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By RonPaul.com on May 11, 2010
A compromise amendment requiring the GAO to conduct a one-time audit of the Federal Reserve’s emergency-response programs unanimously passed the Senate by a 96-0 vote. The amendment had been introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and calls for for releasing the names of institutions that received in total more than $2 trillion in loans from [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, Sanders Amendment |
By RonPaul.com on May 11, 2010
Ron Paul appeared on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch to discuss the Greece bailout and the latest Audit the Fed news. Show: Freedom Watch Date: 05/10/2010 Transcript Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hello and welcome to Freedom Watch, your daily dose of raw liberty online at Foxnews.com. I’m Judge Andrew Napolitano, here defending freedom, defending your natural [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bailout, Bernie Sanders, Euro, Freedom Watch, Greece, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Transparency |
By RonPaul.com on May 9, 2010
Date: 05/10/2010 Audit the Fed! No More Bailouts! by Ron Paul It doesn’t come as too much of a surprise that the measure to audit the Federal Reserve is coming under continuous fire from the central bank and its cronies. For the first time since the Federal Reserve was created nearly a century ago, they [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bailouts, Bernie Sanders, David Vitter, Financial Reform, Sanders Amendment, Senate |
By RonPaul.com on May 6, 2010
A vote could come at any time, so please contact your senators with the following three points: Support a standalone vote on S. 604 (the original Audit the Fed bill) Oppose the overall Dodd bill Support the Vitter amendment (containing the original Audit the Fed language) when the vote comes Transcript Ron Paul: I’m not [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, HR 1207, S 604, Senate, Vitter Amendment |
By RonPaul.com on May 6, 2010
For Immediate Release May 6, 2010 Senate Sellout Threatens Congressman Paul’s “Audit the Fed” Bill Taxpayers Deserve a Full, Transparent Audit of the Federal Reserve by the GAO Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Paul (TX-14) expressed disappointment that his landmark legislation to audit the Federal Reserve Bank – which passed by a wide margin in [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, HR 1207, S 604, Senate, Transparency |
By RonPaul.com on May 6, 2010
Ron Paul just posted the following message on Facebook: Ron Paul: “Bernie Sanders has sold out and sided with Chris Dodd to gut Audit the Fed in the Senate. His “compromise” is what the Administration and banking interests want: they’ll allow the TARP and TALF to be audited, but no transparency of the FOMC, discount [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, Chris Dodd, HR 1207, S 604, Senate |
By RonPaul.com on May 4, 2010
The Huffington Post ran a detailed article this morning outlining the Fed’s deceptive tactics against transparency: The effort to beat back the audit relies on playing two members of the same caucus — Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) — off each other. In order to obtain the documents, HuffPost agreed not to [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders |
By RonPaul.com on April 26, 2010
Update: The vote failed by a vote of 57-41. On April 27, the vote failed again by 57-41. The stalemate ended on April 28 after Democrats agreed to revise the section of the bill aimed at preventing future bailouts. Today (April 30) the Senate is debating the bill, and votes on amendments (including Bernie Sanders’ [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Alan Grayson, Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, HR 1207, S 604 |
By RonPaul.com on October 8, 2009
Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are spearheading an effort to drag the veil of secrecy off of the Federal Reserve. They were both interviewed on Southern California Public Radio this Monday. Download the interview as an MP3 file here (21:55 minutes). Station: Southern California Public Radio Date: 10/5/2009 Host: Patt Morrison [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, HR 1207, Patt Morrison, S 604, SCPR |
By RonPaul.com on July 28, 2009
by Sen. Bernard Sanders Regarding the Washington Post’s July 24 editorial “Focus on the Fed“: What a sad day for a newspaper with a storied reputation for exposing waste, fraud and abuse in government, to oppose the Federal Reserve Sunshine Act [S 604], legislation that would simply increase transparency at the Federal Reserve. The Fed [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bernie Sanders, S 604 |