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Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) might be wondering what it says about his current situation when the only person publicly vouching for him is his longtime nemesis on the Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.). Republican colleagues have...
Joseph Kennedy III is the son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II and a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy. BOSTON (AP) -- Joseph Kennedy III said Wednesday he’s formally jumping into the race for the congressional seat now held by retiring U.S....
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) talks with members of the news media before heading into a House Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Captiol December 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Frank is wearing a cast on his left hand after... View Photo »
We need to put more pressure on the banks
Kennedy III just had to consider running for Congress for his fundraising to kick into high gear. The prospect of the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy and son of former Rep. Joe Kennedy II taking outgoing Rep. Barney Frank’s seat in Massachusetts’s 4th...
P. Kennedy III after introducing him during a campaign event for the senate candidacy of Martha Coakley in Medford, Mass. Joseph P. Kennedy III, grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy, is formally jumping into the race for the Massachusetts...
February 15, 2012 intention to run for the GOP nomination. BOSTON (AP) -- Joseph Kennedy III said Wednesday he's formally jumping into the race for the congressional seat now held by retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. "I believe this country was founded...
US Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, looks at his cell phone after making his announcement to not seek re-election, during a news conference at the US Capitol, on November 29, 2011. Frank who has served in Congress since 1981 announced November 28 that he would... View Photo »
Since Barney Frank, Gail Sheehy, and lots of liberals, perhaps including Bill Clinton, knew about Newt’s affair years before it went public, why didn’t they out him?
Kennedy III announced he will run for the Massachusetts congressional seat being vacated by longtime Rep. Barney Frank (D), according to The Associated Press on Wednesday. “I believe this country was founded on a simple idea: that every person deserves...
P. Kennedy III, a grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, will bring the family name back into the political spotlight today with his formal entry into the race to replace retiring U.S. Representative Barney Frank. The former Middlesex County prosecutor moved to...
Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician in the United States House representing Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 1981. In 1982 he won his first full term and has been re-elected ever since by wide margins. In 1987 Frank became the first Representative to come out as gay of his own volition and, at... Full Article
US Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, looks at his cell phone after making his announcement to not seek re-election, during a news conference at the US Capitol, on November 29, 2011. Frank who has served in Congress since 1981 announced November 28 that he would not seek reelection in the House...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) walks up to the podium to speak about his announcement to not seek re-election during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on November 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. Yesterday Rep. Frank, who has served in Congress since 1981,...
View Photo »US Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, talks about his announcement to not seek re-election, during a news conference at the US Capitol, on November 29, 2011. Frank who has served in Congress since 1981 announced November 28 that he would not seek reelection in the House of Representatives in 2012.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), talks about his announcement to not seek re-election, during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on November 29, 2011. Yesterday Rep. Frank who has served in Congress since 1981 announced that he would not seek reelection in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) speaks at the Woman's National Democratic Club November 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. Frank said yesterday that he will not seek re-election to another term in Congress.
View Photo »NEWTON, MA - NOVEMBER 28: U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) announces he will not seek re-election at Newton City Hall November 28, 2011 in Newton, Massachusetts. Frank is a 16-term Democrat who last year helped pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
View Photo »Representative Barney Frank (R), D-MA, chats with Senators Robert Menendez (C), D-NJ, and Daniel K. Akaka (L), D-HI, before testifying to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs on The Wall Street Reform Act on July 21, 2011 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol...
View Photo »Democratic US Representative Barney Frank testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs on The Wall Street Reform Act on July 21, 2011 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The law, which made sweeping changes in financial...
View Photo »Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and urban Affairs Committee hearing on Enhanced Oversight After the Financial Crisis: The Wall Street Reform Act at One Year on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 21, 2011.
View Photo »Elizabeth Warren, center, Special Asst. to the Treasury Secretary on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, speaks during a photo opportunity on the occasion of the anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Bill as Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif. , left, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. , 2nd...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) talks to reporters about his own disclosure of inappropriate behavior years ago after being asked about U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), outside a closed Democratic caucus meeting in the House Visitors Center on Capitol Hill June...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: House Financal Services Committee ranking member Barney Frank (D-MA) holds a news conference outside the U.S. Captiol May 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Frank was joined by members of the House Finacial Services and Agriculture committees to protest what they call...
View Photo »Ranking member Barney Frank (D-MA) listens to testimony during a House Financial Services Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on mortgage finance reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 1, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Barney Frank D-Mass. , ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, participates in the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday March 1, 2011, where Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified.
View Photo »Rep. Barney Frank D-Mass. , ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, right, talks withTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday March 1, 2011, prior to Geithner testifying before the committee.
View Photo »Pictured are The American Guild of Appraisers/OPEIU Guild 44 National President Peter Vidi, Roger Lerner, OPEIU Director of Organization and Field Services Kevin Kistler, appraiser Rich Bowerman, Representative Barney Frank, appraiser Bob Dailey, Member of the Maryland Appraisal...
View Photo »U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) walks past ranking member Barney Frank (D-MA) (R) as he arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on mortgage finance reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 1, 2011.
View Photo »FILE - In this March 1, 2011 file photo, Rep. Barney Frank D-Mass. , ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, participates in the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Frank's office says he won't seek re-election in 2012.
View Photo »US Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, looks at his cell phone after making his announcement to not seek re-election, during a news conference at the US Capitol, on November 29, 2011. Frank who has served in Congress since 1981 announced November 28 that he would not seek reelection in the House...
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Since Barney Frank, Gail Sheehy, and lots of liberals, perhaps including Bill Clinton, knew about Newt’s affair years before it went public, why didn’t they out him?
There's a lot of conversation going on
If you want to put people in jail, you ought to start with Barney Frank ... Go back and look at the lobbyists he was close to at Freddie Mac.
I did not think I had lived a good enough life to be rewarded by Newt Gingrich being the Republican nominee ... It still is unlikely, but I have hopes...I look forward to debating, to take one important example, the Defense of Marriage Act with Mr. Gingrich. I think he is an ideal opponent for us, when ...
After his announcement that he won't seek reelection, the Washington Post heralded the disheveled congressman Barney Frank as leaving a 'legacy that crosses from legislative cornerstones to political confrontations to a historic place as the nation's most prominent gay lawmaker.'
I did not think I had lived a good enough life to be rewarded by Newt Gingrich being the Republican nominee ... It still is unlikely, but I have hopes...I look forward to debating, to take one important example, the Defense of Marriage Act with Mr. Gingrich. I think he is an ideal opponent for us, when ...
Barney Frank was a wrecking ball. If your home was underwater, if you’ve lost your home in recent years, if you’re worried about losing your home, if can’t sell your home because of what’s happened generally to the housing market, one of the people responsible – assuming you weren’t irresponsible – is B...
It’s complicated, and people don’t see the different pieces
Barney Frank was a wrecking ball. If your home was underwater, if you’ve lost your home in recent years, if you’re worried about losing your home, if can’t sell your home because of what’s happened generally to the housing market, one of the people responsible – assuming you weren’t irresponsible – is B...
The best antidote to prejudice is reality
Barney Frank retired after realizing that he could not again defend his voting record and liberal ideals in the 4th district
If the district had been substantially similar, I would have felt obligated to run again.
Barney Frank has been an open practitioner of a lifestyle that is condemning one young man after another to an early grave ... This is not somebody to admire, this is not somebody to honor — you've got all these left-wing media outlets out there talking about what a colorful figure he was and how import...
I wish we could talk substance sometimes in the media
You have got to know that people are influenced toward that behavior, if they have any kind of inclination in that direction, if there are very prominent people that are engaging in it, they're doing it openly, they are praised by the press rather than criticized for flaunting this kind of behavior, you...
Well, you exemplify what I think is a change in the tone ... You've managed to ask all sort of negative questions. ... It's 'gotcha' journalism. It's 'gotcha' politics. And it does lessen our chances to get things done.
This statement does nothing to advance the goals of the Tea Party movement and goes a long way towards offending people we need to be involved. Barney Frank is the worst congressman in the last century, but dumb comments like that tweet do not help our cause.
Well, congratulations ... You're four-for-four in managing to find the negative approach.
Very few people in Congress have either that kind of national popularity or notoriety, depending on what lever you pull ... Being an advocate is one thing, but being a high-profile advocate, a lightning rod, is another, and that's what Barney Frank was able to do.
He’s awful; he’s a despicable human being ... He has no core philosophically; he’s no different from Mitt Romney in that regard. But also, totally worse than Mitt, he would go after people, he would lie about them, these tactics of destruction. I think he’s just one of the worst people that I know of wh...
A scion of the famed Kennedy clan, Joseph P. Kennedy III, an assistant district attorney in Middlesex County, said he will consider running for US Representative Barney Frank’s congressional seat next year
I suffer congressional fools more than others.
Frank’s career displays a chasm between the high ideals of his public life and the squalor of his private life. Barney Frank must go.
He’s awful; he’s a despicable human being ... He has no core philosophically; he’s no different from Mitt Romney in that regard. But also, totally worse than Mitt, he would go after people, he would lie about them, these tactics of destruction. I think he’s just one of the worst people that I know of wh...
