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      <excerpt>...prompt and thorough audit of the Federal Reserve Board. In an op-ed published this morning in The Wall Street Journal, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tx.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) stressed that the board, which possesses the vast responsibility of managing the co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...potential to generate colossal changes in the relationship between Washington and Wall Street. One proposal, spearheaded by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) would usher in unprecedented scrutiny of the Federal Reserve by allowing auditors to examine every aspect </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...parallel amendments will be introduced, one by Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), the other by Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC). Rep. Paul's amendment will insert language similar to that in his bill, H.R. 1207, which is co-sponsored by 309 members of the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Ron Paul, who has tried to audit the Federal Reserve for 26 years, is ever so much closer to his goal with the approval by a congressional panel of legislation requiring government audits of Fed monetary policy, as well as how much ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Thus his claim is beyond disingenuous, in deep outer space. For more on Mel Watt&amp;#39;s effort to gut Ron Paul&amp;#39;s bill, please see the Huffington Post article Audit The Fed Effort Under Threat In House. Phone Your Own Representative ...</excerpt>
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