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Banksters Circle The Wagons, On The Verge Of Killing The “Audit The Fed” Bill
Alan Grayson and Ron Paul have teamed up to get over 2/3 of the US House on board – over 300 co-sponsors – for a bill to subject the Federal Reserve to an audit of their transactions with the financial...
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Paul-Grayson “Audit The Fed” Bill Passes Financial Services Committee
Today, the House Financial Services Committee passed an amendment to their financial regulatory reform bill that would mandate an audit of the Federal Reserve. The Paul-Grayson amendment, named for its...
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Investigation Initiated for House Members Who Held Fundraisers Before FinReg
Not many people remember the House debate over Wall Street reform. It occurred in the backdrop of the health care debate, and the lack of attention from the general public led to a pretty badly...
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Palace Intrigue: Conferees, White House Trying to Pick Off FinReg Provisions
Brian Beutler has a disturbing article about House conferees working inside the conference committee on behalf of the New Democrats and the New York delegation to kill or weaken key provisions of the...
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Barney Frank’s Retirement Leaves Jockey for Position on Financial Services...
As you may know, Rep. Barney Frank plans to retire, which means by next year, both lead co-sponsors of Dodd-Frank will be out of Congress, having secured a legacy of sorts through attaching their names...
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Knives Already Out for Waters After Frank Retirement
I looked yesterday at what Barney Frank’s retirement would mean for the all-important House Financial Services Committee. The next in line to represent Democrats as the leader of that committee is...
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Obama Meets with Hispanic Caucus Today on DREAM Act
The President will meet with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus today on the chances of passing the DREAM Act, which would give a path to citizenship for undocumented students if they first...
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