FILE -- In this July 15, 2009 file photo, Sec. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. , left, watches as President Barack Obama speaks on health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY,is at center, and Rep. George Miller, D, Ca, is at right,. Others are unidentified. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

FILE -- In this July 15, 2009 file photo, Sec. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. , left, watches as President Barack Obama speaks on health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY,is at center, and Rep. George Miller, D, Ca, is at right,. Others are unidentified.

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  1. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (L) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) listen during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee December 3, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
  2. U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (L) (D-MA) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) converse during a hearing on "Afghanistan- Assessing the road ahead", which featured the testimony of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (C) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) listen as ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) (L) speaks during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee December 3, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
  4. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: (L-R) Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) ,former Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (D-CT), President & CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and Ed Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to announce an amendment to protect and improve guaranteed Medicare benefits for seniors.
  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) hugs Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) as during a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate approved the motion to bring the bill to a full debate on the floor of the Senate by 60-39 vote.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) (L), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (2nd-L), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)(C), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (R) participate in a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to discuss the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that is before the Senate.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (C) is joined by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (L) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) during a news conference about proposed financial reform legislation at the U.S. Capitol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dodd said the legislation will give government new authority to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle institutions described as 'too big to fail.'
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) and Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) hold a news conference after a Democratic policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Reid reinforced the Senate Democrats' position on including a 'public option' in its version of the health care reform legislation.

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  1. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: (L-R) Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to announce an amendment to protect and improve guaranteed Medicare benefits for seniors.
  2. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to announce an amendment to protect and improve guaranteed Medicare benefits for seniors.
  3. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill on December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to announce an amendment to protect and improve guaranteed Medicare benefits for seniors.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 15: Sen. Chris Dodd listens to questions from reporters following the Democratic Policy Committee luncheon October 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. The three Senators gave an update regarding the discussions underway to craft a Senate health insurance reform proposal.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 09: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) waves after making remarks about finanacial institution regulation reform in the East Room of the White House October 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama said he supports the creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
  6. Vice President Joe Biden, left, along with Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., center, and U.S. Rep Jim Himes, D-Conn., discuss how the Recovery Act investments are creating jobs and rebuilding Connecticut's infrastructure in Fairfield Conn. Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  7. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  8. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  9. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (C) (D-IA) speaks as Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (2ndR) (D-IA) speaks as (L-R) Jack Gross, plaintiff of the Supreme Court 'Gross v. FBL Financial' case, Rep. George Miller (D-CA), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L) speaks as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (2nd L) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  16. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2nd L) talks to (L-4th L) Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) prior to a forum held by Democratic Steering and Policy Committee September 15, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a forum to discuss the need for healthcare reform.

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