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All I Want for Christmas is a (Real) Government Shutdown
The political class breathed a sigh of relief Saturday when the US Senate averted a government shutdown by passing the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill. This year’s omnibus resembles omnibuses of Christmas past in that it was drafted in [...]
C4L To Harry Reid: Pass Audit the Fed Now
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Today, Campaign for Liberty called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to hold a vote on S.209, “Audit the Fed,” during Congress’ lame-duck session. “Audit the Fed is a tremendously popular bipartisan piece of [...]
What Do the Election Results Mean for Audit the Fed?
While the results of the 2014 midterms are being analyzed from every possible angle, one question remains on the minds of C4L staff -- what does this mean for Audit the Fed? C4L Chairman Ron Paul posed the question last night on [...]
Ron Paul: Tell Harry Reid we need to Audit the Fed
C4L Chairman Ron Paul has an op-ed in Rare today calling on Harry Reid to hold a vote on Audit the Fed: We are constantly told by a government that seeks to learn everything about us that we have nothing to fear if we have nothing to hide. Well, [...]
Why is the idea of auditing the Federal Reserve more popular than ever?
Check out this interview that C4L's own Matt Hawes and Norm Singleton did with Rare on our efforts to audit the Federal Reserve:
Audit the Fed Not Going Away
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty released the following statement today from C4L President John Tate regarding Congressman Thomas Massie and Senator Rand Paul’s plans to reintroduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act (“Audit the [...]
Fed Chair notices income inequality but pretends she is not responsible for it
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently caused a stir when she gave a speech bemoaning the rise of income inequality. Yellen called for government to address this problem through government policies designed to improve education [...]
Audit the Fed Resources
Together, we are making history! On September 17, Ron Paul's Federal Reserve Transparency Act (introduced this Congress by Representative Paul Broun), better known as Audit the Fed, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 333-92 [...]
US Debt: one more reason to Audit the Fed
Listening to the political class, one would think that the federal deficit has been slashed to the bone. But the truth, as revealed in a must-read article on the Wolf Street Blog is the federal deficit is growing and will continue to grow in the [...]
Ben Bernanke Turned Down for Mortgage Refinancing
You know it's bad when a former chairman of the Federal Reserve can't even get a loan. Ben Bernanke revealed yesterday that he was turned down for a refinance loan. From Bloomberg: The former Federal Reserve chairman, speaking at a conference [...]