National Blog - page 181
Congress saves the Super Bowl
Thanks to former Senator Tom Coburn, Congress left town in December without reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance (TRI) program, the "temporary" program created after 9-11 to provide a taxpayer "backstop" for terrorism insurance. Senator [...]
Audit the Fed Adds More Cosponsors
Support for Audit the Fed continues to build in the early days of the 114th Congress, with 11 representatives signing on to the bill just days after it was introduced with 63 bipartisan original cosponsors. In a press release, Freshman Rep. [...]
Congressman Alex Mooney (WV-2) to Cosponsor Audit the Fed
Only a few days into the new Congress and lots of Members are rushing to sign on to H.R. 24, "Audit the Fed." The latest is West Virginia Congressman Alex Mooney. Check out the press release from his office below: WASHINGTON, DC – Republican [...]
Landon Nomination Presents Opportunity
Two seats remain unfilled on the seven-person Federal Reserve Board of Governors, which is currently led by Chairwoman Janet Yellen. (You can find the list of its five current members here.) Once nominated by the President and confirmed by [...]
Audit the Fed Reintroduced in 114th Congress
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Yesterday, Congressman Thomas Massie, (R-Ky) introduced H.R. 24, Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill, which calls for a “full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve banks by the [...]
Let's give it the ol' college try
Yesterday, President Obama announced he would pursue making two years of community college "free" for "anyone who's willing to work for it." (One could argue that a college education is already available to anyone who's willing to work for it, [...]
Government rings in the new year with $100 billion in new debt
While most Americans were ringing in the New Year with Champagne and Black Eyed Peas, the federal government was ringing it in by increasing the national debt by nearly $100 billion. That's right, the government added $98 billion to the [...]
Ron Paul on Rothbard, Rothbard on Audit the Fed
Today marks twenty years since the passing of "Mr. Libertarian," Murray Rothbard. Rothbard was Ludwig Von Mises' top American student, and Mises' heir as the world's top Austrian economist. Rothbard was also a top-notch philosopher, historian, [...]
U.S. Representative Massie Introduces Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve
Check out Congressman Thomas Massie's press release on introducing Audit the Fed in the 114th Congress! WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Thomas Massie introduced H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015, also known as [...]
Thomas Massie Announces Audit the Fed Legislation on Fox News
Yesterday, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Ky) announced that today he will introduce legislation requiring a full audit of the Federal Reserve. Check out the video below and stay tuned for more updates on Audit the Fed! Watch the latest video [...]