Chris Dodd: “In 29 other States, it is legal to fire someone because of their sexual orientation.”

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.

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

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…