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Will Senate stand with Rand and the people or Reid and the Fed?
Tomorrow, Harry Reid will hold a vote on cloture for the nomination of Stanley Fisher as Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fisher's nomination for a seat on the board was approved last month, but the Senate must [...]
Burrus: Should it be against law to criticize Harry Reid?
Trevor Burrus, a research fellow at the Cato Institute, writes in the Boston Herald about Harry Reid's attempt to limit the First Amendment: The world has never seen, and never will see, a law aimed at eliminating the praise of the lawmakers. [...]
Yellen: Print More
Speaking today in front of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, Janet Yellen called for continued action from the Fed to prop up the struggling US economy. From Bloomberg News: “A high degree of monetary accommodation remains [...]
Campaign for Liberty Urges NO Vote on Yellen
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty released the following statement from C4L President John Tate today urging the Senate to vote "No" on Janet Yellen’s nomination to be the next Chair of the Federal Reserve, unless there is a vote on [...]
Senator Rand Paul places hold on Janet Yellen nomination
Tonight, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) informed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that he "will object to any unanimous consent agreement or the waiver of any rule with respect to the nomination of Dr. Yellen" unless "Audit the Fed" (S.209) is brought [...]
Sorry, Chamber of Commerce, Fed Transparency Is More Important
Last week, like a parent admonishing their child, the Chamber of Commerce published a condescending attack on Senator Paul's attempt to force a vote on Audit the Fed in exchange for votes on nominees to the Fed's Board of Governors. While the [...]
Audit the Fed Surpasses 218 Cosponsors
Today, Campaign for Liberty announced that H.R. 24, Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” bill, which was reintroduced this Congress by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), is now cosponsored by a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives for the third [...]
Statement on Yellen Confirmation
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty released the following statement from C4L President John Tate after the United States Senate confirmed Janet Yellen to be the next Chair of the Federal Reserve: “As long as Congress allows the [...]
Grant the American People the Transparency They Deserve
Campaign for Liberty released the following statement from C4L President John Tate after the Senate Banking Committee approved Janet Yellen 14-8 to be the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. The full Senate will take up her nomination in the [...]
Libertarians co-opting anti-NSA rally?
On Monday, Salon published an article by Tom Watson which argued that liberals shouldn't align with libertarians over the fight to roll back NSA surveillance. At issue is the Stop Watching Us rally, of which Campaign for Liberty is a proud [...]