Hospice Care in Maine
Former Rep. Barney Frank, 86, is now in hospice care at his home in Ogunquit, Maine. According to reports, he is living there with his husband and dealing with congestive heart failure. Frank said he feels “very good,” with no pain or discomfort, but added that at his age, his heart is simply reaching the point where it may give out. Hospice care is a serious step, and it marks a quiet turn for a man who spent decades in the middle of loud political fights.
A Long Career in Congress
Frank served in the House from 1981 to 2013 and became one of the best-known liberal Democrats of his era. He was also a key author of the Dodd-Frank law, the sweeping set of financial rules passed after the 2008 crash. That law was sold as a fix, which is a familiar government habit after a mess it either helped create or failed to stop. The rules later hit smaller banks hard, and some were rolled back over time, because regulators tend to discover limits after everyone else has already paid for the experiment.
Breaking with His Party’s Left Wing
Frank is also preparing to release a book that takes aim at the Democratic Party’s left flank. In a Politico interview, he said progressives have “embraced an agenda that goes beyond what’s politically acceptable,” and warned that Democrats will keep losing until they separate from it. He also noted that at 86 he has already outlasted his expectations, which is a modest way to describe a long political career spent helping shape the rules, then watching some of those rules come undone. Frank’s name also surfaced in connection with Signature Bank, where he sat on the board before its 2023 collapse, another reminder that finance and regulation remain the perfect pair for public confusion.
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