Rep. Barney Frank

Democrat  •  4th District, Massachusetts  •  15th Term  •  Sworn In 1981
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 97%
  • Abstains: 3%

View All (7,567)

10/26/09
Judgment Day Looms for Banks Still 'Too Big to Fail'

As part of a many-fronted financial regulation push in coming weeks, Rep. Barney Frank is introducing legislation that would make it easier for the ...

Source: The AtlanticWire (blog)
10/26/09
House Panel Moves to Regulate Private Student Loans

Barney Frank, the Democratic chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (letter to Rep. Barney Frank regarding HR 3126, Oct. 7, 2009). ...

Source: NextStudent
10/26/09
RE: Barney Frank

J.) Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act in the Senate; and Rep. Barney Frank's (D-Mass. ...

Source: PokerNews.com
10/26/09
Lawmakers Reinforce Requet to Raise Aid to Armenia, Karabakh

Pallone and lobiondo in signing the Congressional letter were: Bruce Braley (D-IA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Costa (D-CA), ...

Source: Asbarez News
10/26/09
​'Crash' director Paul Haggis renounces Scientology over gay rights

... Ammiano & The Honorable Rep. Barney Frank (D) who is personally openly gay … are trying to guarantee equal rights and reflect the respect shown to all. ...

Source: Los Angeles Times
10/26/09
How Will Regulated Online Gambling Affect Work Production In US?

Representative Barney Frank has already introduced legislation that, if passed, would regulate online gambling in the US. That development has some gaming ...

Source: Casino Gambling Web
10/26/09
Business Highlights

Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, was expected to announce the agreement by Tuesday. ...

Source: The Associated Press
10/26/09
RE: Barney Frank

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D) submitted, then quickly retracted, an amendment to the online-gambling regulatory legislation championed by Barney Frank that ...

Source: Poker Player Online
10/26/09
LATTA CALLS FOR HEARING ON SMALL BUSINESS LENDING

... Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) sent a letter to House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) and House ...

Source: Trading Markets (press release)
10/26/09
'We Are Trying On Every Front To Increase The Role Of Government'

... on his MSNBC show this evening, he hosted an amusing smackdown between Barney Frank and Ralph Nader, perhaps the two most morose public men in America. ...

Source: NewsBusters (blog)
10/26/09
Editor's Choice for Week of October 26, 2009

In a big week for investors, advisors, and their clients, there likely will be some movement in Congress on legislation from Barney Frank's House Financial ...

Source: Investment Advisor
10/26/09
Derivatives Bill: It's Less Bad, but Still Bad

Remarkably, for a plan crafted significantly by uber-liberal Barney Frank (Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee), the bill is notably less bad ...

Source: Heritage.org
10/26/09
Big Labor on US Chamber of Commerce: Not 'credible'

... slammed the big business lobby and its president, Tom Donohue, in a letter delivered today to House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank and Rep. ...

Source: Politico
10/26/09
Lawmakers wary of some Obama bank oversight plans

...which tackles some of the thorniest issues of bank oversight, is intended to rewrite seven decades of financial regulation. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, worked over the weekend and throughout Monday

Source: McClatchy
10/26/09
Post Politics Hour: Weekend review and a look ahead

Tuckerton, NJ: Perry, there was a lot of buzz regarding Rep. Alan Grayson (Orlando, Fla.) and how his seat was now in danger after he publicly and ...

Source: Washington Post
10/26/09
AP source: Treasury near deal on 'too big to fail'

...the entire industry, the aide said. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because details had not been released. Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, was expected to announce the agreement b

10/26/09
Congressional Opponents of Consumer Financial Protection Bill Got Big Money from Wall Street Interests

...running for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Vice President Joe Biden, was the sole Republican to support the bill. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the committee's chairman, is the bill's lead sponsor. The final roll call was 39-29. Committee members

Source: Open Secrets
10/26/09
Dodd Seeks Immediate Rate Freeze on Credit Cards

...people demanded," Mr. Dodd said in a statement.The Senate bill takes a different approach than the one being pushed by Rep. Barney Frank, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee. That panel last week approved bill offered by the Massachusetts

10/26/09
White House: resolution authority principles soon

... referring to House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd. ...

Source: Reuters
10/26/09
Public Option will Be Included in Senate Health Care Bill, Says Reid

No, this isn't the same closet that Congressman Barney Frank came out of, but Reid has been silent for the most part during the health care debate, ...

Source: Habledash (satire) (blog)
10/26/09
House to Vote on HVCC Changes

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) will be ushering most of the financial reform bills through the House this fall. Step one in the process to amending HVCC has been ...

Source: The Chicago 77 (blog)
10/26/09
Credit card shenanigans

...were called "unfair," "deceptive," and "anti-competitive" by the the Federal Reserve. She is co-authoring a bill with Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., to move up the effective date of the reforms to Dec. 1. That may help. But we are concerned about the unwil

10/26/09
Washington tackles 'too-big-to-fail' firms

...Karen Mills. UPI/Kristoffer Tripplaar/Pool | Enlarge WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Senior White House officials said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., would introduce a bill to allow the government to seize troubled U.S. non-bank firms. The bill addresses a

10/26/09
RE: Barney Frank

So far, Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat in charge of the House Financial Services Committee, is tackling the reforms piecemeal while Sen. ...

Source: Forbes
10/26/09
Lawmakers wary of some Obama bank oversight plans

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, worked over the weekend and throughout Monday to draft the legislation. ...

Source: MiamiHerald.com
10/26/09
RE: Barney Frank

This may finally be the week when Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will introduce legislation for overhauling regulation of the American ...

Source: NPR
10/26/09
RE: Barney Frank

Barney Frank (D., Mass.) and Carolyn Maloney (D., NY) have introduced House legislation that would move up the effective date of the new restrictions to ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/25/09
Capitol Hill taking steps to prepare for H1N1

The office of Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is taking extra precautions, according to Harry Gural, Frank's press secretary. "Our staff is aware of this ...

Source: South Coast Today
10/25/09
In praise of a legend in Newton

US Rep. Barney Frank, D-4th, said Kennedy was dedicated to improving the lives of his constituents, and was pragmatic about what he needed to do. ...

Source: Daily News Tribune
10/25/09
The Caucus The Economic Bomb That Didn't Drop

They included President George W. Bush and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the liberal Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts and the conservative Senator Judd ...

Source: New York Times

Official website: http://www.house.gov/frank/
Address:
2252 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5931
Fax: 202-225-0182

Person's Views

  • Today: 38
  • Past Seven Days: 288
  • All-Time: 17,946

26.2%

Average Rating

37%

Avg. from State

Login to Rate
Write This Representative
You are writing Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4].
Track with MyOC

Top-Rated Comments

OpenCongress is a free and open-source joint project of two non-profit organizations, the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation.