Chris Dodd: “We cannot restore the credibility of our financial institutions and put our economy back on track until we restore the…”

I had hoped we'd get in the lame duck session to the ratification of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement and the Panamanian Free Trade Agreement.

I frankly don't see the sovereignty issue as playing a role as an impediment as much as the sheer ability of the cartels to corrupt.

President Clinton, to his eternal credit in my view, just does not quit on this issue.

Maybe we ought to be spending a little more time looking at the relationships at that level.