In a memo to Republican members sent Friday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) unveiled the GOP majority’s plan for the months leading up to the fall elections. Among a “busy legislative agenda,” including bills tackling healthcare, domestic energy production and taxes, Paul’s 300-word measure has carved out a spot on the docket, reportsThe Hill.
The bill has garnered a huge number of co-sponsors — 227 in all, including several committee chairmen.
It's all a dog and pony show. The vote will be so close that it gives political cover to those who will then claim we tried.
ReplyDeleteIs this going to be just like last time? Passing in the senate and then dying in committee in the senate? What a wretched, corrupt system we have in Washington.
ReplyDeleteFederal Reserve audit from July 2011http://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/GAO%20Fed%20Investigation.pdf
ReplyDeleteArticle about the audit http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dcbb3c3
"The first top-to-bottom audit of the Federal Reserve uncovered eye-popping new details about how the U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."
Federal Reserve audit from July 2011 http://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/GAO%20Fed%20Investigation.pdf
ReplyDeleteArticle about the audit http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dcbb3c3
"The first top-to-bottom audit of the Federal Reserve uncovered eye-popping new details about how the U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."