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Rep. Frank Emerges as Political Peacemaker

Posted May 13, 08 8:06 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Barney Frank has taken on a central role in Congress: that of an inter-party deal-maker. While he doesn’t hesitate to voice his strong opinions—often with a healthy dose of wit—Republicans and Democrats respect the man administration officials have called “scary smart,” the New York Times reports. The Democratic Massachusetts congressman—chair of an influential financial panel—“doesn’t waste anybody’s time, your time or his,” says Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

“I think that Barney is misunderstood in some quarters as just being a hard-bound ideological liberal,” said a former GOP congressman, "when in fact his legislative career has been really full of accomplishment.”

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D- Calif, talks with Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., during a press conference, October 3, 2007.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, takes question during an interview wit The Associated Press, Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the AP bureau in Washington.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., asks a question of Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in this July 18, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
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