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Here is the text of Sen. Christopher Dodd 's press release Friday on the extension of the home buyers' tax credit.

The U.S. House voted to move up the start date of a law that limits rate increases on existing credit-card balances, after lawmakers said banks are heaping finance charges on cash-strapped consumers.

Sen. Chris Dodd sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, demanding she review her policies so that 'healthy stockbrokers' arena t getting the H1N1 vaccine over 'pregnant women and school children.' Photo: Reuters A senior Senate Democrat is demanding answers from federal officials on why they sent swine-flu vaccines to bankers at Goldman ...

Fri Nov 6, 2009 7:57am EST - Over 250 protesters rally for financial reform outside the American Bankers Association annual convention in Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2009.

The House voted on Wednesday to impose immediately tough new rules for credit card companies after voters complained of increased interest rates and steep new fees.

Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd is planning to push a financial reform plan that would restructure the government's control of the banking industry, according to today's Wall Street Journal .

In the highly publicized gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, the Republicans all came out victorious.

Vote Baby, Vote! November 4, 2009 10:23 PM Posted to Election 2010 The two non-voters in the race for U.S. Senate got out to the polls Tuesday and cast their ballots for local officials in Weston and Greenwich.

Congress is one vote away from sending the president legislation that continues aid to more than a million jobless people and extends tax breaks to hundreds of thousands of prospective homebuyers and struggling businesses.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said he will unveil legislation next week to overhaul regulation of U.S. financial markets without Republican support after failing to reach a compromise.

What a difference a year can make. Last year at this time, riding the charisma and coattails of Barack Obama, the Democrats took control of the White House and Congress and, here in Connecticut, increased their dominance of the General Assembly, securing veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate.

After months of committee work, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California are driving the debate on health care reform, but they are each relying on a cast of supporting actors.

The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee wants bipartisan financial reform, but sees key issues as unsettled and opposes a new consumer protection watchdog, an aide told Reuters on Monday.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has voted Thursday to approve legislation that would impose sanctions on companies that help Iran acquire refined petroleum products.

Asserting that World Wrestling Entertainment has made illegal in-kind campaign contributions to the U.S. Senate campaign of its former CEO Linda McMahon, state Democratic party Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission.

New England's moderate Republicans, shoved out of power by two Democratic waves of anti-George W. Bush fervor, are scrambling to make a 2010 comeback, making early bids for congressional seats that GOP leaders say are critical to taking back majorities in the House and Senate.

WASHINGTON: The US Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping package of economic sanctions aimed at Iran, one of many efforts by lawmakers to compel Tehran to freeze its suspect nuclear program.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is in settlement talks with several large financial institutions to resolve investigations into the awarding of municipal investment contrac... ***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledges the federal budget deficit is too high, but that the priorities now... Even ...

The fate of financial reform has always hinged on whether Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd and Republican Richard Shelby could cut a deal.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday the United States was still trying to determine the extent of Iran's response to a UN-brokered plan on nuclear cooperation with major powers.