Barney Fwank To Retire

[Mike]

Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think he might have seen the handwriting on the wall?

Longtime Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., will announce Monday he is not seeking re-election, holding an afternoon press conference in Newton, Mass., to offer details behind his decision.

The 16-term lawmaker, whose name is emblazoned on the banking reform law that passed Congress last year, had long been rumored to be ready for retirement. He was previously chairman of the House Financial Services Committee but is now ranking member since Democrats lost the majority in the 2010 midterm election.

The Dodd-Frank law, a contentious set of provisions that Republicans say add layers of regulatory burdens without preventing potential future meltdowns, was made in response to the near collapse of the banking industry in 2008. Among other actions, it created a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to oversee access to banking products and required listing ratios of executive pay to median employee salaries.

Frank, 71, was first elected to the House in 1980, and is one of the first lawmakers to announce he is homosexual.

 

[loomixguy]

Maybe he'll go help handle the mess at Penn State?

 

[MoGal]

Lol Loomix

I totally agree........... good riddance! Now, its time to vote the rest of the council of foreign relations people out as well.

 

[Tam]

The rats are fleeing the ship and the biggest one just went over board.

 

[hypocritexposer]

Wasn't there re-districting going on, that would make it doubtful that he would be re-elected?


Or maybe there is going to be a Fannie/Freddie investigation and he doesn't want to be around for it......