| − | Congressman '''Barney Frank''' is a multi-term liberal [[Democrat]] [[Representative]] from [[Massachussetts]], representing districts in [[Boston]]. He is one of the few openly [[homosexual|gay]] members of [[Congress]] and he only revealed his homosexual proclivities several years after he had been elected to the position. Frank is the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee. <ref>[http://www.house.gov/frank/ Barney Frank's homepage]</ref> In the midst of the [[financial crisis|financial crisis of 2008]], it was revealed that Frank's partner, an executive at [[Fannie Mae]], had been one of the foreleaders to [[deregulate]] the [[lending]] restrictions on the agency and that Frank may have acted through a [[conflict of interest]] in the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432501,00.html FoxNews]</ref> | + | Congressman '''Barney Frank''' is a multi-term liberal [[Democrat]] [[Representative]] from [[Massachussetts]], representing districts in [[Boston]]. He is one of the few openly [[homosexual]] members of [[Congress]] and he only revealed his homosexual proclivities several years after he had been elected to the position. Frank is the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee. <ref>[http://www.house.gov/frank/ Barney Frank's homepage]</ref> In the midst of the [[financial crisis|financial crisis of 2008]], it was revealed that Frank's partner, an executive at [[Fannie Mae]], had been one of the foreleaders to [[deregulate]] the [[lending]] restrictions on the agency and that Frank may have acted through a [[conflict of interest]] in the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432501,00.html FoxNews]</ref> |