WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd said Sunday the Big Three U.S. automakers need new management to survive.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. auto industry provided more information to show it deserves taxpayer support than financial companies have, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said he believes Congress may be able to fashion a bailout plan for U.S. automakers based on what he heard Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. senators say they hope to have a strong watchdog in place quickly for the Treasury Department's $700 billion bailout program.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Senate approval of a new bailout package for U.S. automakers appeared unlikely, even after Detroit's top executives personally pleaded for help, senators said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd Tuesday accused auto industry executives of being "devoid of vision" and ridiculed them for their attitude toward fuel efficiency.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Democrats say they have dropped plans for a full-scale economic stimulus bill to be introduced in next week's lame-duck session of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A bailout plan for beleaguered U.S. automakers is unlikely before the end of the year as Democratic congressional leaders say they don't have the votes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., ripped the beneficiaries of the $700 billion U.S. economic bailout, warning against cavalier action in the midst of the crisis.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for legislation that would enable U.S. automakers to participate in the $700 billion federal bailout.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Thursday said the next Treasury secretary should be nominated immediately after the Nov. 4 election.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., says he did not receive special treatment from Countrywide Financial in obtaining nearly $780,000 in mortgages in 2003.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., says he is not prepared to release documents related to two controversial Countrywide Financial Corp. mortgages.
WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Independent U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader has decried the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Congress will stay in session "as long as it takes" to hammer out a bailout for U.S. financial markets, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday.