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6. Both parties will also allow drones to patrol the skies of the United States. The [URL="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr658"]FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012[/URL], which calls for the use of up to [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/7/coming-to-a-sky-near-you/?page=all"]30,000[/URL] drones in U.S. airspace, passed the [URL="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/112-2012/s15"]Senate[/URL] with overwhelming bipartisan support.
7. The Federal Reserve is allowed by both parties to continue to operate as an “[URL="http://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_12799.htm"]independent[/URL] government agency,” whose monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the president nor any other elected member of the executive or legislative branch. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was appointed by George W. Bush and re-appointed by Obama. Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on whether he would reappoint Bernanke, stating in [URL="http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/Governor/Massachusetts/Mitt_Romney/Views/The_Federal_Reserve/"]2010[/URL] that he would reappoint him, but stating [URL="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/24/business/la-fi-mo-bernanke-romney-federal-reserve-chairman-20120824"]recently[/URL] that he would not reappoint Bernanke for a third term. Bernanke was reappointed for his second term in 2010 after a [URL="http://www.factcheck.org/2012/09/double-whopper-no-beef/"]bipartisan[/URL] vote of 70-30. However, the Audit the Fed bill has also received strong [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/audit-the-fed-bill-set-for-house-vote/2012/07/24/gJQAJypU7W_blog.html"]bipartisan support[/URL].
8. In an apparent direct conflict of interest, 130 Republican and Democratic congressional members have invested in company stocks while making legislative decisions that impact those same companies.
9. [URL="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%22Democrats+and+Republicans+both+played+a+role+in+the+founding+of+the+Federal+Reserve.%22&url=http://a.ivn.us/UfPNz8&tw_p=tweetbutton&via=IVNetwork&original_referer=http://ivn.us/?p=52898"]Democrats and Republicans both played a role in the founding of the Federal Reserve. [/URL] Initial versions of the Federal Reserve Act were drafted by Republican Senator [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Aldrich"]Nelson Aldrich[/URL] and the final version was drafted y Democratic Congressman [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Glass"]Carter Glass[/URL] of Virginia, which then went to receive [URL="http://www.llsdc.org/FRA-LH/"]strong bipartisan support[/URL] in Congress.
10. Both Republican and Democrats have allowed the Federal Reserve to inject [URL="http://www.newsmax.com/StreetTalk/Springer-fight-Fed-rise/2012/10/02/id/458344"]trillions[/URL] of [URL="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/01/343-trillion-counting"]dollars[/URL] into the economy through their [URL="http://www.mybudget360.com/quantitative-easing-and-the-electronic-money-printing-machine-%E2%80%94-saying-goodbye-to-historically-low-mortgage-interest-rates-federal-reserve-95-percent-complete-on-buying-1-25-trillion-in-mor/"]quantitative[/URL] [URL="http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/core-finance/v/quantitative-easing"]easing[/URL] programs. While many Republicans including Romney have said they are against the third round of quantitative easing, neither party has or is likely to introduce bills aimed at regulating or halting quantitative easing altogether.
11. Republicans and Democrats love earmarks so much that even the bipartisan earmark moratorium, while greatly cutting back on earmarks, [URL="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/congress-has-still-found-ways-to-pass-earmarks-despite-ban-heres-how-and-a-list/"]couldn’t stop[/URL] the [URL="http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/2472-House-Getting-Creative-With-the-Earmark-Moratorium"]pork[/URL] from being [URL="http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2012/"]slipped[/URL] into bills. Approved earmarks in [URL="http://endingspending.com/fixing-the-budget/earmarks/map/"]2010[/URL] totaled over $15 billion and the amount of requested earmarks in [URL="http://endingspending.com/fixing-the-budget/earmarks/map-2011/"]2011[/URL] exceeded $129 billion. Citizens Against Government Waste [URL="http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2012/2012-pig-book.pdf"]reports[/URL] that $3.3 billion has been approved for 2012.



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