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Chris Dodd stories: 88 news summaries

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Dodd Unveils Sweeping Financial Overhaul Bill

It would create new oversight agencies

Nov 10, 09 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Dodd introduced a sweeping financial regulation bill that creates no fewer than three new agencies to oversee the banking industry. Dodd’s bill creates an Agency for Financial Stability to identify systemic risks to the economy as a whole. It entrusts all bank supervision to the Financial Institutions Regulatory... More »

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Senate • Federal Reserve • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • FDIC • bank regulation

Analysis

Democrats
Who Should
Be Worried

Election '09 puts
the fear into these
2010 incumbents

Nov 5, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - If, as Max Baucus says, Tuesday’s elections should be a “wake-up call” for Democrats, Politico knows which lawmakers should be drinking caffeine:
  • Harry Reid: The majority leader is a little like Jon Corzine; an unpopular incumbent in a state where the economy is especially
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Harry Reid • Chris Dodd • 2010 election • midterm elections • Election 09 • John Adler

  Dodd Declares War With 
  Senate Bank Bill  

Senator readies radical overhaul of finance regulation

Nov 5, 09 7:34 AM CST
(Newser) - A Senate bill that would fundamentally change the structure of banking regulation is headed for a clash with both the House and the White House. Christopher Dodd is readying a proposal to strip the Fed and FDIC of almost all bank-supervision powers, creating in their place a new agency that... More »

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Senate • Federal Reserve • Chris Dodd • FDIC • bank regulation

Interview

 Lieberman: I'll Back 
 Republicans 
 in 2010 

Sort-of Democrat says he'll 'call them as I see them'

Oct 30, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman says he “probably will support some Republicans in 2010” and may not seek the Democratic nomination in his own 2012 reelection campaign. “I’m going to call them as I see them,” he tells ABC News , saying he’s weary of “partisan, passionate, hardcore”... More »

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Republican • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • independent • Election 2012 • Election 2010 • 2010

HEALTH NEGOTIATIONS

Senate Bill Likely to Come Down to Reid, Dodd, Baucus

Baucus, Dodd the only senators with secure seats at negotiating table

Oct 7, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every senator worth their salt is salivating for a seat at the table when Harry Reid merges the Senate’s two competing health care bills—but the vast majority will instead have their noses pressed to the glass. Reid hopes to speed things up by keeping the group small, Politico... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Tom Harkin • Kent Conrad • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

ANALYSIS

GOP Lukewarm on Wrestling CEO's Senate Bid

McMahon has money to burn, but may not be able to unseat Dodd

Oct 5, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Linda McMahon eying him as the ultimate takedown of her takedown-filled career, Sen. Chris Dodd has reason to be nervous. The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment has sharp business acumen, star power—and, perhaps most significantly, $30 million she’s willing to spend to wrest his Connecticut Senate... More »

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primary • wrestling • professional wrestling • WWE • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • Senate race • Linda McMahon

Will Real Senate Leaders Please Stand Up?

Kennedy's death left a void—and no one is stepping up to fill it

Sep 21, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Democrats fight among themselves over health care, it’s becoming painfully clear that they lack a clear public leader on the issue, writes Manu Raju for Politico. In part it’s because, with a number of House and Senate committees involved, there are too many cooks stirring the pot,... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Harry Reid • Ted Kennedy • Senate Health Committee • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus

Dems Slam Bank
Overdraft Fees

Banks are set to make $38.5 billion on overdraft fees this year

Sep 21, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Democrats are using words like "criminal" and "rip-off" in a round of complaints about banking overdraft fees, reports the Washington Post. US banks are poised to rake in some $38.5 billion from overdraft fees this year, usually without a warning to customers that they're about to... More »

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Chris Dodd • banks • overdraft fee

 Wrestling CEO 
 Linda McMahon to 
 Run for Senate 

Says Chris Dodd has 'lost his way and our trust'

Sep 16, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an announcement sure to inspire a barrage of “stepping into the ring” cracks, Linda McMahon, wife of Vince McMahon and until now CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, is seeking the Republican nomination to take on Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, the Hartford Courant reports. McMahon promised to be... More »

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Republican • Senate • professional wrestling • WWE • World Wrestling Entertainment • Chris Dodd • Linda McMahon

(Newser) - When Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer, he insisted that he would have a "good ending for myself," and friends tell the New York Times that the late senator's last 15 months were filled with joy. He and his wife Vicki spent evenings watching 24 and James... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • Chris Dodd • Kennedy family • political dynasty • brain cancer

analysis

Republicans Gain Ground in Senate Races

Latest trends show even Reid, Spector, Dodd in trouble: Silver

Aug 24, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are looking brighter for Republicans in the Senate, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. In his monthly ranking of which seats are most likely to switch parties in 2010, Republicans have made a big move. Of the 10 seats that look more likely to switch hands, seven favor Republicans.... More »

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Senate • New Hampshire • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • Nevada • Roy Blunt • US Senate • 2010 election • Nate Silver • Republicans • Kelly Ayotte

(Newser) - Ben Bernanke can expect a standing ovation from economists at a Fed retreat in Jackson Hole today—for the financial establishment, the Fed chairman is a superhero, hailed for his aggressive, unprecedented actions to stem the worst crisis in generations. Yet on Capitol Hill he's far less popular, and the... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • recession • Chris Dodd • central bank • Senate Banking Committee • financial crisis

(Newser) - Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad have been cleared of wrongdoing in taking preferred loans from Countrywide Financial, the Hill reports. But the Senate ethics panel gave both Democrats slaps on the wrist. No “credible evidence” of ethics violations emerged, the committee said in a statement, but two “... More »

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Congress • Chris Dodd • home loans • Countrywide Financial • Senate Ethics Committee • Angelo Mozilo • VIPs • Kent Conrad

(Newser) - Connecticut Republicans protesting health care reform outside a Chris Dodd event yesterday mocked the senator with references to his newly diagnosed cancer, reports Talking Points Memo. “How come we just don't give Chris Dodd painkillers?” one shouted. “Like a handful of them at a time! He can wash... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • painkiller • health care reform • whiskey • protesters • pills • Scotch

 Dodd Has Prostate Cancer 


Jul 31, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senator Chris Dodd has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Hartford Courant reports, but the disease is in its early stages, and Dodd doesn’t think it will sideline him long. He’ll undergo surgery during the August recess, and expects to return after a “brief recuperation,”... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • Senate • Chris Dodd • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

(Newser) - Democratic Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad were fully aware they were getting sweetened mortgage deals, the Countrywide Financial exec who handled their loans has told congressional investigators. The testimony from the loan officer to the House Oversight and Senate Ethics committees directly contradicts the senators' assertions that they had... More »

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Chris Dodd • Countrywide Financial • mortgage loans • Senate Ethics Committee • political scandal • Kent Conrad • Robert Feinberg

Health Bill Has
a Big Carrot for the Healthy

Senate measure would let employers cut premiums up to 50%

Jul 15, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A measure slipped into the Senate’s health care reform bill could cut workers’ insurance costs by up to half if they eat well, lose weight, and quit smoking, the Boston Globe reports. The measure may be key to encouraging Americans to stay healthy without too much government imposition, a... More »

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health care • health care costs • health insurance • Senate • smoking • weight loss • diet • Chris Dodd • healthy habits • discounts • incentives • Obama administration • Judd Gregg

 Senate Committee 
 OKs $600B Health Bill 

Party-line vote moves closer to coverage for nearly all Americans

Jul 15, 09 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate health committee has cast a milestone vote to approve legislation expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans, becoming the first congressional panel to act on President Obama's top domestic priority. The 13-10 party-line vote advanced a $600 billion measure that would require individuals to get health insurance and... More »

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health care • health insurance • Chris Dodd • health care reform • President Obama

Senate Dems Shave $400B Off Health Care Bill

Plan charges employers who don't insure, has gov't option

Jul 2, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats outlined a revised health care bill last night that lops $400 billion off the price tag of an earlier trillion-dollar proposal. The plan trims costs, the AP reports, by including a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers and charging employers $750 annually for each employee not... More »

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health care • health insurance • Ted Kennedy • Senate Health Committee • Chris Dodd • health care reform

Congress Weighs Wider Home Tax Credit

$8K for first-time buyers may jump to $15K, apply to all sales

Jun 22, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the tax credit for first-time homebuyers set to expire in November, congressional efforts to increase it and broaden its reach are ramping up, reports USA Today. Chris Dodd, who leads the Senate Banking Committee, supports a proposal to raise the credit to $15,000 and extend it to all... More »

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real estate • mortgage • home sales • Chris Dodd • real estate values • homeowners • tax credit

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