Former U.S. Representative

Barney FrankNo longer serving

District MA‑4 Party Democratic In office 1981–2013

211 bills introduced

Across 6 Congresses, most in the 110th at 52. In the 112th, 31 — 16 more than the median representative, who filed 15. Of the 211, 8 became law. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 107th to 112th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Cosponsored

3,727

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

11,995

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Their work

Drawn from the 211 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 211.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Biography

A Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N. J. , March 31, 1940. Graduated from Bayonne High School, Bayonne, N. J. , 1957. A. B. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1962. Graduate work in political science and teaching fellow in government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1962-1972. J. D. , Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1977. Staff, Mayor Kevin White of Boston, Mass. , 1968-1971. Staff, United States Representative Michael F. Harrington of Massachusetts, 1971-1972. Member of the Massachusetts state legislature, 1973-1980. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 2013). Reprimanded by the U. S. House of Representatives on July 29, 1990, for improper use of political influence to fix parking tickets and to influence probation officers for a personal friend. Chair, Committee on Financial Services (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 3197	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 20, 2012
HR 4310	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Nay	Dec 20, 2012
HR 6684	On Passage	Nay	Dec 20, 2012
HR 6684	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Dec 20, 2012
HRES 840	On Agreeing to the Resolution	No	Dec 20, 2012
HRES 840	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Dec 20, 2012
HRES 841	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Dec 20, 2012
HRES 841	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Dec 20, 2012

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 2610	Asset Forfeiture Fund Reform and Distribution Act of 2011	Committee Hearings Held.	Dec 1, 2011
HR 2306	Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Aug 25, 2011
HR 2032	To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits by federally-funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	Aug 25, 2011
HR 1397	Employment Non-Discrimination Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	Jul 11, 2011
HR 1983	States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Jun 3, 2011
HR 1512	To amend the Federal Reserve Act to remove the representatives of the Federal Reserve banks from membership on the Federal Open Market Committee.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.	May 2, 2011
HR 1151	Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.	Mar 17, 2011
HR 5758	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2 Government Center in Fall River, Massachusetts, as the "Sergeant Robert Barrett Post Office Building".	Became Public Law No: 111-300.	Dec 14, 2010

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HRES 837	Relating to the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, a Senator from the State of Hawaii.	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.	Dec 19, 2012
HRES 832	Observing the 100th birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and commemorating her legacy.	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	Dec 13, 2012
HR 6606	Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2012	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Nov 27, 2012
HR 6584	Verifying Authority and Legality In Drug Compounding Act of 2012	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Nov 27, 2012
HR 6597	EACH Act	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Nov 16, 2012
HR 6514	Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Nov 13, 2012
HJRES 47	Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	Oct 19, 2012
HR 6533	To establish minimum levels of assistance for certain States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and for other purposes.	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and	Sep 21, 2012

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