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The Peace Corps' Most Famous Alumni

The Peace Corps is mourning the loss of Sargent Shriver, the organization's first director and a member of the Kennedy family by marriage. The list of past Peace Corps volunteers includes some now-prominent individuals, several of whom point to their work with the organization as a formative experience in their...

Opinion: Big Risks From a Foreclosure Halt

(Oct. 13) -- We've recently seen a lot of reports about flaws in the foreclosure process, including lenders certifying that they're familiar with all pertinent aspects of a given case when they're not. This is unacceptable, and those responsible for such false certifications should be held legally accountable. But the...

Opinion: Washington's Endangered Species

(Aug. 23) -- If Washington seems out of ideas on how to get the private-sector jobs machine running again, there's a pretty straightforward reason -- the people in government have virtually no experience in business. In a major departure from prior administrations, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone in the current...

McMahon Wins Republican Senate Primary in Connecticut

(Aug. 10) -- Wrestling mogul Linda McMahon, who has already spent $22 million of her own money in this campaign, won the Connecticut Republican Senate nomination, setting up a November showdown with longtime Democratic state attorney general Richard Blumenthal for the seat held by the reluctantly retiring Chris...

GOP Sees Political Advantage Opposing Banking Bill

WASHINGTON (July 14) -- Cast this debate as big banks versus big government. Despite lingering public anger at Wall Street, most congressional Republicans oppose the tougher financial regulations that Congress is expected to send to President Barack Obama this week. The GOP is betting that the bill's ambitious goals will...

Chris Dodd News From the Web

05/24/12 MPAA: Switching up Tactics to Fight Piracy Source: DailyTech The music and movie industries have relied on misdirection and lies to help spread their view of internet piracy, and a commonly used phrase may have been misused.
05/23/12 Senator admits: SOPA "really did pose some risk to the... Source: Ars Technica Backers of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), have been railing against the bill's critics ever since the legislation plunged to a fiery death earlier this year.
05/22/12 Mess inherited from Democrats, not GOP Source: Bonner County Daily Bee - Sandpoint ID It was Jan. 3, 2007, when Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
05/22/12 Wolf in sheep's clothing: MPAA's Dodd pushes âmore... Source: Design Technica MPAA Chief Executive Chris Dodd says the days of calling online piracy "theft" is coming to a close.
05/22/12 Story shorts - 22/05/12 Source: Lancashire Evening Post - Preston - Lancashire - UK Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, honorary president of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, got proceedings under way on Friday at the St Mary's Centre.

Background on Chris Dodd

Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut for a thirty-year period ending with the 111th United States Congress.

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