The Associated Press reports that Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman and former presidential candidate Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has been asked for information by Barack Obama's vice presidential search team.

"There's been some inquiries, yeah," Dodd said, according to AP's Nedra Pickler. "They ask for a lot of stuff. I'll leave it there." A little more than 40 years ago, the senator's father, Connecticut Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, was mentioned as a possible running mate for Lyndon Johnson.

CQ Beyond the Dome blogger David Nather writes about Dodd, the rest of the Vice Squad, and the FISA vote.