Barney Frank

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Now that everyone knows about AIG's bonuses, Congress decides to get angry about them.
  • "On what planet do you spend most of your time?"

    Barney Frank lashes out a protester at a town hell
  • Barney Frank gets mad, again

    The Congressman loses his temper on CNBC while explaining his position on limiting executive compensation
  • Behind Washington's closet door

    Closeted gay politicians like you-know-who and hm-hm aren't just personally screwed-up, says filmmaker Kirby Dick. They're hopelessly distorting democracy.
  • Don't call it a bailout

    The House learns its lesson, and with an eye toward Nov. 4, passes the Wall Street bailout -- er, rescue plan.
  • Quote of the morning

    Rep. Barney Frank sets a retirement date
  • Frank to Code Pink protesters: "grow up"

    An anti-war group staging its traditional disruption of a high-profile Congressional hearing gets an earful.
  • Obama to AIG: You don't deserve the money

    The president instructs the treasury secretary to "pursue every legal avenue" to block the bonuses. Barney Frank has a simpler solution: Fire the bums.
  • Wall Street tries to act like the nice guy

    Citigroup and J.P. Morgan announce a foreclosure moratorium, as Barney Frank warns that housing woes must be addressed before the banks get another penny from Congress
  • The Republican prescription: Do nothing

    A congressman asks the banking CEOs: Why not let the magic of the market fix Wall Street?
  • Capitalism on trial, continued

    Was taxpayer money used for bonuses or dividends? CEOs agree: "We would never, ever do such a thing!"
  • Barney Frank lines up the bankers

    The CEOs of the country's biggest banks come to Congress to explain themselves. They do not look too thrilled at the prospect.
  • Quote of the day

    Just how many presidents do we have right now?
  • Bill O'Reilly vs. Barney Frank

    Forget Biden-Palin, the real fireworks Thursday night came during a screaming match between O'Reilly and Frank.
  • Barney Frank jousts with Larry Kudlow

    Tax-the-rich meets the ultimate supply-sider. Frank wins the contest on points
  • Barney Frank's new, improved Federal Reserve

    Don't you just love the smell of regulatory napalm in the morning?
  • Barney Frank on the regulation warpath

    The verdict is in on 30 years of "radical economic deregulation." Guilty, guilty, guilty.
  • How did the T get in LGBT?

    The 30-year fight for a federal gay civil rights law may fail because activists insist on including rights for transgendered people too. Has gay inclusiveness gone too far too fast?
  • Barney Frank quotes Karl Marx

    A specter is haunting Washington -- the specter of well-regulated financial markets.
  • A mixed message on subprime from the IMF

    A report from the International Monetary Fund acknowledges that the system could be tweaked to work better. But don't go too far!
  • John Edwards ponies up the subprime cash

    The candidate sets up a charity to compensate Katrina victims. Meanwhile, Barney Frank tackles the larger lessons of the housing bust.
  • How not to start a trade war

    Don't pretend China is an equal to the U.S.; instead, take Barney Frank's "grand bargain" out for a spin.
  • Scapegoating gay Republicans

    Rights advocates worry that the Mark Foley scandal could trigger gay-bashing by conservatives. But the loudest voice criticizing GOP gays is a gay Democrat.
  • Reefer madness: Is sanity breaking out?

    Despite the Supreme Court's ruling against medical marijuana and a scary proposed snitch law, America may finally be awakening from its decades-long stupor about recreational drugs.
  • What gay marriage says about men

    Barney Frank says he knows.
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