Congressguy Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was the chief sponsor of the Executive Compensation Act, which passed in the House yesterday by a vote of 269 to 134. The bill gives shareholders of public companies the right to cast an advisory ballot on the compensation awarded to the company's executives. Here, in case you're interested, are the details.
Before it passed, there was a last minute attempt by some Republicans to insert a provision that Frank felt was ill-timed. Here we see him objecting to it. It's about four minutes, it's rather entertaining, and it's a bit out of sync. For some reason, most of the clips on YouTube of Barney Frank have him speaking out of sync. This is apparently a side effect of being gay.