th congress)	Introduced	May 14, 2009

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
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
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
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

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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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Videos of Chris Dodd

Title: Dodd Introduces Landmark Bill to Expand and Reform The Peace Corps - Part 1
Speaking: Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT] (all videos)
Date: June 26, 2009
Length: 8 minutes

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs, introduced today the Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009. Senator Dodd is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer, who served in the Dominican Republic. The bill combines a reform and growth strategy for the Peace Corps. The bill increases funding in order to achieve the goal of doubling the size of a ...

Title: Dodd Introduces Landmark Bill to Expand and Reform The Peace Corps - Part 2
Speaking: Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT] (all videos)
Date: June 26, 2009
Length: 9 minutes

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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 ...

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Source: Washington Post

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 ...

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Source: Arkansas Online (subscription)

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. ...

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Source: The Canadian Press

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Source: Dealing with Panic Attacks, Anxiety and Stress

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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.

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Top Funding Industry: Finance/Insur/RealEst
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

Industry	Donation	% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$2,505,810	44.1 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$721,209	12.7 %
Misc Business	$404,170	7.1 %
Health	$394,550	6.9 %
Communic/Electronics	$357,774	6.3 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$277,740	4.9 %
Labor	$276,000	4.9 %
Other	$261,475	4.6 %
Defense	$126,600	2.2 %
Construction	$107,400	1.9 %
Agribusiness	$91,850	1.6 %
Transportation	$90,550	1.6 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$69,246	1.2 %
Total:	$5,684,374

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July 03, 2009

July 03, 2009 Panel floats alternative health plan

July 02, 2009

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July 04, 2009 Peter Schiff News: Peter Schiff Competitive With Chris Dodd ...

July 03, 2009 Buck Naked Politics: Health Care Reform not as Costly as ...

July 03, 2009 Panic attacks: Voters unload at GOP rallies - Yahoo! News ...

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