By Paige Lavender
More: Barney Frank Blasts Senate Republicans For Blocking Richard Cordray, Other Obama Nominees
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) sharply criticized Senate Republicans Friday for blocking President Barack Obama's nominees to head government agencies.
"It is the legislative equivalent to an arsonist having set a fire and objecting to a buildings inhabitants using the fire exit," Frank writes in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
More: Barney Frank Blasts Senate Republicans For Blocking Richard Cordray, Other Obama Nominees