Barney Frank

7 Days: Barney Frank on Regulation and McCain, w/ Frank, Huffington, Conason and Green

Mark Green | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics


Mark Green

Two fuses were lit this past week that could eventually explode later in John McCain's campaign -- a housing-banking crisis and the senator's penchant for falsehoods that gives new meaning to Bush III.

Top Poker Pros Talk Poker Strategy and Politics

Caroline Presno | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Caroline Presno

The majority of poker pros I interviewed believe Obama's got "the nuts"-- meaning he's holding a better hand than McCain.

In Praise of Barney Frank's Flip on the Iran Blockade Resolution

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

This country urgently needs more members of Congress like Barney Frank, who are willing to state forthrightly that they made a mistake.

Barney Frank Ignites Congress for Common Sense

Tom Gregory | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics


Tom Gregory

In the second part of my interview with Barney Frank, he talks bluntly with me about his views on drug policy and the legalization of medical marijuana.

Barney Frank: "All These Fears Are Baseless"

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics


Tom Gregory

Rep. Barney Frank told me this week about his Times quip, about his fitness to judge the "Miss America" contest, the acrid tongue of Dick Armey, and how time will prove that equality for all is a step toward a stronger America.

Does Success Breed Failure? The Rule of Government Neglect

Jeff Madrick | Posted 05.13.2008 | Business


Jeff Madrick

With jobs at hedge funds waiting for those leaving government, re-regulation may be a losing battle. The potential regulators and the regulated are one and the same.

Democrats Challenge GOP on Mortgage Mess

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

Overlay a home foreclosures map onto a map of districts where Republicans voted "no" last week on Barney Frank's assistance bill, and you get a list of vulnerable GOP incumbents nationwide.

What Can Still Tank the Economy? The Bush Administration Hearing No Evil, Seeing No Evil

Jeff Madrick | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business


Jeff Madrick

The Barney Frank mortgage plan isn't perfect. But the Bush administration should be talking about improving the plan, not resorting to ideological nonsense about minimal government interference.

Frank: Trailing Democrat Should Drop Out

AP | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Rep. Barney Frank said the trailing Democratic presidential candidate should drop out of the race by no later than June 3 _ the dat...

IMF: The Times They Are A-Changin'

Robert Weissman | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business


Robert Weissman

Have things changed at the International Monetary Fund? Or is the world just witnessing yet another in a long series of global economic double standar...

Washington Revisits Big Bank Regulation

Washington Independnent | Mike Lillis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Last week, as Wall Street was flailing over the collapse of one of its largest investment banks, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) took a podium and told me...

Who Gets Us Out of the Mess?

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

The folks who helped dig the hole we are in aren't likely to be the best in getting us out of it.

Barney Frank Calls For Decriminalization Of Small Amounts Of Marijuana

Politico | Josh Bresnahan | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics


Rep. Barney Frank will soon introduce legislation to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, the Massachusetts Democrat said during an appearance on...

Ross Bets A Billion On Municipalities' Strength

New York Post | Paul Tharp | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business


Wilbur Ross - who's betting $1 billion that municipalities will beat their latest funding crisis - says politicians are trying to help but have it all...

A Warning to Our Superdelegates

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is increasingly unseemly for superdelegates to stand by as the Clinton campaign resorts to techniques that would have made Jesse Helms blush 20 years ago.

Horrible Banking Experiences: Credit and Banking Laws Need to Be Changed

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business


Michael Russnow

It is time for our representatives in Washington to pass a law that puts the responsibility on those who accept credit cards to make certain that the card holder is the person in whose name it is issued.

Whoops: Bush Interrupts Phone Call With Gay Congressman's Boyfriend

Boston Globe's Political Intelligence | Susan Milligan | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


It's a time-worn president's trick: walk up to a congressman chatting on the phone and send your regards to the astonished person on the other end of ...

ENDA Will Never Be a Long Term Solution for Anyone, Anyway

Kate Bornstein | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics


Kate Bornstein

ENDA would have mostly protected people who cleaned up well enough to get a job in the first place: straight-looking people.

One Year To Go: Where Are the Democrats?

Rev. Peter Laarman | Posted 11.06.2007 | Living


Rev. Peter Laarman

Have any of the leading Democratic presidential candidates renounced the dominance doctrine or the basic underlying premises of the war on terror?

Barney Frank Says It's "Unrealistic" to Expect Representation from our Representatives

Lisa Wade | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics


Lisa Wade

To exclude transsexuals would allow the division of the disadvantaged and this division weakens all disadvantaged groups.

Barney Frank: Stop the Scapegoating!

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics


Sara Whitman

In an eloquent flurry, Barney Frank blamed the 300-plus LGBT groups who have signed on to leave ENDA inclusive of transgender people. Seems we've touched a nerve.

Barney Frank Bails on the Transgender Community

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.01.2007 | Living


Sara Whitman

The acronym is LGBT rights. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights. If we start picking and choosing amongst ourselves, we are no better than the people who would fire us for being different.


 

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