Chris Dodd: “It would seem to me you have all the authority in the world.”

I'll tell you, one of the things I feel very good about is that there are people like Bob Menendez, who care about these issues.

Rosa, go get yourself well. Your job is here. Your salary is here. Just take care of yourself.

The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.

But, whether such a temptation is motivated by a noble desire to speed up the legislative process or by pure political expedience, I believe such changes would be unwise. To my fellow Senators who have never served a day in the minority, I…