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BarryDonegan
12-23-2015, 03:59 PM
http://truthinmedia.com/bernie-sanders-calls-full-independent-audit-federal-reserve/


Sanders argued that the Federal Reserve suffers from a lack of transparency. “In 2010, I inserted an amendment in Dodd-Frank to audit the emergency lending by the Fed during the financial crisis. We need to go further and require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a full and independent audit of the Fed each and every year,” he said.

Audit the Fed legislation first became a hot political topic as a result of the sudden, meteoric 2008 rise to popularity of libertarian icon and former Congressman Ron Paul, who made the push for Fed transparency a central focus of his entire political career.

The Dodd-Frank amendment that Sen. Sanders is referring to that provided for a limited audit of the Federal Reserve drew strong criticism from Congressman Paul back in 2010, as Paul felt that Sanders had hijacked his momentum for a full audit and replaced it with a more limited, watered-down version. Congressman Paul’s full Audit the Fed legislation had already passed the House prior to Sanders’ push for a tamer audit in the Senate.

65fastback2+2
12-23-2015, 07:22 PM
he will just vote for a watered down version like he did last time with Ron's bill

adam220891
12-23-2015, 07:44 PM
Guy wants to make sure he can get first dibs on the extra money they're gonna have to print to support his $10 trillion programs.