Chris Dodd: “There is a lot of ground to cover. But obviously, the issue of foreclosure prevention is still an issue.”

In fact, it was the uncertainty inherent in a nontransparent and reckless financial system that made Dodd-Frank necessary in the first place.

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.

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

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.