Its funny how the money trail never lies.  Great Post

Gary.  It is always a safe bet that you can figure out why the guys on the hill do what they do when

you follow the money.

Never fails. 

Wow, my thoughts were that commercial banks would have been a lot higher... Its scary how much money gets passed around. You know that its not for nothing...Imagine that campaign laws were really reformed and that lobbyist had to state actual agendas, and that soft money contributions were capped by social security numbers ....OMG wake me up I'm dreaming again

Lenn, You're not implying that one of our congressman, especially a find man like Mr Frank, would be influenced by monetary contributions would you? Wait a minute.......maybe you are. OK I agree:)

Mike.  Look at his highest contributors.  Lots of financial interests there.

Bryant.  Actually, I was surprised at the number of and amount of contributions from what one would have thought to be Republican causes. 

This ought to interest some of our mortgage brokers.

Lenn, the gentleman from Ma. has never been known for his fiduciary responsibilities. LOL!

Ginger 

Lenn, interesting list, which would explain many of Mr. Franks votes.  The longer they are in office the more pockets their hands are in.  Term limits would help to eliminate some of this.

Lenn, Why should he be different than any other politician?  When you take money under they eyes of "Donations' I learned nothing in life is for free.  Looks like people what Mr. Frank to earn his money now. Thank you for posting this

Ginger.  True, true.

George.  This does, indeed, explain a lot.  I was surprised that he is so deeply in the pockets of big banks.  This explains totally his proposed legislation to eliminate mortgage brokers.

Matthew.  You said it perfectly.  Mr. Frank is earning the money received from big banks.  Fascinating.

Sounds like barney sure makes a good living! I'd like a job like that but I'm too honest of a person.

Lenn,

Yep, you're right, another 'follow the money' moment! Thanks,   Fran

Lenn-wow your 'money stats" here are as good as your Localism for Virginia :) :)  Yep, follow the money......

Dominic.  Mr. Frank does indeed make a good living.  Thanks for commenting.

Fran.  Thanks.  It's the American way lately with Congress. 

Kathy.  When it comes to Congress, once you start "following the money", you know where the folks in Congress will go.

Pity is that even when this is in print and his agenda looks more clear they keep re-electing him.  And he's just the tip of the iceberg.  Ugh.

Josette.  You are right.  It's entirely possible that he "brings home the bacon" for the folks in his district in MA.  I don't know.  I may research that some time this week. 

What I do know is that it's doubtful that the folks who keep reelecting him don't know that he's on the take from the big banks. 

Then again, they might not care.

Lenn! Thank you for posting this. We've known for years who our enemy is. I'm doing my best to make sure "the little people" know it too. Even though I am a lender now I fight for the brokers and the fantastic job 95% of them do to appropriately service their clients. We have just one more business day to fight this legislation before it is voted on. Many of the people commenting here also commented on my post the other day which tells me it of great interest to everyone in the industry and should be - hopefully everyone will contact their representative and voice their opinion this weekend! Once again, phenomenal post! STOP HR3915

Thanks Ken.  I'm surprised this didn't get featured.  This isn't opinion.  This is fact. 

Oh well, at least I've got a lot of folks subscribing to my blog.  That might stir a few eyes.  However, it didn't get the interest I thought it would. 

This information unveils a Barney Frank that is the exact opposite of the one he plays on TV.

I love a post like this, there's hard proof of tomfoolery on both sides of the party line.  Frank is proof that the Democrats aren't all spotless like they're portraying right now.  It's also proof that the banks are smart, to hedge their bets in both parties.

That's very interesting information that I didn't expect to find here tonight. Thanks for taking the time to write about it.

Leigh. Of course the banks are smart.  Of course there's hard proof of tomfollery on both sides.  This one with Barney Frank just hit particularly hard at this time when I listened to his hearings.  Several hours of pontification about protecting the poor borrower when his political contributions show without doubt that he's in the pocket of the big banks.

One thing I've relied on for years is that numbers don't lie.

Sam.  I was surprised too.

I am shocked.... NOT!!

I guess the Mortgage Brokers Association couldn't pony up enough bucks!

Tom.

BINGO!!!