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A top Senate Republican lashed out against lawmakers of both parties for supporting legislation that would audit the Federal Reserve, accusing the bipartisan group of “political pandering” to populist anger. Sen. Judd Gregg, the top Republican on the...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, New York City, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Federal Reserve System, Judd Gregg, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Monetary policy of the United States, 111th United States Congress, Business Finance, Politics
Republicans Trey Grayson and Paul Rand exchanged sharp words on the issue of Guantanamo Bay and Democrats Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo squabbled about their alliances with coal...Senate candidates Thursday at a Kentucky Association of Counties conference,...
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Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) is a physician and longtime advocate for permanently solving the annual legislative headache of increasing the amount of money reimbursed to doctors treating Medicare patients. He said that even though he opposed the way...
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Members of the House Financial Services Committee struggled Thursday over how much authority U.S. government auditors should be given to monitor the Federal Reserve. Rep. Melvin Watt (D., N.C.) offered an amendment to a broad financial-overhaul bill that...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Washington, Central bank, Monetary policy of the United States, Monetary policy, Federal Reserve System, Ron Paul, Business Finance, Bank, Politics
Dear Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and Members of the Committee, During the past two years, the Federal Reserve dramatically changed its operating procedures. Instead of simply setting interest rates to influence macroeconomic conditions, it...
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A Congressional panel approved a bill that would put the traditionally independent U.S...Fed officials opposed the measure and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank sought to soften the blow by taking the central bank's interest rate...
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A key House panel on Thursday approved an amendment offered by Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas) to give federal watchdogs massive new authority to audit the Federal Reserve. The approval came as the House Financial Services Committee concluded weeks of debate...
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The number of dead from the mystery flu plague in Ukraine has increased to 299. One major U.K. newspaper is saying that some doctors believe that the Ukraine mystery plague is quite similar to the 1918 Spanish flu. Disturbing reports...
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A major U.K. news source is calling the Ukraine flu a "plague worse than swine flu". One physician in Ukraine is absolutely convinced that the Ukraine mystery flu is NOT the H1N1 swine flu that is affecting the rest of the world. These...
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Many of these primaries are in full swing, with the earliest of them coming Feb. 2 in Illinois. Others as late as September have also gotten off to fast starts. The Hill takes a look at the top seven Senate and House primaries, in order, to watch in the...
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