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Barney Frank: “I do not accept money, stopped accepting money -- once the TARP came, I cut off accepting any money from the banks that…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2009
I do not accept money, stopped accepting money -- once the TARP came, I cut off accepting any money from the banks that were TARP recipients.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank explains his decision to stop accepting campaign contributions from TARP recipient banks.

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