<![CDATA[Bill To Audit Fed Sponsored By More Than Half Of House]]>

1.0 link 214004 <![CDATA[Bill To Audit Fed Sponsored By More Than Half Of House]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/11/federal-reserve-audit-sup_n_214004.html The effort to increase the transparency of the Federal Reserve's operations has picked up surprising momentum over the last month, and has now surged past the 218 votes needed for passage in the House of Representatives.

The bill boasts 222 cosponsors, with more and more rank-and-file members of Congress steadily signing on to a bill introduced in February by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) to expand the authority of the Government Accountability Office to audit the Fed.

On Tuesday, Rep. John...

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