By Tim ShoemakerFreshman Representative Justin Amash joined Judge Napolitano to discuss the recent Bernanke press conference, as well as the need for a full & thorough audit – and to end the Fed!
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By Tim ShoemakerFor the first time in the history of the Federal Reserve, the Chairman, Ben Bernanke, will be holding a press conference following an FOMC meeting at 2:15 PM (EST). The video below of the press conference is below.
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By ArickStallThe Economist is featuring a real-time global debt clock that includes the United States. A few countries do not have stats available (like North Korea, Laos and Cambodia, among others).
While the U.S. was always one of the countries in d…
By Tim ShoemakerFor the next two weeks, your representative and senators will be back in their home districts and states meeting with constituents, giving speeches, and perhaps holding a few town halls. While they’re home, this is the perfect tim…
By Tim ShoemakerRolling Stone is out with a sizzler of a story on the Wall Street bailouts from the Federal Reserve. Two housewives of Morgan Stanley “bigwigs” set up a company, “Waterfall TALF Opportunity,” in June 2009 and wound up receiving $220 mil…
By Matt HawesCongressman Paul has announced his Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology will hold hearings on the more than 25,000 documents released last week by the Federal Reserve.
From Fox Business:
The chairman of the House sub…
By chrisyounceLate Thursday, the Federal Reserve released thousands of pages of documents related to discount window loans the Federal Reserve made during the banking crisis. This released was court ordered after Bloomberg LP and News Corp won an…
By Matt HawesH.R. 459 has reached 115 cosponsors! Check the list here and keep up the great work!
By Tim ShoemakerLast week, Matt Hawes wrote about the Federal Reserve’s announcement of quarterly press conferences and the opening up of the NY Fed’s blog, Liberty Street Economics. Does this mean the Fed is embracing transparency? Don’t c…
By Matt HawesAnyone who doubts the impact of our Audit the Fed initiative need only look at the historic level of criticism aimed at the Fed over the past few years, as well as its increased attempts to explain itself to the public.
Via CNBC:
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