Ep. 289 — Chris Dodd

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Chris Dodd is the former and longest-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut. He joins David to talk about the influence of his late father, Sen. Thomas Dodd; the formative friendships he forged and lessons learned throughout his nearly four decades of serving in Congress; his motivation behind co-authoring the Dodd Frank Act, a massive piece of financial reform legislation; and why he believes there is reason to be optimistic about the future of American politics. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:18.4	No one knows Washington better than Chris Dodd, the son of the United States Senator, himself,
0:24.5	a congressman and Senator, a real institution in the Senate in the 1980s and 90s and 2000s.
0:33.4	The author of the Dodd-Frank bill, the guy who helped shepherd the Affordable Care Act
0:39.4	through Congress.
0:40.4	Chris Dodd was there for a lot of historic moments, playing a leadership role.
0:45.2	And I wanted to sit down with him and ask him about where he thinks we are today, with
0:51.3	the perspective of a former member who has great reverence for the institution.
0:55.8	Here's that conversation.
0:59.8	Chris Dodd, great to be with you again.
1:03.2	And we go, good to be with you.
1:05.4	We go, we go back away.
1:06.4	We do go back away.
1:07.4	Best campaign I ever had run was the campaign you led the effort out.
1:11.3	And you say that's all a consultant.
1:12.8	I did, so it's a lot of growth.
1:15.3	I'm so eager to sit down with you.
1:20.5	In part because your family has such a rich political history and your political history
1:26.9	goes back.
1:28.4	But let's talk about the Dodds for all your grandparents came over from Ireland.
1:33.8	True.
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