Tag archive for ‘s604’
Posted by Shane on December 3rd, 2009 | Categorized as Legislation, Video | Tagged as audit the fed, bailouts, bernanke, cia, federal reserve, jim demint, s604
Senator pledges to hold nomination until the Senate votes on the Fed Audit
December 3, 2009 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, announced this morning that he will oppose the nomination of Ben Bernanke to serve a second term as the chairman of the Federal…
Posted by Shane on November 25th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Legislation | Tagged as alan grayson, audit the fed, bailouts, cia, federal reserve, federal reserve transparency act, hr1207, hr3996, inflation, ron paul, s604
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 bill.
In spite of…
Posted by Shane on October 21st, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, bailouts, bob corker, cia, 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,…
Posted by Shane on September 18th, 2009 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as hr1207, s604
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 Schrader, Kurt [OR-5] –…
Posted by Shane on September 10th, 2009 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, hr1207, s604
HR1207 now has 285 total Cosponsors and S604 now has 24 total Cosponsors!
HR1207 new Cosponsors:
Rep Delahunt, Bill [MA-10] – 9/9/2009
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] – 9/8/2009
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] – 9/8/2009
S604 new Cosponsor:
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] – 9/9/2009
Posted by Shane on August 4th, 2009 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, s604
The latest Cosponsors for S604 are:
Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] 8/3/2009
Sen Risch, James E. [ID] 8/3/2009
Sen Webb, Jim [VA] 8/3/2009
Let’s keep calling and urging those that have yet to sign on. We can get it done together!
Posted by Shane on August 1st, 2009 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, hr1207, s604
HR1207 is up to 282 Cosponsors now. Keep calling your Congressmen that haven’t signed on yet, and just as importantly, keep urging your Senators to sign onto S604 !
The latest Cosponsors for HR1207 is:
Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] 7/31/2009
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] 7/30/2009
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] 7/30/2009
Posted by Shane on July 29th, 2009 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, hr1207, s604
New Cosponsors for HR1207 :
Rep Boccieri, John A. [OH-16] 7/28/2009
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] 7/28/2009
Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] 7/28/2009
New Cosponsors for S604 :
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] 7/28/2009
Let’s keep calling and urging those that have yet to sign on!
Posted by Shane on July 28th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, In The Media, Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, bernanke, federal reserve, hr1207, s604
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is strongly opposing a proposal in Congress, which enjoys the support of over half of the U.S. House of Representatives, to audit the Fed.
During an appearance on PBS’s NewsHour, which will be aired this week on local PBS stations, Bernanke said the proposed legislation would interfere with the central bank’s…
Posted by Shane on July 26th, 2009 | Categorized as Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, s604
The latest 2 cosponsors for S604 are:
Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC] 7/24/2009
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] 7/24/2009
Let’s keep calling and urging those that have yet to sign on. We can get it done together!
7/24/2009