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      <excerpt>...Republicans also have in their sights Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, a state John McCain won last fall; Chris Dodd in Connecticut, hampered by a mortgage controversy; Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, the party-switching former Republican; a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...should go to people who need them most, not people who happen to work on Wall Street,&quot; Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut said Thursday. &quot;Wall Street banks have already taken so much from us. They've taken trillions of our tax dollars. They've ta</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...they should lose it. And that's one reason he wants to replace the alphabet soup of bank regulators with a brand new one.  SEN. CHRIS DODD, BANKING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: I'd like to begin there. I think that's -- because otherwise what you get is what the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...your editorial &quot;Dodd's Card Trick&quot; (Oct. 29), you imply that Sen. Chris Dodd's proposed legislation to limit credit-card rates would interfere with the free market, with harmful consequences. But the market for credit card debt is neither free nor fair.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd is planning to push a financial reform plan that would restructure the government's control of the banking industry, according to today's Wall Street Journal. Dodd, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, has </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and city health departments, says 35.6 million doses have been made and packaged since production began. Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd released a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius saying he was &quot;stunned&quot;. &quot;I implore you to us</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of that state&#8217;s congressional seats could go Republican and the GOP could retain the seat of retiring Sen. Judd Gregg. Sen. Chris Dodd (D) is in real trouble in Connecticut. And Patrick? Or as he&#8217;ll be known during campaign season, &#8220;Tax-raising, t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...crisis. Under Frank's proposal, the Fed would be granted enhanced powers to regulate large financial institutions.   Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will unveil wide-ranging financial overhaul legislation as early as next week. Dodd, chairman of the Senate Ba</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...on track. He had been working on the tax credit idea for months, and co-sponsored the latest version with Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut as an amendment to the unemployment benefits bill. The U.S. House has already passed an extension of unem</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd talks with Bristol Hospital President Kurt Barwis on Friday. Friday, November 6, 2009 10:26 PM EST. By JACKIE MAJERUS STAFF WRITER. BRISTOL &#8212; The nation must address health care, but do it carefully and ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>_____ Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT). _____ N.Y.C. Mayor Mike Bloomberg (independent-NY). _____ Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS). _____ Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN). _____ Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA). _____ Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) ...</excerpt>
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