Mel Watt

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  House GOP Rejects Frank Measure for SEC Funding Boost

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 7, 2012

  Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee rejected, 25-17, an amendment introduced by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., that called for approving President Barack Obama’s proposed budget increase for the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2013.

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  House Financial Services Releases List of Democrats to Fill Six Subcommittees

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2011

  Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, has announced the Committee’s six subcommittee Ranking Members along with the Democratic members of those committees.

• Predatory Lenders Targeted by New Legislation

  By Staff Writer  |  October 23, 2007

  In response to financial market disarray and dire straits for many homeowners caused by the structured mortgage securitization frenzy of the past several years, three Congressional Representatives have introduced legislation which would protect borrowers from predatory mortgage lending practices, and reform the mortgage origination and securitization process.