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Without its repeal, the economy will continue to struggle. There are always people who believe that Washington's actions are immutable. Yes, they say, the people can elect Republicans who pledge to overturn Obamacare, but when the smoke clears much of it will still be standing. And sure, we have a deficit crisis, but Paul Ryan's budget -- or any other entitlement reform -- will never get 60 votes in the Senate. And Dodd-Frank? Mitt Romney has pledged to repeal Dodd-Frank. Legislation has been introduced by Republicans in both the House and Senate to bring that about. Yet sophisticated commentators tell...

(Newser) – A Senate bill that would fundamentally change the structure of banking regulation is headed for a clash with both the House and the White House. Christopher Dodd is readying a proposal to strip the Fed and FDIC of almost all bank-supervision powers, creating in their place a new agency that would supervise all banks and bank-holding companies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sen Dodd's plan will have no shortage of enemies: Likely to face GOP opposition within the Senate, the proposal is also at odds with House plans to expand the role of the Fed, and is expected...

U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd on Countrywide financial loan: "I feel the matter's behind us. We ought to Move on.''

Dodd Rejects That Healthcare Bill Is Being Written Behind Closed Doors; Strongly Backs Public OptionBy Christopher Keating October 16, 2009 4:28 PM Sen. Christopher J. Dodd strongly rejected criticism that the highly important healthcare bill is being crafted only by Democrats behind closed doors. Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, who is challenging Dodd in the 2010 race, and others have complained that the important aspects of the complicated bill are being written without public input. Dodd played a key role in a Senate health committee that passed an earlier version of the bill, which is now being merged with a...

Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut announced Friday that he has an early form of prostate cancer. "I feel fine; I'm going to be fine. We caught this early," he said at a news conference in Hartford with his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd.

Sen Dodd & The DC Political Class Of great concern to all should be today’s revelation that only five (yes only five) Connecticut residents donated to Senator Dodd’s campaign this year. It suggests that Congress is controlled not by those representing their constituents, but by an insular, if not impervious political class. So what’s wrong with a powerful government staffed by political insiders? Look at the former socialist republics in Eastern Europe. Milovan Djilas, the Yugoslavian Communist leader, observed that socialism’s transfer of power from the private sector to the government did little other than create a “new class” of...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd appears to have looked everywhere but his home state to fuel what pundits anticipate will be one of the most hotly contested races in the nation in 2010. The five-term incumbent reported raising just $4,250 from five Connecticut residents during the first three months of the year while raking in $604,745 from nearly 400 individuals living outside the state. While incumbents often turn to special interests for early campaign fundraising, Dodd's out-of-state total seems unusually high and comes at a time when he has been plagued by poor approval ratings among state voters. Massie...

Appearing as a guest on tonight's episode of the O'Reilly Factor (Mon. 3/20/06), Medea Benjamin, a cofounder of the far-left group Code Pink, made the claim that "North Korea does not have a nuclear weapon." An overwhelming mountain of evidence suggests otherwise. In October 2002, North Korea publicly admitted to having a nuclear weapons program (see here and here). This was a clear violation of the 1994 agreement it made under the Clinton administration not to seek to build nuclear weapons. (By the way, there may be evidence that President Clinton knew as President that North Korea was breaking...

LAWYERS from British and US organisations are looking at the possibility of an international inquiry into war crimes that their governments might have committed in Iraq. "We want to establish regular and impartial procedures to establish whether war crimes have been committed," said Phil Shiner, of the British group Public Interest Lawyers. Shiner spoke at a news conference where Michael Ratner, president of the US Centre for Constitutional Rights, warned that the principle of "victor's justice" was legally unacceptable. "It is not only Saddam's crimes that have to be examined," he said today. The regime of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein...

Democrat Conyers to Protesters: Impeach BushBy Jeff GannonGOPUSA NewsMarch 17, 2003WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- On Saturday, thousands of protesters once again gathered in the shadow of the Washington Monument to hear speeches against war in Iraq as well as to express support for Palestine and demand universal health care. The rally was sponsored by the leftist organization, A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism).Speakers from several other groups, including the Free Palestine Alliance, National Committee to Free the Cuba Five, and Queers for Peace and Justice took to the stage during the two-hour rally. There were calls for...

NANCY PELOSI SCREWS UP BIG TIME: TELLS ABC'S THIS WEEK THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO INTO IRAQ FOR TWO REASONS: 1) THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, 2) THEY'LL USE BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST OUR TROOPS!

Vietnam veterans and patriotic Americans from across the country will be rallying in our nation's capital to show support for their brothers and sisters in arms as they fight the war on terror and prepare to defend us from outlaw regimes like Iraq and North Korea. The members of MOVEOUT! are "insulted by the leftist Sixties retreads and wannabes who are raising the specter of Vietnam in conjunction with the current "anti-war" demonstrations as if they are the sole voices from that era." “These veterans are proud of their saving South Vietnam from communist occupation during the longest war in...

Thursday, January 02, 2003 Totalitarianism nears Without protest, Americans are giving up freedom By GLEN T. MARTIN    IN NAZI Germany at this time of year, people freely shopped in large department stores for gifts for family and friends. The streets were full of traffic. It was "business as usual" for most of the citizens. While in the colonial states conquered by the Nazis, and in the concentrations camps for Jews, gays and communists, life was a living nightmare of dehumanization and human-rights violations.     In the United States today, people freely shop in large department stores for gifts, and the...

[Note by Taliban Online team: Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson joins the small but growing voice of American actors vocal in their opposition to a war in Iraq] I am a father, and no amount of propaganda can convince me that half a million dead children is acceptable "collateral damage". The man who drives me to and from work is named Woody too. A relief to me, as it minimises the chance of my forgetting his name. I call him Woodman and he calls me Wood. He has become my best friend here, even though he's upset that I have quit...

Sen. Murray asks students to ponder bin Laden’s popularityThe Associated PressVANCOUVER, Wash. — Why is terrorist leader Osama bin Laden so popular in some parts of the world? Perhaps, said Sen. Patty Murray, it’s because he and his supporters have spent years building goodwill in poor nations by helping pay for schools, roads and day-care facilities. At an appearance before a high school honors class, Murray, D-Wash., offered what her spokesman called an intentionally provocative challenge for students to ponder. "We’ve got to ask, why is this man (bin Laden) so popular around the world?" Murray asked during an appearance...

About a hundred celebrities, plus Mike Farrell, have formed a group called "Artists United to Win Without War," and signed a letter to President Bush urging him to knock off the schoolyard bully rhetoric against Iraq. Unbeknownst to them, their petition has condemned us to war. A quick glance at the names on the petition shows some we haven't seen in quite a long time. There's Kent McCord, star of the '70s cop drama "Adam-12," who has subsequently appeared in ... reruns of "Adam-12." Ken Howard, who played a basketball coach on the late '70s drama "The White Shadow." Melissa...