Longtime Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank dies at 86
Barney Frank,the former Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts and a key figure in the response to the 2008 Great Recession, died Tuesday at age 86 after treatment for congestive heart failure. He had been on hospice care at his home in Maine for several months. One of the first openly gay members of Congress, Frank served Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013 and helped shape the Dodd-Frank Act, which overhauled the financial industry following the recession.
Former Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, known for his role in responding to the 2008 Great Recession, died on Tuesday after being treated for congestive heart failure.
Frank had been on hospice care at his home in Maine for several months. He was 86.
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As one of the first openly gay lawmakers in Congress, Frank represented Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. He gained recognition for being one of the architects of the Dodd-Frank Act, a bill that led to a sweeping overhaul of the financial industry in response to the Great Recession.
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