1. AIG subsidiary sues Countrywide Financial

    By Bill Allison Mar 25, 2009 4:05 p.m.

    How did I miss this?

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  2. Dodd controversies continue to swirl

    By Bill Allison Mar 23, 2009 12:35 p.m.

    Sen. Christopher Dodd is getting criticism from out-of-state ">papers (but note the all the Connecticut residents quoted) over the AIG bonus bungle, but the Hartford Courant ran what might be the most significant story (hat tip: Instapundit, who has a lot more on Dodd):

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  3. Dodd's Dealings Illustrate Holes in Financial Disclosure

    By Bill Allison Mar 9, 2009 6:22 p.m. 4 comments

    Via InstaPundit comes this commentary from the Hartford Courant by Kevin Rennie, an attorney who writes a weekly column for the paper, on Sen. Chris Dodd's real estate deals. The Senate Ethics Committee is already looking at his mortgage with Countrywide Financial (more details here); Rennie writes that other Dodd properties might be worth looking into:

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  4. Will Dodd and Conrad Attend Financial Literacy Brunch?

    By Bill Allison Aug 7, 2008 6:21 p.m. 3 comments

    Earlier today, we posted schedules for some 370 events at the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions, many of which are sponsored by private interests. The RNC list is here, the DNC list is here. On page 7 of the latter document, there's an event called the "FSR Financial Literacy Brunch," sponsored by 21 companies, including Bank of America, which authored much of the recent bank bailout bill, according to media reports. Bank of America also took over distressed subprime lender Countrywide Financial, which gave preferential mortgage deals to, among others, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.

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  5. Birnbaum: Bank of America lobbyists wrote parts of bank bail out bill

    By Bill Allison Jun 26, 2008 3:25 a.m. 5 comments

    Jeffrey Birnbaum, writing in the Washington Post, reports lobbyists wrote key portions of the mortgage bailout bill:

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