In this Audit the Fed update, Dr. Paul explains what is happening with HR1207 in the Monetary Policy Subcommittee, describes his plan to protect HR1207 in the full Financial Services Committee, and provides ideas on actions we can take to keep Audit the Fed from being watered down.
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In his latest Campaign for Liberty update, Ron Paul discusses the H1 N1 “emergency,” health freedom, and Obama’s interesting decision.
Just 45 days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, with virtually no debate, Congress passed the Patriot Act. Many sections of this sweeping law need proper checks and balances to protect our constitutional freedoms. With three sections of that law expiring on December 31, 2009, now is the time for Congress to conduct a comprehensive…
President Bush and the Republican Congress expanded government more than any administration in history. They also laid the basic foundations for a future police state. Now, President Obama and the Democratic Congress have…
Retained, and in some cases expanded, all the Bush-era policies — the wars, the PATRIOT Act, warrantless spying, REAL ID, imprisonment without…
This week Uncle Sam plans to sell $123 billion worth of Treasurys. That will bring the country’s debt level very close to the $12.1 trillion debt ceiling.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Roughly $211 billion separates what the country owes and its self-imposed credit limit.
And by Friday, after another week of massive debt sales by the Treasury…
Ron Paul discusses Jeff Merkley and Bob Corker’s bill that is a watered down attempt at auditing the fed and sabatoges the real audit the fed bill, HR1207.
Washington D.C. October 20, 2009 -Today, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bob Corker (R-TN) introduced the Federal Reserve Accountability Act, an attempted compromise on the issue of transparency for America’s secretive central bank. The bill would permit an audit of the Fed’s actions in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and similar high profile bailouts,…
Ron Paul responds to Lindsey Graham’s following comments at a town hall meeting.
During the meeting, protesters responded to Graham’s claim that he would grow the Republican party by shouting, “Ron Paul would grow it,” to which Graham retorted, “We’re not going to be the Ron Paul party.”
“We’re not going to be the party of angry…
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee set aside Russ Feingold’s JUSTICE Act, which would have amended the PATRIOT Act to protect civil liberties. It then replaced Senator Pat Leahy’s already weak bill with an even weaker one.
Several safeguards found in the JUSTICE Act are not in the new bill
The Committee defeated amendments requiring evidence that…
In a letter they will send to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd this afternoon, Rep. Ron Paul (R., Tex.) and Alan Grayson (D., Fla.) will ask that the Senate hold off on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s confirmation hearing until the central bank releases more information about its rescues.
It is up to the Senate…