Ron Paul to Chair House Committe on Domestic Monetary Policy

[Tonewah]

YouTube - Freedom Watch Dec 8 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk3sSK5RWpc&feature=player_embedded)

Via Daily Paul

So, one step closer to auditing the FED? Does it help or hurt a 2012 POTUS run?

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:D

[FSP-Rebel]

Word

[cswake]

ZeroHedge is on-board:
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/its-official-ron-paul-head-monetary-policy-subcommittee

[sailingaway]

:D

[jazzloversinc]

I think i might cry! YIPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

[sailingaway]

Um, is this a new restriction?

"When asked about subpoenas and "audit the Fed", Paul went on to say that he can issue subpoenas but would need agreement from the chairman as well as speaker."

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-paul-claims-chairmanship-of.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnaly sis+%28Mish%27s+Global+Economic+Trend+Analysis%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

[Tonewah]

Um, is this a new restriction?

"When asked about subpoenas and "audit the Fed", Paul went on to say that he can issue subpoenas but would need agreement from the chairman as well as speaker."

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-paul-claims-chairmanship-of.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnaly sis+%28Mish%27s+Global+Economic+Trend+Analysis%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Bachus will be the gavel holder at hearings, I'm sure. As far as clearing it with the speaker before subpoenas are issued, I don't know. I remember the former Domestic Monetary chair making his views known during the hearing about the HR1207, but it didn't seem like he had a lot of power. I'm fairly sure any hearings will have to be approved by the FSC chair.

[Magicman]

For the ignorant here, what does this mean? What privileges will Paul have and can you be specific to define them?

[KCIndy]

WHOOO - HOOOO!!! :D:D:D


It's on Drudge right now, too!!


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-09/ron-paul-author-of-end-the-fed-to-lead-fed-oversight-panel.html



Ron Paul, Author of `End the Fed,' to Lead Panel Overseeing Central Bank
By Phil Mattingly - Dec 9, 2010

Representative Ron Paul, Texas Republican and author of “End the Fed,” will take control of the House subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve.

House Financial Services chairman-elect Spencer Bachus, an Alabama Republican, selected Paul, 75, to lead the panel’s domestic monetary policy subcommittee when their party takes the House majority next month, the committee chairman said today.

“This is the leadership team that crafted the first comprehensive financial reform bill to put an end to the bailouts, wind down the taxpayer funding of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and enforce a strong audit of the Federal Reserve,” Bachus said in a statement.

Paul, in an interview last week, said he plans a slate of hearings on U.S. monetary policy and will restart his push for a full audit of the Fed’s functions.

“We are ready to hit the ground running, and I look forward to continuing our work in the next Congress,” Bachus said.

Paul, who has introduced legislation to abolish the Fed, became nationally known during his 2008 presidential campaign. His campaign to audit the Fed picked up steam as the central bank deployed trillions of dollars in emergency loans in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Paul’s bill gained the support of 320 of 435 members of the House and a portion of the measure ended up in the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory overhaul enacted this year.