(Bawney) Frank gives Obama high marks on gay issues, rips marriage stance
Posted by admin / Under Frank Redington
Frank gives Obama high marks on gay issues, rips marriage stanceBy Mike Lillis - 04/27/12 05:50 PM ET Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) this week gave President Obama high marks on gay issues, but said it's "a problem" that the administration has declined to endorse gay marriage. Obama this week stirred criticism from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community when, during a trip to North Carolina, he declined to weigh in on a pending state bill banning civil unions and domestic partnerships. Frank, the first openly gay member of Congress, said Obama's silence was expected but disappointing. "It's not...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:17:22 AM
Democrats expressing buyers’ remorse on Obama's health law
Posted by admin / Under Frank Redington
An increasing number of Democrats are taking potshots at President Obama’s healthcare law ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could overturn it. The public grievances have come from centrists and liberals and reflect rising anxiety ahead of November’s elections. “I think we would all have been better off — President Obama politically, Democrats in Congress politically, and the nation would have been better off — if we had dealt first with the financial system and the other related economic issues and then come back to healthcare,” said Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.), who is retiring at the end of this...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:17:22 AM
OVERNIGHT HEALTH: More retiring Dems pile on Obama for healthcare focus (Frank on Commiecare™)
Posted by admin / Under Frank Redington
OVERNIGHT HEALTH: More retiring Dems pile on Obama for healthcare focusBy Sam Baker and Julian Pecquet - 04/19/12 06:57 PM ET Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) isn’t the only retiring House Democrat who thinks the White House made a big mistake by pursuing healthcare reform. In interviews with The Hill on Thursday, several more Democrats piled on, saying Obama hurt Democrats’ electoral chances. “I think we would all have been better off — President Obama politically, Democrats in Congress politically, and the nation would have been better off — if we had dealt first with the financial system and the other...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:17:22 AM
Rep. Frank says he urged Obama to back off healthcare reform
Posted by admin / Under Frank Redington
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) thought President Obama was making a "mistake" in pressing for healthcare reform in 2010 and urged the White House to back off after Democrats lost their 60-seat majority in the Senate, the congressman tells New York magazine. "I think we paid a terrible price for healthcare," Frank told the magazine in a lengthy interview as he prepares to retire at the end of his 16th term. "I would not have pushed it as hard. As a matter of fact, after [Sen.] Scott Brown [R-Mass.] won [in January 2010], I suggested going back. I would have started...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:17:22 AM
Barney Frank's words struck from record (banned from speaking for the day)
Posted by admin / Under Frank Redington
Barney Frank's words struck from recordBy Pete Kasperowicz - 03/07/12 03:50 PM ET House debate on a capital formation bill on Wednesday quickly turned into a heated political fight between Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), prompting Hensarling to ask — successfully — that Frank's words be stricken from the record. The two members fought over a bill from Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.), H.R. 4088, which was introduced recently and was inserted into the larger capital formation bill now being debated, H.R. 3606. Quayle's language would increase the number of shareholders that can invest...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:17:22 AM
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