Chris Dodd: “There have been several ideas. Our colleague, Senator Conrad, has been talking about a cooperative option.”

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.

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

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

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…