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      <excerpt>...greed.&quot; Republicans contend it will lead to more bailouts.                 Bloomberg News Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd said an overhaul of U.S. financial rules is needed to prevent &quot;staggering greed&quot; and close gaps that allowed risky len</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Al Franken, D-Minn., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen in the back. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)S</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...players on health care include, from left, Sen. Max Baucus, Sen. John Rockefeller, Sen. Harry Reid and Sen. Chris Dodd.  Washington (CNN) &#8211; November and December tend to be a typically slow time for Congress as it wraps up business before a new sessio</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Second, would the legislation that is offered by Senator Chris Dodd be a better approach to financial reform than alternative proposals, or even than the ... </excerpt>
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      <title>A New Solution For &amp;#39;Too Big To Fail&amp;#39;?</title>
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      <excerpt> However, Senator from Connecticut Chris Dodd&amp;#39;s plan to completely strip the Fed of its ability to regulate financial institutions has trumped any ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Conn. &#8212; Campaign officials for Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd say Vice President Joe Biden will visit Hartford on Dec. 11 for a fundraiser for the senator, who is trailing in the polls in his 2010 re-election bid. Dodd&#8217;s campaign says Biden will </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Between 2004 and 2006, however, the senator had reported his personal wealth in even higher ranges, suggesting he may have been worth more earlier this ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... while the Senate reform proposals under Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), have gone in the opposite direction. They seek to strip the Fed of much of its oversight role over banks and replace that function with a new super-agency. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rob Simmons (R), running against Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), became the first candidate to call for Geithner&amp;#39;s resignation when he did so yesterday. Also yesterday, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), a leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) tried to do just that yesterday, with the support of Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), by asking for unanimous consent to bring the bill to the floor. However, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) objected &#8220;on behalf of several ...</excerpt>
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