Former U.S. House representative Barney Frank responded Tuesday to Bernie Sanders's call to oust him from his role as co-chair of the Democratic party's rules committee, saying that the Vermont senator is sore about his loss to front-runner Hillary Clinton.
The Democratic National Committee has selected bank board member and Clinton ally Barney Frank to co-chair the party's rules committee, a move that could aggravate Bernie Sanders' attempt to push his anti-big bank agenda at the Democratic Convention in July.
Former Democratic congressman Barney Frank has some tough words for President Barack Obama about his handling of Obamacare.
Barney Frank discussing the Boston marathon bombing on CNN this morning:
Barney Frank publicly asked the Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick for the Senate seat held by John Kerry. (Kerry, of course, is stepping down to run the State Department.) But today it appears that Frank has been passed over.
Barney Frank admitted this morning on MSNBC that he has asked Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick to pick him to replace John Kerry in the Senate:
BuzzFeed reports:
On Friday, the boss took on Democratic congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts at a debate sponsored by the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C. Watch here:
National Journal reports:
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Over a year and a half ago, a former staffer to Rep. Barney Frank, the then-chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, took a job with Goldman Sachs as the financial firm’s top lobbyist in Washington, D.C. The staffer had helped write legislation while he was working in the House of…
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Barney Frank -- unintentionally! -- sums up the problem: "'If it is (a conflict of interest), then much of Washington is involved (in conflicts),' Frank told the Herald last night."
Sean Bielat, the Republican nominee in Massachusetts's Fourth Congressional District, on Barney Frank's decision to seek reelection in 2012:
Fox News has called the race in Massachusetts's Fourth District. 30-year incumbent Barney Frank has defeated upstart Republican Sean Bielat. Frank seemed to be facing his first serious challenge in decades, but the Newton Democrat appears to be carrying this race by a large margin.
The Cook Political Report yesterday released 15 new House race rating changes (subscription required), including shifting the race in Virginia between Democratic incumbent Gerry Connolly and Republican Keith Fimian to a toss up. Additionally, Georgia Blue Dog Democrat Jim Marshall's race against…
The Republican challenger to Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank was interviewed last night by Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel:
The Boston Herald reports:
Politico reports:
Is Barney Frank worried about whether he'll be reelected to the House? Maybe, but it's pretty certain that Frank's partner, James Ready, is rattled.
Fall River, Mass.
James Taranto profiles Sean Bielat, the congressional candidate in Massachusetts who is seeking to defeat Barney Frank in November's election:
From a Wall Street Journal article about Barney Frank's re-election contest:
Sean Bielat is a compelling GOP House candidate, running a strong campaign in Massachusetts's Fourth Congressional District. Here's Byron York's profile of the 35-year-old officer in the Marine Corps Reserve: