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openleft.com - 1/17/2009
Dodd's Response
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In response to my post from earlier today about Senate Banking Chair Chris Dodd not introducing mirror legislation to House Finance Chair Barney Frank's bill to place conditions on how bailout money is spent, I was contacted by a Senate staff member for the banking committee. To help provide ...
propublica.org - 1/23/2009
Promises Clock
— propublica.org — Politicians and officials make promises all the time, so they can be forgiven if they occasionally lose... track of what they said they would do and when. We created a feature on our front page to make it easier for us and them to see how many days and ... (more) Promises Clock

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openleft.com - 1/16/2009
Dodd Will Not Mirror Frank's Bailout Bill
— openleft.com — I just received confirmation from a congressional aide that Senate Banking Chair Chris Dodd will not introduce... legislation in the Senate to mirror House Finance Chair Barney Frank's bill, HR 384, to provide increased conditions, transparency and ... (more) Dodd Will Not Mirror Frank's Bailout Bill

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politico.com - 1/12/2009
Big changes to Obama stimulus plan - Manu Raju
— politico.com — Under the initial law approved in Congress, once the administration tells lawmakers it wants to access the... second installment of TARP, Congress must approve a resolution turning down that request within 15 days or the Treasury Department can begin to ... (more) Big changes to Obama stimulus plan - Manu Raju

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Daily Kos:  "Severe hostility"

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"Severe hostility"
Daily Kos — LOL. NPR: Now, looking ahead to the next $350 billion, is the legislation that's been written, do you believe that will fix it, and how? Dodd: Well clearly we need, and I think we've received this, by the way, President-elect Obama appeared before the Democratic caucus the other day, and clearly expressed determination that this program will be fundamentally managed differently. What we don't want to find out is, after giving these resources to the administration, we'll have a repetition of what occurred after the resources were provided to the Bush administration. In which we were promised, for ...

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