finance.yahoo.com - 7/9/2009
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An amendment based on Congressman Ron Paul’s House bill to audit the Federal Reserves was blocked by the Senate this week on procedural grounds. Speaking on the Senate floor, Republican Senator Jim DeMint and supporter of an audit said, "allowing the Fed to operate our nation's monetary system ...
thebigmoney.com - 7/5/2009
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thebigmoney.com —
Ron Paul's legislative history is a lesson in
principled failure . Among the bills he has co-sponsored:...
ending U.S. cooperation with the United Nations, a repeal of antitrust law "to restore the inherent benefits of the market economy," and ...
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Ron Paul Strikes Gold
infowars.com - 7/10/2009
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infowars.com —
Ron Paul On Fed Audit: We Will Not
Be Stopped 090709top Congressman Ron Paul has vowed that...
he will not be stopped in his effort to audit the Federal Reserve, as he slammed Senate authorities for blocking the bill earlier this week. Appearing on Fox ...
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Ron Paul On Fed Audit: We Will Not Be Stopped
ronpaul.com - 7/8/2009
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ronpaul.com —
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) was blocked by Senate
Democrat Leadership from having a vote on his amendment...
to audit the Federal Reserve , based on a bill authored by Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) in the House, H.R. 1207 , and Senator Bernie Sanders ...
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Senate Leadership Blocks Federal Reserve Audit
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