Chris Dodd

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Chris Dodd

Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944 in Willimantic , Connecticut ) is an American politician . From 1975 to 1981 he was a member of the United States House of Representatives and from 1981 to 2011 US Senator for the state of Connecticut. From 1995 to 1997 he was also co-chair ( General Chairman ) of the Democratic National Committee .

Life

Dodd is a member of the Democratic Party . He was a candidate for the 2008 presidential election until he declared his exit from the race after losing the state of Iowa . Since January 4, 2007, he chaired the Senate Banking and Building Committee, the Dodd – Frank Act was named after him. Between 1990 and 2010 he is said to have accepted up to $ 15 million in campaign contributions from the financial sector. In 2010, he decided not to be re-elected because of poor poll results; he was succeeded by Richard Blumenthal , the Attorney General of Connecticut.

Since March 2011, Dodd has been chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the largest lobbying association for the American film and television industry.

His father, Thomas J. Dodd, was already a US Senator and previously one of the prosecutors in the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals .

Web links

Commons : Chris Dodd  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jeff Zeleny: Call for Change Shakes Up the Democratic Field. In: New York Times , January 4, 2008.
  2. ↑ Ulrike Herrmann : Paper tiger US financial reform - banks speculate in the crisis . In: taz , July 19, 2011; Retrieved August 1, 2011
  3. ↑ Homepage of the MPAA
personal data
SURNAME Dodd, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dodd, Christopher John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Willimantic , Connecticut