Barney Frank

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Barney Frank is a former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts who played a leading role in financial regulatory reform and co-authored the Dodd–Frank Act.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Democratic Party politician
human
coAuthorOf Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryRepresented United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-03-31
describedBySource United States Congressional Biographical Directory
educatedAt Harvard College
Harvard Law School
endTime 2013-01-03
endTimeOfServiceAsChairOfHouseFinancialServicesCommittee 2011-01-03
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Frank
fieldOfWork banking regulation
consumer financial protection
financial regulation
givenName Barney
hasResidenceInThePast Newton, Massachusetts
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
memberOf United States Democratic Party
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
notableFor advocacy for affordable housing policies
being one of the first openly gay members of the U.S. Congress
leadership in financial regulatory reform after the 2008 financial crisis
support for LGBT rights legislation
notableWork Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
occupation lawyer
politician
officeContested U.S. House of Representatives seat for Massachusetts
partOf United States Congress
placeOfBirth Bayonne, New Jersey
positionHeld Chair of the House Financial Services Committee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
religion Judaism
represented Massachusetts 4th congressional district
residence Massachusetts
retiredFromPosition United States House of Representatives
sexOrGender male
sexualOrientation gay
sponsorOf Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
spouse Jim Ready
startTime 1981-01-03
startTimeOfServiceAsChairOfHouseFinancialServicesCommittee 2007-01-03
workLocation Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.

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