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After claiming some well-deserved credit for helping Ron Paul get his bill to a vote, Barney Frank proceeds to express his preference for the opposing Watt amendment.

After several hours of heated debate, the Paul-Grayson “Audit the Fed” amendment passed 43-26 in the House Financial Services Committee earlier today. The amendment calls for a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve and replaces the opposing “placebo” amendment proposed by Mel Watt.
The Paul-Grayson initiative is an amendment to Barney Frank’s HR 3996, also known [...]

POLL #1: Ron Paul for President 2012?
We asked the question that’s on everyone’s mind: “Should Ron Paul should run for President in 2012?”
Our readers submitted 9,312 votes and 376 comments while the poll was open from Oct. 27 to Nov. 16.

Should Ron Paul run for President in 2012?

Yes. (94%, 8,727 Votes)

It depends. (3%, 267 Votes)

No. [...]

Ron Paul hasn’t announced a decision yet whether he is going to run for President in 2012. If he runs, who should he choose as his running mate?
This poll is now closed. It was open from Nov. 5 – Nov. 16, 2009 and attracted 9,425 voters who could select up to five options for [...]

Here’s an updated transcript of what Barney Frank really said about Ron Paul’s HR 1207 (also see Misinformation Alert: Barney Frank Never Said That HR 1207 Will Pass In October).

Audience: Okay, hi, Mr. Frank, thank you for coming. I was just going to mention of something that I’ve noticed people and blogs talking about on [...]

Missing Sentence in Transcript Causes Premature HR 1207 Victory Celebration
Several blogs and forums reported during the past 24 hours that Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, said that Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve, HR 1207, will pass in October.
Incorrect Reports about Barney Frank’s Statement on HR 1207

Washington Times: Barney [...]

Alan Grayson: It’s surprising to me that it has gotten essentially no mainstream media coverage at all because we’re talking about so much money.
William Greider: The Federal Reserve is the black hole in American democracy.
Ron Paul: All we have to say is, what do they have to hide?
Dennis Kucinich: The Federal Reserve had [...]

Earlier this week, Congressman Barney Frank, the Chairman of the House Banking Committee, sent the following email to a Ron Paul supporter:
Dear Ms. _______,
Thank you for expressing your support for H.R. 1207. I have told Ron Paul, with whom I have worked closely on a number of issues, that I agree with the general thrust [...]

From purplepamphleteer:
“I asked Barney Frank if H.R. 1207 would die in committee – HIS committee – just like H.R. 28: a bill that HE co-sponsored in 1993, called the Federal Reserve Accountability Act. Since the earlier bill called for an annual audit of the Fed (among other things), and since the newer bill calls ONLY [...]

A federal bill was introduced yesterday that, if passed into law, would remove restrictions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive industrial hemp. The chief sponsors of HR 1866, “The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009,” Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX), were joined by nine other U.S. House members split between Republicans and Democrats.
“It [...]