Christopher Dodd

MPAA launches website to promote legal access to movies, TV shows

2013-05-15 12:31:00

Hollywood studios are employing a new tool in their efforts to fight piracy: persuasion. After waging an unsuccessful effort last year to introduce legislation that would crack down on websites offering illegal copies of movies and TV shows, studios are...

Baucus' exit drains hope for tax reform

2013-04-23 11:53:00

This post has been updated, as indicated below. Six-term Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced Tuesday that he won't run for reelection in 2014. You may now kiss any hope of a sweeping tax reform bill...

MPAA's Dodd names his No. 2; pirate gets five-year sentence

2013-01-04 11:47:00

Motion Picture Assn. of America chief Chris Dodd has named a tech and telecom veteran as his No. 2. The former U.S. senator from Connecticut on Friday announced that Diane Strahan would be chief operating officer of the film industry trade group....

Retired Barney Frank wants interim Massachusetts Senate appointment

2013-01-04 07:58:00

WASHINGTON -- Financial executives and Capitol Hill colleagues who thought they had seen the last of sharp-tongued Rep. Barney Frank holding court from atop a congressional dais might face him again soon -- if only for a short while. The outspoken...

House Ethics Committee finds no violations in Countrywide VIP probe

2012-12-28 08:21:00

WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee has found no rules violations by� lawmakers and staffers who used a VIP loan program from Countrywide Financial Corp. saying the allegations of special treatment fell outside the panel's jurisdiction. The...

Central issues of Election 2012

2012-10-11 18:18:00

Whoever wins the presidential election in November will confront urgent problems: Should tax cuts scheduled to expire be renewed? Should federal spending be cut to reduce the deficit or would that weaken an already lackluster economy? After one of the...

Berman enlists help from Barney Frank to dispute Sherman claims

2012-08-07 14:33:34

Patt Morrison Asks: Hollywood's pol, Chris Dodd

2012-02-25 00:00:00

Hollywood loves comeback stories. Will SOPA/PIPA be one of them? The anti-piracy bills that were working their way through Congress with Hollywood's blessing got tanked by a massive online campaign — petitions, website blackouts, even T-shirts. From...

JPMorgan's Dimon keeps his chairman job in shareholder vote

2012-05-15 09:01:00

TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon will keep his jobs as chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Shareholders overwhelmingly voted him back onto the board as well as approving executive compensation packages. Shareholders voted only 40% in...

Chris Dodd and Sean Penn in Haiti

2012-02-24 21:37:02

Battle over ‘Bully’ rating heats up in nation’s capital

2012-03-15 21:39:02

'Bully' rating: Some, but not all, profanity cut to get PG-13

2012-04-05 21:39:10

DeLauro is the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. DeLauro was born in New Haven, and she earned her high school diploma from The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall in Milford.

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Groton, CT August 24, 2005 Sen. Christopher Dodd, left, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, share a laugh with Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, standing behind them, and next to John Markowicz, Chairman of the Sub Base Realignment Coalition, during a press conference at the Hampton Inn in Groton.

2012-12-18 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES,CA; 8.17.00: Vice presidental candidate Sen. Joseph Lieberman, right, embraces Sen. Christopher Dodd after Dodd introduced him during the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.

2012-12-17 03:14:45