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International issues may cloud finance reform

Creation of a resolution regime is complicated by international issue, the Fed's Daniel Tarullo says.


Dodd plan a bid for re-election?

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has broke with the White House over financial reform with a proposal to create an uber-regulator independent of the Federal Reserve.


Schiff latest financier to run for Senate

The midterm elections are 14 months away, so it is time for candidates to come out of the woodwork, including financiers such as Peter Schiff, who is gunning for Sen. Chris Dodd's seat.


Kennedy's death could shuffle Banking Committee

The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy could set off a scramble among Democrats over who will lead the Senate Banking Committee assuming Sen. Chris Dodd leaves.


FDIC 'insolvency': More scare than there

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., grabs headlines with nonsensical FDIC worries and fixes.


Dodd schedules Schapiro's confirmation hearing

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (pictured) is wasting no time in moving President-elect Barack Obama's financial services nominees ahead for confirmation. On Wednesday Dodd scheduled a hearing for Jan. 15 to review key economic policy nominees including Mary Schapiro, who is expected to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...


GM's Lutz doesn't want Wagoner to be a 'sacrificial lamb'

General Motors Corp.'s vice chairman Robert Lutz went to bat for his colleague Rick Wagoner (pictured) after lawmakers and others called for the ouster of the troubled automaker's CEO as part of a government bailout package....


Confirmation of TARP watchdog snagged

Senate confirmation of Neil Barofsky to be special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program is being delayed by resistance from at least one Republican senator. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., revealed Friday that a "hold" has been placed on  Barofsky's confirmation by at least one senator. Senate rules allow any individual to block a vote on confirmation to a federal post for any reason. The identity of the lawmaker placing the hold is not made public, although it sometimes leaks out or is revealed by the senator placing the hold. Dodd did say that all Democratic...


Dodd questions Treasury's bailout execution

As the markets continue to struggle, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (pictured) and other lawmakers are beginning to question how the Treasury Department is using the $700 billion Congress gave it to stabilize the market. So far, $250 billion of the capital has been allocated for government purchases of large minority stakes in large and small commercial and investment banks. The next $100 billion is scheduled for government acquisitions of mortgage-backed securities, the asset that lawmakers and Treasury initially expected the funds would be spent on. But will it go there? ...


Markets, Dems react to McCain's comments?

Did Sen. John McCain's scaremongering send the markets into negative territory Wednesday?  No sooner had the Republican presidential candidate announce he was suspending his campaign and requesting that Friday's presidential debate be postponed, than the market started tanking. ...


Frank to media: Dodd's VIP Countrywide treatment is not a big deal

Is it a problem that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., got a special discount on his two housing loans as part of Countrywide Financial Corp.'s VIP program? ...



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