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Audit the Fed Amendment Passes 43-26!

By tmartin on November 19, 2009

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 [...]

Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, Barney Frank, HR 1207, HR 3996, Mel Watt | 31 Responses

Ron Paul: Why We Must Audit the Federal Reserve

By tmartin on November 19, 2009

Ron Paul makes a strong case for auditing the Fed.

Date: 11/19/2009
Transcript
Barney Frank: Is there further discussion? The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Neugebauer.
Randy Neugebauer: Thank you very much. You know, I think one of the questions, simple questions here for many of is I think the Fed has gone way beyond just making monetary policy [...]

Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, House Financial Services Committee, HR 1207 | 2 Responses

Barney Frank: “I’ve Never Been a Fed Worshipper”

By tmartin on November 19, 2009

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.

Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, Barney Frank, HR 1207 | Leave a response

House Financial Services Committee Debates Ron Paul’s Amendment to Audit the Fed

By tmartin on November 19, 2009

Later this afternoon, the House Financial Services Committee will be voting on the Paul-Grayson amendment (which is essentially the “Audit the Fed” bill HR 1207 in the form of an amendment), and the opposing Watt amendment to audit the Fed.
Over the course of today’s hearing, Chairman Barney Frank unsurprisingly came out in support of the [...]

Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, House Financial Services Committee, HR 1207 | 4 Responses

Critical Vote on Audit the Fed Today!

By tmartin on November 19, 2009

by John Tate
A few weeks ago, the Campaign for Liberty sent out an alert that Representative Mel Watt was attempting to water down HR 1207 in the House Financial Services Committee.
The latest reports we have received have informed us that a vote on the Watt amendment could come today!
There’s still time for us to stop [...]

Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, John Tate, Mel Watt | 2 Responses

End The Fed & Consider Outlawing Fractional Reserve Banking

By tmartin on November 14, 2009

Channel: CNBC
Show: Squawk Box
Date: 11/13/2009
Joe Kernen: But Chris Dodd has a bill taking aim at the Fed. The overhaul bill that he proposes would reduce the role of the Federal Reserve. However, Congressman Ron Paul has been on that crusade for some time now, calling for more transparency at the central bank. He joins us [...]

Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, CNBC, Dollar, End the Fed, Fractional Reserve Banking, HR 1207, Ron Paul, Squawk Box | 86 Responses

Ron Paul: A “Strong” Dollar? The Real Policy is Constant Devaluation

By tmartin on November 14, 2009

Date: 11/12/2009
Ron Paul: I’d like to talk about monetary policy a bit. The dollar has been in the news, gold has been in the news, and a significant event has just recently transpired. It happened on November 2nd and to me it was a very significant event. That was the day the Indian central bank [...]

Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Devaluation, Dollar, Gold, HR 1207, Tim Geithner | 3 Responses

Ron Paul on the Alex Jones Show

By tmartin on November 7, 2009

Show: Alex Jones Show
Date: 11/5/2009
Alex Jones: [asks about HR 1207]
Ron Paul: Well, actually right now, we have 309 and that’s a 130-some Democrats as well as all the Republicans and at one time, Mel Watt had indicated to me that he would get a provision put in the bill by Barney Frank, which [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2012, Alex Jones, Audit the Fed, Dollar, Elections, Global Warming, Gold, H1N1, HR 1207, Inoculation, Republicans, Ron Paul 2012, Swine Flu | 5 Responses

Important Audit the Fed Update by Ron Paul

By tmartin on October 31, 2009

In this Audit the Fed update, Ron Paul explains what is happening with HR 1207 in the Monetary Policy Subcommittee, describes his plan to protect HR 1207 in the full Financial Services Committee, and provides ideas on actions we can take to keep the bill from being watered down.

The 13 Democrats on the House Financial [...]

Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Audit the Fed, House Financial Services Committee, HR 1207, Mel Watt | 9 Responses

Ron Paul to Federal Reserve: Anything Less Than Full Disclosure Is Unacceptable!

By tmartin on October 25, 2009

Audit the Fed: Anything Less Than Full Disclosure Is Unacceptable!
by Ron Paul
Last week a new bill was introduced in the Senate to audit the Federal Reserve. Some backers of my bill HR 1207 and the existing Senate companion bill S 604 were a little miffed at this, but depending on how you think about it, [...]

Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207 | 50 Responses

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