Christopher Dodd

Christopher Dodd

  • WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) speaks at a news conference as Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) look on following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate approved the motion to bring the bill to a full debate on the floor of the Senate by 60-39 vote.

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  • 'Frontline's' 'Card Game': A matter of life and debt

    ...innovations have led to - quite literally a nation hooked on consumer debt with no way to pay it off. So what happened? Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn., chairman of the Senate banking committee, who looks a little anxious here) observes that the "cops left... |more

  • Senate panel to mull Bernanke nomination on Dec. 3

    ...its bounds — by helping some companies and not others — and by creating some emergency lending programs for banks to tap. Christopher Dodd , D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said Bernanke's nomination hearing will occur on Dec. 3.Dodd, who... |more

  • GOP: Zero support for Senate financial reform bill

    ...overhaul plan outlined last week by Democrats, putting on shaky ground a top priority for President Barack Obama .Sen. Chris Dodd , D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, has outlined an 1,136-page draft bill that would... |more

  • Senate hears need for bank overdraft controls

    ...overdraft fee for the largest banks, if their card doesn't cover the cost of a cup of coffee.Banking committee chairman Chris Dodd , D-Conn., has introduced legislation that would allow consumers to "opt-in" for overdraft protection on ATM and debit card transactions... |more

  • Fed limits ATM, debit card overdraft fees

    ...an overdraft service." House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) have separately introduced bills that would restrict banks' ability to charge overdraft fees. Both bills... |more

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  • Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

    ...re-elected (him) ... that I think they're all — they all, as we do, have him in our minds and our hearts tonight. ..." Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., echoed those sentiments later in the evening when he referred to Kennedy's "lifelong quest" for national health... 2:07 AM |more

  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left) embraced Sen. Jay Rockefeller after the vote on Saturday. They were with Sen. Chris Dodd (left) and Sen. Patrick Leahy.
    Senate clears important hurdle in health care overhaul

    ...Majority Leader Harry Reid (left) embraced Sen. Jay Rockefeller after the vote on Saturday. They were with Sen. Chris Dodd (left) and Sen. Patrick Leahy. More News WASHINGTON | Invoking the name of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push... |more

  • Sealed With A Kiss: Dems Unite To Beat GOP Filibuster

    ...House exactly two weeks ago, the Democratic caucus erupted in celebration. The Senate is not that sort of place. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), as presiding officer, announced the final 60-39 vote and scattered, muted "yay"s rose from the Democratic side, as the... |more

  • Reid: 'We can see the finish line'

    ...what took place tonight." “This is the United states of America, and there are certain things you should be have a right to,” Dodd said, noting that “decent health care” and not being “bankrupted in the process” are a couple of those things. Reid gave a window... |more

  • Chasing Dodd, One Sure Step At A Time

    ...think there's a gap in leadership in this state and in this country," Alpert said. He's sour on career politicians like Sen. Christopher Dodd, whom he'd like to replace. And Dodd — a loyal Democratic foot soldier who has big names campaigning for him these... |more