Barney Frank vs Scott Walker

Barney Frank

Barnett Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American former politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts fr...

Barnett Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American former politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A Democrat, Frank served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. Frank, a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, was considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States during his time in Congress.Born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, Frank graduated from Bayonne High School, Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He worked as a political aide before winning election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1972. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 with 52 percent of the vote. He was re-elected every term thereafter by wide margins. In 1987, he publicly came out as gay, becoming the first member of Congress to do so voluntarily. From 2003 until his retirement, Frank was the leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and he served as committee chairman when his party held a House majority from 2007 to 2011. In July 2012, he married his long-time partner, James Ready, becoming the first member of Congress to marry someone of the same sex while in office. Frank did not seek re-election in 2012, and retired from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. A biography of Frank was published in 2015.

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Scott Walker

Scott Walker may refer to: Scott Walker (singer) (1943–2019), American-born British solo singer and member of The Walker Brothers Scott Walker: 30...

Scott Walker may refer to: Scott Walker (singer) (1943–2019), American-born British solo singer and member of The Walker Brothers Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, a 2006 documentary about the singer Scott Walker (politician) (born 1967), American politician; 45th Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker (judge) (born 1953), American judge Scott Walker (boxer) (1969–2004), American professional boxer Scott Walker (bobsleigh) (born 1970), Australian bobsledder Scott Walker (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach of the Guelph Storm Scott Walker (footballer) (born 1975), Scottish footballer, played for St. Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic and Hartlepool United Scott Walker (director), New Zealand director of The Frozen Ground Scott Walker, convicted of the murder of Jody Dobrowski in South London in 2005 Scott Walker, Republican Party nominee for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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