Ep. 82 - Barney Frank

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Barney Frank, longtime former congressman from Massachusetts, talks with David about his involvement in the civil rights movement, the challenges he faced as a gay man in public life in the 1970s, his work on the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, and what Congress needs to do to start functioning again. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:16.2	I have a special affection for Barney Frank because when he began his political career in
0:24.0	the 70s running for state legislature in Massachusetts, he ran under the slogan, Needness
0:29.2	This isn't everything, which I think are words to live by.
0:32.5	He's also one of the most incisive and witty observers of our political scene.
0:37.8	And a guy who's lived a lot of history, I sat down with him recently and talked about
0:42.7	his life and career in politics.
0:51.9	Barney Frank, when I first heard your name, it was from my sister who lives in Massachusetts
0:56.9	and you were a young legislator and you were part of the reform progressive group in Massachusetts.
1:04.4	But you grew up in a different place.
1:06.6	You grew up in Jersey and you grew up in Hudson County at a time when it was still a machine
1:14.9	town.
1:17.8	What was the politics of that time like?
1:22.1	It was a machine and a very corrupt one.
1:24.2	People who have seen on the waterfront get a sense that that was said in Hudson County
1:29.1	in New Jersey and the city of Hoboken.
1:32.0	You had one of the great bosses, Frank Hayes.
1:35.3	Yeah.
1:36.3	Mara Jersey City.
1:37.3	I am the law, he said when he banned the CIO, he was a Democrat but a very conservative
1:42.7	one.
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