Rep. Barney Frank

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

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11/20/09
Obama faces congressional anger ab...

...financial regulatory reform package to the House floor after months of debate. That is, until the committee's chairman, Rep. Barney Fr...

11/19/09
Economists and Labor Leaders Call ...

...from Firedoglake about the Watt Amendment, which would gut the Paul-Grayson proposal to audit the Federal Reserve. Urge Rep. Barney Fr...

11/19/09
World news: Panel: Big bank-failur...

...regulators to use taxpayer funds first to dismantle a failed institution and later recoup those costs from the industry. Rep. Barney...

Source: Town Hall
11/19/09
Dem lawmakers introduce Afghan war...

...Congress. The measure has attracted eight co-sponsors, all of whom are House Democrats: Financial Services Committee chairman Barney F...

Source: The Hill
11/19/09
Panel sets fees for big firms, aim...

...a sweeping congressional audit of the normally secretive Federal Reserve. In a surprise, however, committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-M...

Source: Miami Herald
11/19/09
Ambitious bills could remake finan...

...healthy and well-capitalized. The proposals are among scores of ideas floated on bill after bill in recent months. Thus far, Rep. Barn...

11/18/09
Financial reform pushed back into ...

...not planning to vote on wide-ranging financial overhaul legislation until the second week of December at the earliest, Rep. Barney Fra...

Source: The Hill
11/18/09
House proposal would empower regul...

...legislation that the House Financial Services Committee is considering this week. That bill, drafted by committee chairman Rep. Barney...

11/18/09
Lawmakers OK measure to let banks ...

...can institute a program aimed at providing liquidity to solvent institutions who would pay to get that guarantee," said Rep. Barney Fr...

Source: MarketWatch
11/17/09
Panel: big bank failure costs to b...

...bank regulators to use taxpayer funds first to dismantle a failed institution and later recoup those costs from the industry. Rep. Bar...

Source: MarketWatch

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11/19/09
Political Damage » Representative ...

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...

11/19/09
Right Condition: Paul/Grayson amen...

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 Fos...

11/19/09
Men from Opposite Spectra Agree: P...

Meanwhile, the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), is taking steps to counter a Whi...

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-Ma...

11/19/09
The Mess That Greenspan Made: Pane...

Ron Paul's provision was opposed by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the committee's chairman who preferred a less intrusive measure proposed...

11/19/09
t r u t h o u t | Showdown: Ron Pa...

Thus far, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has steered his version of financial refor...

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) bo...

Source: The Politico
11/19/09
Below The Beltway » Blog Archive »...

The vote on Thursday occurred despite the opposition of Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, who had wanted to shield ...

11/19/09
Loans For Unemployed Homeowners Ma...

Rep. Barney Frank hopes to change those dynamics by promoting a plan that would use some of the interest the government collects from the...

11/19/09
Audit the Fed Amendment Passes 43-...

(Rep. Barney) Frank told the panel that most of the members pushing him to postpone the vote were members of the Congressional Black Cauc...

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