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Photos Of U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd In Washington, D.C.

Hartford Courant photographer John Woike recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to shoot photographs of U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd as he made his farewell speech on the Senate floor.

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U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd To Be Honored By CCAG And Friends, Including...

Outgoing U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd will be honored by an estimated 500 supporters in a tribute this Friday night at a gigantic party at a new catering hall in Simsbury. The event is being sponsored by...

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Un Homenaje to Sen. Dodd

Chris Dodd's departure from the U.S. Senate "will leave a vacancy of immense proportions that will be difficult to fill,'' writes Larry Bims, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Eloy...

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Just days before he is set to leave office, Sen. Christopher Dodd is cleared...

The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint brought by Judicial Watch, which calls itself a conservative, non-partisan government watchdog group, against U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, just days...

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Judge Robert Chatigny's Nomination To Second Circuit Court Of Appeals Is...

The highly controversial nomination of Judge Robert Chatigny to a prestigious federal appeals court in New York City has been withdrawn. Chatigny, who performed the wedding ceremony for U.S. Senator...

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Mr. Blumenthal goes to Washington, sort of

Just hours after he was sworn in as a U.S. Senator, Richard Blumenthal boarded a plane to come back to Connecticut. The journey will soon become very familiar to Blumenthal: He intends to travel home a...

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Ralph Nader on Joe Lieberman: "A Right-Wing Extremist On Everything Except...

Consumer activist Ralph Nader, who has tangled publicly with both Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman, is quite pleased that Lieberman will be leaving the U.S. Senate after 24 years. Democrats praised...

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Dodd Emerges As Frontrunner To Head MPAA [LA Times]

Hollywood's seemingly endless search for an industry lobbyist appears to be zeroing in on former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.).Click here to read more from the Los Angeles Times.

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Lawmakers Debate Tolls Once Again; Mike Riley Of Motor Transport Association...

The perennial debate over highway tolls has resurfaced again in the legislature's transportation committee. Michael J. Riley, president of the Hartford-based Connecticut Motor Transport Association,...

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Former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd Gets Top Job At Motion Picture Association;...

  After months of rumors, former U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is going Hollywood. He was named Tuesday as the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. Dodd had remained...

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Catherine Smith, ING Top Executive, Named Today By Governor As New...

Catherine Smith, the Connecticut-based chief executive of U.S. retirement services for ING, is expected to be named the new commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development...

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Lieberman, Dodd and Malloy mourn Geraldine Ferraro

Sen. Joseph Lieberman and former Sen. Chris Dodd each released statements reflecting on the life of Geraldine Ferraro, the trailblazing Democrat who died today. Dodd called Ferraro "a great friend" and...

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Huffington Post: Conservative Political Commentator Glenn Beck Sells New...

The Huffington Post is reporting that conservative political commentator Glenn Beck has sold his 8,700-square-foot New Canaan mansion and is headed out of the New York metropolitan area. Beck is...

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House Approves Highly Controversial Paid Sick Leave; Final Vote At 3 a.m....

After a high-pitched, high-stakes debate, state legislators early Saturday morning approved a controversial bill to make Connecticut the first state in the nation to mandate paid sick leave for service...

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House Approves UConn Health Center Expansion; Skeptics Question Projections...

The House of Representatives gave final legislative approval early Wednesday morning for an $864 million proposal that would enlarge both the medical and dental schools at the University of Connecticut...

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