Expertise makes feisty Mass. Congressman key to handling financial crisis
(NEWSER) - Through decades in Washington, Barney Frank has developed a reputation as a brainy, if less than polite, liberal attack dog. It’s been a bumpy ride for the House Financial Services chairman, including implication in a male-prostitution scandal, writes Michelle Cottle in the New Republic—but as Congress grapples with the financial crisis, the “pugilistic” Massachusetts Democrat is in his element, with “a shot at redemption.” More»
