In October 2010, TCF National Bank (Wayzata, Minnesota) filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of an amendment to Dodd-Frank, proposed by Illinois Democratic Senator Richard Durbin after he apparently had been lobbied by a constituent, Walgreens CEO Gregory Wasson.

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Richard Dodd, from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said there were a "good number of sensible ideas" in the report.

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In Connecticut, Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive, is in a close race with longtime Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to replace Christopher Dodd in the U.S. Senate.

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