Friday night on Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News program “The No Spin Zone,” O’Reilly squared off with retired U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) on the question of Frank’s remarks in the wake of the bombing of the Boston Marathon. After the bombing, Frank said on CNN,…
Frank scolds O’Reilly: I didn’t know you were opposed to polarizing Americans
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Barney Frank on bombing: ‘Be grateful’ for ‘a well-funded, functioning government’
Former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank (D) on Tuesday warned that Monday’s twin bombings in Boston were an example of why lawmakers should proceed with caution when considering cutting taxes and slashing the budget. In an interview with on CNN, host John Berman posited to Frank that “in…
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Barney Frank: I would accept temporary appointment to John Kerry’s Senate seat
On Friday, Massachusetts congressman Rep. Barney Frank (D) announced that he has spoken to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick about the possibility of accepting a temporary appointment to Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)’s seat in the U.S. Senate should Kerry be confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State….
Barney Frank: “Within 10 years, we will have won this fight”
Last night was a huge win for LGBT activists. Marriage equality passed by referendum for the first time in American history in Maine, Maryland and Washington, while Minnesota rejected an constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, and Democrat Tammy Baldwin will become the first the Senate’s first openly gay member after winning a close race in Wisconsin.Salon spoke with Rep. Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of Congress, to get his reaction to the news and thoughts on the future of equality fight. This conversation has been lightly edited for brevity.A big night, what was your immediate reaction?I was very happy. I expected good news, but wasn’t planning on perfect news. By the way, in addition to Tammy’s win, which is big, and the referenda, we have several new openly gay members of Congress. Mark Takano in California; Sean Maloney in Westchester County in New York; Mark Pocan replacing Tammy, so that’ll be mean at least five [openly gay] representatives. It’s a significant increase. And then to win all four of the referenda? It was very good news.Continue Reading… … Read More
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Barney Frank hammers LGBT Republican group for endorsing Romney
In a “Mitt Gets Worse” video released Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts blasted the Log Cabin Republicans for endorsing Republican candidate Mitt Romney for president. “It makes no sense to argue, as some in Log Cabin do, that they will be advancing LGBT…
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