| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2010 | Senator | CT | Democrat |
| See All 8 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
| On the Concurrent Resolution (H. Con. Res. 398 ) |
Aye July 31, 2008 |
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S.3001 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3001 ) |
Aye July 31, 2008 |
|
H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 On the Conference Report (H.R. 4137 Conference Report ) |
Aye July 31, 2008 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
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Christopher Dodd in the News
September 03, 2008 Obama win would have banks eyeing US Senate posts
An Obama win could see Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, jump to heading the foreign relations panel, ...
August 31, 2008 Helping with a healthy balance
On the horizon of paid leave is a proposed bill by US Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., that would offer eight weeks of paid leave for employees of qualified ...
August 31, 2008 McCain defends Palin's experience level
Former presidential candidate, Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), was asked by Wolf Blitzer of CNN's Late Edition about remarks by former Republican presidential ...
Christopher Dodd in the Blogs
September 04, 2008 Top Posts
Senator McCain caught staring at Sarah Palinâs Boobs. Now we know why Senator John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his VP Despite her lack of experience and having only met [...] Independent Democracy. Tags: fun stuff, Politics, ...
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September 04, 2008 Credit Card Overhauls Seem Likely
Clockwise from top left, Senator Christopher Dodd; Representative Barney Frank; Randall S. Kroszner, a Fed governor; and Representative Carolyn B. Maloney have been working on credit card regulations. Regulators are saying, âWe missed ...
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September 04, 2008 Obama's First Legislation Exposes Triple Cross
Now you might be thinking that high-rollers like Christopher Dodd and Joe Lieberman would ensure that Connecticut - whose population is larger than Alaska (whose citizens pay ZERO state taxes), with some of America's poorest cities, ...
Source: Region 19 BOE Gazette
Featured Members of Congress
On June 18, 2008 Christopher Dodd was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Portfolio magazine recently reported that Chris Dodd (D-CT) received discounted loans from Countrywide financial through a special V.I.P. program. CREW has urged an investigation, saying "although there is no evidence that either Sen. Dodd or Sen. Conrad were aware they were receiving special treatment from Countrywide, their receipt of the unusually favorable loans creates exactly the sort of appearance of impropriety that the gift rule was designed to address."
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: SAC Capital Partners ($319,800)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $8,250,500 | 52.5 % |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $2,226,371 | 14.2 % |
| Misc Business | $1,502,820 | 9.6 % |
| Other | $1,139,364 | 7.2 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $792,545 | 5.0 % |
| Health | $478,125 | 3.0 % |
| Defense | $326,700 | 2.1 % |
| Construction | $292,550 | 1.9 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $230,649 | 1.5 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $179,600 | 1.1 % |
| Agribusiness | $149,550 | 1.0 % |
| Transportation | $105,800 | 0.7 % |
| Labor | $49,350 | 0.3 % |
| Total: | $15,723,924 |







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People with mortgages on houses they never should have bought that was not within their means is causing seniors to NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILL with the new TOO FAST TOO LOW interest rates. Doesn't anyone consider that seniors who live on this income are loser's BIG TIME with cost of everything going up, income going DOWN and yet we pay taxes on this interest income too. You can do something to ENCOURAGE the feds not to lower rates again next week. we need help too. C. McCrady, Oklahoma City OK
How long do we have wait for S.2544?????????????
I happen to have run out of unemployment benefits in February. I could really use that extension right about now as I still have not found any full time work never mind health insurance.
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I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits have run out. My money has run out. I unable to obtain employment and need more time to continue my search for employment. I am at risk of losing my car. Gas prices continue to rise daily. I am highly skilled in my field. My State Rhode Island is one of the hardest hit with unemployment. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. The Senate, House and President continue to play games as peoples life's are put in jeopardy. Totally disgusting. So all the extra time that I am not spending on looking for employment, I will dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well. It is time in this country for the people to take control of their government again and take it out of the hands of the uninformed, out of touch, uncompassionate, ignorant, greedy, self absorbed fools that are the true terrorists ruining this country. Pass a fxxkxxg bill extending unemployment benefits or you will be out of a fxxkxxg job!!!!!!!!!
Don't play politics with the American people anymore and pass HR5749 veto proof next week. People before politics. Please many need it!!!
People out in your communities are talking to you and you are not listening. Pass the Iraq-Afghanistan War Funding Supplement with the New GI Bill benefits along with the Unemployment Extensions without anymore add on's. Please send this Bill as is just exactly the way the House voted on it and get it right by the people of this Great Nation. USA first, all the Way. That is it my friends in the Senate, in a nutshell, Make US Proud, Pass this Legislation.
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