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He also says, "Sanders Scores" in achieving a compromise with the White House to get his Fed audit amendment.
Under the deal, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) would undertake a full audit of the special facilities created by the Fed since December of 2007. GAO would make the findings from its audit...
Modified Sanders Fed Audit Amendment Looks Likely to Pass
Earlier on the floor today, Sanders and Dodd announced a modification to his amendment to audit the Fed's outlay of $2 trillion in the banking crisis. The meat of the modified amendment [pdf] is this:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Governors shall publish on its website, not...
Ben Bernanke Is Time’s 2009 Person of the Year
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Time magazine has named Ben Bernanke its 2009 Person of the Year. The magazine said the Federal Reserve chairman's foresight and success at preventing a second Great Depression -- the history that wasn't made this year -- drove its choice."We've rarely had...
Sanders puts a hold on Bernanke. Irony lives.
By now you've no doubt seen that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has put a "hold" on the renomination of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman.
It won't work, but that's where the irony comes in.
As Chairman of the committee of jurisdiction, it'll be Chris Dodd (D-CT) who's...
