Fmr Dem Rep. Barney Frank Dies

of the U.S. financial system, his name was associated with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a comprehensive 2010 law that he co-authored with then-Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

While receiving palliative care for congestive heart failure in Maine, Frank cautioned Democrats against straying too far to the left.

The law, which continue reading …