Dodd authored the legislation liberalizing all these accounting rules. He had Republican co-sponsors, but he was the impetus, and he slurped up all the campaign contributions from the very same accounting companies that are being investigated now. I've have linked to an 11-page report on Dodd below. Is it any wonder we haven't heard him publicly creaming all these accounting and investment companies?
In 1995, Dodd took the restraints off the accounting sector, even though he had to override...

In October of 1987, Terry McAuliffe and other Democrats formed a politically connected bank. McAuliffe and several other Democratic Party stalwarts founded what was called Federal City Bank, which drew many of its clients from its own political connections, including labor committees and political action committees. While running the Federal City Bank, McAuliffe also served as finance director for Dick Gephardt's failed presidential campaign in 1988. Federal City Bank, run by McAuliffe, made...

It's not sticking, guys, and if you need further evidence of that, Reuters had a story on Tuesday that proves such. "The Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who investigated President Bush for insider trading more than a decade ago said on Tuesday that no pressure was put on him to drop the investigation even though Bush's father was president at the time.
"Bruce Hiler - who currently represents Jeffrey Skilling, bankrupt Enron Corp.'s former chief executive - was associate director of...