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19 May 2010, 7:29 am by Adam Thierer
Barney Frank (D-MA) will be discussing his continuing effort to allow Internet casinos to obtain licenses from and be regulated by the federal government: Frank, who will be testifying during Wednesday’s hearing, says that because nearly all states already permit some form of traditional gambling–including lotteries, betting on horse and greyhound racing, and sports wagering — the federal government should legalize and regulate the online… [read post]
18 May 2010, 3:02 pm by Page Perry LLC
Another member, Travis Childers (Mississippi, Democrat) had a fundraising breakfast in Washington on May 13 with financial industry representatives that was attended by the panel's chairman, Barney Frank of Massachusetts. [read post]
14 May 2010, 5:19 pm by Betsy McKenzie
Congressman Barney Frank, long a courageous advocate for gay and lesbian rights after coming out himself, is taking a firm stand on his current bill in the House. [read post]
5 May 2010, 7:50 pm by Kevin Funnell
You wouldn't expect that evil private equity could be trusted to structure something so obviously beneficial to both sides without input from financial wizards like Chris Dodd, Richard Shelby, and everyone's favorite financial elf, Barney Frank. [read post]
4 May 2010, 11:42 am by LindaMBeale
Maybe, the lobbyists say, they'll even have to accept a banker-unfriendly bill from the Senate, but they can work the Conference Committee when a few players from the House and Senate get together to iron out the differences between the two versions of financial reform--maybe even Barney Frank, who has been pretty critical of big banks lately (they seem to think that he can be influenced to be their best friend forever). [read post]
3 May 2010, 11:50 pm by Mandelman
Then, after months of fighting between Barney Frank and POTUS, July of 2008 rolled around, and President Bush finally signed the bill that would create the infamous Hope-4-Homeowners program that I knew didn’t have a prayer from day one, but sure was fun to make fun of later. [read post]
Endnotes [1] Congressman Barney Frank recently introduced the Financial Stability Improvement Act, which would regulate the international reach of U.S. securities liability for the first time. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 2:08 pm by Jim Hodgson
  “Senator Arlen Specter, a former prosecutor and senior Member of the Judiciary Committee and Chairman Barney Frank of the House Financial Services Committee have each sponsored legislation to restore the right of investors to take action against those who knowingly and substantially participate in securities fraud including gatekeepers such as accountants, lawyers and investment advisers, without whom many complex frauds such as the Refco and Lehman Brothers… [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 6:54 am by Bill Otis
It all worked for a while because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, under the leadership of Congressman Barney Frank and others, created a secondary market for shaky mortgages. [read post]
Editor’s Note: Andrea Unterberger is Assistant General Counsel and the Director of CSC Media at Corporation Service Company. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 4:19 pm
The measure bypassed a vote by the House Financial Services Committee and went straight to the House floor, with the blessing of Committee chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and ranking member Spencer Bachus (R-Ala). [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 3:50 am by admin
Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) scheduled the hearing in… Read this entire article for free, simply activate your free 15 day trial access to Daily Tax Report now. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 6:41 am
Barney Frank (D-Newton) is supporting legislation that would ban these agreements in nursing homes. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 6:27 am by Glenn Reynolds
THIS SORT OF THING SHOULD HAPPEN MORE OFTEN: Barney Frank gets a high-altitude haranguing on health care. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 7:09 pm by marcorandazza
” Said by Barney Frank’s boyfriend to a pair of bitchy opthalmologists on a flight from LA to Boston when Frank wouldn’t talk to their drunk stupid asses. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 6:40 am by Rick Hills
Federal efforts to reverse the OCC's stance on state laws, led by Barney Frank, were bogged down in the mire of congressional inertia celebrated by Madison in Federalist #10. [read post]
10 Apr 2010, 2:19 pm by Kenneth Anderson
 Okay, everyone knows that, even presumably Fannie and Freddie’s Political Enabler in Chief, Barney “Roll the Dice Some More” Frank, whose presence at the table of rewriting financial regulation without a backward glance at his own behavior is proof positive of why public choice theory will never go out of relevance. [read post]