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Financial Reform Passes

May 24th, 2010 | Comments Off

With the help of Republicans Brown, Collins, and Snowe, Dodd received the 60 <http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/108593.aspx>  votes he needed to move on to the finally vote on the ‘Financial Reform Bill.’  Tennessee Senators Alexander and Corker voted NO on cloture.
New Hampshire’s Judd Gregg proposed an amendment <http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/108594.aspx>  to prevent Washington from ever using federal funds to bail [...]

Audit the Fed Bill

July 31st, 2009 | No Comments

Since its inception in 1913, the Federal Reserve has helped to devalue our dollar by 95%. During the recent economic crisis, it has poured trillions of dollars into the economy with no oversight, made secret agreements with foreign banks and governments, and has refused to tell Congress who is getting the money or to give [...]

Tax Burden of Top 1% Now Exceeds That of Bottom 95%

July 31st, 2009 | No Comments

Source: http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/24944.html
July 29, 2009
Tax Burden of Top 1% Now Exceeds That of Bottom 95%
by Scott A. Hodge
Newly released data from the IRS clearly debunks the conventional Beltway rhetoric that the “rich” are not paying their fair share of taxes.
Indeed, the IRS data shows that in 2007—the most recent data available—the top 1 percent of taxpayers [...]

Sen. Lamar Alexander on Auditing the Fed

June 19th, 2009 | No Comments

“The audit? It’s a bad idea,” said Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, head of the Republican Conference in the Senate. “It’s a sorry day when the Congress superimposes itself on the Fed, nosing around in monetary policy. It’s bad enough we are nosing around with the car companies.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23911.html
Response:
Is this our Lamar Alexander?
Whats happening to our Republican [...]

Audit the Federal Reserve!

June 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Since its inception in 1913, the Federal Reserve has helped to devalue our dollar by 95%. During the recent economic crisis, it has poured trillions of dollars into the economy with no oversight, made secret agreements with foreign banks and governments, and has refused to tell Congress who is getting the money or to give [...]