Author Topic: All of a sudden, Congress is paying close attention to Ron Paul.  (Read 390 times)

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The feisty congressman from Texas, whose insurgent "Ron Paul Revolution" presidential campaign rankled Republican leaders last year, now has the GOP House leadership on his side -- backing a measure that generated paltry support when he first introduced it 26 years ago.

Paul, as of Tuesday, has won 245 co-sponsors to a bill that would require a full-fledged audit of the Federal Reserve by the end of 2010.

Paul attracted just 18 co-sponsors when he authored a similar bill, which died, in 1983. While the impact Fed policies have on inflation is once again a concern, fears about loose monetary policy and excessive federal spending appear even more widespread in 2009.

"In the past, I never got much support, but I think it's the financial crisis obviously that's drawing so much attention to it, and people want to know more about the Federal Reserve," Paul told FOXNews.com.

With the Federal Reserve holding interest rates at rock-bottom levels, pumping trillions into the economy and now poised to have new powers to oversee the financial system under President Obama's proposed regulatory overhaul, Paul said lawmakers want transparency.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/24/mr-popular-rep-paul-wins-supporters-fed-sunshine/

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Re: All of a sudden, Congress is paying close attention to Ron Paul.
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2009, 05:00:57 PM »
Awesome, if only for the fact that it may make people aware of the actual power that the Federal Reserve has. Add that to the fact that it might also expose the fact that with their total power comes ZERO accountability and ZERO transparency.

Does anyone think this could be a big issue come election time?

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Re: All of a sudden, Congress is paying close attention to Ron Paul.
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2009, 05:01:14 PM »
something stinks, smell that?

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Re: All of a sudden, Congress is paying close attention to Ron Paul.
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2009, 05:06:35 PM »
something stinks, smell that?

Stop being so cryptic.