Business Group Chief Steers Funds to Dodd

Steve Bartlett, the Republican chief executive of the Financial Services Roundtable, has launched an unprecedented fundraising effort to steer money to the presidential campaign of long-shot candidate Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). In the process, Bartlett — whose group is hosting a fundraiser for Dodd this evening at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. — has done more than shake money from his membership tree; he has upset many of his members, according to five member-company sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity.