Mark Maynard | Barney Frank

Republicans gut Dodd Frank Act, killing efforts to protect American citizens from financial industry abuse

By Mark | November 12, 2011

On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. The legislation, written by Congressman Barney Frank, and Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd, promised to be the most comprehensive financial reform to be undertaken since the Great Depression. As with the Glass-Steagall Act, […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged banking reform, banks, Carl Levin, Chris Dodd, Christopher Dodd, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elizabeth Warren, financial reform, Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Glass-Steagall Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act, Great Depression, H.R.4173, John Oliver, lobbying, lobbyists, Neal Wolin, Newt Gingrich, Richard Cordray, Schoolhouse Rock, things fucked raw, Treasury Department, Wall Street deregulation | 10 Comments

Elizabeth Warren… the woman who knew too much

By Mark | October 11, 2011

Vanity Fair has a great feature on the troubled history of the Customer Financial Protection Bureau, and the forces on Wall Street, in Congress, and inside the White House that ultimately alligned against Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor who had created the ambitious new agency charged with protecting the American people from the predatory […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Coulter, campaign finance reform, Center for Responsive Politics, Christopher Dodd, Chuck Schumer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Product Safety Commission, David Axelrod, demonic activity, Dodd-Frank, Elizabeth Warren, get the money out of Washington, Harry Reid, Jonathan Alter, JPMorgan Chase, Kirsten Gillibrand, Molly Erdman, possession, Richard Shelby, Scott Brown, Sean Duffy, Senate Banking Committee, Spencer Bachus, Timothy Geithner, Valerie Jarrett, Wall Street, William Daley | 8 Comments

Congressional support for cutting the military budget is beginning to come together

By Mark | October 13, 2010

Continuing our conversation of a few days ago about cutting the military budget, I just heard that Barney Frank and Ron Paul, along with 55 congressional co-signers sent a letter this evening to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform calling for significant defense cuts. Here’s a clip from the letter: …The Department of […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Alan Grayson, Cold War, defense spending, Dennis Kucinich, Department of Defense, John Conyers, John Dingell, military, military budget, military spending, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Ron Paul, Sharia law | 3 Comments

Finally… Thank you, Barney Frank

By Mark | August 19, 2009

By now, you’ve probably seen the footage of Congressman Barney Frank calling one of his constituents crazy during a town hall meeting held last night in Massachusetts. It’s been all over the web today. Here it is, for those of you who haven’t seen it, though. Anyway, I just wanted to take a moment and […]

Posted in Media, Observations, Politics, Rants | Also tagged accusations of socialism, al Qaeda, crazy people, death panels, Democrats are too respectful, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare reform, Hitler, homophobia, LBJ, lunatics, Michele Bauchmann, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, shit house rat, speaking truth to lunacy, town hall | 29 Comments

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Republicans gut Dodd Frank Act, killing efforts to protect American citizens from financial industry abuse

Elizabeth Warren… the woman who knew too much

Congressional support for cutting the military budget is beginning to come together

Finally… Thank you, Barney Frank

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