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Author:

Frank, Barney, 1940-

Title:

Frank : a life in politics from the Great Society to same-sex marriage / Barney Frank.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

387 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Frank, Barney,--1940-
Legislators--Biography.
United States.--House--House--Biography.
Gay legislators--Biography.
Politicians--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

From Bayonne to Boston -- City Hall -- Beacon Hill -- The Congressman -- Coming out -- The true story of Don't Ask Don't Tell -- Welcome to an earmark -- Defending Clinton -- The unnecessary crisis -- Reforming Wall Street -- Triumphs, setbacks, and love -- Appendix 1. Who did what on subprime lending and regulating Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac -- Appendix 2. Conservative support for subprime loans to minority and very low-income people before the economic crisis.

Summary:

"The candid political memoir of Barney Frank, former House Representative from Massachusetts ... and a pioneering, openly gay politician"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0374280304
9780374280307

OCLC:

(OCoLC)893389693

LCCN:

2014040383

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