By Matt HawesWhen C4L made Audit the Fed (AtF) our main legislative priority for the 111th Congress, we had an uncertain road in front of us. After all, auditing the Federal Reserve wasn’t exactly a typical mainstream topic of conversation.
So… we …
Rep. Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act is making progress… The House version of the bill (HR1207) has 313 co-sponsors The Senate version (S604) has 30 co-sponsors And last week, Ron Paul along with Rep. Alan Grayson introduced a version of the bill as an amendment to H.R. 3996, Rep. Barney Frank’s mammoth banking regulation…
I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207 in the upcoming financial regulatory reform bill. As it stands now, if HR 3996 passes, because of this action, the Federal Reserve’s entire balance sheet will be opened up to…
From a piece on MSN today regarding some of the House Republicans calling on Geithner to step down as Secretary of Treasury and Congress lashing out at Obama, we find this piece regarding yesterday’s vote on Ron Paul’s amendment to HR1207 to keep the bill doing what we want it to do, a full audit…
Alan Grayson details the problems with Watt’s amendment to Ron Paul’s HR1207 Federal Reserve Audit bill. Watt responds rather angrily.
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. Via Campaign for Liberty
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,…
Here’s some awesome news regarding the Cosponsors of HR1207 from the Campaign for Liberty. Washington D.C., October 3, 2009 -The number of cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives for HR 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, climbed to 299. Including Congressman Ron Paul, the bill’s author, 300 members of the House of Representatives now…
I’m very happy to share that HR1207 now has the support of two thirds of the House of Representatives. The latest update of HR1207 and S604 brings the total cosponsors up to 290 and 27 repectively. HR1207 new Cosponsors: Rep Nye, Glenn C., III [VA-2] – 9/17/2009 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] – 9/15/2009 Rep…