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Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill to Get October Vote?

By | 08.28.09 | 8:44 am

Jason Pye reports that Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will schedule an October committee vote on HR 1207, the “audit the Federal Reserve” bill introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

We will subject them to a complete audit. I’ve been working with Ron Paul, who’s the main sponsor of that

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U.S. May or May Not Establish a Single Banking Regulator

By | 05.28.09 | 4:07 pm

The Washington Post, this morning:

Senior administration officials are considering the creation of a single agency to regulate the banking industry, replacing a patchwork of agencies that failed to prevent banks from falling into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, sources said.

Bloomberg, today:

House Financial Services Committee

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