Topic: Barney Frank
House panel approves Consumer Financial Protection Agency to police market for fraud, abuseThe House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to create a federal agency devoted to protecting consumers from predatory lending, abusive overdraft fees and unfair rate hikes.Democrats are hailing the 39-29 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will release a new draft bill this week or next on " resolution authority," or empowering the government to deal with large, failing financial firms, the chairman of a key U.S. congressional committee said on Tuesday. ...
Amid opposition from banks and businesses, House panel begins push on financial overhaulA key House panel moved to tighten rules on previously unregulated financial instruments Wednesday, a long-awaited step toward governing the obscure and complex transactions at the heart of the troubles ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee on Friday unveiled a draft bill on regulation of over-the-counter derivatives that differs in some key respects from bills drawn up elsewhere in the House and by the Obama ...
Leader Steny Hoyer has projected House floor debate and a . The Senate is moving more slowly on a wide-ranging set of . The following is a summary of Obama's proposals, several . Related legislation has been introduced in the Senate, but ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Firms ranging from airlines to agribusiness would be exempt from new rules on compulsory clearing of derivatives transactions under a bill in Congress aimed at tightening oversight of the financial system.The draft bill from Representative Barney Frank, chairman of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. senator reiterated on Wednesday that full Senate consideration of a bill to overhaul financial regulation may not come until early next year.Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said the full Senate will start considering ...
Moderate Democrats draft proposal that would shield major banks from tighter state regulationModerate House Democrats are drafting a proposal that would continue to shield big banks from potentially tougher state regulations of credit cards, mortgages and savings accounts.The plan would differ from ...
Officials consider fresh bailouts from $700 billion fund to prop up struggling community banksTreasury officials and regulators are weighing a fresh round of bailouts for banks that were deemed too risky to qualify for earlier aid.Representatives from the Treasury Department, Federal Deposit ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Powerful U.S. lawmaker Barney Frank bowed to some of the financial industry's demands and softened parts of his bill to create an agency to protect consumers from risky financial products, according to a copy of the draft bill first ...
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Obama Gays In Military
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., an openly gay member of Congress, collects himself ...AP News - -
Tax Cuts
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, talks with Rep. Barney Frank ...AP News - -
Massachusetts Congress Frank
Candidate for Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District incumbent Democrat Rep. Barney Frank, center ...AP News -
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Barney Frank Confronts Woman At Townhall ...
At a Barney Frank town hall meeting in Dartmouth, MA ...2009-08-19 -
Bill O'Reilly vs Barney Frank
Barney Frank to Bill O'Reilly: "Your stupidity gets in ...2008-10-03 -
Barney Frank Explains Retirement Decision
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts says he does not ...2011-11-28
