Connecticut’s Senior Senator yesterday fought back against the media maelstrom accusing him of slipping language into an amendment that would protect the bonuses of companies receiving federal bailout funding. He claimed that the Treasury Department came to him with language that was technical in nature and, because it was never revealed to him to have anything to do with AIG, he took them at their word and allowed it into his bill.
If he didn’t know it would have that effect, he should have. He’s the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. It doesn’t matter if Treasury came out and agreed that they asked for the language or not. Senator Dodd should know what’s going into his bill and should know what it does
The problem is that this comes on the heels of the Countrywide mortgage debacle and Senator Dodd’s longtime absence from our state. Connecticut’s citizens would be more forgiving if he’d been around more, in the district, being seen and talking about the impact of the historic budget crisis here at home. Yes, his job is to represent us in Washington. But he’ll be reminded all too quickly that the folks at home forget who you are when you don’t show up from time to time.
Carter, I completely agree with you about Sen. Dodd. He SHOULD KNOW what’s in a bill before he signs it. My lack of trust in him is increasing exponentially. His lack of ability to appropriately represent us is becoming all too apparent. On a sarcastic note, I’m glad he got such a sweet mortgage deal.