Barney Frank supports protesters, raises Wall St. cash

From the Politico.com - By ANNA PALMER & ROBIN BRAVENDER - Rep. Barney Frank might sympathize with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, but he’s still got friends in the financial world. The Massachusetts Democrat is heading to New York hoping to raise tens of thousands of dollars Thursday at a fundraiser at the home of Charles Myers, a senior investment banking advisor at Evercore Partners. Myers is one of several Wall Street execs listed on the invite soliciting up to $2,500 from attendees for Frank’s reelection committee, according to a copy obtained by POLITICO. Frank, the co-author of the sweeping financial regulatory reform bill signed into law last year, said in a recent interview with POLITICO that he didn’t see any conflict between supporting the protests and taking financial services money. “If you take money from them, but you don’t vote [for] the things they want, how does that put you in conflict?” Frank questioned. Read more:
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Anonymous said...

What's new? This is the same man that went before the media and lied through his teeth when he asserted that FNMA and FHLMC were solvent and in good shape. How can anyone extend this proven liar any credibility whatsoever? In fact, you can almost be assured that anything he says is good is bad and anything he says is bad is good.

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