WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday expressed support for Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's commitment to pursue a proposal to establish an independent financial consumer watchdog agency. "I welcome Senator Dodd's intention to fight to preserve an independent consumer agency," said House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, adding that past consumer protection failures ...

Openly gay Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank has come out swinging at supporters of the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy that bans open gay service.

On Friday, Frank appeared on the Michelangelo Signorile ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bipartisan efforts on Capitol Hill to tighten financial regulation ground to a halt in the Senate on Friday, casting one of the top domestic policy priorities of the Obama administration in a stark political light. After months of public debate and closed-door talks, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, the Democrats' chief negotiator, said he has been unable ...