Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]

Bipartisan support for Republican lawmaker Platts to lead GAO

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...of federal funds.” The Democrats who signed the letter include such senior members as Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (Mass.), Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (Texas) and Rep. John Murtha (Pa.), chairman of the Defen

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Critics take Frank 'too-big-to-fail' bill to task

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

... The battle over "too big to fail" legislation is being fought in the House Financial Services Committee chaired by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. The goal is something everyone can agree on, but the bill as it is written would create a hodgepodge of unint

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Sarah Palin, Barney Frank to headline Gridiron Club Winter Dinner

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...tour to promote her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life" will headline the Gridiron Club winter dinner here--along with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.). Palin, the outspoken 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, will be the Republican speaker at the Dec. 5

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Barney Frank Present When Partner Arrested for Pot

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...Democratic congressman was present for a marijuana bust at his partner's home in Maine in 2007. Rep. Barney Frank admitted Friday that he was sitting on the porch of his partner’s Maine home when police came to arrest his partner for marijuana possess

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Congressmen try to head off Coast Guard appeal of oil spill law

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...Guard and the Department of Homeland Security. The letter is signed by U.S. Sens. John F. Kerry and Paul G. Kirk and U.S. Reps. Barney Frank, James P. McGovern and William D. Delahunt. Coast Guard officials did not respond to an inquiry about whether th

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Sarah Palin To Speak at Gridiron Dinner

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...Life." The program should be as tasty as the sirloin at the Dec. 5 dinner. Palin will be the Republican speaker and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, will represent the Democrats. A just published biog

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Rep. Barney Frank Optimistic Over State Of U.S. Economy

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Friday that on the economic front, America received good news and bad news today following the Labor Department’s announcement of a 10.2% unemployment rate. “Although 190,000 more

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Finance reform face-off

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...Rep. Barney Frank fired back at former General Electric Co. chief executive Jack Welch yesterday, saying that the business legend just sat back while the financial markets collapsed. “I’m skeptical of people who played a major role in the financial

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Today At TRNS

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...briefing with press secretary Robert Gibbs. The Washington bureau will also be covering: - Secretary of State Clinton and Rep. Barney Frank’s conference with NoLimits.org to discuss health care, the economy and foreign policy. - A press conference wit

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Dodd prepares independent reform bill

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...out supervisory powers for both the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The House bill, prepared by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee would allow both agencies to keep their supervisory ro

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Barney Frank takes dig at Bachmann following health care protest

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...— Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation. Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: "Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to

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Cutting PGA Tour purses would help repair golf's image

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...strange happened to our game in 2009. When U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) criticized Northern Trust for entertaining clients at a tournament, golf became a four-letter word for all that's wrong with Big Business, and glib shorthand for greed and class

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Financial Dispatch: Congress approves extension of jobless benefits

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...bill co-sponsor Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., in a statement issued late last month. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., was the other sponsor of the bill. The Senate will also have to vote to pass the measure expediting t

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Bank Crackdown Draws Criticism (Frank criticizes regulators)

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...say could increase the cost of cleaning up the financial crisis. Last week, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.) sent a letter to the country's top bank regulators, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Fede

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House pushes new dates for credit card regulations

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...to as soon as next month. The bill, like the one introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and co-sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank and signed in May by President Obama, would limit the rate changes that credit card companies may impose on cardholders. T

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House panel votes to increase clout of regulators

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...consumers from fraud and abuse on credit cards, mortgages and other popular financial products. Also Wednesday, Rep. Barney Frank, the panel's chairman, indicated he wants to tighten legislation already approved by his committee that seeks to regulate

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House votes to accelerate credit card rules

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...said the bill was a warning shot to lenders to stop price gouging. "This is both real and a lesson to them," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Last spring, Congress passed legislation that would pro

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Who is to blame for the bubble?

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

By now, you're probably sick of reading all the competing theories about who and what created the housing bubble of 2003 to 2006 and subsequent bust. You just want the long national decline in home prices to bottom out (which I believe will happen

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Bachmann vows to lead health-care reform protesters directly into halls of Congress on Thursday

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...Democrats say that ought to make the GOP uneasy. Asked whether he welcomes the protest, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who last month tried to publicly dissuade gay rights activists from marching on Washington, said that he s

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The Daily Digest

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...a statement by GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann has her "pants on fire" on one of her statements. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson and MA Rep. Barney Frank are close on a deal to merge bills that makes changes to the financial services industry. Three state senators w

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