campaignforliberty.com — The 'Audit the Fed' bill, introduced in late February 2009 as H.R. 1207, now has 207 co-sponsors in the U.S. House. The bill would give Congress and the media the power to examine the hidden operations and closed-door meetings of our central bank, and let us all discover who has been getting the bailout funds. Is your Representative on board yet?
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Closed AccountJun 9, 2009
Nice work.My Rep was one of the early signers and one of the first Democrats to sign on. I sent him a number of faxes and this was my last one I sent before he signed. I hope I helped:"I notice that HR 1207: The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009 has been growing in co-sponsors and is now up to 39. This includes both Republicans and Democrats, indicating the wide, bi-partisan appeal of such a basic thing as auditing the privately-owned banking system that was granted power to issue our currency.One thing that is disheartening me at the moment is your failure to join in as a co-sponsor for this basic common sense piece of legislation. At a time of trillions of dollars of present and future taxpayer money being thrown around like confetti, it would behoove those charged with the Constitutional task of overseeing our money system (the legislative branch, the U.S. Congress) to perform their basic oversight function. It goes without saying that any sensible representative of the people would see the wisdom in understanding what types of assets are being used to back our currency, as we have already unconstitutionally left the gold and silver backed tender in debt payments as explicitly laid out in Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution.I will continue to follow this legislation online and I expect that, given the above mentioned basic facts of the matter, you will see the sensibility in adding your name, as a representative of the people of our district, as a co-sponsor in this long overdue bit of oversight of the heavily secretive Federal Reserve System.Failure to act in this regard will indicate a breach of your responsibility under the Constitution and will force me and others who understand the facts of the matter to campaign heavily against you in the upcoming 2010 congressional election. Thank you for doing the proper thing and supporting this common sense legislation. Again, HR 1207: The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009."
northmassJun 10, 2009
I also am saddened that Kucinich hasn't co-sponsered it.
jinx__Jun 10, 2009
Not to rain your parade, we are NOT living in the second Great Depression! I agree with everything else you said, but that statement is entirely false.
Closed AccountJun 10, 2009
Front page this bad boy digg!!
waiting2awakeJun 10, 2009
Not a hope in hell. She is one of those that need to be investigated with regards to the war, torture, etc, etc, etc...
clark1984Jun 10, 2009
If your representative is on the list be sure to email or call to let them know you are in support of this act.Republican list of non-sponsors: <a class="user" href="http://www.dailypaul.com/node/92621">http://www.dailypaul.com/node/92621</a>Democratic list of non-sponsors: <a class="user" href="http://www.dailypaul.com/node/95533">http://www.dailypaul.com/node/95533</a>
libertygal76Jun 10, 2009
Don't know why...and it WAS a great feature! :-(
fiatjustitiaJun 10, 2009
I still did, and don't forget to bug your senators about the Senate version of the bill S 604, Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009
boulder555Jun 11, 2009
House lawmakers on Tuesday said they have subpoenaed the Federal Reserve to hand over e-mails, notes and other documents related to its role in Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co.The lawmakers' subpoena comes after claims that top government officials pressured Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis to complete the bank's purchase of Merrill Lynch, threatening his job security. Lewis has testified that he had been advised by the officials, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, not to disclose details of Merrill Lynch's difficult financial position, according to New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.Apparently, even Congress is concerned about what the Fed is up to. This means our work on HR 1207 is already paying off, since it would be hard to imagine this kind of activity if it were not for fear of public opinion. A few years ago, few of us would have thought the Fed would become such a widely discussed public issue, with politicians actually willing to discuss it, let alone act on it. Now HR 1207 has 207 cosponsors and is discussed throughout the blogosphere and even in the mainstream media.Now is not the time to back down. The Fed still needs to be meaningfully audited, not just subpoenaed on a narrow range of activities. This news also indicates that the Fed has been up to no good, even by Washington standards. Thanks to everyone out there for supporting the efforts to shine a light on the Federal Reserve, and keep it up!