Congressman Ron Paul today introduced HR 459, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 (also known as the Audit the Fed Bill) to the 112th Congress. This legislation is very similar to HR 1207 from the 111th Congress and calls for a full and complete audit of the Federal Reserve by the Government Accountability Office, [...]
More Power for the Fed by Ron Paul Last week I was pleased to see my Republican colleagues take up the cause to fully and completely audit the Federal Reserve by including my language from the Federal Reserve Transparency Act in a Motion to Recommit the financial regulation reform bill. Although this effort was defeated [...]
Ron Paul discusses the latest in the efforts to get a full and complete audit of the Fed as well as the future of Fed transparency. Rush Transcript This is a rush transcript. Can you help us out and proofread the transcript while you watch the video? Go to our writeboard (password: bernanke). Then click [...]
Freshman Republicans surprised Ron Paul earlier today and presented him with the “Best Legislation Filed during the 111th Congress” award for his Audit the Fed bill HR 1207. Freshman Republicans Recognize Rep. Ron Paul for His Legislation to Bring Greater Transparency to Government Institutions Led by U.S. Representative Steve Austria (R-OH), the House Republican Freshman [...]
Ron Paul’s attempt to audit the Federal Reserve, which was previously co-sponsored by 320 members of the House (HR 1207), failed by a vote of 229-198. All Republicans voted in favor of the measure with 23 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote with Republicans. 114 co-sponsors of HR 1207, all Democrats, jumped ship and voted [...]
As the House debates the financial regulatory reform bill, the Republicans will offer the thorough Paul-Grayson Audit language as part of their motion to recommit. In support of this motion, Representative Paul has written an “Audit the Fed” post for the “America Speaking Out” website. Check it out here and show your support by voting [...]
Ron Paul says that giving more power to the Fed doesn’t make sense since they are the cause of the crisis. The original language of HR 1207, calling for a full audit of the Fed, was neutered but there is still a chance to revive the original intent. Without a full audit, we will never [...]
Date: 06/16/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I do appreciate coming here because it’s been an issue about auditing the Fed that I worked on for a long time. I was rather disappointed this morning to open up the Internet and read a Reuters News Service article. And it starts off by saying, “Fed dodges bullet as [...]
Congressman Ron Paul Paul is pleased to note that 15 out of 31 members of the House Conference Committee – which will reconcile the House and Senate versions of the financial reform bill – are cosponsors of HR 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve Bank. The House-passed version of the financial reform bill [...]
Date: May 11, 2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I rise to call attention to my colleagues of a vote that occurred in the other body today. Senator Vitter from Louisiana offered an amendment to the financial reform package in the Senate that was exactly the same as HR1207, which is the Audit the Fed bill. And [...]
Congressman Ron Paul (TX-14) today expressed disappointment that the Senate failed to pass an amendment offered by Senator Vitter (amending the Senate financial reform bill), which included the express language of Congressman Paul’s landmark “Audit the Fed” legislation. Paul’s legislation passed by a large margin in the House of Representatives last fall as part of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Federal Reserve is doing everything it can to avoid a review of its activities. Will Ron Paul’s coalition to audit the secretive banking cartel remain victorious in the Senate? Date: 5/6/2010
On Auditing the Fed: The Doddering Senate by Gary North Retiring Senator Chris Dodd’s financial reform bill is now open for debate in the U.S. Senate. For the next few weeks, the public will be treated to media sound-bite snippets of Senatorial debate on various aspects of the Senate version of the reform bill. The [...]
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’ [...]
Campaign for Liberty is currently holding a “banner bomb” until midnight on April 19 (the 235th anniversary of Lexington and Concord’s “Shot heard ‘round the world’”) to raise funds to place Audit the Fed banners on key sites like Drudge Report, CNN, MSNBC, and others. The ad campaign will target ten states whose senators are [...]
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