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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/blog/400140</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Racism: Ceasing to have meaning</title>
    <link href="http://otherclub.blogspot.com/2008/10/racism-ceasing-to-have-meaning.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3006304</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Other Club </name>
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Barney Frank explains why associating Democrats with Fannie is racist:. Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated ...Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://otherclub.blogspot.com/2008/10/racism-ceasing-to-have-meaning.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Conflict of Interest for Barney Frank</title>
    <link href="http://pastorbrouwer.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/conflict-of-interest-for-barney-frank/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3006303</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Truthseeker </name>
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Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae throughout the 1990s. So did Frank&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s partner, a Fannie Mae executive at the forefront of the agency&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pastorbrouwer.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/conflict-of-interest-for-barney-frank/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Lawmaker Accused of Fannie Mae Conflict of Interest</title>
    <link href="http://captkarl.blogivists.com/2008/10/11/lawmaker-accused-of-fannie-mae-conflict-of-interest/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3004964</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Liberty Tree Lantern </name>
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WASHINGTON &#226;&#8364;&#8221; Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae throughout the 1990s. So did Frank&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s partner, a Fannie Mae executive at the forefront of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://captkarl.blogivists.com/2008/10/11/lawmaker-accused-of-fannie-mae-conflict-of-interest/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Jim Webb Thinks We Virginians Are Stupid</title>
    <link href="http://new84rules.blogspot.com/2008/10/jim-webb-thinks-we-virginians-are.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3004963</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>84RULES </name>
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You can read my earlier blog posts about how people like Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Barney Frank have stonewalled those efforts by saying that they saw no problem at all. Democrats Will Not Talk About Freddie Or Fannnie ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://new84rules.blogspot.com/2008/10/jim-webb-thinks-we-virginians-are.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Jim Webb Thinks We Virginians Are Stupid</title>
    <link href="http://84rules.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/jim-webb-thinks-we-virginians-are-stupid/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3004962</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>84RULES </name>
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You can read my earlier blog posts about how people like Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Barney Frank have stonewalled those efforts by saying that they saw no problem at all. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://84rules.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/jim-webb-thinks-we-virginians-are-stupid/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>{ISSUES &gt; BIAS AND BALANCE} - Boortz: "[I]f there is a scoundrel ...</title>
    <link href="http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/boortz-i-f-there-is-a-scoundrel-in-this-housing-crisis-20081024014.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3004961</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Janet Jackson - World-of-Newave.info </name>
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BOORTZ: Representative Barney Frank, who has been at the middle of the problems out there -- been at the middle with the problems with the subprime mortgages and making all of these loans to people who could not afford them -- now says ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/boortz-i-f-there-is-a-scoundrel-in-this-housing-crisis-20081024014.htm"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Other Clinton Cronies: Truth Is Coming Out</title>
    <link href="http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=53827" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003242</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Political Forum </name>
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Then Treasury Secretary John Snow almost begged Barney Frank to support Fannie and Freddie reform. Frank&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s quote "These two entities &#226;&#8364;&#8221; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac &#226;&#8364;&#8221; are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=53827"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>NBC sensors SNL skit that blames Barney Frank for banking crisis</title>
    <link href="http://www.twoorthree.net/2008/10/nbc-sensors-snl.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003241</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>two or three . net </name>
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Saturday Night Live actually had the temerity to pick on the Sandlers and Barney Frank in a skit, but after a call by the Sandlers to NBC, NBC removed the bit about Barney Frank from the skit. The truth hurts, eh? ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twoorthree.net/2008/10/nbc-sensors-snl.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Barney Frank Riding to the Rescue?</title>
    <link href="http://www.stephenbainbridge.com/index.php/punditry/barney_frank_riding_to_the_rescue/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003239</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>StephenBainbridge.com </name>
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on Friday announced that he will hold hearings soon on financial regulatory reform amid gyrating markets and fears of a global recession. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stephenbainbridge.com/index.php/punditry/barney_frank_riding_to_the_rescue/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Democrats Cause Financial Crisis</title>
    <link href="http://strongasanoxandnearlyassmart.blogspot.com/2008/10/democrats-cause-financial-crisis.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003238</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Strong As An Ox And Nearly As Smart </name>
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This Fox News video (click here) clearly shows how Democrats, particularly Mass. Rep. Barney Frank, blocked Republican efforts to increase regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Barney Frank&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s comments are particularly egregious, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://strongasanoxandnearlyassmart.blogspot.com/2008/10/democrats-cause-financial-crisis.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Barney Frank. Would someone please shut him up?!</title>
    <link href="http://suddenstop.typepad.com/sudden_stop/2008/10/barney-frank-would-someone-please-shut-him-up.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003237</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Sudden Stop </name>
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&#226;&#8364;&#339;We have to prop up consumption,&#226;&#8364;&#157; Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said in an interview in which he revealed some of the details the party leadership is ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://suddenstop.typepad.com/sudden_stop/2008/10/barney-frank-would-someone-please-shut-him-up.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Boortz: "[I]f there is a scoundrel in this housing crisis, it ...</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/416907637/200810100004" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003236</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Media Matters for America </name>
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On the October 8 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Neal Boortz baselessly suggested that Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), whom he referred to as a "scoundrel," allowed his relationship in the 1990s with Herb Moses, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/416907637/200810100004"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Rep. Barney Frank (Dem) mass.</title>
    <link href="http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2008/10/rep-barney-frank-dem-mass.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003235</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>RightsideVA </name>
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"I do not see any possibility of serious financial losses to the treasury." Five years ago, Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) vouched for the "soundness" of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2008/10/rep-barney-frank-dem-mass.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Economic Crash 2008 - WORLD DEBT</title>
    <link href="http://global.teenink.com/blogs/2008/10/10/economic-crash-2008-world-debt/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3000021</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Global Issues </name>
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The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Frank, his Senate counterpart &#226;&#8364;&#8221; Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., were leading the forefront of this crisis. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://global.teenink.com/blogs/2008/10/10/economic-crash-2008-world-debt/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>What Barney Frank Doesn't Grasp: Lending Mandates Hurt The Poor</title>
    <link href="http://specialitysites24-7.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-barney-frank-doesnt-grasp-lending.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3000019</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Speciality Sites 24-7 </name>
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House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank has suggested that linking the banking crisis to the high-risk bank lending mandates of the Community Reinvestment Act and the "affordable" housing goals set by Congress for Fannie Mae and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://specialitysites24-7.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-barney-frank-doesnt-grasp-lending.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Barney Frank on Fannie Mae?</title>
    <link href="http://www.onecitizenspeaking.com/2008/10/barney-frank-on.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3000017</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>One Citizen Speaking... </name>
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Representative Barney Frank, now Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, claims that he did not impede requests by Bill Clinton, John McCain and others to provide more forceful regulation of the Government Sponsored ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onecitizenspeaking.com/2008/10/barney-frank-on.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Boortz: "[I]f there is a scoundrel in this housing crisis, it ...</title>
    <link href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100004" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3000016</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Media Matters for America </name>
    </author>
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On the October 8 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Neal Boortz baselessly suggested that Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), whom he referred to as a "scoundrel," allowed his relationship in the 1990s with Herb Moses, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100004"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Defeat Barney Frank - Special Guest Earl Sholley. Hour 2 ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/HeadingRight/patriotgames/2008/10/14/Election-2008-Battleground-States-and-Palelogic" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/2995046</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Patriot Games Radio - BlogTalkRadio|Free... </name>
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Earl Sholley, Republican candidate for US Congress from Massachusetts Fourth Congressional district - currently occupied by BARNEY FRANK. Listen to Mr. Sholley's vision for fresh representation in Congress. Hour two: Harvard economist ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/HeadingRight/patriotgames/2008/10/14/Election-2008-Battleground-States-and-Palelogic"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Democrats destroy the economy to win an election</title>
    <link href="http://oxypolitis.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/democrats-destroy-economy-to-win-election/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/2995045</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Oxypolitis </name>
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And one of Fannie Mae&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s main defenders in the House &#226;&#8364;&#8220; Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a recipient of more than $40000 in campaign donations from Fannie since 1989 &#226;&#8364;&#8220; was once romantically involved with a Fannie Mae executive. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://oxypolitis.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/democrats-destroy-economy-to-win-election/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>McCain Promises to Investigate Sen. Dodd, Rep. Frank&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Role in ...</title>
    <link href="http://bsimmons.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/mccain-promises-to-investigate-sen-dodd-rep-frank%E2%80%99s-role-in-financial-mess/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/2995044</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian </name>
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... for this rescue are the same ones that were willing co-conspirators in causing this problem that it is. And you know their names. And you will know more of their names. Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd are two of them.&#226;&#8364;&#157;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bsimmons.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/mccain-promises-to-investigate-sen-dodd-rep-frank%E2%80%99s-role-in-financial-mess/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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