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Rep. Barney Frank's career on Capitol Hill As his time in Congress winds down, the former chairman and current ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee has wed his partner, James Ready.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and his spouse, James Ready, at their wedding reception in Newton, Mass., on Saturday, July 7. Frank became the first sitting member of Congress in a same-sex marriage. About 300 friends and relatives were at the Boston Marriott hotel in Newton, which is in Frank's district. Frank, 72, has represented the area since 1981 but is not seeking reelection. Ready, 42, is the owner of a carpentry/welding/custom awnings shop and an avid outdoorsman.
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Barney Frank and Jim Ready during their wedding in Newton, Mass., on Saturday, July 7. They met a fundraiser in 2005 and have been a couple since 2007. Among the guests were Sen. John Kerry; Reps. Steny Hoyer, Dennis Kucinich, Bill Keating, Rosa DeLauro, Anna Eshoo, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Jim McGovern; and Democratic strategists Hilary Rosen, Robert Raben, Steve Elmendorf and Frank’s sister Ann Lewis.
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Barney Frank and Jim Ready exchange rings during their wedding. The rings were selected by Ready: black diamonds set in tungsten, a welding metal. Ready, 42, owns a carpentry/welding/custom awnings shop. With six months to go before he retires from Congress, Frank will spend the rest of his time in office as the nation's first congressman in a same-sex marriage. "I think it's important," he told New York magazine in April, "that my colleagues interact with a married gay man."
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Nov. 28, 2011
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) arrives through a row of TV cameras at a news conference in Newton, Mass., to announce that he would not seek a 17th term in Congress.
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Nov. 28, 2011
Frank announces he will not seek reelection at Newton City Hall in Newton, Mass. He dished out a few jabs at his Republican counterparts during the announcement, taking a few parting shots at former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). “I did not think I lived a good enough life to see Newt Gingrich as the Republican nominee,” Frank said. “He would be the best thing to happen to Democrats since Barry Goldwater.”
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Nov. 28, 2011
Frank takes questions from reporters at a news conference announcing that he will not seek a 17th term in Congress. During the conference, Frank said he is “not retiring from advocacy of public policy.” But, he added, “I will be neither a lobbyist or a historian,” a dig at former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who said he was hired by Freddie Mac as a historian.
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Nov. 28, 2011
Frank gestures while speaking at a news conference announcing that he will not seek a 17th term in Congress. In his retirement, Frank said he will do “some combination of writing, teaching and lecturing.”
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Nov. 28, 2011
Frank arrives at Newton City Hall in Newton, Mass., where he announced he would not seek reelection in 2012. Frank said he is too old to campaign in a new district and represent new constituents.
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Nov. 28, 2011
Frank walks down the steps of Newton City Hall in Newton, Mass., after announcing he will not seek reelection in 2012.
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Nov. 18, 2011
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) participates in a television interview before the House went into recess for the Thanksgiving break.
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Dec. 16, 2010
Frank reads a newspaper on Capitol Hill. Frank's office says he won't seek reelection in 2012.
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Sept. 28, 2008
Frank, center, then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, then-Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, second right, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), far right, announce a tentative deal on the financial crisis on Capitol Hill.
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Frank holds a press conference in the House Press Gallery.
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April 15, 2008
Frank answers questions during an interview with the Associated Press at the AP bureau in Washington.
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Sept. 29, 2010
Frank during a monthly Financial Services hearing. "A lack of decent housing is central to social problems," Frank says.
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Sept. 29, 2010
Frank has championed housing for America's poor for four decades.
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Sept. 29, 2010
In his role leading the Financial Services Committee, Frank could push for oversight that would prevent a repeat of the mortgage finance company meltdown.
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Sept. 29, 2010
Frank, with reporters in the Rayburn building, plans to create a housing system to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while furthering access to affordable housing.
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Jan. 25, 1995
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), left, huddles with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) prior to a news conference. Frank first won a seat in Congress in 1980.
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Sept. 24, 1996
Before a news conference on immigration policy, Frank, center, chats with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.).
Dec. 19, 1998
Frank and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) stand alongside Hill staffer Julian Epstein during a news conference after voting on whether to impeach President Bill Clinton.
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Rep. Barney Frank, center, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Washington.
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May 16, 2007
After he had surgery on his arm, Frank sent out a notice to members of Congress imploring them to stop asking him about it.
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Sept. 4, 2008
Frank listens to questions from a fellow representative during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the financial crisis.
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Sept. 25, 2008
Frank talks to members of the press who have gathered on Capitol Hill as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrives for a closed-door meeting about the bailout.
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Jan. 3, 2009
Frank speaks to the media about the stimulus bill and the beleaguered economy.
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May 21, 2010
Frank exits the White House with Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), who was a key figure on the Senate side in passing the financial overhaul bill.
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