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Barnett Frank (born March 31, 1940) is a former American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A Democrat, Frank served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee from 2007 to 2011 and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act.
Barney Frank (born March 31, 1940, Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–2013) and was one of the first openly gay members of Congress.
Jun 21, 2024 · Barney Frank is the first U.S. Congressman to voluntarily announce his homosexuality. He is also known for his work on the 2008 American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure...
Mar 22, 2023 · Barney Frank was one of the people most responsible for overhauling financial regulation after the 2008 economic crisis.
Sep 15, 2018 · NPR's Scott Simon marks the 10th anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers with former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who helped craft post-crisis rules.
May 10, 2013 · Barney Frank served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013, representing Massachusetts' 4th District. While in Congress, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services ...
Mar 16, 2015 · In 1972, former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., decided he would run for the state Legislature in Massachusetts — but he also explicitly decided to stay in the closet. And as he made this...
Mar 17, 2015 · The Cross-Generational Politics of Barney Frank. The Congressman's memoir tackles two of the biggest political shifts of his lifetime: the acceptance of gay people in public life and a dramatic...
Apr 23, 2015 · It's the story of former Congressman Barney Frank, son of a mob-connected New Jersey father. He went on to Harvard and to volunteer as a Freedom Rider in Mississippi.
Jan 4, 2009 · Now sixty-eight years old, Frank has represented Massachusetts’s Fourth Congressional District since 1981, and he remains best known for his decision, in 1987, to reveal that he is...
