** FILE ** Retiring Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, talks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, before the start of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
** FILE ** U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the Ronald Reagan Building, July 21, 2010, in Washington, D.C. Also pictured (L-R) are Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). (UPI/Win McNamee/Pool)
Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, got worked up over who deserves credit for a bill that assists community banks.(Associated Press)
** FILE ** Retiring Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, talks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, before the start of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Retiring Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, prior to the start of the 113th Congress. Joseph Kennedy III is scheduled to be sworn in Thursday, replacing Frank. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Joseph Kennedy III, son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and grandson of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, gestures Thursday while visiting voters outside a polling station at a school in Needham, Mass. He won the Democratic primary election for the House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. (Associated Press)
Joseph Kennedy III, son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and grandson of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, gestures Thursday while visiting voters outside a polling station at a school in Needham, Mass. He won the Democratic primary election for the House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. (Associated Press)
Rep. Barney Frank, a member of the committee drawing up the Democratic Party platform, said the draft document includes language backing gay marriage. The Republican platform is expected to still define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (Associated Press)
