Chris Dodd: “The costs are prohibitive in many ways, and we are already lowering deficits in the Highway Trust Fund”

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

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

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

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…