Audit the Fed

Ben Bernanke's Secret Global Bank

Mary Bottari | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Bottari

Thanks to tremendous public pressure and the recently passed Wall Street reform bill, the U.S. Federal Reserve was forced to reveal the details of its emergency bailout of the financial sector for the first time yesterday.

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Beware the Fine Print in the Obama Deficit Commission Report

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Winslow T. Wheeler

Reading deficit reduction plans can be tricky. They must be read carefully and completely; it is easy to hide wolves and sheep in the skin of the other by using a few of the devices budget wonks have in their gimmick collections.

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Memo to Tea Party Senators

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Winslow T. Wheeler

Every base, installation, and weapons system has its own constituency. As a result of the pressures to preserve jobs and incomes, many defense decisions are made for parochial reasons.

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The Pentagon Owes the United States $1 Trillion

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Winslow T. Wheeler

For a trillion dollars of wasted defense spending over ten years we got a smaller Navy and Air Force and a tiny increase in the size of the Army.

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Grayson

Well, we did it! We got an independent audit of the Federal Reserve ready for the President's signature. But if you happened to read Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal on May 7, 2010, you would have heard a different story.

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Ryan Grim

Alan Grayson To The Fed: 'We'll Be Back'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Wall Street reform package currently awaiting the return of Congress from the Fourth of July recess is packed with provisions that will remake the...

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Arthur Delaney

Alan Grayson Def Comedy Jam: Congressman Rails On Fed From House Floor, Demands Audit (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) mocked the Federal Reserve in what is best described as a standup comedy routine on the floor of the House of Representativ...

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Arthur Delaney

Fed Audit Compromise Amendment Praised By Fed Critics

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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A trio of prominent economists said in an email to HuffPost on Friday that the compromised version of an amendment to audit the Federal Reserve would ...

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Friday Talking Points [122] -- Bikini Bottom Update

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Since it's the Friday after month's-end, the new monthly unemployment numbers were released today. Which adds another bar to the "bikini bottom" char...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Audit Amendment Deal Struck In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will cosponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) amendment to audit the Fed, he said on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon, thou...

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Sam Stein

White House Explains Opposition To Fed Audit Amendment, No Veto Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration offered to date its most direct opposition to an amendment to Wall Street reform legislation that would allow for an audit of...

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Ryan Grim

Reid Backs Breaking Up Banks, Auditing Fed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Reid will make sure that an amendment to break up megabanks and cap their size comes up for a vote, the Senate majority leader said. He added th...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Transparency: Dorgan, Grassley Push Amendment To Disclose Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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A bipartisan pair of senators opened a second front in the fight to bring transparency to the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, introducing an amendment t...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Privately Lobbying Against Audit, Documents Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Federal Reserve is privately lobbying against a bipartisan Senate amendment that would open the central bank to an audit by the Government Account...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Audit Amendment Gaining Momentum

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Senate amendment to open the Federal Reserve to a government audit continued to pick up support on Tuesday. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who voted ...

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Ryan Grim

Rahm Working With Fed To Beat Back Audit

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House, Federal Reserve and Wall Street lobbyists are kicking up their opposition to an amendment to audit the Fed as a Senate vote approache...

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Ryan Grim

Broad Bipartisan Coalition Fighting Fed In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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As unusual a coalition as can be crafted in the Senate plans to fight for an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill that would open the Federal Rese...

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Ryan Grim

Dodd Bill Would Allow Fed To Hide Its Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Wall Street reform bill headed for a test vote on the Senate floor Monday night will allow the Federal Reserve to continue to pump trillions of do...

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How to Fix the Wall Street Reform Bill

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zach Carter

Washington has tied itself in knots trying to find a way to thwart "too big to fail" without cutting megabanks down to size. It can't be done. When something is too big, the solution is to make it smaller.

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Can the Internet Fix Politics?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Hamsher

None of us can win the battle against a heavily out-gunned corporate world alone. Online activists must change the terms of political debates. Until we do, we're simply putting new tools in the service of the old order. And we will continue to lose.

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Weekly Audit: Want Economic Justice? Then It's Time To Act.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed a financial reform package that includes a handful of important reforms,...

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Dylan Ratigan: Four Things Worth Supporting In Financial Reform Bill (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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While the financial reform bill passed by the Senate does not address the root causes of the financial collapse, it's not entirely worthless, accordin...

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Six Key Fights for Wall Street Reform's Next Phase

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zach Carter

Thursday night's passage of Wall Street reform is an event to be celebrated, but several key issues remain in play as the House and Senate iron out differences between their respective versions of the legislation.

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Who Will Your Senator Stand With Now?

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dylan Ratigan

Once again, this financial "reform" process has brought into the light our politicians' brazen willingness to aid the same fraudsters who have brought a great nation to its knees.

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MAPLight.org Shows Links Between Politicians' Votes, Campaign Contributions

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's no mystery that money has become a key factor in American politics. But until now it's been difficult to show voters just how closely politicians...

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