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 Senate Passes Housing Aid Bill 

Wins approval by wide margin, but House, Bush opposition leave fate uncertain

Apr 10, 08 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate approved a $15 billion measure to address the housing slump today, including $6 billion in total tax breaks to homebuilding firms and a $7,000 tax credit for buyers of foreclosed homes. Though it passed by an 84-12 margin, opposition from President Bush and the House could yet... More »

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Senate • housing market • foreclosure • House of Representatives • legislation • Chris Dodd • housing crisis • subprime crisis • tax credit • housing legislation

Fed, Execs Defend Bear Bailout

Collapse would have spread throughout economy, they argue

Apr 3, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bear Stearns was just hours from collapse, and letting it go down would have been disastrous, executives and regulators argued on Capital Hill today while defending the controversial bailout, the New York Times reports. Without the takeover, “we would all be facing a far more dire set of challenges,... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • Bear Stearns • Chris Dodd • Senate Banking Committee • James Dimon • JPMorgan Chase • financial crisis

Housing Bill Clears Key Senate Hurdle

Package of relief measures garners bipartisan support

Apr 1, 08 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate voted 94-1 to move a housing legislation package into formal consideration today, reports the New York Times. Banking committee chair Chris Dodd and ranking Republican Richard Shelby now have until noon tomorrow to work out a compromise acceptable to both parties. “Inaction is not an option,"... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Mitch McConnell • foreclosure • Chris Dodd • Richard Shelby • subprime crisis • Senate Banking Committee • housing legislation • financial crisis

Small Banks, States Rip Paulson Plan

Critics deride plan as that of 'a bunch of guys from Wall Street'

Apr 1, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Small banks, credit unions, states, and assorted politicians wasted no time ripping into the Bush administration’s plans to rework federal regulation of the financial industry, calling it an amateurish attempt by a “bunch of guys from Wall Street,” reports the Wall Street Journal. “It’s... More »

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Bush administration • Federal Reserve • Henry Paulson • Chris Dodd • Treasury Department • bank regulation • credit unions

 2 Probes Launched Into 
 Bear Stearns Deal  

Two Senate panels to investigate takeover

Mar 27, 08 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The controversial acquisition of Bear Stearns by rival JP Morgan Chase, aided by billions of dollars of government credit, is about to become one of the most scrutinized deals in Wall Street history. Two separate Senate investigations will soon be under way, one by the Banking Committee and another by... More »

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Federal Reserve • Bear Stearns • SEC • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • Treasury Department • Max Baucus • Senate Banking Committee • JPMorgan Chase • Capital Markets Summit • Glass-Steagall Act

Clinton Calls for Blue-Ribbon Mortgage Panel

Emergency plan would enlist Greenspan,
other big thinkers

Mar 24, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ex-Fed chief Alan Greenspan and other high-profile economic bigwigs should take the lead in deciding whether the government should buy homes affected by the housing crisis, Hillary Clinton says. "As it has in the past, this kind of temporary measure by the government could give our economy the boost... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Alan Greenspan • Chris Dodd • Barney Frank • Robert Rubin • subprime crisis

Clinton, Obama Both
Inflate Senate Records

From laws to peace deals, candidates' roles appear to grow in hindsight

Mar 24, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama didn’t take part in meetings on immigration legislation in 2006, recalls Arlen Specter, one of the handful of senators who did, but Specter just shrugs when the Illinois Democrat says he did. “It’s not an unusual matter for senators to take a little extra credit,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Senate • Kosovo • Arlen Specter • experience • Orrin Hatch • Chris Dodd • SCHIP • Northern Ireland peace deal

Obama Calls on Both
Camps to Simmer Down

Final debate before March 4 vote is tonight

Feb 26, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama said today that both Democratic campaigns should chill out. “It is important for me as well as Sen. Clinton to communicate to our staffs as well that we’re both trying out for quarterback, but we’re on the same team,” said Obama. He noted that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • debate • Chris Dodd • negative campaigning • Texas primary • Ohio primary

UPDATED

Dodd Endorses Obama

Conn. senator is 1st ex-Democratic candidate to take sides

Feb 26, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Dodd endorsed Barack Obama today in Cleveland, praising his ex-opponent for his "ability to reach and touch the hearts and souls of Americans," the Plain Dealer reports. The first former candidate to make an endorsement in the race, Dodd told the Hartford Courant he was "back... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Lieberman • Chris Dodd • political endorsement • Ohio primary

Biden, Dodd
Call It Quits
After Iowa

Senators take
5th and 7th place

Jan 4, 08 7:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Democratic candidates Chris Dodd and Joe Biden are packing in their presidential campaigns after poor showings in Iowa. Biden polled a distant fifth, behind Bill Richardson, and Dodd came in seventh. Voters' sixth choice was "uncommitted." For Dodd the defeat is especially stinging. The Connecticut senator relocated his... More »

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Joe Biden • Chris Dodd

UPDATED

Obama Wins Iowa; Edwards 2nd, Clinton Close 3rd

With 100% of Democratic precincts reporting, Edwards just ahead of Clinton

Jan 4, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Riding a record turnout of young, independent and new voters, Barack Obama decisively won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa last night, with John Edwards narrowly edging out Hillary Clinton for second. With all Democratic precincts reporting, Obama, aiming to be the first black president of the United States, prevailed with... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Bill Richardson • Iowa • presidential primaries • Dennis Kucinich • Chris Dodd • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries

On 7th Day, They Campaigned

Candidates turn to the tube as Iowa caucus looms

Dec 31, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - With four days of campaigning left in Iowa, leading White House hopefuls skipped church services and attended another weekend ritual—Sunday political talk shows. GOP frontrunner Mike Huckabee missed a service at the Cornerstone Family Church to appear on NBC, and Hillary Clinton arrived late and slipped out early at... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Benazir Bhutto • Chris Dodd • Iowa caucus • Corinthian Baptist church • Cornerstone Family Church • Election 2008

Democrats Withdraw Spy Bill

Delay vote that would give phone companies immunity in spy scandal

Dec 18, 07 3:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Legislation that would have granted retroactive immunity for phone companies that cooperated in the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program was abruptly withdrawn by Senate majority leader Harry Reid late yesterday. The legislation, favored by the White House, had deeply divided Democrats. Reid said the Senate would deal with the... More »

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Harry Reid • American Civil Liberties Union • Chris Dodd • FISA • FISA Court • warrantless wiretapping • immunity • telecommunications companies

Clinton Hopes NH Foundation Will Hold

Obama's recent surge threatens old ties the Clintons cultivated

Dec 16, 07 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama draws into a tie with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire polls, the New York senator looks to be leaning more and more on the relationships she and her husband established back in Bill's campaigning days. Clinton officials shrug off the tightening polls, but some find her camp's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire • Bill Clinton • Chris Dodd • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries • New Hampshire primary

Washington Takes Aim at Credit Cards

Lawmakers vow to tackle rate hikes, reform arcane fee system

Dec 1, 07 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Dem lawmakers vow to finally rein in credit card companies after years of consumer complaints, the Washington Post reports. They want lenders to scrap random rate hikes and inscrutable fees, and plan to tackle it in a hearing next week; one rep has already drawn up legislation. But industry... More »

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Congress • Democratic Congress • Federal Reserve • Chris Dodd • Andrew Cuomo • credit card • Carl Levin

Obama, Edwards Take Aim

Hillary counters accusation of a 'poll-driven' campaign

Nov 11, 07 6:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Obama accused Hillary of dodging questions and running a "poll-driven" campaign before a crowd of thousands at an Iowa fundraising dinner yesterday, the New York Times reports. “Not answering questions because we’re afraid our answers won’t be popular just won’t do it,” Obama said.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Bill Richardson • Iowa • caucus • Chris Dodd • campaign

Obama Plays Himself on SNL

Ripping off mask at Hillary Halloween party: 'I have nothing to hide.
I enjoy being myself."

Nov 4, 07 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama turned up the heat on frontrunner Hillary Clinton last night on "Saturday Night Live" when he appeared in the opening sketch—a Halloween party thrown by a faux Bill and Hillary and attended by faux Democratic candidates—as himself.  Everyone was in costume,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Bill Clinton • Mike Gravel • Dennis Kucinich • Chris Dodd • Amy Poehler

Small Bloggers Cut a Wide Swath in NH

Candidates come calling as locals' influence widens

Nov 1, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Average Joes moonlighting as political bloggers are wielding the power of kingmakers in tiny New Hampshire, and candidates—at least the second-tier—are noticing. Says a high school Latin teacher of his Blue Hampshire blog: “One minute I'm in the teachers' lounge making copies and the next I'm spending... More »

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Florida • John Edwards • Bill Richardson • Iowa • New Hampshire • Chris Dodd • Blue Hampshire • Bleeding Heartland • Blog Florida Blue • The Palmetto Scoop • Democratic presidential primaries

Mukasey Faces Uncertain Vote

Attorney General nominee on thin ice with Democrats

Oct 31, 07 7:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A vote that could send the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US attorney general to the full Senate will come Tuesday, the Democrat in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee said today. Once thought certain, Mukasey's confirmation now appears to hinge on his refusal to classify as illegal torture the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Chris Dodd • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding

Iran Looms Large in Campaign

Iran is the new Iraq on the stump

Oct 26, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran is beginning to dominate the campaign rhetoric of White house hopefuls of both parties as Iraq once did, reports CNN. Tough US sanctions against Tehran and growing indications of some kind of military intervention to halt the development of nuclear weapons are being compared with the steps taken in... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • diplomacy • economic sanctions • nuclear program • Revolutionary Guards • Chris Dodd • campaign trail • Iraq war

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