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16 Mar 2010, 5:44 am
Signaling his intention to protect the House bill, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) stated that he wants all conference committee deliberations to be televised on C-SPAN. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 7:42 am
Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, in an interview. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 7:24 am
“Ultimately, our cellphones, laptops, and other consumer electronics have been feeding into this war,’’ said David Sullivan, a researcher with the group.The road from rural mines to retail store shelves where such electronic devices are sold is long and twisted, and until recently most US consumers knew nothing about it.That is slowly changing.Several efforts are underway to shed more light on the supply chain that leads to the cellphone in your pocket and the laptop on your… [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 9:22 am
As expected, traditional lobbying techniques are being used, including support pieces in the op ed pages in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal by such spokespersons as Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard University professor who has been generally credited with the idea for the agency, and Barney Frank, the head of the Financial Services Committee of the U.S. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 5:00 am
US Representative Barney Frank wants a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to be an independent watchdog on financial issues. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 1:44 pm
Barney Frank has done worse and he’s a committee chairman. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 6:09 am
Every decade, it seems, government predictably considers and often passes legislation: in the late seventies, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; in the eighties, the Corporate Democracy Act (which, in fact, did not pass); in the early years of this century, Sarbanes Oxley; and most recently, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd’s almost Quixotic struggle to produce a pre-election reform bill. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 2:23 pm
Moynihan says he plans to vote for Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts in November, praising Mr. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 5:24 am
I once heard Barney Frank give a speech on the Cape in which he opposed aid to... [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 11:30 am
They are central to the legislation that has passed the House, under the leadership of Chairman Barney Frank, and that we're working to pass in the Senate, under the leadership of Chairman Chris Dodd. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 7:30 pm
I've only got time tonight for a quick post that brings to the attention of those two of you who might not have seen last Saturday night's "Saturday Night Live" skit with actor John Hamm spoofing Senators Scott Brown, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Robert Byrd, and one of Bank Lawyer's Blog's favorite buffoons, House Banking Committee Chairman Barney Frank. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 6:24 am
The ANPR joins a number of other recent legislative and regulatory agency efforts focused on risk management by financial institutions and the risks associated with compensation programs, including: efforts by Congress to implement regulatory reform, such as under H.R. 4173, sponsored by Representative Barney Frank, which passed the House of Representatives in December; the Federal Reserve Board’s recent principles-based proposal on incentive compensation policies for banking… [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 12:53 am
Barney Frank (D-MA), has been active in attempting to facilitate passage of financial reform legislation, and in oversight pursuant thereto. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 7:17 pm
To me, it's no more aggressive than the FDIC, OCC or FRB (Barney Frank's letter notwithstanding). [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 6:37 am
If this idea gains any traction in 2010, it will more likely come from another Massachusetts legislator — Representative Barney Frank, who has been frustrated by the lack of success with the Obama administration’s “Making Homes Affordable” loan modification program. [read post]
23 Jan 2010, 8:20 pm
It’s only been a few days since I returned home from speaking at a conference held by the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Committee held in Park City, Utah. [read post]
22 Jan 2010, 11:05 am
Obama introduced last year—largely incorporated in the House and Senate bills written by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. [read post]
22 Jan 2010, 6:00 am
Barney Frank was outspoken about how they should be left to do what they were doing. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 10:24 am
President Obama joined former Fed Paul Volcker, former SEC Chair Bill Donaldson, House Financial Services Chair Barney Frank; and Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd in announcing the proposal, which would strengthen the comprehensive financial reform package that is already moving through Congress.Under the proposal, no bank or financial institution that contains a bank would be able to own, invest in or sponsor a hedge fund or a private equity fund, or proprietary trading… [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 2:40 am
Barney Frank, whom I praised last night for a grown-up response to the Democrats' defeat in Massachusetts, may be backsliding already. [read post]
