Christopher 'Chris' J. Dodd

Biographical

Full Name: Christopher 'Chris' J. Dodd
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Jackie Clegg; 2 Children: Grace, Christina
Birth Date: 05/27/1944
Birth Place: Willimantic, CT
Home City: East Haddam, CT
Religion: Catholic
Issue Category

Recent Key Votes

Treaty Doc. 111-5 - Treaty with Russia to Reduce and Limit Offensive Arms
Treaty (Yea)

Dec. 22, 2010 - Requires that each party reduce and limit its strategic offensive arms (Article 1). Authorizes each party to determine for itself the composition ...

HR 3082 - Continuing Appropriations
Legislation (Yea)

Dec. 21, 2010 - Amends "The Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011" to extend the expiration date from December 3, 2010, to March 4, 2011 (Sec. 1). ...

HR 2965 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act
Legislation (Yea)

Dec. 18, 2010 - Repeals the policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces, commonly known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", which includes, but is not limited to, the ...

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Recent Public Statements

Letter to Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Jan. 3, 2011 - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and five of his Senate Banking Committee colleagues urged the Federal Reserve to reconsider proposed rules that would eliminate the ...

Boxer Becomes Co-Chair of Bipartisan Senate Afterschool Caucus

Dec. 23, 2010 - Thanks Retiring Senator Christopher Dodd for His Leadership Promoting Afterschool Programs U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) today announced that Senator Boxer ...

Executive Session

Dec. 22, 2010 - BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT Mr. DODD. Madam President, with some reluctance, I rise to talk about this issue. Having given what I thought was my last ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Net Congressional Score 76%
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Regressive Action Score 18
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Progressive Action Score 69%
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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $5,306,827.00
Total Spent $10,018,938.00
Cash On Hand $213,798.00
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2012
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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