Senate Democrat Christopher Dodd is one of the major supporters of the Finacial Reform legislation. He is also one of the Senators pointing to the stock market drop as an example of the need for the legislation. There have been reports that computer trading may be partially responsible for the market drop late last week.
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Jim Sutliff