WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., indicated he will remain Banking Committee chairman after filling in as leader of the health panel.
Dodd planned to announce Wednesday he will keep his banking panel leadership role, opening up the Health Education, Labor and Pensions chairmanship -- vacated by the illness and death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. -- for Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Politico reported Wednesday.