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• Rangel presents Republicans with a challenge

  According to the Washington Post, ethics inquiries are focused on Rangel's "failure to declare $239,000 to $831,000 in assets on his disclosure forms, and on his effort to raise money for a private center named after himself at City College of... more »

  1 month ago

  parties and movements | medical conditions | communicable diseases | disease | wetlands | ethics

• Democrats cannot take Connecticut for granted

  Apparently Dodd did not know that no candidate from a northeastern state had won the presidency since 1960 and that no one, save Warren Harding and John F. Kennedy, had gone directly from the Senate to the White House until Barack Obama pulled it... more »

  7 months ago

  parties and movements | election | voting

• Testimony: Sens. Conrad, Dodd told of VIP loans

  Two influential Senate committee chairmen were told they were getting special VIP deals when they applied for mortgages, an official who handled their loans told Congress in closed-door testimony. Robert Feinberg, who worked in the VIP section... more »

  By Larry Margasak, The Associated Press 9.1.09 2:52 AM

  loans | celebrity | mortgages

• Dodd battles prostate cancer

  The 65-year-old Democrat is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and is playing a lead role in Congress' attempt to overhaul the nation's health care system. Dodd took that role while his close friend, Senate health committee Chairman Edward... more »

  By Susan Haigh, Associated Press 8.31.09 9:56 PM

  cancer | preventative medicine | health treatment | health organisations

• Dodd has prostate cancer, will have surgery

  Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd said Friday that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and will have surgery in early August, but the prognosis is good and the illness will not affect his plans to seek a sixth term next... more »

  By Susan Haigh, Associated Press 8.31.09 6:15 PM

  cancer | preventative medicine | health treatment | health organisations

• Video: Sarah Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret

  Palin says she'd come out ahead if she went one-on-one with fellow jogger President Barack Obama in a long run, according to an interview published online Tuesday, June 30, 2009.In this Saturday, June 6, 2009 photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin... more »

  News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) 7.3.09 1:00 AM

  parties and movements | election | baseball

• Dodd's outrage: A senator shows a disconnect with constituents

  Allegations are they got lower mortgage rates because their goodwill was of value to Countrywide.Dodd says he got no preferential treatment and, as a longtime Countrywide customer, was given an average deal when he refinanced mortgages in 2003 on... more »

  News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) 6.20.08 1:00 AM

  mortgages | ethics | laws

• Dodd: 'I don't believe I did anything wrong'

  Jim Bunning, R-Ky., called for a motion to send the bill back to committee, but it was rejected 70-11.Two earlier votes on amendments that would have gutted the legislation were rejected by veto-proof margins.Banking Committee chairman Chris... more »

  News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) 6.20.08 1:00 AM

  mortgages | laws | parties and movements

• Sen. Craig all but completely drops efforts to stay in Senate

  The only circumstances in which Craig might try to complete his term, Whiting said, would require the overturning by Sept. 30 of his conviction for disorderly conduct in a men's room at the Minneapolis airport, as well as Senate GOP leaders'... more »

  News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) 9.5.07 8:00 PM

  ethics | lawyer

• Idaho Sen. Craig now reconsidering decision to resign

  Sen. Larry Craig says he may still fight for his Senate seat, a spokesman says - if the lawmaker can clear his name with the Senate Ethics Committee and a Minnesota court where he pleaded guilty after his arrest in an airport men's room sex... more »

  News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) 9.4.07 8:00 PM

  trials | judiciary (system of justice) | ethics | punishment | arrest | investigation