Word: dodd
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...when Congress presented a nearly united, hostile front against the Big Three, the fight Thursday was not so much over whether Washington should let them fail; almost all the witnesses and lawmakers agreed that would be like "playing Russian roulette with the economy," as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd put it. But that didn't mean there was anything like a consensus on how to handle the urgent request for a total of $34 billion in bridge loans - $7 billion for Chrysler, $9 billion for Ford and $18 billion for GM. Democrats and Republicans clearly still have major disagreements...
...Dodd has been given the unenviable task of coming up with a compromise bill in a matter of days before Congress adjourns for the year. One solution would be to divert the $25 billion from the modernization fund and then take $9 billion more from the bank-bailout funds. In this scenario, the Senate would pass the measure first, but whether such a move would pass the House is far from certain, as leadership from both sides of the aisle have voiced opposition to pieces of such a plan...
...wake up every morning thinking about how to sell the company. We're busting our guts and the people who are left there are busting their guts to make this thing work," Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli argued back. At another point in the hearing, Nardelli told Dodd that the weakest of the Big Three can survive alone and that $7 billion is all it will need "to avoid, Mr. Chairman, having to come back and again ask you for support." Utah's Bennett broached the idea of Congress writing into any package a proviso forcing GM and Chrysler to merge...
...three said they had carpooled or drove themselves and planned on driving back. "Where'd you stay? What'd you eat?" Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, quipped...
...after the senator was diagnosed with the malignant brain tumor. Because his medical treatment prevented him from appearing at the ceremony, Faust chose to honor the lawmaker at the special event yesterday. The senator received his honorary degree in front of an audience that included Kerry, Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, and Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr., who received a standing ovation when he entered the theatre.Tickets to the event were originally distributed by invitation and through a lottery organized by the Institute of Politics. More tickets were made available at the Science Center yesterday afternoon.The ceremony...