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Today’s banking industry is a far cry from the successful model that helped build the United States. The Dodd Bill does nothing to return the power to the people, or dismantle dangerous “Too Big To Fail” institutions.

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger

While the poor judgment of top-level officials at Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget frequently makes the news, there is another, unrecognized economic crew doing terrific work: Officials at the Department of Labor are restoring workers’ rights after nearly a decade of neglect.

To top it all off, President Barack Obama appears ready to make another set of strong, though less high-profile, economic appointments that will help rein in Wall Street excess.

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled his latest financial reform proposal on Monday, and the stakes for the new legislation couldn’t be higher. After consumer groups raised a major ruckus, Dodd has dropped one of his most egregious concessions to the bank lobby—cutting enforcement authority from the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). That’s good news: Without a major regulatory overhaul, the U.S. economy’s destructive boom and bust cycle will start all over again.

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Dodd caught dancing with the big banks, video and petition asking Dodd to stop dancing with them on his taxpayer salary.

Sen. Dodd assured me today that Sen. Lieberman will vote for cloture on the health care reform bill, and the the final Senate bill will include a public option.

Chris Dodd diagnosed with prostate cancer.

After $8 trillion dollars has been committed to Wall Street with no Congressional oversight, Congress is spending another week debating the merits of a proposed auto industry bailout that is proposed to cost $34 billion.