Entries tagged "Barney Frank"

The end of the Fed as we know it?

So the beginning of the end for the Federal Reserve we've known for almost a century has begun with Rep. Ron Paul's proposal to audit the central bank inching closer to the floor of the House.

Frank moves vote back a day

A lengthy vote on the House floor over credit card legislation prevented Barney Frank's panel from turning its attention back to the resolution authority bill after brief opening remarks Wednesday morning.

Hedge fund association hedges with prez

There couldn't be a better person to lead the Managed Fund Association than Richard Baker, a former politician and hedge fund critic, according to The Boston Globe.

Regulators want tougher derivatives regulation

Regulators want to tighten up legislation to rein in derivatives trading.

Bachmann asks Bernanke about Acorn, CFPA

Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., attempted to ask Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about proposal for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the activist group Acorn.

Frank to FDIC's Bair: Don't assess banks

Special assessment for banks is the 'wrong way' to go, says the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.

Dodd plan a bid for re-election?

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has broke with the White House over financial reform with a proposal to create an uber-regulator independent of the Federal Reserve.

Frank, Peterson talk derivatives legislation

House panels offer thoughts on how to move derivatives legislation after Congress' summer break.

Barney Frank eases back ... slightly

The House Financial Services chairman has decided to slow down what was shaping up to be a frenetic pace for moving financial reform legislation to the House floor.

Is Phil Angelides the new Ferdinand Pecora?

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid finally released the list of names to man what's come to be thought of as their new Pecora hearings into the causes of the financial crisis.

Barney Frank's TARP for Main Street

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., told The Boston Globe that he'd like to establish a program to help the unemployed pay their mortgages to avoid foreclosures.

Bankslaughter won't work

The Guardian's Paul Collier has offered up a solution to deter bankers from risky behavior: jail.

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