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Financial Reform Puts Republicans on the Spot

(April 26) -- Even as they lost today's Senate vote on overhauling financial regulation, the Democrats expected to get a win. They probably did. The chamber's Republicans held together in opposing a vote to let debate on the measure proceed toward a final roll call, depriving Democrats of the needed 60 votes to override...

Wide Range of Wall Street Reform Critics

(April 22) -- Not all the criticism of the Democrats' plan for new financial industry regulations is coming from Capitol Hill Republicans. As President Barack Obama demands action, commentators from across the political spectrum are calling for changes in Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd's bill. (Click here...

Wall Street Reform Turns to Main Street, Maybe

(March 2) -- Who's looking out for the little guy? During all the debate over government cures for the financial crisis, billions of dollars in bank bailouts and fiery finger-pointing at greedy executives and heedless regulators, questions about the plight of American consumers have largely gone unanswered. Repair to...

ChrisDodd 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.