Topic: Christopher Dodd

Fresh push for Obama's Wall Street reforms

President Barack Obama's stuttering bid to rein in Wall Street was boosted, as a key Senate ally unveiled a reform described as the most sweeping in 80 years.Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd outlined plans to toughen regulation of the massive US ...

Sen Dodd boosts Fed in new financial reforms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill on financial regulatory reform unveiled on Monday by the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Christopher ...

Fresh push for Obama bank reforms

President Barack Obama's stuttering bid to rein in the largest US banks got a shot in the arm Monday, as a key Senate ally unveiled a reform package described as the most sweeping in 80 years.Senate banking committee chairman Christopher Dodd outlined ...

Obama pledges to push for robust financial reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the legislation for sweeping overhaul of the financial system unveiled by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd and promised to fight any efforts to water it down.The Federal Reserve would gain new ...

Dodd's Departure

Election Day of 2010 was never going to be easy for Sen. Christopher Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat who chairs the Senate Banking Committee.. Since 2005, Dodd has raised $3.8 million from the securities and investment industry and he's Congress' No. 1 fundraiser ...

Dodd's Quarterback Sneak

On Thursday, committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., announced he would introduce his own version of a bill Monday and leave it to committee members to sort out their differences in the week before the scheduled mark up on March 22. Sen. Bob ...

Geithner still optimistic on financial reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after U.S. Senate bipartisan talks on financial reform collapsed, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought to revive hope that Congress can still complete a bill to overhaul financial rules.It is in the U.S. domestic interest to make the ...

Geithner will work with Dodd on financial reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday praised Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd for his work on financial reform and pledged to work with him on a bid to overhaul banking rules.Geithner issued a statement not long after Dodd ...

Reforming the Financial Reform Process

In the latest development in the ongoing saga of how to prevent the events of 2008 from happening once again, Bloomberg reports that talks have broken down between Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CN) and Bob Corker (R-TN) with Dodd now ...
Once struggling Federal Reserve gets a new look as regulator of largest, riskiest firms The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top ...