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Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) gave up trying to find a bipartisan compromise on the bill to overhaul the financial regulatory system and plans to introduce a new version of the bill on Monday. The House of Representatives passed a financial reform bill in December with a separate agency for consumer...

Banks may have successfully stopped efforts for an independent consumer finance agency, and we have Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) to thank for their success. Based on news reports this morning, Dodd has worked out a compromise with Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, for a compromise that will...

Now that Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) no longer has to worry about getting reelected, he's considering scrapping the idea of an independent agency in return for bipartisan support of the broader financial regulation overhaul bill.

Democrat Chris Dodd, the Connecticut senator who wants to weaken the Fed and name a top financial cop, won't run for reelection in 2010. His popularity has faded with the onset of the financial crisis and voters' perception that Dodd was under the sway of Wall Street.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Thursday started the arduous process of confirmation for a second term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. At hearings in Washington, the chairman of Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Christopher Dodd, called the central bank's record an "abysmal failure." Dodd...

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd unveiled his financial reform package on Tuesday and consumers could win big if the bill becomes law. Dodd proposes a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency whose sole job will be to protect American consumers from fraud and abuse. He wants to be...

When it comes to the way the U.S. government regulates the beleaguered financial industry, Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut wants to shake things up a bit. For starters, the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee is pushing the idea of a new super bank cop called the Financial...

While headlines in newspapers across the country today focus on the possibility that hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent claims may have been paid out under the first-time homebuyers tax credit, there's an even more a pressing matter regarding the credit that must be dealt with soon:...

Things are about to get real interesting up in Connecticut. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that CEO Linda McMahon is resigning in order to run for Connecticut's U.S. Senate seat. Yes ladies and gents, it appears that the McMahon family is aiming to add a senator to its roster....

It seems like rehashing ancient history to explore the topic of the Friends of Angelo (FOA) loans. You might recall those are the special mortgages that former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo, the orange-faced Bronx butcher's son, gave to the powerful people who could help delay the day of reckoning...