Rep. Barney Frank

Democrat  •  4th District, Massachusetts  •  15th Term  •  Sworn In 1981
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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11/19/09
Men from Opposite Spectra Agree: Power of Fed Must Be Dimini ...

Meanwhile, the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), is taking steps to counter a White House plan that would hand the Fed the power to overrule U.S. law and formulate its own ...

11/19/09
t r u t h o u t | Art Levine | Showdown: Ron Paul, Alan Grayson ...

Thus far, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has steered his version of financial reform through that legislative minefield, navigating past Republican opposition, unrelenting pressure ...

11/19/09
Right Condition: Paul/Grayson amendment passed while exposing ...

CA-43 Rep. Joe Baca CT-04 Rep. Jim Himes FL-22 Rep. Ron Klein IL-04 Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez IL-08 Rep. Melissa L. Bean IL-14 Rep. Bill Foster IN-02 Rep. Joe Donnelly IN-07 Rep. Andre Carson KS-03 Rep. Dennis Moore MA-04 Rep. Barney Frank ...

11/19/09
Obama Versus the Credit Card Issuers – Debt Settlement | Make ...

The bill was sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y. The bill could reach the floor of the House where hopes are that it will fare better than a similar bill passed by the Senate Banking Committee ...

11/19/09
t r u t h o u t | Showdown: Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Take On Fed in ...

Thus far, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has steered his version of financial reform through that legislative minefield, navigating past Republican opposition, unrelenting pressure ...

11/19/09
Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Ron Paul's Audit The Fed Bill ...

The vote on Thursday occurred despite the opposition of Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, who had wanted to shield the Fed's decisions on monetary policy from political pressures. Mr. Paul, a libertarian Republican ...

11/19/09
House panel approves Paul's Fed audit

...her "Going Rogueâ tour. Sadly, the Watt Amendment will render the audit almost worthless. No surprise since Watt (and Barney Frank) both rely heavily on the banking industry to fund their campaigns. If the Watt Amendment is adopted the bill will simply

Source: The Politico
11/19/09
McClatchy blog: Planet Washington

... revamp of financial regulation hit an unexpected bump on Thursday when House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., put off a final vote until after the Thanksgiving break. The legislation shepherded by Rep. ...

11/19/09
Jr Deputy Accountant: Barney Frank and Fed Audits Don't Sound Right

Representative Barney Frank, the chairman and a Massachusetts Democrat, said the committee would take up Fed audit proposals during this week's debate on legislation to create a council of regulators to monitor for systemic risk. ...

11/19/09
Audit the Fed Amendment Passes 43-26! | Ron Paul .com

(Rep. Barney) Frank told the panel that most of the members pushing him to postpone the vote were members of the Congressional Black Caucus who said that the political environment wasn't right for a vote this afternoon. ...

11/19/09
Political Damage » Representative Grayson Attempts to Reign in Fed…

Notice the reaction of the “crowd.” I believe it was Barney Frank who could only respond by taking a donut break and I'm sure to call his central banking.

11/19/09
The Mess That Greenspan Made: Panel votes to audit the Fed

Ron Paul's provision was opposed by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the committee's chairman who preferred a less intrusive measure proposed by Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.) in a surprising turn of events given how things looked the other day. ...

11/19/09
Gay Partner Benefits Bill Wins Committee Approval | On Top ...

Openly gay Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank has praised Obama for supporting the measure, saying: “He deserves the credit. He has kept this issue alive.” Congressman Mike Quigley, a Democrat from Illinois, introduced a ...

11/19/09
Loans For Unemployed Homeowners May Not Slow The Foreclosure ...

Rep. Barney Frank hopes to change those dynamics by promoting a plan that would use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to grant unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure low-interest loans to ...

11/18/09
Hedge Fund Exchange: $200 Billion Cap On Collapse Fund – Barney Frank

By Alex Akesson for HedgeCo.net, November 18, 2009 The fund which the US House Financial Services Committee is setting up to dismantle large insolvent financial institutions will be limited to $200 billion, MarketWatch reported earlier ...

11/18/09
Q.&A. With Kanjorski on Bank Breakup Plan - DealBook Blog ...

Why doesn't the legislation on financial regulation proposed by Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, go far enough to address the “too big to fail” dilemma? ...

Source: DealBook
11/18/09
CFTC Gets Derivatives Advice From Industry Insiders

The derivatives reform draft legislation before the House Financial Services Committee, authored by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), contains significant loopholes, exempting the firms that used. ...

11/18/09
ADL Catalogues U.S. 'Rage' - by Orlee Maimon > Tablet Magazine - A ...

Rep. Barney Frank is confronted by a Obama-as-Hitler poster at a town hall meeting this summer. CREDIT: Darren McCollester/Getty Images. The Anti-Defamation League released a report this week detailing what it calls the rise of rage in ...

11/18/09
MileHighGayGuy: Call your Representative today to urge action on ENDA

Introduced in June 2009 by Rep. Barney Frank, the bill, also known as H.R. 3017, would prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Rep. George Miller chairs the House Education and Labor ...

11/18/09
Frank aims to finish reform bill (Dealscape - Pipeline)

... Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., intends to wrap up his panel's vote on financial reform legislation on Thursday. Some of the loudest fireworks are expected to be over a highly anticipated amendment from Rep.

Source: Dealscape
11/18/09
GOP Blocks Freeze On Credit Card Interest Rate Hikes

A senior administration official said on Sunday that after extensive consultations with Treasury Department officials, Representative Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services. ...

11/18/09
OpenSecrets | Barney Frank Pushes for Regulation Despite Financial ...

Frank02.JPG Name: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) PowerPlayers.JPG Position: As chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank is busy this year in ways he may not have expected when he assumed the post in 2007, ...

Source: Capital Eye
11/18/09
Frank Picks Up Sixty-Third Co-Sponsor For Online Gambling Bill

Representative Barney Frank has picked up his sixty-third co-sponsor for an online gambling proposal that calls for regulation of Internet gambling in the US. Rep. Anthony Weiner from New York is the latest addition.

11/18/09
63: The Number of Co-Sponsors for Barney Frank Poker Bill :Casino ...

63: The Number of Co-Sponsors for Barney Frank Poker Bill. Posted by casino_luv. Bookmark and Share. Nov 19. Gambling911.com Legislation aimed at reversing a three-year-old ban on Americans placing online bets was introduced last May by ...

11/18/09
Nathan's Economic Edge: Representative Grayson Attempts to Reign ...

Representative Grayson Attempts to Reign in Fed… Notice the reaction of the “crowd.” I believe it was Barney Frank who could only respond by taking a donut break and I'm sure to call his central banking pals to figure out ways to “off” ...

11/18/09
Democrats want homeowners and workers to get money from TARP

...the Democrats in the Senate want to use the remaining money to provide small businesses with easier access to credit. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has proposed using $2 billion of it to give aid to homeowners facing foreclosures. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-O

Source: Beltway Blips
11/18/09
63: The Number of Co-Sponsors for Barney Frank Poker Bill ...

63: The Number of Co-Sponsors for Barney Frank Poker Bill. Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, who represents New York's 9th District, has became the sixty-third co-sponsor of the Frank Bill which seeks to legalize online poker. ...

11/18/09
Frank aims to finish reform bill

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Source: DealScape
11/18/09
HuffPo: Audit The Fed Effort Under Threat In House | Ron Paul 2012 ...

Representative Barney Frank, the chairman and a Massachusetts Democrat, said the committee would take up Fed audit proposals during this week's debate on legislation to create a council of regulators to monitor for systemic risk. ...

11/17/09
Online Poker Blog - Lou Krieger's Poker Blog

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that an analysis by Rep. Jim McDermott's (D-WA) Joint Committee on Taxation found that HR 2267, introduced by Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Jim McDermott (D-WA), pictured left, ...

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