Reformed Chicks Blabbing (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
I hope he does it , it will make the Connecticut Senate race very interesting: Former independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is mulling a run against Sen. Chris Dodd (D) in Connecticut, according to a report. Nader, the 2000 and 2004 Green Party candidate for president, is "absorbing" the prospects of waging an independent candidacy against Dodd in 2010 Would...
The Humble Libertarian (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
That is correct. Ralph Nader is considering a run for US Senate on the Green Party ticket, challenging Christopher Dodd in Nader's home state of Connecticut (hat tip to the Left Coast Rebel for this excellent find): "Ralph Nader says he wants to gauge the level of grass-roots support before deciding whether to make a bid to represent Connecticut in the Senate." If Ralph Nader...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has written an opinion piece for WashingtonPost.com attacking programs being supported by Rep Ron Paul and Sen Chris Dodd to strip the Federal Reserve of most of its power. He writes “Notably, some leading proposals in the Senate would strip the Fed of all its bank regulatory powers. And a House committee recently [...]
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Ralph Nader says he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the Senate and wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision. Supporters have called on the 75-year-old Connecticut native to jump into the hotly contested race to challenge Democrat Chris...
Time (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Senate Banking chairman Chris Dodd has reached across the aisle to the GOP to create bipartisan working groups to tackle the four hardest questions in financial regulatory reform
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
CHRIS DODD UPDATE: HARTFORD COURANT: Do The Dump Dodders Matter? Well, they’re certainly not a good sign.
Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
So says the latest Quinnipiac poll. Headlines like that are a major part of why I really hope Sen. Chris Dodd gets shellacked next year. As his ethical troubles have mounted, it’s gone from a minor, ir-regular irritant to an almost-daily source of annoyance. Sadly, even with such headlines, he almost assuredly lacks the introspection [...]
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
? CT-Sen : It's a rumor that's been going around for a few weeks that seemed ridiculous, but it only seems to be getting louder, so it's worth a mention: Ralph Nader is considering a run for the Senate in Connecticut under the Green Party's banner, and is gauging grass-roots support for a race. The knee-jerk reaction is that this is one more piece of bad news Chris Dodd doesn't need,...
Angry Bear (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Rdan How does Congress keep track of such things, if at all, and again who reads these things except those willing to be wonks or lobbyists? Sen. Chris Dodds Proposed Financial Overhaul Bill can be found at the link. Huffington Post notes that de novo is back from Treasury: Despite bipartisan consensus on Capitol Hill that the size and interconnectedness of major financial institutions...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... an ICBA senior vice president, told HuffPost. But weeks later, when Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd unveiled his new financial reform package , the de novo language popped up again -- a verbatim copy of the Treasury language. That had observers scratching their heads at the resilience of the language. The conformity to Treasury's wording was no coincidence. "That was just...
PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Some in Congress, such as Representative Zack Wamp (R-TN), have declared healthcare to be a privilege. Others, including Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), say every American should have a right to medical treatment without bankrupting-levels of debt. Details of reform proposals show how both statements reflect a common belief. House and Senate bills might reduce the size of a medical bankruptcy...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
On Thursday, Ben Bernanke will sit in front of the Senate Banking Committee as it discusses whether he should get a second term as Fed Chair, but the debate started raging yesterday. In an editorial in the Washington Post Bernanke argued against new regulations introduced by Sen. Chris Dodd that would strip the Fed of much of its power. The measures "would seriously impair the prospects...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The Associated Press reports that consumer advocate and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader continues to mull a Senate run in Connecticut against Democratic incumbent Chris Dodd. Nader would run as a Green party candidate. Ralph Nader says he wants to gauge the level of grass-roots support before deciding whether to make a bid to represent Connecticut in the Senate. The 75-year-old...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... selecting the 12 regional Federal Reserve bank presidents, proposed by Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn. Dodd says his measure would return the Fed to its core mission of setting monetary policy, claiming it proved itself "an abysmal failure" by not cracking down on risky lending practices that led to the financial meltdown. Bernanke countered that the...
Big Government (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Perhaps Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) thinks of himself as a modern day John Sherman. In 1890, Ohio Sen. Sherman set out on a mission to establish “just competition” laws and level the economic playing field. His quest culminated in the dismantling of monopolies—such as American Tobacco and Standard Oil—and the passage of [...]
