Christopher Dodd News

The Senate cleared its year-end plate of some must-do work Saturday as it passed a critical budget bill that blends money for the Pentagon with additional help for the jobless.

Congress moved significantly closer toward enacting a landmark health care bill after Senate Democrats secured 60 votes for a new version of the legislation unveiled today, setting the stage for a historic vote on the measure by Christmas.

The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usually about setting interest rates.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd confers with ranking member Sen. Richard Shelby during the committee's renomination proceedings for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Dec.

A Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to run the nation's central bank for another four years.

The Million-Dollar Man ... ay back in September, the senator was publicly championing a Medicare buy-in. In an interview with The Connecticut Post, he said he had been refining his views on health care for many years and was "very focused on a group post-50, or maybe more like post-55" whose members should be able to buy Medicare if they lacked ...

As Connecticut competes with other states for a chunk of $8 billion in competitive stimulus grants set aside to invest in high-speed rail lines, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has written to encourage Gov.

In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, from left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen.

Let's see. Senator Dodd is in big trouble. There's a rare wide-open governor's race in both parties.

One of the Senate's most powerful Democrats faces a tough re-election battle going into the 2010 midterm elections.

Think Medicare is a great deal? Better ask grandma first. From left, Sen. Christopher Dodd., D-Conn., Sen.

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd arrives at a local Democratic headquarters in Enfield, Conn., as people behind him protest his role in the banking crisis in October 2008.

A new report on health care sent a sobering message to Democrats. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., takes part in a health care news conference Friday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senator Chris Dodd 's re-election prospects have been upgraded from "Toss-up" to " Leans Republican " by well-respected elections predictor the Cook Political Report .

The Treasury Department has told four bailed-out companies that they can't pay some top earners more than $500,000 cash per year.

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a Middle Class Task Force meeting May 26, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.

"Dodd" has become a dirty word to national Republicans. Battered Connecticut Sen.

Over at The Hartford Courant's Capital Watch blog, Daniela Altimari caught the reaction of some CT progressives to a PCCC commercial endorsing Merten's campaign, using the Connecticut for Lieberman Party for ballot access in 2010.

In this column, I have pretty much steered clear of political debate, but the current proposals on financial regulatory reform leave me no choice.

Senator Christopher Dodd chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is ready to push through a controversial financial regulation reform bill with or without Republican support, senior aides said, just days before the House of Representatives votes on its own reform legislation.