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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]
18 Jan 2009, 7:24 am
UPDATE: Okay, you gotta love this bit, too: If Washington is now a federal disaster area, it would be nice to think of Barney Frank and the gang waving from the roof of the Capitol until they can be evacuated somewhere safe, like one of the outlying South Sandwich Islands or Charley Rangel’s vacation property in the Dominican Republic. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 11:30 am
Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Sen. [read post]
25 May 2011, 3:00 pm
Additionally, I will be attending a VIP Equality Council luncheon with Congressman Barney Frank on the same day for Speaker's Cabinet members and Co-hosts from this event. [read post]
14 May 2009, 4:54 pm
The measure also requires the President to submit a general report on the disposition of each detainee later this year.Roll CallThe Democratic "nays" include: John Conyers, Barney Frank (7 out of the 10 Massachusetts House Democrats voted against the measure), Luis Gutierrez, Dennis Kucinich, Barbara Lee, John Lewis, Zoe Lofgren, and Maxine Waters. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 2:31 pm
[Instapundit] * Congratulations to Barney Frank. [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]
8 Nov 2008, 3:07 pm
Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank for their relationship with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Countrywide Mortgage. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 6:20 am
Lawmakers, such as Barney Frank, want Demarco to agree to write down principal amounts for struggling buyers or step aside. [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 7:10 am
Both Steel and Paulson get portrayed as technocrats, rather than the representatives of Wall Street, and, if you're keeping score at home, the Times notes that Barney Frank supports regulatory reform ("we need to regulate risk in ways that we haven't") and that the AFL-CIO is against it (quoting a labor lawyer "who is a critic of the blueprint"). [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 2:43 pm
Barney Frank. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 5:47 pm
The FT suggests that the new rules are problematic because they indicate that CFIUS is overly sensitive to Congressional complaints (Barney Frank, among others, has been suspicious of SWFs). [read post]
12 Sep 2009, 6:37 pm
"Barney Frank rightly refused to engage with an anti-health care reform protester who carried a poster of President Obama with a Hitler mustache. [read post]
27 May 2010, 5:29 am
On top of that, we heard some great perspectives from top government officials, like Lanny Breur, Gary Grindler, Shelley Parratt, Barney Frank and Luis Aguilar. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 5:34 am
CBC Members have been meeting with Administration officials to discuss their concerns, and Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) expects his committee to vote on H.R. 3996 on December 1.In related news, the Financial Services Committee voted to add a Federal Reserve auditing provision to H.R. 3996 on November 19, despite strong opposition from the Fed. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 9:08 am
Barney Frank, the lead House negotiator, told reporters yesterday that 5 percent "is a lot to have to own in a company to be able to get involved. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 7:32 am
Barney Frank introduced the legislation yesterday "with 12 Democratic co-sponsors but no Republicans. [read post]
22 May 2007, 3:13 pm
The Federal Housing Finance Agency would be headed by a Director, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for a 5-year term.New Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank has pledged to pass legislation to reform the government-sponsored enterprises in this session of Congress.The regulated entities are required to register at least one class of capital stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The legislation establishes corporate governance… [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 5:56 am
This is largely attributed to the fact that Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) spent the summer months wholly consumed with advancing healthcare reform legislation on behalf of his ailing friend, the late Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA).Industry insiders predict that House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) will continue to hold hearings in September, mark up legislation in October, and bring a bill to the House floor by the end of November. [read post]
25 Sep 2008, 6:00 pm
Although they didn’t intend to encourage this spiraling chain reaction, it was leading Democrats in Congress — Senate banking chairman Chris Dodd and his long-time counterpart in the House, Barney Frank — who supported legislation that ultimately led to more and more of these bad loans we are all stuck with. [read post]
