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Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Chairman Dodd’s Last Hurrah

April 19, 12 a.m.

Speaking at the Connecticut Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey Dinner last week, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) compared his one-time boss and now colleague, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), to the Nutmeg State’s championship basketball team.

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Lobbyists Await Reform Endgame

April 19, 12 a.m.

As the partisan rhetoric over financial regulatory reform continues to ramp up with Democrats and Republicans openly sparring over who is in the back pockets of Wall Street, all eyes are on Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd.

Thank You, Mr. Chairman: A Look at Panel’s Leaders

April 19, 12 a.m.

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee is relatively young. It was created in 1913 as the Banking and Currency Committee and took on its present name 40 years ago. It has had 19 chairmen through the years. Sen. Robert Wagner (D-N.Y.), who served from 1937 to 1947, held the gavel the longest. Here is a look at some of the chairmen: