F000339 1940-03-31 15320 2252 Rayburn House Office Building http://www.house.gov/writerep 4 202-225-0182 Barney 'd':4 '-4':6 'ma':5 'rep':1 'frank':3,8,10 'barney':2,7,9 M 400140 Frank Barney_Frank Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4] 7567 N00000275 17978 Democrat 202-225-5931 Jewish MA Barney Frank 2.58666666666667 http://www.house.gov/frank/ 400140 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:43:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...financial regulatory reform package to the House floor after months of debate. That is, until the committee's chairman, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), told a shocked committee room that passage of the bill would be delayed until Dec. 1 because the Congres '1':47 'd':30 'dec':46 'rep':26 'bill':41 'face':2 'hous':13 'mass':31 'post':53 'room':36 'told':32 'anger':4 'congr':50 'debat':18 'delay':44 'floor':14 'frank':28 'month':16 'obama':1 'shock':34 'would':42 'barney':27 'd-mass':29 'packag':10 'passag':38 'reform':9 'economi':6 'financi':7 'chairman':25 'committe':23,35 'regulatori':8 'washington':52 'congression':3 6738279 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6ca11e98c0573badbf923e533f94c3a8 400140 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 21:43:30 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...from Firedoglake about the Watt Amendment, which would gut the Paul-Grayson proposal to audit the Federal Reserve. Urge Rep. Barney Frank and Financial Services Committee to Reject Watt Amendment Richard Trumka, Andy Stern, Jamie Galbraith, Naomi Klein 'fed':7 'gut':19 'rep':31 'urg':30 'andi':44 'call':5 'jami':46 'paul':22 'watt':15,40 'amend':16,41 'audit':10,26 'feder':28 'frank':33 'klein':49 'labor':3 'naomi':48 'stern':45 'would':18 'barney':32 'leader':4 'propos':24 'reject':39 'reserv':29 'servic':36 'trumka':43 'financi':35 'grayson':23 'richard':42 'committe':37 'democrat':50 'economist':1 'galbraith':47 'firedoglak':12 'underground':51 'paul-grayson':21 6738283 true true daylife Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/ OK http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4152998 400140 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:34:13 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...regulators to use taxpayer funds first to dismantle a failed institution and later recoup those costs from the industry. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the committee's chairman, said he expects to support an amendment that is expected to be introduced la 'd':37 'la':56 'big':4 'rep':33 'use':16 'bank':6,13 'cost':8,29 'fail':23 'fund':18 'hall':58 'mass':38 'news':2 'paid':11 'said':43 'town':57 'amend':49 'first':19 'frank':35 'later':26 'panel':3 'regul':14 'world':1 'barney':34 'd-mass':36 'expect':45,52 'failur':7 'recoup':27 'taxpay':17 'support':47 'chairman':42 'committe':40 'dismantl':21 'industri':32 'institut':24 'introduc':55 'bank-failur':5 6735699 true true daylife Town Hall http://www.townhall.com/ OK http://newsfin.blogtownhall.com/2009/11/19/panel_big_bank-failure_costs_to_be_paid_by_banks.thtml 400140 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:43:30 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Congress. The measure has attracted eight co-sponsors, all of whom are House Democrats: Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (Mass.), Anna Eshoo (Calif.), Sam Farr (Calif.), Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairman Raul Grijalva (Ariz. 'co':14,39 'dem':1 'sam':32 'war':5 'anna':29 'ariz':43 'farr':33 'hill':45 'hous':20 'mass':28 'raul':41 'calif':31,34 'eight':12 'eshoo':30 'frank':27 'afghan':4 'barney':26 'caucus':37 'lawmak':2 'measur':9 'servic':23 'surtax':6 'attract':11 'financi':22 'sponsor':15 'chairman':25,40 'committe':24 'congress':7 'democrat':21 'grijalva':42 'introduc':3 'progress':36 'co-sponsor':13 'co-chairman':38 'congression':35 6738282 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68775-dem-lawmakers-introduce-afghan-war-surtax 400140 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:43:30 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a sweeping congressional audit of the normally secretive Federal Reserve. In a surprise, however, committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., delayed final action on a long-awaited regulatory overhaul bill until after Thanksgiving. Frank said members of t 'd':31 'aim':7 'big':5 'fed':11 'fee':3 'set':2 'bill':43 'firm':6 'long':39 'mass':32 'rein':9 'said':48 'audit':15 'await':40 'delay':33 'feder':20 'final':34 'frank':29,47 'howev':25 'miami':52 'panel':1 'sweep':13 'action':35 'barney':28 'd-mass':30 'herald':53 'member':49 'normal':18 'reserv':21 'secret':19 'surpris':24 'chairman':27 'committe':26 'overhaul':42 'thanksgiv':46 'long-await':38 'regulatori':41 'congression':14 6738280 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/business/nation/story/1342593.html 400140 Person rep\. Wed Nov 18 21:43:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...healthy and well-capitalized. The proposals are among scores of ideas floated on bill after bill in recent months. Thus far, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) has steered his version of financial reform through that legislative minefield, navigating past Repub 'd':34 'far':29 'rep':30 'bill':2,22,24 'idea':19 'mass':35 'past':48 'post':52 'thus':28 'well':11 'among':16 'capit':12 'could':3 'float':20 'frank':32 'month':27 'navig':47 'remak':4 'repub':49 'score':17 'steer':37 'ambiti':1 'barney':31 'd-mass':33 'legisl':45 'propos':14 'recent':26 'reform':42 'financi':5,41 'healthi':8 'version':39 'landscap':7 'minefield':46 'regulatori':6 'washington':51 'well-capit':10 6732666 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111803982.html?nav=rss_business/industries 400140 Person rep\. Tue Nov 17 21:45:10 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...not planning to vote on wide-ranging financial overhaul legislation until the second week of December at the earliest, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said on Tuesday. Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is trying this week to fin 'd':33 'fin':52 'mid':7 'rep':29 'tri':48 'back':4 'hill':54 'hous':43 'mass':34 'plan':10 'push':3 'rang':16 'said':35 'vote':12 'week':23,50 'wide':15 'frank':31,38 'barney':30 'd-mass':32 'decemb':8,25 'legisl':19 'reform':2 'second':22 'servic':45 'financi':1,17,44 'tuesday':37 'chairman':40 'committe':46 'earliest':28 'overhaul':18 'wide-rang':14 'mid-decemb':6 6720584 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/68243-financial-reform-pushed-back-into-mid-december 400140 Person rep\. Wed Nov 18 10:34:12 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...legislation that the House Financial Services Committee is considering this week. That bill, drafted by committee chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in consultation with the Treasury Department, aims to create a structure that allows regulators to mon 'd':35 'aim':43 'big':10 'mon':52 'rep':31 'bill':26 'fail':12 'firm':13 'hous':1,17 'mass':36 'post':55 'week':24 'allow':49 'break':7 'creat':45 'draft':27 'empow':4 'frank':33 'regul':5,50 'would':3 'barney':32 'consid':22 'd-mass':34 'depart':42 'legisl':14 'propos':2 'servic':19 'consult':38 'financi':18 'chairman':30 'committe':20,29 'structur':47 'treasuri':41 'washington':54 6725518 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e781cb3144f093a52dda59a8a488ba83 400140 Person rep\. Wed Nov 18 21:43:10 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...can institute a program aimed at providing liquidity to solvent institutions who would pay to get that guarantee," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the measure's sponsor. The measure, which is under consideration as part of a broad bank regulatory refor 'd':32 'ok':2 'aim':13 'buy':7 'get':24 'let':5 'pay':22 'rep':28 'bank':6,49 'mass':33 'part':45 'said':27 'broad':48 'frank':30 'refor':51 'would':21 'barney':29 'd-mass':31 'lawmak':1 'liquid':16 'measur':3,35,39 'provid':15 'program':12 'solvent':18 'sponsor':37 'consider':43 'guarante':8,26 'institut':10,19 'regulatori':50 'marketwatch':52 6732667 true true daylife MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteID=mktw OK http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~3/UYc38adLnbQ/rss.asp 400140 Person rep\. Tue Nov 17 21:45:10 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...bank regulators to use taxpayer funds first to dismantle a failed institution and later recoup those costs from the industry. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the committee's chairman, said he expects to support an amendment that is expected to be introduced 'd':35 'big':2 'rep':31 'use':14 'bank':3,10,11 'cost':5,27 'fail':21 'fund':16 'mass':36 'paid':8 'said':41 'amend':47 'first':17 'frank':33 'later':24 'panel':1 'regul':12 'barney':32 'd-mass':34 'expect':43,50 'failur':4 'recoup':25 'taxpay':15 'support':45 'chairman':40 'committe':38 'dismantl':19 'industri':30 'institut':22 'introduc':53 'marketwatch':54 6720585 true true daylife MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteID=mktw OK http://www.marketwatch.com/enf/rss.asp?guid=%7B77BD02C8-D44B-4A89-954A-4C7A4C5C2E4B%7D&siteid=rss&rss=1 400140 Person representative Thu Nov 19 21:43:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Notice the reaction of the “crowd.” I believe it was Barney Frank who could only respond by taking a donut break and I'm sure to call his central banking. 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'l':33 'v':27 'ca':8 'ct':13 'fl':18 'il':23,29,35 'ks':50 'ma':55 '-02':41 '-03':51 '-04':14,24,56 '-07':46 '-08':30 '-14':36 '-22':19 '-43':9 'jim':16 'joe':11,43 'lui':26 'rep':10,15,20,25,31,37,42,47,52,57 'ron':21 'andr':48 'baca':12 'bean':34 'bill':38 'hime':17 'moor':54 'pass':5 'amend':4 'denni':53 'expos':7 'frank':59 'klein':22 'right':1,60 'barney':58 'carson':49 'condit':2,61 'foster':39 'melissa':32 'donnelli':44 'gutierrez':28 'paul/grayson':3 6738270 false true google blog Right Condition http://www.rightcondition.com/ OK http://www.rightcondition.com/2009/11/paulgrayson-amendment-passed-while.html 400140 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 21:43:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Meanwhile, the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), is taking steps to counter a White House plan that would hand the Fed the power to overrule U.S. law and formulate its own ... 'd':26 'fed':8,41 'law':47 'men':1 'rep':22 'u.s':46 'agre':5 'hand':39 'hous':18,35 'mass':27 'must':9 'news':53 'plan':36 'step':30 'take':29 'care2':52 'frank':24 'power':6,17,43 'white':34 'would':38 'barney':23 'd-mass':25 'dimini':11 'formul':49 'servic':20 'counter':32 'financi':19 'network':54 'opposit':3 'overrul':45 'spectra':4 'chairman':14 'committe':21 'meanwhil':12 6738274 false true google blog Care2 News Network http://www.care2.com/news/ OK http://www.care2.com/news/member/471046224/1308862 400140 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 21:43:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... revamp of financial regulation hit an unexpected bump on Thursday when House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., put off a final vote until after the Thanksgiving break. The legislation shepherded by Rep. ... 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'c':43 'd':23,41 'n':42 'd-n':40 'day':56 'fed':11 'rep':19,37 'ron':12 'less':32 'look':53 'made':5,61 'mass':24 'mess':2,58 'paul':13 'turn':47 'vote':7 'watt':39 'audit':9 'event':49 'frank':21 'given':50 'oppos':17 'panel':6 'thing':52 'barney':20 'd-mass':22 'intrus':33 'measur':34 'melvin':38 'prefer':30 'propos':35 'provis':15 'surpris':46 'chairman':28 'committe':26 'greenspan':4,60 6738276 false true google blog The Mess That Greenspan Made http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/ OK http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2009/11/panel-votes-to-audit-fed.html 400140 Person republican Thu Nov 19 21:43:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Thus far, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has steered his version of financial reform through that legislative minefield, navigating past Republican opposition, unrelenting pressure ... 'd':24 'h':5 'o':6 'r':2 'u':3,7 'far':19 'fed':16 'rep':20 'ron':10 'alan':12 'hous':30 'mass':25 'past':46 'paul':11 'take':14 'thus':18 'frank':22 'navig':45 'steer':35 'unrel':49 'articl':53 'barney':21 'd-mass':23 'legisl':43 'reform':40 'servic':32 'financi':31,39 'grayson':13 'opposit':48 'pressur':50 'version':37 'chairman':27 'committe':33 'showdown':9 'truthout':51 'minefield':44 'republican':47 6738272 false true google blog Truthout - All Articles http://www.truthout.org/articles/feed OK http://www.truthout.org/11190910 400140 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:43:30 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...her "Going Rogueâ tour. Sadly, the Watt Amendment will render the audit almost worthless. No surprise since Watt (and Barney Frank) both rely heavily on the banking industry to fund their campaigns. If the Watt Amendment is adopted the bill will simply 'go':9 'fed':6 'sad':12 'bank':34 'bill':47 'fund':37 'hous':1 'paul':4 'reli':30 'sinc':24 'tour':11 'watt':14,25,42 'adopt':45 'amend':15,43 'audit':7,19 'frank':28 'panel':2 'almost':20 'approv':3 'barney':27 'render':17 'simpli':49 'heavili':31 'rogueâ':10 'surpris':23 'campaign':39 'industri':35 'politico':51 'worthless':21 6738281 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29734.html 400140 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 21:43:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The vote on Thursday occurred despite the opposition of Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, who had wanted to shield the Fed's decisions on monetary policy from political pressures. Mr. Paul, a libertarian Republican ... 'mr':43 'fed':11,34 'ron':6 'bill':12 'blog':4 'paul':7,44 'vote':14 'want':30 'audit':9 'decis':36 'frank':24 'occur':17 'polit':41 'archiv':5 'barney':23 'despit':18 'polici':39 'repres':22 'shield':32 'beltway':3,50 'opposit':20 'pressur':42 'democrat':25 'monetari':38 'thursday':16 'republican':47 'libertarian':46 'massachusett':27 6738277 false true google blog Below The Beltway http://belowthebeltway.com/ OK http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/11/19/ron-pauls-audit-the-fed-bill-passes-house-committee-heads-for-a-floor-vote/ 400140 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:34:06 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Barney Frank hopes to change those dynamics by promoting a plan that would use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to grant unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure low-interest loans to ... 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'43':6 '-26':7 'com':10,51 'fed':3 'rep':11 'ron':8,49 'pass':5 'paul':9,50 'push':22 'said':36 'told':14 'vote':27,46 'wasn':41 'amend':4 'audit':1 'black':33 'frank':13 'panel':16 'polit':39 'right':43 'barney':12 'caucus':34 'member':21,29 'environ':40 'postpon':25 'afternoon':48 'congression':32 6738269 false true google blog Ron Paul .com http://www.ronpaul.com/ OK http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-11-19/audit-the-fed-amendment-passes-43-26/