Posted by Shane on March 9th, 2010 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, bob corker, chris dodd, constitution, consumer financial protection agency, federal reserve, republic, write the laws act
Congress wants to establish a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) that will regulate everything from credit cards to mortgages. House Democrats want the CFPA to be an independent agency, but Republicans are opposed. As a result, Senators Chris Dodd and Bob Corker are thinking of making it an arm of . . . the Federal…
Posted by Shane on October 22nd, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, In The Media, Legislation, Video | Tagged as audit the fed, bob corker, freedom watch, hr1207, jeff merkley, ron paul
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.
Posted by Shane on October 21st, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, bailouts, bob corker, fedeal reserve accountability act, federal reserve, hr1207, inflation, jeff merkley, ron paul, s604
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,…