Coco Jammaz - Top 5 (Audit The Fed)

Press Release:
On procedural grounds, the Senate blocked a bid to permit the U.S. comptroller general, who heads the investigative arm of Congress known as the Government Accountability Office, to audit the Federal Reserve system and issue a report.

Republican Senator Jim DeMint, who has been pushing for greater transparency at the Fed, failed to get the provision attached to the must-pass annual spending bill that includes funding for the GAO for the upcoming 2010 fiscal year.

The audit would have included details about the Fed's discount window operations, funding facilities, open market operations and agreements with foreign central banks and governments, DeMint said on the Senate floor.

"The Federal Reserve will create and disburse trillions of dollars in response to our current financial crisis," DeMint said. "Americans across the nation, regardless of their opinion on the bailout, want to know where the money has gone.

Article Link (FULL ver.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE56567F20090706

My Thoughts:
On July 6, Congressman Ron Paul's bill H.R 1207, to audit the FED, failed.

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DeMint Amendment to Audit Federal Reserve Blocked by Senate Leadership