 2008
Election
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 Christopher
John "Chris" Dodd
CHRIS DODD News:
20080124
-
 Telecom
-  Amnesty
-  Corporate
-  Government
-  Intelligence
-  Surveillance
-  Wisconsin
-  Nevada
-  Connecticut
- "Feingold:
"I Really Do Disagree" With Reid On FISA." ... "A
long-debated provision over whether or not telephone companies would get
a free pass for aiding the U.S. [United States] government in warrentless
surveillance hits the Senate floor today. And it threatens to open up fissures
within the Democratic Party." ... "In an interview with the Huffington
Post on Thursday morning, [Wisconsin Democratic Senator] Sen. Russ Feingold,
who opposes granting immunity to those companies, expressed disappointment
that his party's leader, [Nevada Democratic Senator] Sen. Harry Reid, was
not doing more to help strike the provision from a newly considered version
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act." ... ""Of course I have great
respect for the Majority Leader," said Feingold. "He is a good friend of
mine. But I really do disagree with his way of proceeding."" ... "At issue
is the likely passage of a version of FISA that contains retroactive immunity
over one that doesn't. Reid has said he supports the former, but legislatively,
the path has been paved for the passage of the latter. In addition, there
is debate over an amendment offered by [Connecticut Democratic Senator]
Sen. Chris Dodd, to strip immunity from any FISA bill. If that fails --
and it seems likely -- Dodd has threatened to filibuster the whole bill.
On Wednesday, Reid was interpreted as saying any such filibuster will be
the standing and talking variety as opposed to an agreed-upon 60-vote minimum
threshold. Feingold, who supports Dodd's stance, took slight issue with
that approach." ... ""We should have a normal process w[h]ere this is debated
based on a majority vote in the senate," said the Wisconsin Democrat. "That's
the way it should have been done and I regret that it's not being done
that way. Of course, I support Senator Dodd. He and I were principally
involved in making sure this didn't get jammed through before the holidays
and I will be supporting him again. But this decision does make it harder.""
-By Sam
Stein -HuffingtonPost.com
20080123
-
 Mitch
McConnell - Noteworthy
- Government
- Intelligence
- Surveillance
- Corporate
- Telecom
- Amnesty
-  Politics
- Nevada
-  Kentucky
-  Vermont
- Connecticut
- Wisconsin
- "Your
Harry Reid-led Senate in action." ... "[Nevada Democratic
Senator] Harry Reid -- who has (a) done more than any other individual
to ensure that Bush's demands for telecom immunity and warrantless eavesdropping
powers will be met in full and (b) allowed the Republicans all year to
block virtually every bill without having to bother to actually filibuster
-- went to the Senate floor yesterday and, with the scripted assistance
of [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell and [Vermont Democratic
Senator] Pat Leahy, warned [Connecticut Democratic Senator] Chris Dodd,
[Wisconsin Democratic Senator] Russ Feingold and others that they would
be selfishly wreaking havoc on the schedules of their fellow Senators (making
them work over the weekend, ruining their planned "retreat," and even preventing
them from going to Davos!) if they bothered everyone with their annoying,
pointless little filibuster." ... "To do so, Reid announced that, unlike
for the multiple filibusters from Republican colleagues, he would actually
force Dodd and company to engage in a real filibuster. This is what Reid
said:"
"[I]f
people think they are going to talk this to death, we are going to be in
here all night. This is not something we are going to have a silent filibuster
on. If someone wants to filibuster this bill, they are going to do it in
the openness of the Senate."
"That
is what Democrats have been urging Reid to do to the filibustering Republicans
all year -- in order to dramatize their obstructionism -- but he has refused
to make them actually filibuster anything, generously agreeing instead
that every bill requires 60 votes. Instead, he reserves such punishment
only for the members of his own caucus trying to take a stand for the rule
of law and the Constitution, those who are trying finally to bring some
accountability to this administration." -By Glenn
Greenwald -Salon
20080103
-
 Joe
Biden
- Chris
Dodd
- 2008
Election -  Delaware
- Connecticut
- "Biden,
Dodd to abandon White House runs." ... "[2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidates] Delaware [Senator] Sen Joe Biden and
Connecticut [Senator] Sen. Chris Dodd abandoned their bids for the Democratic
presidential nomination Thursday night." -By Mark
Preston and John King -CNN
20071231
-
 Dennis
Kucinich - Joe
Biden
- Chris
Dodd
-  Ron
Paul
-  Duncan
Hunter
-  Television
- Politics
-  US
-  Iraq
-  Military
- 2008
Election -  New
Hampshire - "FOX,
ABC to reduce debate fields." ... "This weekend’s
[New Hampshire] presidential debates and forum will not include some nationally-known
candidates, and the chairmen of the state Republican and Democratic parties
are not happy." ... "Fergus Cullen and Raymond Buckley say the decisions
by ABC News, WMUR and, in Cullen’s case, FOX News, are inconsistent with
the New Hampshire primary’s tradition of providing a level playing field
for all candidates." ... "ABC News and WMUR-TV (Channel 9) confirmed today
that they have established performance-based criteria for Saturday night's
pair of presidential debates. Those rules could leave several relatively
well-known candidates on the outside looking in, including [2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidates] Democrats Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden
and Chris Dodd." ... "And Cullen confirmed that FOX News has invited only
five presidential candidates to a GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican]
forum scheduled for Sunday night, leaving out [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidates] Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter." ... "GOP candidate
Paul has said that FOX News is “scared of me” and has called the network
“propagandists for this (Iraq) war, and I challenge them on the notion
that they are conservative.”" -By John Distaso
-UnionLeader.com
20071217
-
Chris
Dodd
- Corporate
- Government
- Spy
- Law
- Intelligence
- Politics
- Telephone
-
 Internet
-  E-Mails
-  Electronic
- Civil
Liberties - 2008
Election -  Foreign
- American
- Nevada
- Conn
- Wisc
- VT
-  Mass
- "Spy
law showdown postponed until next year." ... "Congress
won't decide until next year whether to pass a complex law that would let
telephone and Internet companies off the hook from lawsuits alleging illicit
cooperation with federal government spies." ... "In something of an unexpected
move, U.S. Senate Majority Leader [Nevada Democratic Senator] Harry Reid
took to the Senate floor on Monday evening and announced he would postpone
debate on the so-called FISA Amendments Act [FISA: Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act]. That bill, which has already been approved in a closed-door
meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee, would grant such corporate
immunity and make it easier for the feds to snoop on phone calls and e-mails
involving foreigners and Americans without a warrant, drawing rampant criticism
from civil liberties groups." ... "Earlier
in the day, however, it appeared more certain that the Senate would
move ahead with a vote to approve the
controversial Senate measure, which would provide legal immunity to
electronic communications providers that have allegedly opened up their
networks to the National Security Agency and other federal spies since
the September 11, 2001 attacks. Above vocal objections from some Democrats,
the senators nevertheless voted 76-10 to limit debate and other stalling
tactics related to the bill." ... "But in the end, last-minute rallying
from Democrats opposed to the telecommunications immunity provisions applied
the necessary pressure." ... "Perhaps most notably, [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate and Connecticut Senator] Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.),
a presidential hopeful, devoted
nearly the entire day to delivering one impassioned speech after another
about his opposition to granting legal immunity to telecommunications companies
accused of providing illegal assistance to government spying programs.
Other influential Democratic senators, including [Wisconsin Democratic
Senator] Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), [Vermont Democratic Senator] Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), and [Massachusetts Democratic Senator] Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)
echoed his concerns at various points during the day." -By
Anne Broache -CNET
-
Chris
Dodd
- Secret
- Telecom
- Industry
- Government
- Spying
- Politics
- Net
- E-Mails
- Data
-
 Iowa
- Connecticut
- 2008
Election - "Dodd
out of Iowa for Senate filibuster." ... "With just
weeks until the pivotal Iowa caucuses, [2008 Election] presidential candidate
and Democratic [Connecticut Senator] Sen. Chris
Dodd has abandoned the Hawkeye State to lead a filibuster against
a controversial measure that would give special legal protections to the
telecom industry." ... "The Connecticut Democrat has criticized the proposed
renewal of government spying powers, insisting it gives too much power
to secret agencies and lets large telecommunications firms off the hook
for handing over reams of private data on American phone calls and e-mails."
... "Under the measure being considered this week, telecom firms would
be given legal immunity from invasion of privacy lawsuits that result from
the release of this information to government officials." -By
Lisa Desjardins and Rebecca Sinderbrand -CNN
20070803
-
Noteworthy
-
 Media
-  Terrorism
- San
Francisco -  California
-  Illinois
- Connecticut
- 2008
Election - "Dodd,
Talk Show Host Exchange On-Air Jabs." ... "[Rupert
Murdoch's Foxnews Host] Bill O'Reilly told [2008 election Democratic Presidential
Candidate and Connecticut Senator] Chris Dodd, "I don't have any respect
for you" and "if I were Joe Lieberman, I would never talk to you again.""
... "Dodd fired back that the talk show host says "a lot of things [that]
are vile on a daily basis" and that studies show O'Reilly says something
derogatory about people or groups once every 6.8 seconds." ... "Dodd's
presidential campaign has been itching for the confrontation all week.
"Support Chris Dodd's strong stance against partisan media," says the front
page of the Dodd campaign website. The site urges viewers to "stand up"
against O'Reilly by contributing." ... "O'Reilly set the tone early in
the five-minute interview. He told listeners about his distaste for the
liberal blog Daily Kos and this week's convention, called Yearly Kos, in
Chicago [Illinois]. The convention is expected to attract most of the Democratic
presidential candidates, including Dodd." ... "[Dodd to O'Reilly,] "You
ought to be far more candid with your viewing audience here and tell them
your real objection here is the ideology of Daily Kos," the senator said."
... "On the argument went, with Dodd noting that in 2005, O'Reilly suggested
he wouldn't mind seeing San Francisco's [California] Coit Tower blown up
by al-Qaida." -By David Lightman
-Courant.com
20070611
-
 Alberto
Gonzales -Government
- US
Attorneys - Lawmakers
- 2008
Election -Vermont
- Connecticut
-  New
York
- Delaware
- Illinois
-  Kansas
-  Arizona
- "Senate
Republicans Block Vote on Alberto Gonzales (Update1)."
... "A resolution to express ``no confidence'' in Alberto Gonzales, [Republican]
President George W. Bush's embattled attorney general, was blocked by U.S.
Senate Republicans who called it a meaningless gesture." ... "Congressional
Democrats are investigating whether eight U.S. attorneys were dismissed
last year because of political pressure from the president's staff. The
Justice Department has given conflicting accounts of why the prosecutors
were fired. Lawmakers of both parties challenged Gonzales's candor when
he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the dismissals
on April 19." ... "Bush, traveling in Bulgaria today, called the vote ``meaningless''
because it won't determine ``who serves in my government. There's been
no wrongdoing.''" ... "The 53 voting to end debate included 45 Democrats,
seven Republicans and independent Bernard Sanders of Vermont. Those voting
not to shut off debate included 37 Republicans and independent Joseph Lieberman
of Connecticut." ... "New York [Democratic] Senator Hillary Clinton, a
Democratic presidential candidate, voted to end debate. Other senators
who are [2008 election] presidential candidates didn't vote, including
Democrats Joseph Biden of Delaware, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and
Barack Obama of Illinois and Republicans Sam Brownback of Kansas and John
McCain of Arizona. " -By James Rowley
-Bloomberg
20070214
-
US
- Iraq
-
 Iran
- Military
-  Tech
- Politics
-CT
- "Doubts
raised on linking of Iran to US deaths in Iraq."
... "Security analysts and critics of the Bush administration are questioning
the quality of intelligence presented by three unidentified US officials
in Baghdad on Sunday to demonstrate the Iranian government's ties to sophisticated
explosives that have killed 170 US soldiers in Iraq." ... "Some skeptics
also say that US officials in Iraq and their British counterparts have
known for more than two years that armor-piercing explosives were being
smuggled from Iran, but had never displayed them to the media until Sunday,
prompting critics to ask why the administration is choosing this moment
to highlight the alleged misdeeds of the Iranian regime." ... "General
Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also downplayed accusations
against the Iranian government. He told reporters yesterday in Indonesia
that although material from Iran had been used in the bombs, "That does
not translate that the Iranian government per se, for sure, is directly
involved in doing this."" ... "A senior Democratic senator compared the
US allegations to the charges against Iraq's former President Saddam Hussein
in the months before the US invasion in March 2003." ... ""I am deeply
troubled by this administration's escalating rhetoric against Iran, especially
intelligence from unnamed officials that is not fully documented," Senator
Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, said in a statement. "It
is frighteningly reminiscent of the pattern we saw in the drumbeat that
led to the war with Iraq."" -By Farah Stockman and
Thanassis Cambanis -Boston/Globe
20060309
-
US
-
 United
Arab Emirates -  Transport
- Bill
Frist-Jack
Abramoff
- Money
-  Tennessee
- Connecticut- New
York - "Frist
Suspends Senate Ethics Debate After Losing on Dubai Vote."
... "U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist [Tennessee Republican] suspended
debate on overhauling lobbying rules after the chamber refused to prevent
a vote on blocking a state-owned [UAE] Dubai company from taking over terminals
at six American ports." ... "Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, the
top Democrat on the Rules Committee, urged Frist to allow debate to continue
immediately on the lobbying measure, which was brought to the Senate floor
in response to the scandal involving Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff."
... "``Doing ethics reform and dealing with the Dubai issue are not mutually
exclusive,'' [New York Democratic Senator Chuck] Schumer said before today's
vote." -By Jonathan D. Salant -Bloomberg
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