Barney Frank

President Trump has called the Dodd-Frank Act "a disaster" and believes eliminating regulations on lending will bolster the economy. Barney Frank, who co-sponsored the law, disagrees.

Listeners give their reactions as Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination and made history as the first female presidential nominee of any major party.

Former congressman Barney Frank, one of the architects of the Dodd-Frank act and a Hillary Clinton supporter, explains why his law is “too good to fail.”

Voters in 12 states and one territory went to the polls yesterday, and it appears that the results from Super Tuesday are finally painting a clear picture of the 2016 election.

It has been five years since the passing of the Dodd-Frank Act. We spoke to Barney Frank about how the Act has stood up, and the current state of the financial system. 

You can take the politician out of Congress, but not out of politics. Former Congressman Barney Frank talks about why he's endorsing Hillary Clinton & other political issues of the day.

In the 1980s, when Barney Frank became the first openly gay member of Congress, many of his allies assumed that his political future was over.

Barney Frank, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013, talks to guest host Jonathan Capehart about his political career, his time in Washington, and being the first openly gay congressman.

Barney Frank, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013, talks about his political career, his time in Washington, and being the first openly gay congressman. He’s the subject of a new documentary, “Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank,” a peek into his life as he was on the verge of his retirement. “Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank,” is showing in New York Sunday, April 27, 2:30 pm, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Rep. Barney Frank, who will be the first member of Congress to marry a same-sex partner, discusses his upcoming wedding and retirement plans with Takeaway Washington correspondent Tod...

A federal appeals court in Boston ruled unanimously yesterday that the controversial Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, as it discriminates against legally married same-sex ...

The countdown to December 23 has begun for the Congressional "super committee" that's tasked with reducing the nation’s debt. Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi named the last three members: Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, Rep. Xavier Becerra of California and Rep. Chris Von Hollen of Maryland. Will the committee be able to compromise, particularly as each party begins to prepare for the heavy political sparring yet to come out of the 2012 presidential election?

Up on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are talking a good game about the need to regulate banks and enforce limits on executive salaries. But how close are we to real reform on these issues, a...

A report from the New York Attorney General’s Office says top-dog bankers are rolling in huge bonuses, and the House of Representatives is set to vote on a pay-reform bill today that ...

"We are very unhappy and have made it clear that the money that was used to buy stock in banks has not been used by all the banks the way it should have been." -- Rep. Barney Frank (...