Barney Frank

Harvard followed up it’s undergraduate Class Day appearance by Andy Samberg yesterday with a speech from Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, who gave the graduating class advice for the future and good wishes. He also took some time for an aside on how he supports free speech– whether it be the time he compared a woman [...]Read Full Story

May 11th, 201210:21 PM ET.. with Rep. Barney Frank reports. Barney Frank: Why banks need regulation Rep. Barney Frank says JPMorgan's $2 billion loss proves big banks need to be regulated for their own protection.May 11th, 201210:19 PM ET KTH: JPMorgan's $2 billion loss, misstepsAfter JPMorgan Chase lost $2 billion, many question if big banks learned any lessons from the 2008 financial crisis.Read Full Story

The strange tale of Barney Frank and his live-in hooker sex scandal is being recalled by many today in the wake of the House Democrat's announcement Monday that he wouldn't be seeking reelection in 2012.While Frank is mostly being written about for his legislative abilities and sharp mind (and wit) he has at least one peculiar story in his background. In 1990, Frank almost lost his seat in the House of Representatives when his bizarre relationship with male prostitute Steve Gobie came to...Read Full Story

Rep. Barney Frank is poised to become the first member of Congress in history to be in a same-sex marriage soon, and while his party, particularly in his home state of Massachusetts, had much to do with the rights of same-sex couples to marry, the chief executive of the Democrats (and the nation) is not [...]Read Full Story

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) lit into Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Sunday, when both appeared on ABC's "This Week."The show started off civilly, with Frank responding to host George Stephanopoulos' questions about the political implications of President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage. But when Blackburn answered the same questions by pivoting to a Republican talking point about women losing jobs under Obama, Frank responded with derision."This is a good...Read Full Story

Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow welcomed Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank (D), who came out to the Boston Globe in 1987, thus becoming the first openly LGBT person to serve in the U.S. Congress. Frank and Maddow welcomed the president’s announcement yesterday afternoon that he supports marriage rights for same sex couples. Maddow expressed her view that the Obama administration has been a massive improvement over the Clinton administration in terms of LGBT...Read Full Story

Barney Frank & Jim Ready Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s office substantiated to that the congressman is going to marry with his five-year boyfriend Jim Ready. Frank- 71, has dated Ready- 42, since 2007. Jim Ready lives just north of Massachusetts, in Ogunquit, Maine. Frank’s communications director, Harry Gural, told that Ready “has a small business doing custom awnings, carpentry, painting, welding and other general handyman services. He is also a photographer.” This winter, Frank...Read Full Story

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) on Thursday blasted the Republican Party, which he claimed had become so partisan that it was unwilling to work with Democrats. “American politics has always had two factions, one that wanted slightly more government and one that wanted slightly less government, each side understood the legitimacy of the other,” he said. “There are no Democrats who don’t believe in a free enterprise system as a generator of wealth and goods and services.” But after the 2010 elections...Read Full Story

CollegeNewsRep. Barney Frank to marry longtime partnerBoston.comBy Andrew Miga AP / January 26, 2012 WASHINGTON—Retiring Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, a gay pioneer in Congress, plans to marry his longtime partner Jim Ready of Maine. A spokesman for Frank confirmed Thursday that the congressman's wedding ...US Rep. Barney Frank to get marriedBoston HeraldNBC: Rep. Barney Frank to be marriedmsnbc.comRep. Barney Frank plans to marry his longtime partner in Massachusetts, no...Read Full Story

ABC NewsRep. Barney Frank to marry partner in same-sex ceremonyLos Angeles TimesBy Jim Puzzanghera Rep. Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to voluntary announce he was gay, will marry his partner in a same-sex ceremony in Massachusetts, the lawmaker's spokesman said Thursday. Frank, 71, a Massachusetts Democrat, ...Barney Frank to wed long-time partnerBoston.comBarney Frank engaged to Jim ReadyCBS NewsCongressman Frank to wed same-sex partner in MassachusettsChicago TribuneUSA TODAY...Read Full Story