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Chris Dodd stories: 88 news summaries

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Dodd to Block Telecom Immunity

Vows to keep bill shielding carriers from coming to a vote

Oct 19, 07 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dem presidential hopeful Chris Dodd said yesterday he will place a “hold” on a bill that would grant retroactive immunity to telecom companies who handed over phone records to the feds without warrants. The White House and the Senate Intelligence Committee had made a deal to clear carriers Wednesday,... More »

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telecom • Chris Dodd • FISA

Dems Stonewall on
Pullout Deadline

Obama, Edwards, Clinton won't guarantee withdrawal by 2013

Sep 27, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - None of the three leading Democratic White House contenders were willing last night to guarantee that they would get US troops out of Iraq by 2013. During a Democratic debate at Dartmouth College, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards—who all support a timetable for troop withdrawal—each declined... More »

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Iraq • Iran • nuclear proliferation • health care • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • John Edwards • Bill Richardson • New Hampshire • Mike Gravel • Dennis Kucinich • troop withdrawal • counterterrorism • Chris Dodd • Democratic debate • Dartmouth College • Iraq war

Dodd Fights to Redeem Dad

Father's letters illuminate Nuremberg prosecutor turned disgraced US senator

Sep 24, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Dodd is not only running for president, he's on a mission to fix his father's reputation. Dodd's late father, Thomas, also a US senator, was censured in 1967 for making personal use of campaign funds. Years earlier, he made his name at the Nuremberg trials, and his son's new... More »

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Senate • Nazi • Chris Dodd • civil liberties • Thomas Dodd • Nuremberg trials • censure • reputation

Dems' Miami Debate Makes Foray Into Spanish

First presidential debate translated live on Univision

Sep 10, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic hopefuls took part in a Spanish-language debate in Miami yesterday, having questions translated UN-style from Spanish to English, and answers back again into Spanish. Though he'd agreed to the ground rules, bilingual contender Bill Richardson couldn't resist  asking in Spanish if he could continue in Spanish, and Sen. Chris... More »

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Latin America • Bill Richardson • Democrats • immigration reform • Cuba • Univision • Miami • presidential debate • voters • debate • Chris Dodd • language • Spanish • Election 2008 • bilingual education

YearlyKos
Gets Ready
for Its Closeup

With big day tomorrow, Bloggers ponder their clout with Dems

Aug 3, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloggers contemplating the off-again, on-again appearance of Hillary Clinton at tomorrow's YearlyKos convention can't quite get over how much more respect—would fear be an exaggeration?—they're inspiring in Democrats this year, compared to the last go-round. Joe Gandelman at the Moderate Voice asks whether it means the Democratic center... More »

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media • Internet • online media • Bill O'Reilly • Chris Dodd • netroots • Daily Kos • YearlyKos • blogger • Election 2008 • Iraq war

Corporate Donors Snub McCain

It's payback time for a career as Senate ethics reformer

Jun 18, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is lagging far behind his GOP primary rivals in fundraising, in part because he's alienated so many big corporate donors in his Senate career. All that straight talk about minimizing the influence of money on politics has taken its toll, the New York Times notes. One defense industry... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • contractors • McCain Feingold • Armed Services Committee • Chris Dodd • campaign fundraising • donor • snub

Bush Nominee Under Fire Over Anti-Gay Paper

Surgeon general candidate found gay sex unnatural, unhealthy

Jun 7, 07 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush nominee for surgeon general is under fire over a 1991 academic paper in which he argued that  gay sex is unnatural and unhealthy. In the report, ridiculed by other doctors for imposing politics on science, Dr. James Holsinger compares sexual body parts with pipe fittings and concludes, "... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • gay rights • Ted Kennedy • homosexuality • James Holsinger • Chris Dodd • Surgeon General • nominee

Democrats Focus Intently on Iraq

Debate centers on single issue as frontrunners stake out their territory

Jun 4, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic presidential field already has three leaders, and they're so eager to distinguish themselves by staking out their Iraq stances that the other five candidates can barely get a word in. The Politico looks at last night's debate in New Hampshire and finds Barack Obama, John Edwards, and Hillary... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democrats • presidential campaign • Chris Dodd • Election 2008 • Iraq war • presidential election

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