I use Thomas.gov and they show 245 cosponsors Congress has been in recess since June 29th, will be until the 4th. After that we will hopefully get some more. There's also the Senate's 604 Federal Reserve Sunshine Act, which hasn't been shown much support
Bernanke is flipping shit right now, I wonder why... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKCIQZsLq-o]YouTube - Bernanke fearmongers that Fed audit would be takeover by Congress, trigger economic collapse[/ame]
I mean, who would ever want elected officials in charge over a private bank half of the country doesn't understand. That is just lunacy...
I was reading quotes from Ben Franklin's autobiography where he admits twice that he used deception to dupe his fellow legislators into allocating money for things they would have other wise not. When they wanted to buy gun powder he inserted it as "other grain", and to purchase a canon he ask for a "fire engine." They will do the same thing with this audit. They will pass a bill to satisfy and pacify the people but it will essentially have no teeth and will not result in any profound changes of the system. Anyone want to make a bet on it?
Don't say that! While you are most likely 100% correct, I still have hope, especially if it is Ron Paul who wrote the bill.
I don't doubt it, but if they do something to preserve their secrecy that will only add legitimacy to our argument.
254 Cosponsors! Just joined: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 7/7/2009 Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 7/7/2009 Rep Harman, Jane (AIPAC SPY!) [CA-36] - 7/7/2009 Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 7/7/2009 Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] - 7/7/2009 Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] - 7/8/2009 Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 7/8/2009 Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 7/8/2009 Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 7/8/2009 First two from CT, hopefully my rep will join soon...
Look at this disgustingly biased article: Ron Paul̢۪s bipartisan attack on the Fed - U.S. business- msnbc.com By his belief? How about by the fact! Well at least so far the bill is much more successful than I thought it would be
267!! Rep Murphy, Scott [NY-20] - 7/9/2009 Rep Fudge, Marcia L. [OH-11] - 7/9/2009 Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] - 7/10/2009 Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 7/10/2009 Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 7/10/2009 Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] - 7/10/2009 Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 7/13/2009 Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 7/14/2009 Rep Titus, Dina [NV-3] - 7/14/2009 Rep Kirkpatrick, Ann [AZ-1] - 7/14/2009 Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 7/14/2009 Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 7/14/2009 Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] - 7/14/2009 Financial Times: Call for Fed transparency no longer reserved for conspiracy theorists
Isn't that a significant number? Isn't it much more likely to be heard and talked about and passed with that number of cosponsors? Or am I making shit up?
idk about more likely to be talked about, but it's a significant number considering 267 is way more than half of the House.