Chris Dodd

Memo to Washington: Change is coming, so get on board

I’m not talking about the trite slogans of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. I’m talking about the grassroots uprising of America’s citizens. The number of registered voters is at an all-time high. Political activism is at levels previously unheard of. Early voting in this election is already at record levels.

Domenici awaits House action on his final legacy

U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici was packing his bags for New Mexico this morning, while still fielding calls from House leaders requesting help to persuade skeptics of the Senate’s economic bailout package. “They’re still calling around, so it makes me wonder,” Domenici said of House leaders in an interview with the New Mexico Independent today. “I thought they had it taken care of.”

Domenici’s mental health parity legislation is part of bailout bill

When the U.S. Senate votes this evening on a $700 billion bailout plan aimed at boosting the struggling economy, it will also consider mental health parity legislation that Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and others have pushed for years.

We’re crashing: Can we figure out a way to land safely?

In a recent conversation, my dad summed up the current financial crisis better than I could have: We’re trying to figure out how to engineer a controlled crash landing instead of allowing an all-out nosedive into the ground. I believe he’s right. The situation is that serious.